It's why it wouldn't make sense for him to replace Bill in the sacrifice. Same with Zoe. They're too optimistic to realise that to survive one of them must die. They'd assume there's another way. I could imagine Francis doing it but I don't think he's tactically as quick as Bill to realize the situation
@lewanjosephnimick9359 not only that, but no way Bill would let the young sacrifice their life for his. In fact, I think Bill had that same kind of optimism in his final act. He believed in the future. The future they would make. The future that the old have a duty to sacrifice for. In hisnlast moments, maybe he saw the 3 of them happy, in a world without zombies.
I actually see Gary Shwartz on a weekly basis! Him and his wife shop at my local store and I met him when I was involved with community theatre. He's a super nice guy
@zambekiller are you referring to his conversation with the team about the sailboat? if so he never said he explicitly hates them, just that he's not stopping every 15 minutes to go look for gas ☝️🤓 in fact he was supportive of Francis' idea of using a gas-powered boat to look for a sailboat (I spam voice lines every second I get so it's not just silence the entire game 💀)
my GOAT is back! One thing I noticed, is that L4D1 had a more "hopeless" atmosphere than L4D2 did and this is prevalent in the game itself. That being said Dead Air is one of my favorite chapters.
@@DrCranberry good eyes. Thank you for sharing. Thinking about it even the way of dialogue is like that too. The L4D2 survivors are more optimistic and their end goal is to get to New Orleans but the L4D1 survivors just want to get out of their particular location and survive with whatever they can find.
@@farazhamraz even though the l4d2 survivors had a status in the wikia that says they're in military custody mostly they were executed offscreen unlike the OG survivors(Bill, Francis, Louis and Zoey) they were able to escape Millhaven because of a coup by Lt. Mora against Major Everly that led to the downfall of that base but at the cost of Bill's life during The Sacrifice(both the comics and campaign)
If we assume the Korean War happened in the L4D universe, a lone wolf US pilot and copilot who heard about the infection sneaking off to swipe a South Korean cargo transport due to it being less defended than the US base while being familiar equipment is not entirely off the table for the reason a midwestern man is flying an RoK plane under the radar lol
Tbh I think it's much more likely that whoever designed the plane model just copied an image they found online without realizing what the letters and numbers meant
It’s funny how Louis was an I.T guy before all of this, but because he’s got a business suit, it means he can ‘relate to a lawyer’ as Zoey and Francis joke. XD Also I know it sounds dumb. But hear me out… lore videos on some well made custom maps! Like Bloody Moores and Freezing Point!
Your not the first person to recommend that, and yea its something I might do. Honestly don't play custom campaigns often so it should be fun. Gonna give it a shot at least once and see how it goes.
@@ImNotConzCan you maybe make a lore series about the characters? I know you probably don’t have enough energy to do this because you’re almost done. And doing this in 1 week! But this is just a suggestion, not trying to push you 😅
Vector Airlines is also an aviation pun, in addition to being about spreading infection. In the US, there's a system of low altitude airways that are situated in straight lines between airports. These are called "Victor Airways". They're basically highways in the air. Victor Airways and Vector Airlines cannot be a coincidence, it's just too close. Also I've been really looking forward to new episodes, this is an awesome series.
I really love the fiery ambiance that this campaign has with the city being on fire & the destroyed airport but for some reasons I never caught the hints that the city got bombed by the Military like New Orleans in the Parish lol (and maybe that plane in Swamp Fever as well ?). Easily one of my fav campaigns from L4D1 along with No Mercy & Death Toll. It's honestly a shame we never got Dam It officially to link Dead Air & Blood Harvest because the transition we got instead is not really making any sense lol.
Every time you say "pay attention", I half expect to hear it follow up with "this will be on the test". That would absolutely fuck with my head if you did that.
I really like your narration man. I hope you cover theories at some point or give more insight into the wall graffity of the campaigns. Keep up the good work 🤑
Two Wall Grafitti instances that will forever remained burned into my head is the dude trying to be all dramatic by saying "We're the Real Monsters." and that lady who wrote a flowery poem about someone who died to the infected because in both instances, EVERYONE just dogpiles on them.
