History Videogame / Left4dead2

In 2009, a sequel to Left4Dead was confirmed less than a year after the original, introducing co-op and versus campaigns, all-new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and items, as well as melee combat. It was released in November that year. Unfortunately, Valve's claim at launch of the original game that they would update it following the model of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' updates promptly backfired, as large numbers of people were ''outraged'' that they were expected to buy content they were under the impression they'd either get for free, or get as a mod rather than an entirely new game; this gave rise to [[http://steamcommunity.com/groups/L4D2boycott the biggest outburst]] of "ruined!" cries ever: a 40,000+ people '''boycott'''. A month before the sequel was due, the leaders of the boycott shut the group down after Valve's release of a new campaign for the original, "Crash Course".

Also introduced in the sequel is the new Scavenge mode, a eight-player mode similar to Versus where the point isn't to reach the safe room; it's to collect gas cans. Also introduced is Realism, where most auras are removed (including the ones around teammates), Witches instantly '''kill''' on any mode except Easy, there are no closets, and a few other things.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The Desert Rifle, a SCAR-L, has "Mk 17 Mod 3" written on the side of it. In real life, this would be indicative of the heavier SCAR-H version (said writing does also correctly identify it as a 5.56mm weapon, though). The survivors also always manually lock the charging handle back during a reload, which would be unnecessary for the real weapon.

->'''Coach''': ''"Wait for official instructions. (laughs, tossing away instruction sheet dismissively) "Wait", my ass."''\\

->'''Coach''': ''"Wait for official instructions. (laughs, tossing away instruction sheet dismissively) Wait, my ass."''\\

->'' '''Coach''': Wait for official instructions. ''(laughs, tossing away instruction sheet dismissively)'' Wait, my ass.\\
'''Ellis''': Kill all sons-a-bitches. ''[[DramaticGunCock *racks shotgun* ]]'' That's my 'ficial instructions.''

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Crescendo Events are triggered by seemingly harmless everyday actions, such as calling an elevator, or opening a fire door. The problem is, every door and piece of machinery in Left 4 Dead's universe is [[LoudOfWar ridiculously loud]]. While you wait for the slowest elevator in the history of creation, you must fight off wave after wave of Infected aggressors, who have declared war on [[AndYourLittleDogToo you, and your noisy machines too!]]

* MacheteMayhem: Now go pretend you're [[Film/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] fighting zombies.

* TooSoon: A writer for the Houston Chronicle accused Valve of this for setting a game in ruined New Orleans. A few million extended middle fingers in his direction later, [[AndTheFandomRejoiced the game was released anyway]]. with Coach and Rochelle.

* SufferNewbiesPoorly: Most campaign players are easy going, but people playing campaign on Expert difficulty, playing in Realism mode, or playing VS mode usually tend to not take newbies lightly since those game modes require more coordination and skill to stay alive in. Most new players in those modes will tend to get yelled at or kicked out of games.

* SufferNewbiesPoorly: Most campaign players are easy going, but people playing campaign on Expert difficulty, playing in Realism mode, or playing VS mode usually tend to not take newbies lightly since those game modes require more coordination and skill to stay alive in. Most new players in those modes will tend to get yelled at or kicked out of games, but once they start to get better with friends or with people willing to help them out, they will get better.

This was followed by the ''Left 4 Dead 2'' DLC "The Passing", which [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover brings the original survivors and the new ones together]] ([[HeroicSacrifice well, three of them anyway]]) and "The Sacrifice" for ''Left 4 Dead'', which lets players choose who makes the ultimate sacrifice and was preceded by a [[http://www.l4d.com/comic/ free comic]]. The latter update also made "The Sacrifice" and "No Mercy" available in the sequel, complete with the original survivors as the playable characters. Cue rumors that Valve plan to make the entire first game available for free in the sequel and more cries of RuinedFOREVER. Recently, Valve has [[http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=5019 confirmed that they are doing just that]] with a future update.

In 2009, a sequel to Left4Dead was confirmed less than a year after the original, introducing co-op and versus campaigns, all-new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and items, as well as melee combat. It was released in November that year. Unfortunately, Valve's claim at launch of the original game that they would update it following the model of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' updates promptly backfired, as large numbers of people were ''outraged'' that they were expected to buy content they were under the impression they'd either get for free, or get as a mod rather than an entirely new game; this gave rise to [[http://steamcommunity.com/groups/L4D2boycott the biggest outburst]] of RuinedFOREVER, uhhh, ever: a 40,000+ people '''boycott'''. A month before the sequel was due, the leaders of the boycott shut the group down after Valve's release of a new campaign for the original, "Crash Course".

** BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler:The main reason why they survived all the shit hurled at them is that they're carriers.]]

** BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler:The main reason why they survived all the shit hurled at them is that they're immune.]]

* SpeedRun: How some players play Versus mode as survivors. Whether this is good or bad obviously [[YourMileageMayVary depends on opinions and situations.]]

* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Because of the way the Director AI is programmed, Hunters, Boomers and Smokers will not spawn if there's a tank in the vicinity, and same goes for the random Hordes (the ones from scripted events still spawn, though).

* ScriptedEvent: Generally subverted, but there are a few played straight such as [[spoiler: the military bombing a bridge.]]

* MagicalDefibrillator: Capable of bringing players back from the dead.

*** Namely, [[BFG The M60]] + BottomlessMagazines = [[CrazyAwesome Hold down]] [[RuleOfFun the trigger.]] With a Magnum for when you're incapped.

* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Melee weapons would technically break after extended use in real life and Coach could never run for a while without being winded due to his knee injury and excess weight, but these things are ignored for the sake if simpler gameplay.

* TheNicknamer: The survivors will refer to each other and the Special Infected by various nicknames over the course of the first campaign (for instance, Rochelle calling Nick "Suit", Nick calling Ellis "Overalls", Coach calling the Charger "one-arm", Nick referring to the Jockey as a "scrawny little bitch I'm gonna kill", etc.). The Tank gets a nickname as well, though [[OhCrap none of the survivors are in the right state of mind to think up one]] when they encounter the first one.