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Table of Contents Introduction 2 Game Modes 3 Characters 4 Dead Center 5 - Get to Safe House #1 6 - Get to Safe House #2 8 - Get to Safe House #3 11 Dark Carnival 15 - Get to Safe House #1 16 - Get to Safe House #2 18 - Get to Safe House #3 20 - Get to Safe House #4 22 Swamp Fever 25 - Get to Safe House #1 26 - Get to Safe House #2 28 - Get to Safe House #3 30 Hard Rain 33 - Get to Safe House #1 34 - Get to Safe House #2 35 - Back to Safe House #1 39 - Get to Safe House #3 41 The Parish 43 - Get to Safe House #1 44 - Get to Safe House #2 45 - Get to Safe House #3 47 - Get to Safe House #4 49 Weapons 55 Melee Weapons 60 Equipment 62 Multiplayer Survivor Tactics 65 Multiplayer Infected Tactics 68 Achievements and Tips 71 Unlockable Avatar Items 75 page 1 / 76 SuperCheats.com Unoffical Left 4 Dead 2 Guide http://www.supercheats.com/guides/left-4-dead-2 Check back for updates, videos and comments for this guide. 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Left 4 Dead 2 Guide Unoffical guide by Mike Hazleton for SuperCheats.com Valve's Left 4 Dead brought zombies back into the living room as its arcade nature and impressive mechanics won over gamers. Now there is a sequel, complete with more dynamic levels, varied set pieces, as well as new 'Special Infected' and weapons. It is set during the same zombie apocalypse as the first game, and while downloadable content is on the way to integrate the characters from the original into Left 4 Dead 2, you play as a new set of characters. This guide aims to give you the low-down on every level, set piece and enemy in the game's campaign. It will also address multiplayer tactics and look at some of the other modes available in Valve's latest classic. page 3 / 76 SuperCheats.com Unoffical Left 4 Dead 2 Guide http://www.supercheats.com/guides/left-4-dead-2 Check back for updates, videos and comments for this guide. Game Modes Campaign This is the bulk of Left 4 Dead 2's content. There are 5 separate levels, each of which will take up to 2 hours, depending on how often you die, the number of players taking part and the difficulty level. You can play in split-screen on Xbox 360 (if additional controllers are connected), or online with up to four-players. It is recommended that you play with the full compliment of human players, simply because escaping the levels at the grand set-pieces that mark their conclusion becomes very difficult with AI slowing you down. The general idea of Left 4 Dead is to survive until the next safe-house, a location where the game loads, you can refresh your ammunition, weapons, and health, and the restart point should your entire party be wiped out. The safe-houses make up the end of each segment or act in the level and the level itself ends with a 'final showdown'. This is where the game throws Infected at you from all angles, including multiple instances of the most difficult Infected in the game, the Tank. Usually there is a timer that, when reached, allows the player to run for an extraction vehicle of some kind. Versus An interesting take on the usual multiplayer from first-person shooters, Versus mode supports up to eight players. One team of four plays as the Survivors, much like in the Campaign mode, and tries to reach each safe-house and finally the end of the level. The difference is that the other four play as 'Special Infected', aiming to stop the Survivors from reaching their goal. Once all the Survivors are killed, or they reach the safe-house, the roles reverse and this continues until the end of the level. As Special Infected you have all the abilities the AI Infected have (though you cannot play as the Witch). The levels are virtually the same, and Common Infected still populate the environment, as do AI controlled Special Infected at key moments. Survival Rather than a whole level, or section, the Survivors are placed in a restricted area (such as the extraction points from the Campaign) and must simply fight against hordes of Infected until they cannot fight anymore. The idea is to stay alive for as long as possible. Survival is an ironic name as this is quite simply impossible. Scavenge Like Versus mode, this has four Survivors against four Infected players. The idea here is for the Survivors to collect and retrieve fuel, while the Infected must stop them. Realism You can activate Realism Mode with any of the other modes. This removes the silhouette surrounding players (making spotting stranded allies much more difficult), as well as the similar indicators on items, and prevents players from coming back when killed through the Survivor cupboards that they otherwise would spawn in. Infected also take less damage to the body (so aim for the head), and Witches kill in one hit, like they do on Expert. The idea of this mode is to make the difficulty you prefer more interesting and more challenging without ramping it up as significantly as actually moving the difficulty level up one notch. page 4 / 76 SuperCheats.com Unoffical Left 4 Dead 2 Guide http://www.supercheats.com/guides/left-4-dead-2 Check back for updates, videos and comments for this guide. Characters Coach Coach is the leader of the four, and as the name suggests, he was a teacher at the local high-school before the Infected rolled into town. Coming from an early retirement in American Football, he naturally takes command and acts as the father-figure to the group. Coach is originally from Savannah, the town ravaged by Infected at the start of the game, making his battle against the horde all the more poignant. Nick Coming from hustling and gambling roots, Nick is a sharp-dressed, self-obsessed kind of guy. His priorities all revolve around himself, and as he's not originally from the South, is something of an outsider in the group. Still, despite his egocentric nature, Nick recognises that his best chance of survival is with this group and is forced to forge new relationships and bonds of trust to get out alive. Rochelle 'Ro' to her friends, Rochelle is a determined individual with a love of adventure stemming from her journalistic roots. Sent to Savannah to cover the beginning of the epidemic, Rochelle took her chance to escape with Coach, Nick and Ellis once it was clear things had gone very wrong in the Deep South. Being the only woman in the group is a tough role, but her grit and character allow her to hold her own alongside the others. Ellis As a mechanic, Ellis has a vital role in the group to ensure they are able to move across the Deep South. His youth, heavy accent and lack of education are misleading; he is willing to put his life in danger to impress others, and to help them, Ellis adds a strong dose of character to the group striving for survival. Like Coach, Ellis hails from Savannah, and with his mom and all his friends in the town, the Infected now have a date with this kid's vengeance. page 5 / 76 SuperCheats.com Unoffical Left 4 Dead 2 Guide http://www.supercheats.com/guides/left-4-dead-2 Check back for updates, videos and comments for this guide. Dead Center General Notes for all campaigns in this wlkthrough: For each campaign level the basic layout of the level and its set-piece moments will be analysed and the best strategies divulged. The 'Uncommon Common Infected' for each level will also be detailed (there is one unique class of enemy on each level, all with a special ability or trait that must be countered by the player). Due to the nature of the 'AI Director' which alters the location of items, enemies and even the layout of each level, specific item locations will only be given tentatively as we found them on a number of playthroughs. Note that this guide was written based on the Normal difficulty. Higher difficulties decrease item drops such as medkits and the best weapons, and increase enemy health and their frequency.