My... well, not a review, just my thoughts on the new expansion "The Passing". Lots of traffic!
Finally, the long-awaited DLC has been released. Everyone has played it; some have been disappointed while others liked it. In this post, I won’t describe what is good and what is bad. I will simply describe what I found interesting about it.
Overall,
The campaign seemed short to me, in typical Valve style (remember Crash Course). New maps for battling, surviving, collecting, and more have appeared. The action takes place at night, in the rain, which disappointed me. But thankfully not like in Hard Rain.
A bit about the story.
At the beginning of the campaign, we will immediately see Zoey.
Honestly, it felt like Zoey in this campaign has grown some balls matured significantly. Ellis seems to be very much taken with her, as he is only shouting about her in the last chapter. To which Nick responds, "Watch and learn, Ellis. What? I’m a macho," but Rochelle cuts him off just in time.
Also, it is noticeable that Francis has developed some affection for Rochelle, which can be seen in the promo video and in Ellis’s remarks.
Promo video.
She also hates things just like him, maybe even more :-).
Stairs, burn in hell
The joy of fans when they learned about the DLC, which was supposed to come out in spring, was palpable as we meet the heroes of the original L4D. But one fine day, it was reported that one of them would die. Unfortunately, it turned out to be
Bill. Apparently, he died a hero. R.I.P.
Why Valve decided to take such a plot twist remains a mystery.
As a result, we have two and a half heroes, as Louis is also injured.
And something hidden, consider it however you want.
*Louis wouldn't refuse pills*
Coach proposes that the remaining trio go with them to New Orleans, but they refuse, saying, "We’re not going near the military again," which hints that the military did not save them, and where they’re heading now is unknown; apparently, it’s a secret for the next DLC for L4D.
In the finale, we get the same thing as in Dead Center. We will pour gasoline so the first Survivors can lower the bridge and let us through.
Nick’s remark, "Why does gas always run out everywhere?!" strangely fits.
Strangely, Nick's subtitle color changed from blue to white, just like Francis's.
There’s even a special achievement with the old heroes - they must kill a tank without your help (or something like that).
Thanks for the achievement, favorites \_
When the end credits roll as our heroes drive away in Jimmy Gibbs Jr.'s car, Louis sometimes says, "I’m going to miss them. It was great meeting normal people. Well, except for this Nick...".
New Features.
Okay, we’ve forgotten about the story, now onto new features. Let’s start with the so-called
Ammo or Pills Containers.
There are an endless amount of them.
Heaven for Louis
You can have fun
And a special achievement - Open 5 such containers!
New Song
Midnight Riders - Save me some sugar
I can’t insert it, filehoster.ru isn’t working for some reason.
Achievement – Listen to their song.
Note: Don’t think of playing it at a wedding, or the witch will get angry! (see below).
Better listen to it on the player, in the pool bar.
The first time I turned it on, Portal - Still Alive played, the chance of which is about 5%
And a little Easter egg with them.
What could this be? Just guesses. Could the Riders also be surviving? Maybe someone just borrowed their truck. Or is this a hint for the next expansion? It’s unclear. Considering the campaign takes place just before Dark Carnival, the connection is tighter here. In short, we await explanations from Valve.
The video was taken from this post Roger\_Wilco, for which we thank him. Upvote it =).
Bride Witch.
Abandoned, poor witch. She’s crying right at the altar, while sad wedding music plays on the radio. If you switch it, the new song of the Riders will play, but the achievement won't be given (I didn’t get it). By the way, if you think about it, the song is called Save me some sugar, and witches have a thing for sugar (play in Hard Rain). Don’t dare switch it until you kill the bride, as it will anger her.
"Damn, this wedding ended poorly"
And yes, such a version of it appears only at weddings.
…only at weddings.
Hmm, let’s move on. New melee weapon -
Golf Club.
Not a bad idea, makes a nice sound, knocks balls heads off, but I would add something like a sledgehammer as well.
Rochelle took it before me ><
It’s a club, such a club
Special achievement - Hit 18 heads with a golf club.
M-60 Machine Gun
or M_:) (capitalize). A dangerous thing in the hands of the unskilled. Fires without reloading, tears the Infected apart. Load explosive rounds (which you can do), and it results in even more carnage.
Here it is...\drools**
Here’s what it does to the Infected
OMG What will happen... :-)
Special achievement - Kill 25 Infected without releasing the trigger.
A new unusual Infected -
Fallen Survivor
. He was in an early version of the game but was removed from release. A perfect copy of the gun store vendor in the Dead Center campaign. Loaded with ammo, armor, and more. Killing him drops a couple of items. But you need to try hard to kill him first, and that’s difficult. It’s not clear at all (maybe you know) why he runs from Survivors, not the other way around. Therefore, catching him is even harder.
The bastard runs away
Caught up)) Molotov and bomb dropped.
Well, he wouldn’t have run away from this
A new ultra mega super not bad
"Mutations" mode
. What are Mutations? Every week there will be some new gameplay variety. Closer to each Thursday, a message will appear in the main menu, telling about the new mode and a kind of poll. This week we have Realism-Versus. It immediately destroys the balance between teams since few Survivors make it to the end, if they even do, because the outline highlighting is absent, and the Infected are live people, not bots. This makes the Jockey one of the most dangerous special Infected.
New Models and Phrases.
And of course, a brief mention of this.
New models of ordinary Infected bikers, Midnight Riders fans, zombies in tuxedos, and others have appeared.
The phrases spoken by Survivors are quite amusing.
I thought he was shouting at Zoey, but it turned out to be at the car O_o
*mmm beeer*
And the last thing that, you could say, alarmed me. Think about how we will pass this campaign in the first L4D? With a Jockey, a Loader, and a Spitter? With a can of vomit? The three of us? (The last one is unlikely, as with the rest).
Francis threw me a can of vomit, for which I thank him, since they won’t see it again.
It seems I’ve told everything.
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