Its all fun and games until you actually have to play Crash Course

[u/Various_Jellyfish_98]

[u/Potatoe799]

I like almost all campaigns but there's something about these first two that I just keep replaying over and over again

[u/fireball3643 → u/Potatoe799]

They’re what I call Tech Demo levels, or levels that have had more work put into them because they’re meant to sell the product. It’s what you’d play in the demo or at a games showcase like E3 or Pax. Once you see this you’ll start noticing it in more games too

Edit - just to be clear I don’t mean this as a bad thing.

[u/lukewarmboy → u/fireball3643]

If you want to be technical, The Parish was 2's Tech Demo level, Dead Center was designed as an unspoken tutorial campaign, and was the last one developed

[u/fireball3643 → u/lukewarmboy]

Huh, wild. Though I suppose that makes sense, since the parish has a lot of over the top stuff like the jets

[u/Coelachantiform → u/fireball3643]

Yeah The Parish is my favorite campaign specifically because it's the one I've played the most. The demo on Xbox 360 had the first 2 chapters of The Parish (The Waterfront and The Park).

Good memories playing split-screen during the gauntlet on The Park.

[u/TheTalkerofThings → u/lukewarmboy]

tbf a lot of the time tutorial levels are designed last because devs need to know what to teach and it leads to them being better because the devs also know what to design around after making so many levels before it

[u/SheridanWithTea → u/lukewarmboy]

The Parish demonstrated the infinite horde Gauntlet events, destruction (the bridge) and dynamic AI director decided pathways (the Cemetery is changed based on how well you play), better water (the intro), environment detail, zombie density, and more detailed characters.

I think you even see the new riot zombies on The Parish, so new enemy subtypes.

[u/Jaiz412 → u/SheridanWithTea]

The cemetery paths are actually entirely RNG, chosen at the start of the map.

[u/SheridanWithTea → u/fireball3643]

I mean, honestly? The tech on display in the other levels in L4D1 and 2 can be QUITE crazy. Like, Blood Harvest and Dead Air have some REALLY cool setpieces, especially the pre-rendered plane crash that was actually a fully simulated soft-body physics thing that was baked into the game effectively.

No Mercy is cool, but Blood Harvest and Dead Air are REALLY well made.

[u/Toen6 → u/SheridanWithTea]

Maybe I'm missing something, but what's so special about Blood Harvest?

[u/SheridanWithTea → u/Toen6]

Well, the APC is fully prerendered and baked in, just like the soft body physics of the plane crash, and the suspension and its movement are reflective of this.

Plus it's just a really cool level. I just like the aesthetics of a blood soaked forest/rural area in Pennsylvania, really fitting for a horror theme or even kinda The Hills Have Eyes-esque if you prefer.

[u/NoLeavesInTheWinter → u/fireball3643]

TV shows have this too. Usually most the budget goes to the first pilot episode, and then the afterwards episodes don't do anything as ambitious until the season finale. Some shows avoid this by being consistent throughout, but the ones where it's really noticeable for how the budget gets blown the first episode stick out like a sore thumb.

[u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs → u/fireball3643]

I've noticed this as well. A lot of games have a ridiculous amount of effort frontloaded into the first hour compared to the rest because that's what reviewers, streamers, and demos will experience

[u/fireball3643 → u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs]

My first one was far cry 5 with how 2/3 sections felt really underdeveloped compared to the one that all the trailer material covered

[u/cross2201 → u/Potatoe799]

Same, I personally only play on death toll, no mercy and the parish

[u/MarionberryDeep5475 → u/Potatoe799]

Their the intro that set the pace

[u/Financial_Ocelot_256]

There is only one i don't play: Cold stream

shitty ass endings for all parts, how am i supposed to beat the infinite horde behind me and a tank in front of me while my bots are as intelligent as a rat in Halo 3.

[u/Professional_Device9 → u/Financial_Ocelot_256]

Hey, don't compare them to the rats! They didn't do anything wrong!

(The rats.)

[u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs → u/Financial_Ocelot_256]

I don't mind level 1 and 2 for Cold Stream but the finale is just ridiculous. So many custom campaigns don't understand "infinite horde" just isn't interesting gameplay design

Also would it have killed them to use a different helicopter? News Chopper 5 is such an iconic part of No Mercy and it's really weird to see it reused, especially in an "official" campaign. Could they really not have just recorded a handful of extra lines of dialogue and used the texture from Dark Carnival? I know Cold Stream isn't canon, but still.

