Left 4 Dead Infected Shacknews

[DigiQ8]

Shacknews have a new preview for the infected side in Valve's Left 4 Dead along with some new footage for the game.

As a zombie, you begin the round--and every subsequent spawn--directly on top of the humans. Unfortunately, you can't hit them yet--your first objective is to reach a place on the map where no human can see you. You are basically invisible in this preparatory mode, able to walk through doorways and quickly position yourself for an optimal spawn. Later on, as the humans venture further into the level, the fact that you "spawn" directly on top of them allows for a very quick turn-around, keeping the action flowing despite the 20-30 second respawn timer.

The moment of education came as I spotted my teammate in trouble, an enemy Tank zombie wailing away at him. I clearly didn't have the time to take him out with my rifle, and more zombies were charging in the distance. I pulled out a Molotov cocktail in desperation, hesitating for a moment before hurling it at the Tank--and directly on the face of my friend.

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Thanks Kami for the heads up.

 

[Lucid]

This game looks so damn fun.
Can't wait to get my hands on the demo, is the demo even going to have the Versus game mode?! :O

edit: My only gripe with what I saw is that the hunter's first person swipes look incredibly slow, you'd think it'd be really fast considering the zombie type.

 

[DigiQ8]

Indeed, tbh the first time I saw the infected footage on Gametrailers I didn't really like it. But watching those videos now on IGN and Shacknews it looks so fun.

 

[Marler]

Can't wait!