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L4D2 – Gameplay bugs, easter eggs, detailed info etc.

December 17, 2009 at 12:19 pm | Posted in Valve Games | Leave a comment
Tags: bugs, easter eggs, gameplay, info, L4D2

It’s L4D but still couldn’t resist, Heavy weapons guy wins a cookie.

Okay, so I played L4D2 some more and finally I’m able to tell something more about stuff I wasn’t certain about, plus I learned that there are many references and easter eggs included, as expected in Valve’s game. So let’s start with some explanation about special infected.

Spitter – It wasn’t hard to guess that the spit takes more dmg the longer someone stands on it, but actually the thing is – the longer it’s on the ground, the more dmg it takes. You can avoid running in it for 3sec and then suddenly run through it, ta~dah! -20hp. There’s interesting bug that when Smoker pulls survivor above the ground and Spitter spits under the feet, he/she still takes the damage! Appearently damage done is bigger than we can see.

Smoker – I found it quite imba that on the first campaign, first map you can pull survivors through the fire(there’s that room filled with smoke and fire everywhere) which kills them damn fast and it’s pretty much impossible to resurrect them as running in would mean you’d die also. Smoker is the most useful here, but Jockey and Charger are also capable of doing that, even though they’ll die right after knocking survivor down.

Tank – There’s still bug that sometimes tank can spawn TWICE. I still don’t know what causes it, but it surely hurts once it happens. For one side atleast. I’d like to mention, that if you’re not focused on by tank, try meleeing it, incredibly effective.

Jockey - I liked it at first, but now I realised that when I get it at the beginning of the map, I’m going ‘FFFUUUUU!’ as there’s no use for it, unless survivors are total noobs and in that case, you can catch one and lead him to the end of the map while others fight at the very beginning. The power of Jockey lies in bridges, fire, windows etc., although jumping on survivors just to miss and fall off the window yourself can be damn funny. Oh btw. I found some ‘Jockey sounds compilation‘, just as creepy as funny!

Charger – I found nothing new about this one, nor there is anything to tell about, expect for the fact that you deal a lot of dmg just by right-clicking (normal hit), so it’s wise not to blindly charge sometimes. (Especially when they’re low hp, getting close to them, hitting one down, and then charging someone else – way to go!)

That’s it about special infected, now let’s focus about Easter Eggs! Few of these were found already:

1. Hidden Jimmy Gibbs Jr. Zombie


On one of the maps you have to fuel the car, Jimmy Gibbs Jr.’s car actually. The thing is, you don’t see him as a zombie unless you type in some commands in the console:

map atrium
sv_cheats 1
z_forcezombiemodelname common_male_jimmy
z_forcezombiemodel 1

You do that and Jimmy Gibbs Jr. zombie will spawn. Of course, he’s not common, but a bit stronger and also it’s supposed to make survivors say some special lines.

2. Midnight Riders

In fact, the band doesn’t exist, but still all across the Dark Carnival campaign you get to see posters and even damn concert-hall with Midnight Riders on it, presenting 4 members and even an URL to a website www.midnight-riders.com, which includes some random posts, as if the band was really living in the L4D2′s fictional world, also album songs list and even link to a channel on YouTube, including two songs! So again, Valve went through all the trouble to amuse us, and surely did, as Midnight Riders is supposed to be up-coming DLC! The only real thing on this site is actually Store, lol.

3. Garden Gnome

I’ve got no idea where to get it, just that it’s in the Dark Carnival campaign and as it was in Half-Life 2 : Episode 2, you can take it all the way to the end of the map to unlock an achievment.

4. G-G-G-Grabbin’ P-.. Louis!

In the saferoom of one of the maps in campaign Hard Rain you can see that on a wall:

ALEX
Oliver is safe!
We heard about a safehouse at the racetrack. Grab Louis and meet us there.
Love you,
Matt

Reference to grabbin’ peelz! =D

5. TF2 references

*Milkshake cups with ‘HEAVY GULP’ on it and pic of Heavy.
*Burger boxes with Pyro on it.

6. Immune Girl

Haven’t found her, but I heard she can be found in the Dark Carnival campaign and appearently is under age of 18. Pedozombies are restless.

7. Others

*Burger Tank restaurants
*The Magnum has ’1337 WEAPON INDUSTRIES (yOgi) PWN – Made in Shyville’ engraved on the side of it.
*The Jukebox in the corner-shop of The Parish plays Still Alive when fiddled with enough. (Another Jukebox can be found Swamp Fever, which plays the same songs. Both of these also play ‘Re: Your Brains’. When this song reaches it’s chorus, it summons a horde.)

Info found on the site: www.l4dmods.com

As always, humour and easter-eggs are on a high level. There are many things to do in L4D2, even if it’s not for playing, just toying with commands and maps you can find some interesting stuff. Well, fits Valve, they know how to make things worthwhile.