[u/Asleep_Stable_8092 → u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs]

The guy who made Cold Stream was specifically told by Valve to not create new assets and reuse what the game already had.

[u/Iizvullok → u/Asleep_Stable_8092]

Really? Why that?

[u/Jaiz412 → u/Iizvullok]

From Valve's Blogpost:

The very first step in creating a new DLC is deciding on the larger goals and constraints for the DLC. The Sacrifice and the Passing were story heavy, so we want to see what the other end of the spectrum looks like. For this DLC we start with wanting to experiment by releasing a map pack that wasn’t about story. It would just be new campaigns for Left 4 Dead 2.
That makes the first constraint no new audio or story.

It specifically mentions "No new audio or story", rather than "no new assets in general" though, but the idea does reasonably extend to explain the limited use of new models and textures.

[u/Shadowysn → u/Iizvullok]

Unconfirmed talk I saw around somewhere was that the creator initially used copyrighted custom assets that presented a problem for putting in a commercial game, but don't quote me on this as someone else lurking here would likely know better than me on Cold Stream. This is just a faint memory for me.

[u/Iizvullok → u/Financial_Ocelot_256]

With the adrenaline that spawns with a high likelyhood in the boat after the waterfall.

[u/ASHLEYKHAOZ → u/Financial_Ocelot_256]

cold stream is kinda a mess but it’s sooo pretty and that alone always makes me come back to it

[u/midasMIRV → u/Financial_Ocelot_256]

I played cold stream a couple times when it first released, then never again cause I assumed it was an unfinished demo campaign.

[u/mario610 → u/Financial_Ocelot_256]

Don't forget the instant death waterfall in 1 level, I remember finding out once that you can still get washed away while downed which is even shittier on top of the fucking infinite horde shit

[u/Imhappyimhappy → u/Financial_Ocelot_256]

Cold Stream is goated..Forest vibe is so chill and the weapons are nice

[u/indialexjones]

I actually don’t really like dead center all that much, I personally would rate basically every other l4d2 campaign higher than it. Especially dark carnival which is my favourite.

[u/NessaMagick → u/indialexjones]

Yeah, I think Dead Center is the weakest L4D2 campaign. The second chapter is way too long for what is essentially still part of the tutorial and it's got an icky scavenge finale.

[u/Moonlands → u/indialexjones]

I'm not the biggest fan of Dead Center all of the way, but its also some of the most interesting, and plus the gun shop is cool since I can basically be certain to pick up my favorite weapon combos of Sniper Rifle laser sight and Deagle, or SPAS-12 (Combat Shotgun) and Deagle, maybe a melee weapon and Sniper Rifle if I don't mind having a weak pistol if downed.

Its not the best, but it is one of the more interesting with the Finale. I'd place it like a solid B tier personally.

[u/BaseForward8097 → u/indialexjones]

I agree. Dead Center has a rather weak Ch1 (it feels too much like a dragged out tutorial) and I dislike the ending (mostly due to skill issue, but still)

[u/SheridanWithTea → u/indialexjones]

If you skip Dead Center chapter 1, it's actually quite fun. Just the first chapter is really boring.

[u/Ribba23 → u/SheridanWithTea]

Also loud as shit! That helicopter was a volume check, especially on xbox

[u/SheridanWithTea → u/Ribba23]

Whenever I played L4D2 at 7 AM, this was a real waker upper lmfao

[u/Draws32 → u/indialexjones]

Dark carnival is absolute cheeks for infected side of versus. The last level has like 8 med packs, multiple pain pills, 4 adrenaline shots, throwables and a grenade launcher. Not to mention there’s no where to consistently spawn near them when they go to the right spot. Your best chance is to get a lucky hit with the forklift as the tank and even then with the two defibrillators it’s almost impossible to stop any half decent team that sticks together.

It’s dog shit.

[u/NessaMagick → u/Draws32]

If you're talking vanilla versus, it's almost impossible to stop a half-decent team that sticks together on any finale.

[u/Draws32 → u/NessaMagick]

Nah, on No mercy the rooftop plays are open on any team. They have to go up a latter and the infected can spawn on top of them. The tank can knock a survivor off of building and get an unrecoverable death. Same on like parish finale with the bridge there’s multiple death charge spots.