Which version? Dam it, dam it 2 or dam it remake? Because I played one and the start felt unfinished, bots were constantly getting stuck and the ending was unbalanced af. Cool idea tho
the ending of dam it is horrible with endless zombies and unlike the parish you don't have any clear ground or elevated props to distance yourself from the mob
@@handsomemug3342 yea it spawns the tanks at the exact same time as a horde with no where to go twice in a row so you just get attrition (or bots get killed super fast)
Something really interesting I just found while playing Dead Air in the saferoom in chapter 5 is that on the Pre-Board Checklist poster, it says to "notify security immediately if you have kept or handled livestock in the last 48 hours", which points to the rumor that the Green Flu spread through livestock being widespread enough to be a security concern for big airports like Metro International. It's really cool that small little details like this are EVERYWHERE in this game, and it's why I love the lore aspect of l4d so much :P
Dead Air is fitting, because no one survives during the infection even in the air. The Terminal is kinda lame to read because there's multiple Terminal, like Train Terminal, Bus Terminal, Jeep Terminal, Boat Terminal, Bicycle Terminal, etc. So yeah Dead Air is more fitting.
One thing I haven't seen brought up or it was i missed it In several "city" levels. Dead air, no mercy You can hear gunfire in the distance implying your team aren't alone and others are around
So cool to see a growing community all waiting in anticipation for a video. Legit had co workers nostalgia out from L4D from sending them these vids. Hella good work!
These videos are so interesting even tho I don't play Left for dead now. It's so hard to find videos where the creator's voice is good and the video quality is pretty good. This is fr a 10/10
This and no mercy are BY FAR my favorite maps. I really love these videos because i am so in love with left 4 deads lore. I wish we could get left 4 dead 3, but thatll never be. I really appreciate the effort you look into..also one thing i want to point out with the plane that crashes in the beginning of the finale, you can hear a roar like a tank was in it. Can you imagine how terrifying it would be to have a tank appear in a plane flying 30,000 feet in the air! Anyways, great video, please do the dam it map because i know well never get to play it.
I appreciate the support :) Also regarding your comment on the death toll video, I plan on doing a video on the virus itself because a few comments pointed that out along with the zombie in the sacrifice comic that also turns unrealistically fast. There's only 2 Instances where a bitten survivor turns into a special infected unpresidentadely fast. It's the boomer In the sacrifice comic, and the church guy. And I cannot wait for that video because there's so much to talk about.
Dead air always seemed to me like the best left for dead 1 campaign the setting was just amazing and seeing that plane crash for the first time was stunning
Honestly the plane getting shot down do make the most sense, I headcanon the pilot as probably a deserter from the airforce (its a literally military plane he is flying) that felt he couldn’t let people to die and took one off the plane during the chaos occurring after the second week of infection, where the military was under full retreat from the big cities as the number of infected started overwhelming them, but unfortunately they still had enough assets to enforce something of a no flight zone over the country to prevent the infection from spreading even further, so that’s why he was flying so low. Maybe what happened was that shortly after the take off, the plane was noticed by a military radar before it could descend to a lower altitude and the order was given to shot it down, either when the plane was hit or in the subsequent crashing the pilot died. It’s possible the pilot might also be a carrier and aware of it, would giving him good motivation to desert and also explain why the doors in the plane are sealed shut and why he doesn’t come out, he needs to prevent himself from accidentally infecting healthy survivors.
I remember the first time I played Dead Air in Left 4 Dead 2. Boy was I upset in Chapter 4 when I realised they'd changed the map to make it impossible to go around that metal detector. If you made that mistake in Left 4 Dead in Versus or Expert, tough luck. But now it's a panic event. Great. Thanks again, Valve.
These videos are great! Love getting to see these campaigns I've run through with my friends countless times with better insight. You do excellent work with these 🙏
Awesome video, thank you for making this. Learning about the pilot and the things you mentioned was very interesting. especially in the part where you mentioned how he is flying low to avoid radar detection. thank you
Funny I just randomly got back into replaying L4D and started watching your vids the same tine you started making them. It’s strange how that happens like we all have nostalgic feelings at the same time for the same games, you’ll find a lot of players online on a once dead game the same time as you retrying it
Interesting bit on the military in left for dead 1 and for crash course, artillery is effective against hordes, considering the fact that infected have rotting bodies and artillery has large fragmentation radius, its easy to shred hordes with them not to mention the lack of self preservation Afterall, an infantryman's armor is actually made to protect against fragmentation from explosives, second to bullet protection The gun is also 105mm, a light artillery, considering for logistics and bang-for-buck value, its perfect weapon against horde without straining too much on the logistics of the army that is already strained by evacuation and containment efforts. Another part here, it seems that the a part of the army in riverside is caught off guard or mid transit. Due to lack of fighting positions on the early part of the chapters Edit: Also in left 4 dead 2, the military is changed and adopting to combat the infected, the humvees are uparmored humvees, they are possibly units relocated from middle east to the States to join the fight against the infected, afterall they are essentially combat veterans, another note here in parish, there is lack of grenades, instead it is entirely replaced by pipebombs as can be seen at the end of the bridge ontop of a humvee hinting with the possibility that the army is adapting to the infection.
