The ultimate goal as an Infected player is to disorient, pin and kill off all of the Survivors so that you can end their run as early as possible. Each Special Infected has its own skills and quirks, but it’s their ability to combine and conquer that makes Versus Mode so special. That means you can end up playing as the Boomer, Spitter, Hunter, Jockey, Smoker, Charger and yes, even the Tank over the course of a match. Yet instead of the AI Director controlling all of the enemy Intelligence, real players on the Infected team step into the shoes of the Special Infected. The Survivors proceed through the map as normal, fighting off hordes of common zombies and completing objectives to reach the safe room. It works like this: a team of four Survivors face off against a team of four Infected over the course of a campaign, alternating roles between rounds.
Even if you played the game years ago you may not be aware of its brilliance, so let me break it down. Left 4 Dead 2’s solo and co-op campaign gameplay is still great, don’t get me wrong, but the game’s true beauty is hiding in this nuanced, communication-heavy, extremely dynamic online multiplayer mode. So! You’re probably wondering why, and I have two words for you: Versus Mode. I’m not alone either! Beyond the eight or so close friends I play with regularly, it’s averaging around 20 thousand concurrents per day as of late, making it a firm fixture in Steam’s top 100 most-played games. If you ignore my foolish teenage dalliance with DOTA 2, the most-played game in my Steam library is Left 4 Dead 2, a game that came out in 2009, and one that I’m still playing multiple times a week, eleven years later. The thing is though, I’m a total hypocrite.
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