Left 4 Dead 2 is just under a month away from release and is starting to find it’s way back into the media spotlight after a flurry a few months back at the start of the boycott.
The most recent announcement is the achievement lists which reveals some new information (bile bombs!) and gives gamers an idea of what to expect (Expert campaign with Realism Mode!) come November.
Also, the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott that was started in the summer has now been officially drawn to a close. You can make your own mind up on that one but the founder’s are trying to claim that they have achieved what they set out do do. If you ask us, there’s been a lot of fuss made of something that was started as a simple annoyance. The original manifesto requested L4D2 be released as DLC and that discount be given to those who purchased L4D if it wasn’t. Neither of these will happen and the boycotters have also stated they never intended to ‘steer people away from L4D2′ despite previously stating: “Therefore, we – the members of this Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott – promise to abstain from the purchase of Left 4 Dead 2 until our requests are addressed.”
Hit the Jump for the (annoyingly capitalised) Left 4 Dead 2 Achievements and locate the comments to give your thoughts on the boycott.
PRICE CHOPPER – 20
Survive the Dead centre campaign.
MIDNIGHT RIDER – 20
Survive the Dark Carnival campaign.
RAGIN’ CAJUN – 20
Survive the Swamp Fever campaign.
WEATHERMAN – 20
Survive the Hard Rain campaign.
BRIDGE BURNER – 20
Survive the Parish campaign.
STILL SOMETHING TO PROVE – 35
Survive all campaigns on Expert.
THE REAL DEAL – 35
Survive a campaign on Expert skill with Realism mode enabled.
CONFEDERACY OF CRUNCHES – 30
Finish a campaign using only melee weapons.
HEAD HONCHO – 15
Decapitate 200 Infected with a melee weapon.
CLUB DEAD – 15
Use every melee weapon to kill Common Infected.
CHAIN OF COMMAND – 15
Kill 100 Common Infected with the chainsaw.
TANK BURGER – 30
Kill a Tank with melee weapons.
SHOCK JOCK – 30
Revive 10 dead Survivors with the defibrillator.
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD – 30
Revive 10 incapacitated Survivors while under the speed-boosting effects of adrenaline.
ARMORY OF ONE – 15
Deploy an ammo upgrade and have your team use it.
BURNING SENSATION – 15
Ignite 50 Common Infected with incendiary ammo.
DISMEMBERMENT PLAN – 20
Kill – 15 Infected with a single grenade launcher blast.
SEPTIC TANK – 15
Use a bile bomb on a Tank.
CRASS MENAGERIE – 30
Kill one of each Uncommon Infected.
DEAD IN THE WATER – 20
Kill 10 swampy Mudmen while they are in the water.
ROBBED ZOMBIE – 15
Collect 10 vials of Boomer vomit from infected CEDA agents you have killed.
CL0WND – 15
Honk the noses of 10 Clowns.
FRIED PIPER – 15
Using a Molotov, burn a Clown leading at least 10 Common Infected.
LEVEL A CHARGE – 15
Kill a Charger with a melee weapon while they are charging.
ACID REFLEX – 15
Kill a Spitter before she is able to spit.
A RIDE DENIED – 15
Kill a Jockey within 2 seconds of it jumping on a Survivor.
STACHE WHACKER – 15
Prove you are faster than Moustachio.
GONG SHOW – 15
Prove you are stronger than Moustachio.
GUARDIN’ GNOME – 30
Rescue Gnome Chompski from the Carnival.
WING AND A PRAYER – 30
Defend yourself at the crashed airliner without taking damage.
SOB STORY – 30
Navigate the sugar mill and reach the safe room without killing any Witches.
VIOLENCE IN SILENCE – 30
Navigate the impound lot and reach the cemetery safe room without tripping any
alarms.
BRIDGE OVER TREBLED SLAUGHTER – 30
Cross the bridge finale in less than three minutes.
HEARTWARMER – 20
In a Versus round, leave the saferoom to defibrillate a dead teammate.
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS – 15
Form a team and beat an enemy team in 4v4 Versus or Scavenge.
QUALIFIED RIDE – 15
As the Jockey, ride a Survivor for more than 12 seconds.
BACK IN THE SADDLE – 15
As the Jockey, ride the Survivors twice in a single life.
RODE HARD, PUT AWAY WET – 20
As the Jockey, ride a Survivor and steer them into a Spitter’s acid patch.
GREAT EXPECTORATIONS – 15
As the Spitter, hit every Survivor with a single acid patch.
A SPITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS – 15
As the Spitter, spit on a Survivor being choked by a Smoker.
SCATTERING RAM – 20
As the Charger, bowl through the entire enemy team in a single charge.
MEAT TENDERIZER – 20
As the Charger, grab a Survivor and smash them into the ground for a solid 15 seconds.
LONG DISTANCE CARRIER – 15
As the Charger, grab a Survivor and carry them over 80 feet.
BEAT THE RUSH – 15
In a Survival round, get a medal only using melee weapons.
HUNTING PARTY – 15
Win a game of Scavenge.
GAS GUZZLER – 20
Collect 100 gas cans in Scavenge.
CACHE AND CARRY – 20
Collect – 15 gas cans in a single Scavenge round.
SCAVENGE HUNT – 15
Stop the enemy team from collecting any gas cans during a Scavenge round.
FUEL CRISIS – 15
Make a Survivor drop a gas can during overtime.
GAS SHORTAGE – 30
Cause 25 gas can drops as a Special Infected.


I wrote up a more in depth walk thru on the guardin’ gnome achievement, something I found many players (myself included) had great difficulty with, on my blog. It reminds me of the agony of the ‘little rocket man’ sub quest in HL2, where we had to carry the same damn gnome!
Provided it doesn’t anger the spam filter gods, a direct link to the walk through can be found here: http://bashpr0mpt.com/2009/12/02/guardin-gnome/
BaSH PR0MPT (December 6th, 2009 @ 8:25 am)