I really appreciate you taking the time to explain these missions. I religiously played left for dead as a kid and it's sparked my interest watching your videos.
Loving the series man keep up the good work! Also to add there is a playable version of the Dam It campaign that someone ported into the game on the steam workshop, so you could give that a go and make the missing link video if you wanted
I do find it noteworthy this is the only campaign in which the GMC Van is used by the survivors in either L4D game, (used to break down the barrier). I can imagine the survivors just releasing the brakes on a bunch of vehicles and sending them driving away to cause a distraction.
Hell yes Dead Air! I remember playing a game with friends before going on a vaction! ..then playing some more in said vacation! But the story thou... Good stuff! Wish they added more with the offices and airport offices for maximum effect!
Man, I’ve been waiting for this to come out for such a long time. I love your leftover dead videos, fun little fact of the original four campaigns. This is the only one where Bill does not have a cigarette in his mouth. The poster this is my second favorite next to no mercy And then after this, it would be death toll and blood harvest at last all great campaigns, though for the longest time, I played left 4 dead at one more than at two, but now I played Left 4 dead two more and I like this better
I've been replaying all of left 4 dead campaigns because of your videos. I'm surprised you didn't mention the photo memorial wall in the kitchen safe room or in the plane ramp safe room the posters saying wear a mask on the plane meaning air travel was going on for awhile atleast while the infection was going on
6:56 The plane cockpit tail, and detached wing are reused assets in swamp fever, but the center part, is a few new models made to fit with the other parts. as well as some brushwork for the floor.
You know this might just be a pointless fan theory/fan lore but it would be interesting if the downed plane we see in swamp fever was one of the planes that has taken off from the air port in dead air. I just thought it be kind of neat to have 2 campaigns connected like that
Damn. I loved the lore on this one. Also never appreciated the plane flying very low till now. Pretty nice observations from you and the people who helped
I already gave him a shoutout, but the plane flying low to the ground was another point made by JaiZ in an email he sent to me. So full credit to him for pointing that out.
The original left 4 dead 1 dead air campaign chapter 4 does not force you into metal detector. So survivor can avoid it entirely although special infected like smoker in versus mode especially can drag survivor into the metal detector
An american pilot in america flying an american made plane registered with the korean air force... I can only think he ended up with the plane during the earlier parts of the epidemic, before everything broke down. Possibly a joint operation moving important people away, or perhaps just a group of korean soldiers who decided to move east to escape the chaos.
Until these videos I've never noticed those clues at the beginning of each campaign that bridge the escape from the last one. I always wondered how they got from the boat to the greenhouse here and never saw that dock.
I'd love to see a video dedicated to the scrapped campaigns that didn't make it to the final product and theorize about the storyline, characters involved and planned events. The Dam It campaign, and another supposedly to bridge the events between the events of Death Toll and Dead Air (The River is the name I think). There was another joint work with MGM to produce a campaign based on the movie Cabin in the Woods, but the film company filled for bankruptcy and the idea was shelved too. Also, I hope you also give some love to Cold Stream and The Last Stand. Not the best campaigns but I think they deserve some recognition too, maybe fused on a single video.
To be honest I actually am happy somebody is going through the lore of both games but questions for @Conz after left 4 dead 1 & 2. What's next my friend? Because I wouldn't mind some gameplay footage or something cause people still love it and I have to thank you truly for getting a fellow survivor get back into the fight. Cause I will be getting my copy again
And no im not trying to be disrespectful or rude im sorry if my comment comes out wrong cause I'm sure some of us are curious what is next for you that's all cause I just found your channel and been listening and I truly like it. Please keep it going is all I ask.
It's ok Had a few ideas, including more in depth lore breakdowns as well as custom campaign breakdowns. Excited for what's to come and hoping you guys enjoy whatever I do come up with.
He was added there during a later update as a reference, since his model was changed in the L4D2 version of the campaign. (Originally he used the green t-shirt model inside the plane)
Hey con, can you compile the deaths of the people killed by the carriours? Like the pilot and what not, i tried looking for there mentions after watching your swamp people video lmao
To my knowledge The pilot at the end of no mercy The pilot at the end of dead air? (Maybe, the plane could have been shot down, it's not made clear) The pilot at the end of Dark Carnival. We can assume the pilot at the end of the Parish had a mask on, so he doesn't get infected.