IMO the game can heavily favor the survivor side, so the instant and unrecoverable death zones help balance it out. Love dead center round one, no mercy round 4 and 5.

[u/NessaMagick → u/Draws32]

Yeah, but if they don't fall for the obvious bait, then you're pretty much screwed because vanilla versus is so survivor-sided.

[u/PersonaInsane]

I'm taking an Expert Realism journey. Crash acourse scares the hell out of me.

[u/King_chungus212 → u/PersonaInsane]

Wait til you have to do last stand ☠️

[u/Gaming_with_batman → u/King_chungus212]

That one is worse cause you have to do it to get the achievement.
I got it though abusing left 4 bots 2, grenade spam, and sheer dumb luck

[u/King_chungus212 → u/Gaming_with_batman]

Last stand is def bad but now that im thinking about it more i had way more trouble with hard rain expert than last stand

[u/Helpful_Wasabi_4782 → u/Gaming_with_batman]

I also had to use the left 4 bots mod to get that achievement. The difference between normal bots and modded bots is coloured and b&w

[u/SheridanWithTea → u/PersonaInsane]

Try the Parish. Never again....

[u/Faltzy → u/SheridanWithTea]

the parish on expert realism isn't that bad, especially when the finale can be rushed easily

[u/SheridanWithTea → u/Faltzy]

OH yeah? Like to see you try with a friend while you're both sleep deprived and half drunk at 3 AM.

Not a good time, Mr. left 4 Dead 2 Expert of 8,000 Hours.........

[u/thelocalpotatogamer → u/SheridanWithTea]

Dark carnival was nasty for me. Swamp fever was suprisingly pleasant though, i enjoyed it

[u/pow3rstr0ke73]

Is this ragebait?

[u/Fijian96 → u/pow3rstr0ke73]

If you have to ask the answer is almost always yes.

[u/JadedEngine6497]

All maps are good,even workshop maps such as Ravenholm 2 are fun to play.

[u/Theoneandonlyzander]

Imma be so real, when playing casually with friends, I despise both of the first campaigns. Now, neither of them are bad, but I hate Dead Centers 3rd and 4th chapters, as well as No Mercy's 4th. With all of this said, my 2 favorite Campaigns are Death Toll and Hard Rain, so say what you will.

[u/JoeJoeJoeJoeThrow → u/Theoneandonlyzander]

Hard Rain is amazing. Like it’s one of those things I think about randomly from time to time, when I think about top gaming moments. Retracing your path back to the boat in a huge storm with everything flooding is just….amazing

[u/Theoneandonlyzander → u/JoeJoeJoeJoeThrow]

Fr! I love the way Hard Rain works, and I adore the environmental story telling, with the Huricane force winds and rain.

[u/Zardoo → u/Theoneandonlyzander]

Death Toll is probably the best campaign of the entire game both L4D1 and 2. I love it so much

[u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs → u/Zardoo]

Death Toll is my favorite in the entire series as well. The atmosphere and variety is great, the Church is a fantastic encounter, and the level design and visuals of the roads, town, and boat house are all top tier

[u/SheridanWithTea → u/Theoneandonlyzander]

Bro really enjoys having only pistols and melee for an entire chapter??? And wading through high water and backtracking through existing levels.

[u/Theoneandonlyzander → u/SheridanWithTea]

Which campaign's chapter has only pistols and Melee? Cause in the ones I described they dont. Dead Center's frist chapter is that, which is another reason I dislike it. As far as the wading through water goes, most of Hard Rains return route is built around not being the water. Rooftops, pipework in the Sugar Mill. Legit just sounds to me like you've never played Hard Rain.

[u/Denleborkis]

I mean the only campaign I outright don't like is Cold Stream the rest of them are more than fun even if they get a little aggravating.

The only other campaign that I can think of that I really don't like is Dark Carnival and its mostly just because of the fact that on high difficulties the endings of the levels are slogs and trying to beat them on Extreme was the biggest pain in the balls of any campaign in the game and I would never so that shit again.

[u/Brislovia → u/Denleborkis]

I always try to find the Boomer Bile on Dark Carnival 1st and save it so I can use it on the final part of 4th, that part is brutal

[u/Jaiz412 → u/Brislovia]

There's a 24% chance no biles spawn in map 1, so if you're unfortunate you can't even rely on the backpack bile strategy

[u/Faust_the_Faustinian → u/Denleborkis]

Once we died like 15 times in the gauntlet of Dark Carnival with a team of randoms on Expert Realism until we finally beat it.

