So here's the gig.
This really nice fella gave me a copy of Left 4 Dead 2. Now when it comes to horror, me & HeX read from the same sheet. Namely "OH GOOD LORD! WHY?" and then run away. But I put that aside and set about installing Left 4 Dead 2 on my PC. Ok, the loading movie did nothing to help my fears. But I was determined to give the game ago. So change the buttons a bit and it was time to give it a whirl. And what better way to start that with a bit of single player BOT action.
Nice and easy to use. Pick a campaign and begin. Cool! It's a nice sunny day, I'm on the roof and I've got a pistol in each hand that doesn't run out of ammo. It's safe to say that I was soon out of my comfort zone the moment I got to the bottom of the stair well and opened the door. My headphones were full of the sounds of creepy zombie breathing. Even though there was only 3 standing around in the corridor. My BOT buddies had just about managed a single flight of stairs, so I figured whats the harm in a couple of well placed head shots.
F*CK ME RUNNIN'!!!!!
I thought zombies were slow moving sods? Oh not in this game! They bloody swarm. And not just the normal run of the mill "I used to be some one's Mum" still kind of human looking zombies. That's scary enough in it's self, as a mob of the buggers comes clambering around the corner determined to give you a big hug, arms flailing and the like. Oh no. That would be too tame. So at the far end of the corridor come some hug bugger with a big arm. This doesn't look good. So with a moment of inspired thinking, I simply close the door. Meanwhile, up on the balcony, the BOT's are discussing yesterdays Dilbert comic strip. They were completely unimpressed with my cunning of closing the door. And good reason to. As moments later the door disintegrated and a large angry bugger fisted me to death. As I lay there violated and broken, the BOT's then chose to get involved. So not a good start
And that kind of set the theme. Me & grenades don't tend to get on. So picking up a pipe bomb and having a look at the model just as the computer decides that now would be a good moment for a swam didn't do my nerves any favors. there were "bad guys" so I pressed fire. Which was dumb. The pipe bomb bounced off the light fitting, ending up behind me. And now with a lot of hug happy zombie buggers in front of me, I don't need to tell you it didn't end well.
But as embarrassing as that was, when some limping swamp donkey of a bint comes round the corner and spits a nasty green lugie at me, I thought I'd be clever and jump on the balcony. Well that was the plan. Kind of cleared the balcony in an attempt to get to the ground floor in an express manner.
The game scares me. Lots.
So I was chatting with Fade over the weekend, and he suggested that what I needed was some "Frag hungry" compadres to come on the adventure with me. The kind of people that don't run from fear. But instead hunt it down. And attack it. Some times with a chainsaw!
And it was with this idea that
"Terrifying Tuesdays" was born.
Do you have some free time on Tuesdays?
Do you have a copy of Left 4 Dead 2?
Do you want to hear someone cry and scream and generally wet themselves with terror?
YOU DO!
Excellent!
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