My favorite campaign because i played it too much back then and that's the most nostalgia i remembered some campaigns i remembered vaguely or maybe because i was scared about zombies back then and i think there was a bug where you crash if you smash some pots near the opening
Adding onto the cut voice lines indicating the pilots multiple evacuation runs, the safe house linking the third and fourth chapters (the one with We are the real monsters graffiti) is fairly unique. Unlike most safe rooms the place was entirely built by survivors instead of converting an already established room-building. The hastily built wooden wall and metal bars give away it had to be built after the airport was overun, probably by survivors trying their luck with a plane or attracted by the pilots low runs over the city.
Isn't Dead Center's last saferoom also a makeshift one like that? Other than the side of the exit door, the rest of it is made entirely out of plywood.
10:40 I feel like its a conflict if the plane really was shot down by the military, if it really was shot down they wouldn't trust the military with their lives then and there, and the events in blood harvest and the sacrifice wouldn't come to pass
They could simply not have been aware that they were shot down. They might've been resting when it happened - not seeing the impact - and weren't able to ask the pilot what was going on cause they were in a seperate compartment. The plane wreckage would not leave any clear indication of being shot down either.
Interesting part is the dock on chapter 1 has full collision. The water is only an inch deep as well. It's actually pretty interesting to go explore out there. On the finale, past the airfield is a very low-poly city which is also pretty interesting to explore, kinda creepy even.
10:58 No wonder the pilot died. You let the damn tank in!
Nah it looks like he fell off, maybe afraid of high altitudes
We just may never know how the pilot was torn in half and crashed
lol
1:08 Louis's optimism is unending. "Rebuild"? Louis.... buddy.... Let's get to that airport.
It's why it wouldn't make sense for him to replace Bill in the sacrifice. Same with Zoe. They're too optimistic to realise that to survive one of them must die. They'd assume there's another way. I could imagine Francis doing it but I don't think he's tactically as quick as Bill to realize the situation
@lewanjosephnimick9359 not only that, but no way Bill would let the young sacrifice their life for his. In fact, I think Bill had that same kind of optimism in his final act. He believed in the future. The future they would make. The future that the old have a duty to sacrifice for. In hisnlast moments, maybe he saw the 3 of them happy, in a world without zombies.
I actually see Gary Shwartz on a weekly basis! Him and his wife shop at my local store and I met him when I was involved with community theatre. He's a super nice guy
That's super cool, actually.
I'm not a tf2 player, but he seems like a nice guy.
Ask him how the hunt for the sandvich is going
So cool 😎
This man actually "met the heavy" amazing
Holy shit
"Bah! Keep your computers, emails, whatever. Just give me a pen and paper" - William "Bill" Overbeck in 2008 probably
Why do i relate to Bill. i'm in my 20s dude i grew up on computars!
@@link969 I know you're joking but it's actually confirmed that Bill only hates gas powered vehicles
@@zambekiller lmao, but why does he hate them? I don't think i've ever caught that dialogue
@zambekiller are you referring to his conversation with the team about the sailboat? if so he never said he explicitly hates them, just that he's not stopping every 15 minutes to go look for gas ☝️🤓 in fact he was supportive of Francis' idea of using a gas-powered boat to look for a sailboat (I spam voice lines every second I get so it's not just silence the entire game 💀)
@link969 his wiki page says he prefers sail boats over electric ones especially when fishing so there is that
my GOAT is back!
One thing I noticed, is that L4D1 had a more "hopeless" atmosphere than L4D2 did and this is prevalent in the game itself.
That being said Dead Air is one of my favorite chapters.
@@DrCranberry good eyes. Thank you for sharing. Thinking about it even the way of dialogue is like that too. The L4D2 survivors are more optimistic and their end goal is to get to New Orleans but the L4D1 survivors just want to get out of their particular location and survive with whatever they can find.
@@farazhamraz but the l4d2 survivors had a grim ending to their journey
@@jericmagnaye2705 yeah true
Considering each campaign is a different movie, and movies tend to be more bizarre and campy the longer they go, it makes sense.
@@farazhamraz even though the l4d2 survivors had a status in the wikia that says they're in military custody mostly they were executed offscreen unlike the OG survivors(Bill, Francis, Louis and Zoey) they were able to escape Millhaven because of a coup by Lt. Mora against Major Everly that led to the downfall of that base but at the cost of Bill's life during The Sacrifice(both the comics and campaign)
7:52 - Happy to help
Although I still wonder, it's as if the survivors have already met Terry, as they talk as if nothing happened over him.
