They may not have been responsible for igniting the initial apocalypse, but just how many of Pennsylvania’s residents joined the ranks of the undead when Zoey, Francis, Bill, and Louis passed through? It’s a twisted stroke of genius, explaining both their resistance to zombie bites and their continued “bad luck.” But the more you dwell on it, the more disturbing this becomes (and also distressingly relevant given the current pandemic).Īll the time you’ve been merrily blasting away, you’ve been infecting others. Left 4 Dead’s gut-wrenching twist is that the survivors aren’t immune they’re carriers who’ve been spreading an airborne variant of the virus.
Their bad luck is almost comical - except that The Sacrifice confirms it’s no coincidence this keeps happening to the survivors.
You play as one of four survivors who, working as a team, have to make their way across several zombie-infested zones, each split into sub-areas. Just when they’re about to be rescued, they encounter some misfortune, a helicopter pilot turning into a zombie or a plane crashing, something that forces them to traipse through the next zone. If you’ve never played Left 4 Dead, you’re seriously missing out, particularly since it supports offline play and couch co-op (unlike Back 4 Blood). But it rewrote the survivors’ role in such a way that it gave me pause for thought every time I picked up the joypad afterward. “Hang on,” you might be thinking, “… what twist?” In truth, the twist of Left 4 Dead was only hinted at in the game itself, and it wasn’t until the release of The Sacrifice, the official L4D digital comic, that it was confirmed.
No, the real reason I want to see the Cleaners’ world turned upside down is that, since Left 4 Dead’s big twist was so unsettling, it’s only fair that its successor Back 4 Blood drops an equally game-changing bombshell. That’s not (just) spite talking, though Turtle Rock’s claim that, “The immunity gives the main characters a sense of bravado and confidence that normal folks don’t have,” could be a sneaky little red flag. Pride comes before a fall, and in the case of Back 4 Blood’s zombie-blasting Cleaners, I have high hopes they’ll trip over their shoelaces and tumble into the abyss. This article contains spoilers for Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 (that Back 4 Blood will hopefully crib tactfully).
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