[u/ilikethewii-u]

dark carnival is the 2fort of l4d2

[u/ElZik3r → u/ilikethewii-u]

truer words have never been spoken before

[u/shadowapolo]

Even with some campaigns being too short or not having many unique ideas, I still quite like all of them besides Cold Stream. Playing custom campaigns will make you appreciate even the worse vanilla campaigns.

[u/Wingedwolf275]

Hard rain and dead air are my most replayed maps

[u/foxydash]

Honestly my favorite is Dead Air or Death Toll, the atmospheres are unmatched.

[u/Nuclearstomp]

Crash Course is pretty solid in my opinion, it just really needed to be a three mapper or at least cut out the lead up to the finale area.

[u/Helpful_Wasabi_4782 → u/Nuclearstomp]

That's the exact reason why I don't like Crash Course, if you die at the second wave or tank during finale you have to start all the way back from the safe room, that is very far away from the finale 

[u/recentlyquitsmoking2]

I loved no mercy in l4d1 when you got more than one hunter a map

[u/thederpyderp3]

Honestly I think the 2nd game had great maps compared to the first.

[u/MrLarry65]

There's just something about Dark Carnival that i absolutely love...

[u/Background-Horse-141]

I know I'm wrong, everyone has told me, but I fucking love Hard Rain. Running back through rain so thick you can't see or hear the witches till it's too late makes me feel alive.

[u/Raven-Purple]

Crash Course is a good campaign because you can easily get a achievement for beating a Campaign on Expert mode

Also stop listening to Youtubers telling what you should and shouldn’t like and form your own opinions

[u/JustAFellowOnTheWeb]

Mercy hospital just has that dreadful feeling of being stuck in a highly populated city, overran with infected. The sets are amazing, especially the scene where you get out of the sewer to see Mercy Hospital. The environmental story telling is also what makes it great as well.

[u/Game_Bread]

This reminds me. For most of my life playing L4D2, i hated the Parish. I used to think that the level design was very bland and just a chore to get through. Now, though (more specifically, the last few years) Ive come to enjoy is as one of my more recent favorites! The storytelling, the aesthetic, the soundtrack, are all superb! Not to mention the character interactions with the environments and with each other.

[u/JoeJoeJoeJoeThrow]

Come to think of it, with how little stuff Valve makes in general, why does Crash Course even exist? Like why did they put the effort in to make it when they’re normally super lethargic?

[u/Asleep_Stable_8092 → u/JoeJoeJoeJoeThrow]

When Crash Course was added Valve said they created it to be a "bite sized versus round" using cut areas and levels or something like that.

It's intentionally shorter so people don't have to dedicate to 1-2 hour sessions like other campaigns.

[u/JoeJoeJoeJoeThrow → u/Asleep_Stable_8092]

I see. Thanks both of you. It does feel a bit like an ‘eh’ map. Still, I’m glad they both exist. It’s nice to have shorter campaigns.

[u/lukewarmboy → u/JoeJoeJoeJoeThrow]

Crash Course and The Sacrifice are mostly recycled scrapped maps made by Turtle Rock Studios. The Passing might be the only add-on campaign that was fully developed by Valve, and honestly, that might be why it feels more polished than the other 2 atleast to me.

[u/Careful-Office-649]

I Like All maps Because I get 2 Kill Zombies and stuff Like That

[u/Inomata098]

Hard rain solos both frfr

[u/Immediate-Clock-816 → u/Inomata098]

I mess with hard rain but swamp fever my personal favorite. The vibe and horde music are my favorites

[u/Sukaiba69]

The only one I audibly "Ugh" at is Cold Stream because the pacing is awful all-throughout, always the same Tank experience and no Witches

I appreciate Crash Course mostly as a breath of fresh air compared to the rest of the Campaigns for how unconventional it is

Also as long as you're not alone, Scavenge is the most fun finale type and I will not hear otherwise

[u/amberi_ne]

I honestly find the intro missions for both to be pretty uninteresting

[u/literally_italy → u/amberi_ne]

nah they're the goats

[u/Yhoko]

I despise dead center lol dark carnival is where it's at.

[u/Shiva9990]

Or dead air. Everyone loves dead air.

