What's that? You just killed a Boomer? Well, don't worry, because there are seven more standing right behind you.
New L4D2 Mutation: Hard Eight (more like 'Just Hard')
by Richard Mitchell 
on Jul 17th 2010 8:00AM
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What's that? You just killed a Boomer? Well, don't worry, because there are seven more standing right behind you.
Reader Comments (37)
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 3:05PM The Aquacharger said
@Tegolin
Two smokers? That shouldn't happen. In L4D2 it's set up so only one of each Special Infected can spawn
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Two smokers? That shouldn't happen. In L4D2 it's set up so only one of each Special Infected can spawn
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 3:31PM Nolan North said
@The Aquacharger
Play the mall section of Dead Center on Advanced or higher and you'll see that two Smokers at a time is actually very common. In fact, Smokers are the only one I've seen duplicates of in Left 4 Dead 2, and I earned the achievement "Still Something to Prove" with 2 of my friends, so you can say I've played a lot of Left 4 Dead 2.
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Play the mall section of Dead Center on Advanced or higher and you'll see that two Smokers at a time is actually very common. In fact, Smokers are the only one I've seen duplicates of in Left 4 Dead 2, and I earned the achievement "Still Something to Prove" with 2 of my friends, so you can say I've played a lot of Left 4 Dead 2.
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 3:34PM Nolan North said
@The Aquacharger
Of course I'm not counting the finales, which will spawn two tanks when the rescue arrives
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Of course I'm not counting the finales, which will spawn two tanks when the rescue arrives
Posted: Jul 21st 2010 11:45PM Nolan North said
@Sinkwater
I've seen two people play as Hunters at once, and two people play as Jockeys at once. It's definitely possible, it's just rare. It usually depends on the infected team players.
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I've seen two people play as Hunters at once, and two people play as Jockeys at once. It's definitely possible, it's just rare. It usually depends on the infected team players.
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 9:12AM Startingline13 ArmlessOctopus said
I love that they continue to add variety to the game. I would have put it down some time ago, but they keep creating reasons for me to come back.
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Posted: Jul 17th 2010 3:07PM The Aquacharger said
@Startingline13 ArmlessOctopus
But they also ruin it too by taking out items from VS mode and limiting what you can do in VS mode aswell.
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But they also ruin it too by taking out items from VS mode and limiting what you can do in VS mode aswell.
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 9:51AM Drakkenfyre said
The problem with the Mutations is when you find a really fun one, it only has a chance to come back if it's popular enuf. And then it's very unlikely to become permanent.
Playing by yourself (as in without any bots) was hard as HELL. Even getting to the end of one area was hard enuf. And the "Carry the Gnome" mutation sounded fun, but I missed it. Those are examples of ones that should become permanent additions.
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Playing by yourself (as in without any bots) was hard as HELL. Even getting to the end of one area was hard enuf. And the "Carry the Gnome" mutation sounded fun, but I missed it. Those are examples of ones that should become permanent additions.
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 10:04AM bamb0ostick said
Wait a minute, if there's only four Special Infected allowed in the world at once normally, that means all eight of them are never on-screen at once. This just changes things so we'll get attacked by everyone at once more often. This doesn't necessarily mean we'll get carpet-bombed by eight Boomers at the same time, it just means we get attacked by one of every Special at once.
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Posted: Jul 17th 2010 10:11AM Drakkenfyre said
@(Unverified)
That makes it easier how?
8 Boomers. Weapon spray, done.
A Boomer, a Smoker, a Hunter, a Tank, a Spitter, a Charger, and Jockey. You are f!@#$%.
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That makes it easier how?
8 Boomers. Weapon spray, done.
A Boomer, a Smoker, a Hunter, a Tank, a Spitter, a Charger, and Jockey. You are f!@#$%.
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 10:17AM bamb0ostick said
@Drakkenfyre
LOL. I never said it was easier, did I? But at least you won't get eight Tanks.
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LOL. I never said it was easier, did I? But at least you won't get eight Tanks.
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 5:44PM swooded said
@(Unverified)
It actually regularly throws duplicate specials at you simultaneously, though not 8 of the same. If you play for a bit, you'll end up seeing two jockeys running up together while your getting attacked by other specials, or a bommer right inside the door way another that just came out of & such.
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It actually regularly throws duplicate specials at you simultaneously, though not 8 of the same. If you play for a bit, you'll end up seeing two jockeys running up together while your getting attacked by other specials, or a bommer right inside the door way another that just came out of & such.
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 11:43AM edofyingfilms said
Hm. No.
I don't play games for masochism's sake.
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I don't play games for masochism's sake.
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 12:48PM Themoreyouknow said
@edofyingfilms
Same. I have enough stress at work, why should I get stressed while trying to relax?
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Same. I have enough stress at work, why should I get stressed while trying to relax?
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 1:13PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Man, I always wanted to get into Left 4 Dead. But.. I'm not much of a 'play on hard' guy, so it seems like it'd be difficult to find a decent 'Hey, let's just play on normal' group. =P
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Posted: Jul 17th 2010 1:14PM liquidsoap89 said
@Roadworks 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUH3JQjcweM&playnext_from=TL&videos=JDhrDWXb_Do
I had to...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUH3JQjcweM&playnext_from=TL&videos=JDhrDWXb_Do
I had to...
Posted: Jul 17th 2010 1:47PM The Wicker Man said
For far too long Joystiq has whined about the difficulty of Left 4 Dead 2! I thought I could depend on you guys in the zombie induced end times. Now I see that you would only slow me down. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. :P
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Posted: Jul 17th 2010 4:17PM Ben Forbes said
@Vcize
Doesn't stop them from being able to incap your team twice as quickly, though.
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Doesn't stop them from being able to incap your team twice as quickly, though.
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