Alliteration is… getting a little old these days, thanks.
This news has been around since the 4th of August, but I just now read about it. Valve has announced a new DLC for Left 4 Dead that will add a two map campaign between No Mercy and Death Toll.
The idea is to fill in the enormous gap in story between escaping in a helicopter and suddenly walking down an old roadway. I’d say, given this is coming out now instead of back in May when Left 4 Dead 2 was announced, that Valve is also trying to prove that they intend to support Left 4 Dead even with a new game on the way.
Crash Course is designed for Versus Mode but can be played in Campaign and Survivor Modes as well. The point is that they designed these maps to play faster because players don’t really like to sit down and play through each “chapter” a couple of times and stretch an already 1 hour journey into an even longer event.
This is estimated to take about half the time a normal versus campaign would, because most players quit after that. We’ll have to wait and see if their new maps and weapon drop locations and what-not will help alleviate rage quitting. I could say much about rage quitting and why it exists, but I think we’ll save that for another time.
This new campaign has been previewed over on destructoid.com. Be warned, however, it contains campaign spoilers.
In short, it was said to be fun and thrilling.