I personally like all the maps (except cold stream. Can’t really put my finger on why exactly. Just not my thing I guess)

[u/realtalkerik]

I love all L4D maps, 1 & 2

[u/deepspacerunner]

I’ve had hype moments and aura on all of the campaigns. One that sticks out is Swamp Fever’s plantation finale, my two teammates were too cowardly to get off the boat so I popped some adrenaline, reloaded my shotgun and soloed a Tank to rescue my incapped teammate

[u/Oofsalot]

My favorite will always be Hard Rain. Can't tell you why, but it is.

[u/shyguyshow]

Replace Dead Center with Dark Carnival. Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely one of the best campaigns but i’m sooo bored of playing Dark Carnival over and over

[u/MegaPrOJeCtX13]

Dark Carnival will forever be my go-to just because the modding potential. My last stand could be to Gorillaz, Daft Punk, Hideki Naganuma, Pink Guy…

[u/Odd_Part3634]

Hot take, no mercy blows bro.

[u/Spankinator-2000]

add death toll to that list lol

[u/Quite_FranklyIDGAF]

lmao never seen something more true

[u/notengoganasdepensar]

The only map i can't seem myself to enjoy is blood harvest. The other one is dead air.

[u/TheWalkingHunk]

The atmosphere for CC makes me like it all the same.

It's not bad to beat, but a broken team does ruin the run.

[u/ParsnipNo9171]

No Mercy and Dead Center are just so fun especially in Versus.

No better feeling than charging a survivor off the building..

[u/TheMemeLord4816]

There's an advanced ai mod that has the ais go in the direction you're supposed to go if you stand still for a bit

I rely on them so much because I get lost so often

[u/BluDDDD_]

I like all campaigns, but i only hate no mercy in versus mode

[u/golygu]

Crash course feels a little underwhelming for me But I absolutely love playing Dark Carnival (and the remix) purely because I love the atmosphere and the thrill of running the gauntlet of map 3 And I basically never play hard rain map 3 and 4 by taking shortcuts, I LOVE the feeling of slowly walking through the flood and hard rain

[u/PalpitationDecent743]

Dude Dark Carnival is awesome.

[u/AskJeevesIsBest]

I always have fun with Crash Course

[u/slavmaf]

For me, it's Cold Stream and Last Stand. I mean yes, Cold Stream was not made by Valve, but even without knowing that, there is something about these that makes them different to all other campaigns, even though I can't quite put my finger on it.

[u/Jaiz412 → u/slavmaf]

Valve did design some parts of Cold Stream, they just left most of the design and vision to Matthew Lourdelet. The first map's bunker door event, for example, is a Valve design that replaced Matthew's original idea.

[u/Educational-West6968]

I really can't understand why so many people like no Mercy .It is way too dark to be fun like almost every original left 4 dead campaign.The darkness doesn't make the game scarier.It just makes it annoying

[u/Iizvullok → u/Educational-West6968]

It is not that dark tho (except maybe some parts). You probably have to fix your graphics settings.

[u/TableFruitSpecified]

I like Crash Course, it's an endurance test of a L4D2 map

[u/White_C4]

The 2nd and 3rd chapters of Dead Center are great, but everything else does get boring on repeat.

[u/Roni1209]

As a tank run player, well

[u/ReadableDiction]

I don’t like No Mercy. I don’t dislike either but I’d rather join a Swamp or Hard Rain mid Versus match than a NM lobby.

[u/Xilstea1th]

So many great custom modded campaigns to download too

[u/charbway]

i don't think i've ever met anyone that doesn't like dark carnival

[u/Jaiz412 → u/charbway]

I never liked Dark Carnival because the events are pointlessly overtuned and the finale is boring to play.
The 4th map isn't just the worst event in the game, it isn't even properly signposted, and the finale is by far the least engaging finale in the entire game due to how easy it is.

I also hate how disappointing it is thematically; It's supposed to be a theme park turned into a refugee center, but there's almost nothing lending itself to that theme. It would've been far more interesting to see it militarized and inhabited.

[u/Faust_the_Faustinian]

Idk what you're talking about, dude.

Blood Harvest and The Parish are my favorites.

[u/Generaldoom93]

The one thing i dont like really is swamp fever, like whats the purpose of it when it slows you down and a slow gameplay and seems boring in speedruns and etc

[u/SimplyTiredd]

Crash Course just feels like bad pacing, but I love every other map.