1:55 cinema sins roll credits had me dying 😂
If we assume the Korean War happened in the L4D universe, a lone wolf US pilot and copilot who heard about the infection sneaking off to swipe a South Korean cargo transport due to it being less defended than the US base while being familiar equipment is not entirely off the table for the reason a midwestern man is flying an RoK plane under the radar lol
really good point
Tbh I think it's much more likely that whoever designed the plane model just copied an image they found online without realizing what the letters and numbers meant
@@redpandatrident either way, I think it'd be a badass backstory for the pilot.
It’s funny how Louis was an I.T guy before all of this, but because he’s got a business suit, it means he can ‘relate to a lawyer’ as Zoey and Francis joke. XD
Also I know it sounds dumb. But hear me out… lore videos on some well made custom maps! Like Bloody Moores and Freezing Point!
Your not the first person to recommend that, and yea its something I might do. Honestly don't play custom campaigns often so it should be fun.
Gonna give it a shot at least once and see how it goes.
@@ImNotConzCan you maybe make a lore series about the characters?
I know you probably don’t have enough energy to do this because you’re almost done. And doing this in 1 week!
But this is just a suggestion, not trying to push you 😅
@@ImNotConzYou should try them, lots of f custom maps are wicked good. Nanning city, Dark woods, Dawn of the dead and more.
' This is our punishment, its just dead air" absolute cinema!
Vector Airlines is also an aviation pun, in addition to being about spreading infection.
In the US, there's a system of low altitude airways that are situated in straight lines between airports. These are called "Victor Airways". They're basically highways in the air.
Victor Airways and Vector Airlines cannot be a coincidence, it's just too close.
Also I've been really looking forward to new episodes, this is an awesome series.
Thank you
Also appreciate the comment, I did not know that.
What's your vector, Victor
I really love the fiery ambiance that this campaign has with the city being on fire & the destroyed airport but for some reasons I never caught the hints that the city got bombed by the Military like New Orleans in the Parish lol (and maybe that plane in Swamp Fever as well ?). Easily one of my fav campaigns from L4D1 along with No Mercy & Death Toll.
It's honestly a shame we never got Dam It officially to link Dead Air & Blood Harvest because the transition we got instead is not really making any sense lol.
Every time you say "pay attention", I half expect to hear it follow up with "this will be on the test". That would absolutely fuck with my head if you did that.
Might just put that in the script of the next video to fuck with you, lmao
@@ImNotConz only if you make an actual l4d2 quiz lol
@@sickmind33 oooohh i like this idea, he should do little lore polls for us 😂
That "What if your an idiot" note is actually great attention to detail. I know very very few people that write/type "You're"
You know a bunch of illiterates
I really like your narration man. I hope you cover theories at some point or give more insight into the wall graffity of the campaigns. Keep up the good work 🤑
I have a few ideas for lore videos moving forward, and thank you.
Happy your enjoying the content.
Two Wall Grafitti instances that will forever remained burned into my head is the dude trying to be all dramatic by saying "We're the Real Monsters." and that lady who wrote a flowery poem about someone who died to the infected because in both instances, EVERYONE just dogpiles on them.
I think Dam It is worth a video. I really love playing the mod from the workshop,.though I hear it gets a lot of hate.
Which version? Dam it, dam it 2 or dam it remake? Because I played one and the start felt unfinished, bots were constantly getting stuck and the ending was unbalanced af. Cool idea tho
the ending of dam it is horrible with endless zombies and unlike the parish you don't have any clear ground or elevated props to distance yourself from the mob
@@handsomemug3342 yea it spawns the tanks at the exact same time as a horde with no where to go twice in a row so you just get attrition (or bots get killed super fast)
@@lewanjosephnimick9359 Don't remember, tbh. It's been a while since I've played L4D2.
@alexandredesouza3692 alg. It'd be good to find out on replays but I cbf trying all three 😂
Just wanted to say thank you for these videos.
Not played l4d in years, these are making me want to get back into it.
Thank you for the very nice comment
And you should, it's an amazing game.
This man’s dedication to this series is unmatched, I love every single video!
Something really interesting I just found while playing Dead Air in the saferoom in chapter 5 is that on the Pre-Board Checklist poster, it says to "notify security immediately if you have kept or handled livestock in the last 48 hours", which points to the rumor that the Green Flu spread through livestock being widespread enough to be a security concern for big airports like Metro International. It's really cool that small little details like this are EVERYWHERE in this game, and it's why I love the lore aspect of l4d so much :P
I just got through binging these vids, was wondering where dead air was, now it’s here!
I would've named it Terminal Infection instead of dead air
But the name actually fits tho.
A lot of dead air until the finale. Also not edgy enough.
