

The sequel focuses on four new Survivors: Coach, Ellis, Nick, and Rochelle, who are immune to the disease. Military create safe zones to attempt to evacuate as many American survivors as possible. The Civil Emergency and Defense Agency (CEDA) and the U.S. Few humans are immune to the disease, still carrying the infection but showing no symptoms.

Left 4 Dead 2 is set in the aftermath of a worldwide pandemic (one week after the first game) that saw humans rapidly transform into zombie-like creatures and mutated forms that demonstrate extreme aggression towards non-infected. But amidst the controversy, did it warrant fans plunking down money for a game that was painted as “more of the same” by some? Indeed, a good portion of those critics ended up coming from the Left 4 Dead community itself. And much like DOOM 2, L4D2 was criticized for being more of the same. Both games came out around a year after the first game, but more importantly, the games also took their predecessors, changed nothing of the base game, and threw in a few new things. One could say that Left 4 Dead 2 is much like DOOM 2.