(Except cold stream fuck that map)

[u/Iizvullok]

Even the worst of the official campaigns is still pretty decent imo.

[u/Hex_Coded]

Dead Center is good as a tutorial to get you into the groove of the game, but I feel it has a very small replay value, I much more prefer Hard Rain as a campaign to keep coming back to

[u/King_JohnnyBravo]

I like the one with the motels

[u/Bahldros]

Swamp slows you down, Hard rain you cant see shit AND slows you down, crash course is over quickly

[u/Naoto_for_life18]

Blood harvest, cold stream and swamp fever are the only campaigns I avoid like a plague

[u/hulloiliketrucks]

Granted im a casual but i like all of the maps, barring maybe cold stream. My favorites are Dead Air and The Parish.

[u/NicoMan88]

I think i'm genuinely in love with no mercy and blood harvest. But only for solo i rather play other campaigns in versus mode

[u/NuclearLMG]

I love crash course…

[u/Snoo48129]

Swamp fever will always be my favorite campaign. 🤷🏻Dead air and Death toll are also really amazing imo. But I just enjoy left 4 dead in general.

[u/United-Handle-6572]

I love no mercy and dead center

[u/randomgamer567]

Swamp fever is my favorite… I replay it over and over

[u/Limp-Condition-3380]

My favorite campaign is death toll, no mercy is top 5 but definitely not my favorite, dead center is one of my least favorite campaigns, if I had to order the campaigns from most enjoyed to least it would be death toll, the parish, no mercy, blood harvest, dark carnival, dead air, swamp fever, the sacrifice, the passing, the last stand, hard rain, dead center, crash course, and cold stream in dead last as my least favorite campaign

[u/Whole-Drop-4889]

Complaining about no primary's in Dead Center chapter 1 is a skill issue and No Mercy is perfect from top to bottom and shows you what the rest of the game has to offer.

[u/Tracula707]

Is this the common opinion? I don’t even think Dead Center is in the top three Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns

[u/RafaelTS07]

nah, Cold Stream is the real stinker here lmfao
that campaign are just not fun for me, especially in Expert

[u/baolongrex]

Am I the only one who likes Death Toll?

[u/gibsonsayhenlo]

Huh, am I weird to like Dead Center? I mean it's not as fun as other maps out there. But, I like it...?

[u/Jetitaka]

Well if we count Cold Stream as vanilla ig this is true enough. The only Vanilla map i actually dislike is Hard Rain and even it is really good i just don't like how long it is for basically being 3 chapters packed into 5.
Even crash course is more fun imo. Everything else in general is good with the last stand being okay.

[u/SimplePassenger8752]

Dark carnival and parish would replace the 2 on the right for me

[u/foxferreira64]

Not a single bad vanilla map in this game, I love them all, yes, incluing Hard Rain. Each offers something new, tactics are different as well. My favorite is Dark Carnival though!

[u/Naplesclownyesme]

DEAD AIR IS THE PEAK

[u/Jackpot_The_Raccuki]

Jokes on you, I enjoy crash course.

Infact I enjoy all vanilla maps, except of course, Cold Stream. Which has some good but honestly so mid a lot of time.

[u/Lost_Needleworker676]

I am a big fan of hard rain personally

[u/I_HATE_ZOEY_AAA]

I can’t be bothered to do Dead Center most of the time because it’s one of the hardest campaigns in the game. No Mercy goated though

[u/yet_another_leftist]

cant relate i love dead center

[u/aZestyMango]

Dark Carnival >>>>> Dead Center

[u/Facade04]

Most of the campaigns are fun but I play heavy rain once in a blue moon

[u/Ser_Jammy]

My favorite is still probably Death Toll (for L4D1) or Swamp Fever (for L4D2) but I am 110% biased towards all of the L4D1 maps. Mainly because I frequently visit Pennsylvania and am biased.

[u/Altruistic-Funny5325]

My favorite is The Parish, despite the... CEDA blockade section

[u/yestureday]

..do people NOT like the other maps?

[u/diehardbears]

Dark Carnival and Parish > Dead Center

[u/AwesomeGamerCZ]

Crash Course is my favourite campaign, jokes on you.

[u/Leach-8]

Dark Carnival and Hard Rain are my favorite vanilla campaigns to play over and over especially with friends!