@@FreneticPotatocrackdown better
Terminal Illness
@@theletter7197 dead terminal airborne
Dead Air is fitting, because no one survives during the infection even in the air. The Terminal is kinda lame to read because there's multiple Terminal, like Train Terminal, Bus Terminal, Jeep Terminal, Boat Terminal, Bicycle Terminal, etc. So yeah Dead Air is more fitting.
I look forward to every video keep up the good work man
One thing I haven't seen brought up or it was i missed it
In several "city" levels. Dead air, no mercy
You can hear gunfire in the distance implying your team aren't alone and others are around
So cool to see a growing community all waiting in anticipation for a video. Legit had co workers nostalgia out from L4D from sending them these vids. Hella good work!
This makes me so happy lmao.
These videos are so interesting even tho I don't play Left for dead now. It's so hard to find videos where the creator's voice is good and the video quality is pretty good. This is fr a 10/10
This and no mercy are BY FAR my favorite maps. I really love these videos because i am so in love with left 4 deads lore. I wish we could get left 4 dead 3, but thatll never be. I really appreciate the effort you look into..also one thing i want to point out with the plane that crashes in the beginning of the finale, you can hear a roar like a tank was in it. Can you imagine how terrifying it would be to have a tank appear in a plane flying 30,000 feet in the air! Anyways, great video, please do the dam it map because i know well never get to play it.
i've binged each and every episode of this series in the last few days, great work man!
I appreciate the support :)
Also regarding your comment on the death toll video, I plan on doing a video on the virus itself because a few comments pointed that out along with the zombie in the sacrifice comic that also turns unrealistically fast.
There's only 2 Instances where a bitten survivor turns into a special infected unpresidentadely fast. It's the boomer In the sacrifice comic, and the church guy. And I cannot wait for that video because there's so much to talk about.
Dead air always seemed to me like the best left for dead 1 campaign the setting was just amazing and seeing that plane crash for the first time was stunning
binged your videos yesterday, happy to see another on this fine morning
Honestly the plane getting shot down do make the most sense, I headcanon the pilot as probably a deserter from the airforce (its a literally military plane he is flying) that felt he couldn’t let people to die and took one off the plane during the chaos occurring after the second week of infection, where the military was under full retreat from the big cities as the number of infected started overwhelming them, but unfortunately they still had enough assets to enforce something of a no flight zone over the country to prevent the infection from spreading even further, so that’s why he was flying so low. Maybe what happened was that shortly after the take off, the plane was noticed by a military radar before it could descend to a lower altitude and the order was given to shot it down, either when the plane was hit or in the subsequent crashing the pilot died.
It’s possible the pilot might also be a carrier and aware of it, would giving him good motivation to desert and also explain why the doors in the plane are sealed shut and why he doesn’t come out, he needs to prevent himself from accidentally infecting healthy survivors.
One voice line i like is when Francis complains that the barricade is the only thing not on fire and that they have to burn it down
I remember the first time I played Dead Air in Left 4 Dead 2. Boy was I upset in Chapter 4 when I realised they'd changed the map to make it impossible to go around that metal detector. If you made that mistake in Left 4 Dead in Versus or Expert, tough luck. But now it's a panic event. Great. Thanks again, Valve.
been binge watching this guy and i have to say that he makes these videos with perfection bro. every upload is a masterpiece...
lets go, in the first 100 likes and first 20 comments, great vid man, love your stuff
Great video keep up with the great work as always and also love the lore of this left 4 dead 1 and 2 story campaigns
These videos are great! Love getting to see these campaigns I've run through with my friends countless times with better insight. You do excellent work with these 🙏
Awesome video, thank you for making this. Learning about the pilot and the things you mentioned was very interesting. especially in the part where you mentioned how he is flying low to avoid radar detection. thank you
Ive been waiting on this video dead air has always been my favorite campaign keep up the amazing work!
I love the roll credits refference to Cinema Cins haha
I remember BIMDP had a funny back n forth bit about the airport terminal being chaotic in L4D2 but dead silent in L4D1 in their comparison video
Funny I just randomly got back into replaying L4D and started watching your vids the same tine you started making them. It’s strange how that happens like we all have nostalgic feelings at the same time for the same games, you’ll find a lot of players online on a once dead game the same time as you retrying it
Interesting bit on the military in left for dead 1 and for crash course, artillery is effective against hordes, considering the fact that infected have rotting bodies and artillery has large fragmentation radius, its easy to shred hordes with them not to mention the lack of self preservation
Afterall, an infantryman's armor is actually made to protect against fragmentation from explosives, second to bullet protection
The gun is also 105mm, a light artillery, considering for logistics and bang-for-buck value, its perfect weapon against horde without straining too much on the logistics of the army that is already strained by evacuation and containment efforts.
