The Highway
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| Chapter 1 The Highway | |||||
| Campaign | Dark Carnival | ||||
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The Highway is the first chapter in Left 4 Dead 2's, Dark Carnival campaign. It was first revealed at the Penny Arcade Expo and again in Tokyo Game Show '09.
[edit] Strategy
Also see: Tactics
All campaign walkthroughs are done on Normal difficulty in single player, and are meant to give tips on what to do and generally point out things that might otherwise be missed.
There are, of course, a few key things to always remember:
- Stop, look, and listen.
- Things can always get worse.
- Are you and your teammates all hurting, your health down under 50%? Well, guess what? The Director is feeling particularly sadistic; you are now facing a Tank with tier 1 weapons.
- Teamwork.
- This cannot be stressed enough. Left 4 Dead is supposed to be a cooperative game. Communicate with your teammates, if you're playing with others, or if you're by yourself with the AI, point out things they might otherwise miss. In all cases, watch out for each other and take care of each other. You are not going to survive the zombie apocalypse by yourself.
- Be ready for anything.
- Don't panic.
The car can be really fast, but it doesn't fly. Now the Survivors have to make their way on foot.
[edit] Campaign
The Survivors begin at the race car from last chapter, since the survivors can't go any further due to the abandoned cars along the highway. Survivors will travel through the cars, finding supplies along the way. When the survivors reach a curb under a bridge, an army hummer is parked next to ammo and weapons. As you go under the bridge turn right and go up to the billboard. If you get on the billboard there is usually a Hunting rifle there. Up ahead the survivors reach an abandoned motel that can be explored, but isn't required to enter. Survivors can find very useful supplies like a Laser sight, weapons, explosives, etc. The parking lot has an alarmed car and pool. The rooms hold more weapons. Going up the side of the motel will take you onto the overpass, and using a billboard as a bridge, allows access to the roof.
When done exploring, the Survivors take a cobblestone path behind the motel to a small campsite, moving downhill leads to a marshy area.
It should be noted that the gulley is a "point of no return."
The Survivors continue on to reach the highway again, where the entrance to Whispering Oaks can clearly be seen. At the entrance there is an alarmed car that should be avoided. At the right, a staff rest house has been converted into a safe house. Enter it and prepare to enter the carnival.
[edit] Trivia
- The Uncommon Common Infected, the Clown Infected, will not spawn on this chapter, since it is not in the carnival.
- Jimmy Gibbs Jr.'s racecar from the last campaign appears at the start of the level, however it is rather beat-up with blood stains and dents, possibly from driving through Infected and obstacles such as building debris and torn up vehicles, especially how they show how the survivors escape by breaking a wall with the car.
- On the billboard is a picture of Lil' Peanut, of which players shoot at impulsively. This area is also a popular place for Infected players to begin spawn mode.
- This chapter is featured in Scavenge mode and is named The Motel because the level only includes the motel part of the chapter.
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