The Parish comes in third for a number of reasons:

• The Bridge is my second favorite finale.
• The Bridge has a cool climbing trick you can teach friends who are new to the game.
• it's the map they used for the developer commentary, my first window into the world of game development.

Swamp Fever is my least favorite, but I don't hate it. It has one of the funniest intro banters, really stressful crescendo events that I greatly appreciate, and it's where we first meet our boi Virgil.

Dead Center will always be special because it's the only map where I can have a guarantee AK47 + Laser Sights lmao.

I can't say much about L4D1 maps, sadly. Always loved the idea of L4D as a kid (thanks to Kilplix N Friends), but my childhood zombie game was L4D2. I guess when I finally got to play them as an adult Death Toll was my favorite.

[u/imaf2pontf2]

Parish my goat

[u/AnPotatoCannon]

crash course is one of my favorites lmao idk why

[u/JahamesO]

I love both those maps, but I like Hard Rain and Blood Harvest more

[u/SpectreWolf666]

Am I in the minority that my favorite maps are the L4D1 maps, including No Mercy? I always loved them

[u/Volpinasflute]

The parish will forever be iconic

[u/ElZik3r]

Ngl... I love all campaigns.

In fact, I like Cold Stream and Hard Rain a lot

[u/HaloEevee]

me who doesn't have a PC or a copy of l4d2 so I have to play only l4d1 laughing at this:

😂

[u/RepresentativeFit44]

For versus I’ll take this badge with honor but it’s really only versus do I play No Mercy, Dead Center, and Dark Carnival otherwise I don’t really care what I play

I’m by no means a sweat it’s just a little annoying to play the other maps as survivor sometimes because there are ridiculous insta kill/down spots that are pretty easy to hit. Maybe it’s a skill issues since I don’t play them often but the other three maps mentioned are just easier to read for me when an insta kill happens

[u/Real-Reading2828]

Whoever made the image committed a crime by not including dark carnival and the parish as well.

The title of the post is me when swamp fever. (Idc what the 6 swamp fever fans gotta say, it's the worst campaign design and gameplay wise, and even the horde theme is ahh)

[u/SomeoneBehindTheScrn]

But I like Crash Course... :(

[u/CockswitchEngage]

I've always loved Hard Rain

[u/PeikaFizzy]

Dead air and parish is such a banger

[u/turkhis_guy]

I played Hard Rain and Swamp Fewer once. And i played the passing and crash course like 2-3 times

[u/NewDrink4371]

to be honest i try to avoid no mercy and dead center servers simply cause they're the most commonly played

[u/TheSepticDemon]

I like dead air. :3

[u/Party-Secretary-8064]

This meme is WRONG. It's cold stream. Those are the goats

[u/FlyHighBeWide]

For some reasons I hate dead center and carnival, I just dont really have fun playing them. I love the sacrifice and no mercy tho

[u/GapAdministrative949]

Honestly i always despised blood harvest and swamp fever

[u/MaxtheGrape]

I will always be a shooter for Dark Carnival.

[u/galagysieg3]

Not my

[u/GodzillaGames88]

But midnight riders...

[u/SlamTownFGC]

I honestly never understood the crash course hate. Its fairly compact and i actually like the finale.

[u/TheCombatReporter]

Dark Carnival slander will not be tolerated

[u/Ok-Apricot2815]

I didn't know some people hate the other chapters

Honestly me personal favorite (besides No Mercy & Dead Center) is because it's so interesting and... I like Rainy days, it's Hard Rain

[u/doge_mill]

I like hard rain its funny

[u/COPPERSRUN]

the only campaign i won't play is the last stand, i try to play most of the other ones at least once in a while if im not on my regular rotation of campaigns

[u/Sea-Bodybuilder-9437]

I like every single one of them except Last Stand and campaign I like the most is Dark Carnival.

But I suppose I'll fall for engagement bait, just this once.

[u/GeneralBoneJones]

all pale in comparison to the diogenes-esque beauty of glubtastic 1

[u/proud_gatekeeper]

this is the worst valve game with portal 2 and half life alyx, I hate it, it only gets nearly good because of the workshop, I have to change everything to make it better and even I still get no fun

counter strike zombie mode is funnier

[u/Whole-Drop-4889 → u/proud_gatekeeper]

I'm acknowledging this bait just to let others know to not engage in this low effort garbage bait. Good day.