If a Survivor dies with the gas can on their back, the gas can disappears, and reappears when they are rescued or defibrillated.Because the gas cans are strapped to the Survivors' backs, first aid kits are not visible and firearms clip through the can.However, this is compensated for by the hurricane and its ability to hinder the player's screen and the large number of Witches.Hard Rain has the fewest Crescendo Events in the game, having only the elevator in the Sugar Mill, and the finale.On the loading screen, Bill's arm from the Death Toll poster can be seen just left of this poster.Hard Rain's musicĭeath Toll poster hidden under Hard Rain poster. The Dobro guitar heard in Hard Rain's theme is also used as the background music in the Zombie Survival Guide Left 4 Dead 2 trailer.The bottleneck Dobro guitar samples in Hard Rain's menu theme and other soundtracks related to this campaign are bottleneck slide arrangements produced by Reggie Miles.It is also the name for both a 1998 action film and an album by Bob Dylan. "Hard rain" is a term used to describe rainfall heavy enough to cause flooding.Nick and Rochelle carry an Assault Rifle and Coach a Combat Shotgun. Everyone also seems to carry their weapon of choice minus Ellis, who is holding an AK-47 instead.In this campaign's poster, Rochelle holds a scoped M4A1, despite no such weapon appearing in-game.When the hurricane arrives, visibility is greatly reduced and it seems that, depending on the volume settings, chat with other players can get drowned out by particularly heavy squalls.With the lack of glows and the constant downpours, locating other Survivors will be extremely difficult if the group is separated. Compared to other campaigns, Hard Rain is possibly the most difficult campaign to play in Realism mode if the players do not have good communication.Lightning flashes signal that a downpour is coming, which will summon a horde. This campaign contains a new weather gameplay mechanic. ![]() The idea of firing off a flare gun was later dropped in the final version and its sole legacy is a brief and occasional exchange between the Survivors at the start of Hard Rain campaign when Nick is accused of leaving a "gun bag" containing the flare pistol behind on Virgil's boat.Ī map of the campaign which spans from The Milltown to The Sugar Mill. At first, the Survivors were going to use flares to signal Virgil (and start the finale) and he would sail back to pick them up.According to Chet Faliszek at EuroGamer Expo London, early builds of the campaign had the players turn on the lights of houses and other areas on the way to the gas station so that they would be lit on the way back, but players found this to be a menial task, and so the idea was scrapped.This problem was overcome by putting weapons and supplies in the nearby Burger Tank. During play testing, it was found that players were hesitant to do this, thus failing to get to upgraded weapons in time. Initially, the Survivors had to travel some distance into the initial chapter to get weapons.Please know that the gameplay videos are on each campaign's info page. Part 2 (Mill Escape & Return to Town & Town Escape).They can take more damage than Common Infected and are not attracted to Pipe bombs because they wear ear protection that prevents them from hearing this grenade's distinctive sound.īelow is a complete list of video walkthroughs of the 5 levels: This campaign features the Worker Infected who are denoted by yellow safety helmets and reflective vests. ![]() When they finally reach Ducatel, they signal Virgil to return and pick them up by switching on a nearby Burger Tank roof sign, thereby triggering the campaign's finale. Once they have the diesel, a hurricane arrives and the area immediately floods, obliging the Survivors to retrace their steps through knee-deep water that impedes their progress and squalls of wind and rain that reduce visibility and make hearing difficult. The mission is to travel to the Ducatel Diesel gas station through the abandoned town of Ducatel, the Witch-infested ruins of the Ducatel Sugar mill and a cane field populated with Infected. ![]() At the start of the campaign, Virgil drops off the Survivors with a mission to find and bring back diesel fuel for his boat. It is set in the riverside town of Ducatel, Mississippi (referred to as Milltown in the chapter title) as a hurricane approaches. Hard Rain is the fifth (fourth if you do not have The Passing DLC) campaign in Left 4 Dead 2, taking place after Swamp Fever. " Get some gas for Virgil's boat, but be careful on your way back.
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