Left 4 Dead Guide 2008 · Cooperative survival shooter Guides At a glance Characters Quick answers Pictures Game guides Find the guide you need Guide What you will find Beginner guide Understand the four-survivor team, health items, rescue priorities and safe-room progress. Weapons and throwables Compare the original game’s firearms, pipe bombs, Molotovs and environmental explosives. Campaign order Find the original campaigns, later additions and the finale type to prepare for. Special infected counters Quick answers for stopping pins, avoiding vomit and surviving the original infected roster. Characters Identify the key people and factions in Left 4 Dead, their roles and the relationships that matter during the campaign.
At a glance Three useful starting points Focus What to know Stay within rescue distance A Hunter or Smoker can pin a lone survivor regardless of remaining health. Save a throw for pressure Pipe bombs clear space; Molotovs control a route or burn a Tank. Learn the original roster Bill, Zoey, Francis and Louis share the same gameplay capabilities.
Key characters and their roles Character Role At a glance Bill Survivor A Vietnam veteran wearing an olive military jacket and beret. Zoey Survivor A college student identifiable by her red jacket. Francis Survivor A tattooed biker with a leather vest and a blunt sense of humor. Louis Survivor An office worker in a white shirt and loosened red tie. Tank Special infected A powerful enemy whose arrival changes the team’s movement priorities. Witch Special infected A crying infected who can be avoided if the group does not disturb her.
Bill faces a Boomer on a wooded path in Valve’s Left 4 Dead promotional screenshot. Francis and Bill hold weapons in an outdoor rescue scene. Louis and Bill fire from a damaged hospital corridor. Louis stands with Bill and Francis as infected enter a hospital hallway. References Digital cover Left 4 Dead Game of the Year Steam header with the four-finger hand logo. About the game Game facts Detail Value First release 2008 Platforms PC · Xbox 360 Genre Cooperative survival shooter
The original Left 4 Dead, with its official PC campaigns and updates. Steam header art says Game of the Year Edition. Sequel-only melee weapons, Spitters, Chargers and Jockeys are excluded.
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Beginner guide
Weapons and throwables
Campaign order
Special infected counters