Dark Carnival
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| Tagline | "You must be this tall...TO DIE!" |
| Creator | Valve Software |
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"Reach the concert and set up the rock show for a helicopter rescue."
Dark Carnival is the second campaign of Left 4 Dead 2, that takes place at Whispering Oaks carnival in Griffin, Georgia.[1] It starts off on a highway with the Survivors heading towards a Ferris wheel in the distance, passing through a motel complex, and eventually reaching the Whispering Oaks carnival. It is the third Left 4 Dead 2 campaign to be announced by Valve.
Below is a complete list of video walkthroughs of the 5 levels:
Please know that the gameplay videos are on each campaign's info page not on each map page.
[edit] Trivia
- Dark Carnival's poster is the first poster to feature an infected, as well as the first to be in landscape position, as opposed to every other campaign poster.
- The infamous Gnome from Half Life 2: Episode Two makes an appearance in the poster, just between Ellis' legs. He has been given the name Gnome Chompski and serves the same purpose as in Half-Life 2: Episode 2: an achievement that unlocks an avatar reward. It requires the gnome to be won from one of the mini games in the carnival and carried by the Survivors to the rescue vehicle.
- The tagline in this campaign obviously refers to the height check carnival operators perform on people to make sure they can ride on certain attractions safely. This tagline may have been influenced by suggestions made on the official forums.
- In the dialogue before the campaign, it reveals that it was Ellis' idea to go on to the highway, and Coach used to go to Whispering Oaks as a kid. It is later revealed that Ellis and Coach really liked the place when they were young during the campaign, because as you go through areas, they will talk about the carnival.
- This is the campaign used when Valve revealed Scavenge Mode.
- Dark Carnival's music.
- While loading the campaign, you can see the edge of a corner of the poster for Blood Harvest on the right that has been covered up by the Dark Carnival poster. On the left is a band poster for the Midnight Riders.
- The helicopter pilot that picks you up has the same model as the helicopter pilot in the original Left 4 Dead, and ends in a similar fate.
- In all the chapters, the music that plays during horde attacks is a spooky theremin tune.
- This campaign has the most Rolling Crescendos in game, as of The Barns' crescendo counting as a rolling one, because it never stops until the Survivors reach the saferoom.
- Looking at the maps' length, this is the longest campaign in Left 4 Dead 2.
- If your start screen is the Dark Carnival version, there is a Zombie behind one of the booths that you can only see its arms at first, but right before the screen resets, he momentarily shows his face and his eyes glow an spooky red, which could show that the Infected do have reflective eyes, could be that it is an easter egg, or it could imply a new Special Infected that could be released at a later date. The Infected also seems to have the model of a Clown Infected.
- Dark Carnival is the only Campaign that takes place in the night in its entirety.
