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Peek at Left 4 Dead 2's first poster/level: The Parish

by Christopher Grant on Jun 1st 2009 8:29PM

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Check out the first "poster" artwork for one of Left 4 Dead 2's five levels, titled "The Parish." It's good, fitting nicely into the game's New Orleans setting but ... well, we're not sold on the subtitle. "This time it all goes south"?

How about "The Parish: Pray for survival" ... or "The Parish: Kneel and slay"? No? Not working for you?

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Tags: L4D2, Left-4-Dead-2, Microsoft, Valve, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (46)

Gyoooodammnn! That is awesome! I hope they make these available for purchase too, like the last ones.

Big fat black guy only marginally approaches Bills awesomeness.

"I hate these new characters." I want Francis.

Francis hates the south...that's why he's not there

Francis hates that you feel that way. The mechanic reminds me vaguely of the scout. It would have been funny of valve to do a non-toon version as that character.

To be fair, when I first saw the L4D characters I didn't care for them, in the end I wish I knew them in real life. I am certain that in the sequel the characters will grow on us too.

The guy in the suit looks like Matthew McConaughey to me.

If they had kept Bill and Francis I would go wait in line from NOW!

"You shoulda seen the other hundred guys"

too soon rabble rabble rabble. I can't wait!

My brother and I were going back and forth if this should be a new game or if it should have been an expansion. I'm still not sure but unless they add lots of new features that it's necessary to sell it as a sequel. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens with this one.

oh and that poster is pure tits ... as in it's awesome.

ANyone else watching the Ubisoft conference? James Cameron has ben rambling for like 20 minutes now. Show the damn game ... sheesh.

damn you, Joystiq!

stop being so thorough. i just started playing catch up with today's news...

The new characters are okay, except for that Fred Savage looking asshole. I hate him.

Francis hates him too.

Which one's Fred Savage? Guy on the right is a total Scott Weinger. I want to say the one on the left is Mark Strong...

Your Scott is my Fred. Let us agree to disagree.

The Parish: Kill all dem zombie mufuckers YEEEEEEEEHAW! Oh fuck WIATCH!

The above is an actual quote taken from a friend and fellow Texan, who has a hilariously thick southern drawl. All of my friends have taken to screaming "Oh fuck WIATCH!" because of him.

problem is people in new orleans don't talk like that, if anything we have many people witha more brooklyn ny accent

Parish being a "county" in Louisiana, thus the "going south" subtitle.

No witch-on-human female action, no buy.

man every other game released by valve takes forever. episode 2 released 2 years ago and they still havent made 3. left 4 dead just out last year and they're already finishing up a sequel?! If valve didnt make such good games i'd be so mad...

this is VALVe not failvision. Creating games is an artform and not a pimping business.

Uncle Phil?

Ooh, good one.

That's it, I am SO making Uncle Phil my main.

I think the subtitle is good actually. it has a double meaning.

Parish, like a county, but in Louisiana . Come on :-P

ZOMG! All the way on the right the scout from TF2!

BONK!

Damn, beat me.

the resemblance is scary.

The big dude looks like Rick Ross

Now I wanna get the new bat and go DOINK!

(insert benny hill music here)

I will be thoroughly upset if the black dude doesn't scream "RELOADIN'!" in some manner or the other.

Pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes...

I for one wish that they had just supported the original Left 4 Dead. I'm sure they're not using a new engine for this so why not release it as an expansion? I'm afraid that Valve is starting to turn into some other game developer who releases sequels every two years and thats not cool.

The guy in the suit looks just like Edward Norton. Perhaps the mechanic is his alter-ego?

When you have insomnia, nothings real.

Remind me again why this is a new game and not an expansion/major DLC pack?

...How about "The Parish: Now You're Gonna Fuckin' Get It, Asshole Zombies"

Maybe pushing the 'Rated M' a little far? We can work with it a little, tone it back.

Only if Scarface knew about the infected...

nice!! especially Reginald VelJohnson, he hasn't had enough work since Family Matters.

They put Bob Sapp in!?

Fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap....

What's wrong with the subtitle, "This time it all goes south"?

I mean (while not as good as "Their flight just got delayed. Permanently"), for the first poster, since the game is set in Louisiana, I think the subtitle is perfect. It has the same cheesy double entendre as the previous posters ("going south" meaning "getting worse," and "going south" as in, you know, the new setting), and it has a B-movie ring to it.

Again, I'm not saying it's the best...but it's appropriate, I think, for what they're trying to convey in the first unveiling of the game and its new setting.

The Guy in the Suit Looks Like Chuck Palumbo from WWE.

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