Another part here, it seems that the a part of the army in riverside is caught off guard or mid transit. Due to lack of fighting positions on the early part of the chapters
Edit:
Also in left 4 dead 2, the military is changed and adopting to combat the infected, the humvees are uparmored humvees, they are possibly units relocated from middle east to the States to join the fight against the infected, afterall they are essentially combat veterans,
another note here in parish, there is lack of grenades, instead it is entirely replaced by pipebombs as can be seen at the end of the bridge ontop of a humvee hinting with the possibility that the army is adapting to the infection.
I really appreciate you taking the time to explain these missions. I religiously played left for dead as a kid and it's sparked my interest watching your videos.
Happy your enjoying the videos.
Loving the series man keep up the good work! Also to add there is a playable version of the Dam It campaign that someone ported into the game on the steam workshop, so you could give that a go and make the missing link video if you wanted
Dam It [Remastered] might be the best one imo for a video as it ends exactly where you start at the beginning of Blood Harvest.
Bro you deserves more views + subs
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your too kind.
Every time I watch this series I just think about how many details go over people’s heads
I love the way the sky looks in dead air. Its one of the reasons why its my favorite map
WAKE UP, CONZ JUST UPLOADED 🗣
I do find it noteworthy this is the only campaign in which the GMC Van is used by the survivors in either L4D game, (used to break down the barrier). I can imagine the survivors just releasing the brakes on a bunch of vehicles and sending them driving away to cause a distraction.
Also because I haven't heard anyone mention this: the Blood Harvest APC is a Finland XA-180 amphibious APC.
Hell yes Dead Air! I remember playing a game with friends before going on a vaction!
..then playing some more in said vacation!
But the story thou... Good stuff! Wish they added more with the offices and airport offices for maximum effect!
Man, I’ve been waiting for this to come out for such a long time. I love your leftover dead videos, fun little fact of the original four campaigns. This is the only one where Bill does not have a cigarette in his mouth. The poster this is my second favorite next to no mercy And then after this, it would be death toll and blood harvest at last all great campaigns, though for the longest time, I played left 4 dead at one more than at two, but now I played Left 4 dead two more and I like this better
I've been replaying all of left 4 dead campaigns because of your videos.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the photo memorial wall in the kitchen safe room or in the plane ramp safe room the posters saying wear a mask on the plane meaning air travel was going on for awhile atleast while the infection was going on
6:56 The plane cockpit tail, and detached wing are reused assets in swamp fever, but the center part, is a few new models made to fit with the other parts. as well as some brushwork for the floor.
Francis is implied to have read rand lol I love it
love all the environmental observations you point out in these vids, i usually miss them cuz im too busy getting my ass kicked by zombies LOL
You know this might just be a pointless fan theory/fan lore but it would be interesting if the downed plane we see in swamp fever was one of the planes that has taken off from the air port in dead air.
I just thought it be kind of neat to have 2 campaigns connected like that
I do hope we get a video on the non-canon/cut campaigns! Dam it, Cold Stream, Last Stand would all be cool to see covered!
Damn. I loved the lore on this one. Also never appreciated the plane flying very low till now. Pretty nice observations from you and the people who helped
I already gave him a shoutout, but the plane flying low to the ground was another point made by JaiZ in an email he sent to me.
So full credit to him for pointing that out.
Haha, nice cinema sins reference, and thank you for the wonderful video as always!
The original left 4 dead 1 dead air campaign chapter 4 does not force you into metal detector. So survivor can avoid it entirely although special infected like smoker in versus mode especially can drag survivor into the metal detector
Really enjoy you're videos man, Keep up the work 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Is the campaign "Dam it" would be included in this series, since it's not included in the official campaign?
An american pilot in america flying an american made plane registered with the korean air force...
I can only think he ended up with the plane during the earlier parts of the epidemic, before everything broke down. Possibly a joint operation moving important people away, or perhaps just a group of korean soldiers who decided to move east to escape the chaos.
Until these videos I've never noticed those clues at the beginning of each campaign that bridge the escape from the last one. I always wondered how they got from the boat to the greenhouse here and never saw that dock.
i really really like these videos, keep em coming
I'd really enjoy it if you cover the "Damn It" campaign
I didn’t find out until recently that Damn It was cut campaign after years of playing, so a video about what could’ve been sounds super interesting
I'd love to see a video dedicated to the scrapped campaigns that didn't make it to the final product and theorize about the storyline, characters involved and planned events.
The Dam It campaign, and another supposedly to bridge the events between the events of Death Toll and Dead Air (The River is the name I think). There was another joint work with MGM to produce a campaign based on the movie Cabin in the Woods, but the film company filled for bankruptcy and the idea was shelved too.
Also, I hope you also give some love to Cold Stream and The Last Stand. Not the best campaigns but I think they deserve some recognition too, maybe fused on a single video.
5:50 I never knew the tank could do that and I’ve been playing Left 4 Dead for over a decade!
There's also a theory that the plane crashed it's because of technical error(mostly the pilot panicked or 1 of the plane's engines exploded)
Grew up playing this level 7-now still going I ADORE this level
Great vid, your crash course vid made me see the campaign with another perspective, pls do DAM IT
The finale always felt eerily quiet to me and it makes sense now with the voice lines being flat cut out
2:12 What Zoey said is the funniest quote in any zombie related media. XD
Finally a video that can keep me entertained
It’s likely he was not because there is a dead infected in the cargo hold. He must have bit him before being killed
what a coincidence that this comes out in the middle if me watching the other videos
I like your video and i like this game. 😅 Your video is good.
Ay nice video man! :D👍
Just woke up from this. Awesome.
My fave campaing to play in Expert, versus or the easy to check the city. The plane crash at the end still gets me surprised.
To be honest I actually am happy somebody is going through the lore of both games but questions for @Conz after left 4 dead 1 & 2. What's next my friend? Because I wouldn't mind some gameplay footage or something cause people still love it and I have to thank you truly for getting a fellow survivor get back into the fight. Cause I will be getting my copy again
And no im not trying to be disrespectful or rude im sorry if my comment comes out wrong cause I'm sure some of us are curious what is next for you that's all cause I just found your channel and been listening and I truly like it. Please keep it going is all I ask.
It's ok
Had a few ideas, including more in depth lore breakdowns as well as custom campaign breakdowns. Excited for what's to come and hoping you guys enjoy whatever I do come up with.
@conz2769 Yes, that sounds awesome
Terry might be the dead guy up against the cockpits door in the plane, at 9:37 you can see him a good bit
He was added there during a later update as a reference, since his model was changed in the L4D2 version of the campaign. (Originally he used the green t-shirt model inside the plane)
Hey con, can you compile the deaths of the people killed by the carriours? Like the pilot and what not, i tried looking for there mentions after watching your swamp people video lmao
To my knowledge
The pilot at the end of no mercy
The pilot at the end of dead air? (Maybe, the plane could have been shot down, it's not made clear)
The pilot at the end of Dark Carnival.
We can assume the pilot at the end of the Parish had a mask on, so he doesn't get infected.
Hey man these are Great! Keep it up
I literally just started watching this series today
I remember a mod that changed the poster in the loading screens from dead air to dead ass
Good video. as always
I like to think even tho we don’t play through dam it officially it still happens I hope you do cover it
1:05 at least there’s no tornadoes carrying cars
My favorite campaign because i played it too much back then and that's the most nostalgia i remembered some campaigns i remembered vaguely or maybe because i was scared about zombies back then and i think there was a bug where you crash if you smash some pots near the opening
Adding onto the cut voice lines indicating the pilots multiple evacuation runs, the safe house linking the third and fourth chapters (the one with We are the real monsters graffiti) is fairly unique.
Unlike most safe rooms the place was entirely built by survivors instead of converting an already established room-building. The hastily built wooden wall and metal bars give away it had to be built after the airport was overun, probably by survivors trying their luck with a plane or attracted by the pilots low runs over the city.
Isn't Dead Center's last saferoom also a makeshift one like that? Other than the side of the exit door, the rest of it is made entirely out of plywood.
"I've been looking forward for this"
man this is awesome, need more of this games lore
No one gonna talk about, why bill in this gameplay is named Big D bill. 💀
10:40 I feel like its a conflict if the plane really was shot down by the military, if it really was shot down they wouldn't trust the military with their lives then and there, and the events in blood harvest and the sacrifice wouldn't come to pass
They could simply not have been aware that they were shot down. They might've been resting when it happened - not seeing the impact - and weren't able to ask the pilot what was going on cause they were in a seperate compartment. The plane wreckage would not leave any clear indication of being shot down either.
air circulation could mean the virus spread into the cot pit.
Interesting part is the dock on chapter 1 has full collision. The water is only an inch deep as well. It's actually pretty interesting to go explore out there. On the finale, past the airfield is a very low-poly city which is also pretty interesting to explore, kinda creepy even.
The light in the hotel windows looks like it's light from the sunset shining into windows on the other side of the building.