Eagerly awaited by thrashing survivors in need of rotten flesh, the first expansion of Left 4 Dead 2 is now available for download. Free PC, paying for Xbox 360 The Passing offers a mini-campaign on three levels, two new weapons, a little more special zombie and even see the survivors of the first component. These are certainly nice additions, but there is little chance that they cry engineering.

Before entering the heart of the matter, as you say that your assessment of The Passing depend largely on your support. If PC, the few small additions act nice bonus, 360, label 560 Microsoft points (a little over 6.70 €) be much more difficult to pass. For the fact is that The Passing – which is inserted after the campaign Dead Center in the chronology of the game – does not much new to the formula Left 4 Dead 2. The three new levels of the campaign will invite you in effect through a disreputable district featureless especially at night and rain. In the first segment, you will find your way around some fairly generous storey buildings and in small corners. In the second, you will find yourself in the sewers, with water up to their knees, just to make traveling more difficult. The final part of The Passing will renew with the old method of collecting cans of gasoline for a generator in a small neighborhood again, do not shine particularly. In Normal, all this should also be folded in half an hour …

In terms of structure and longevity, therefore, The Passing appears frankly disappointing. The levels are not bad, far from it, but they are content to simply recycle the machines and situations already known: rain intensifying at random to reduce the field of vision, puddles that slow travel, travel to a switch off an alarm and fuel collection, period. Only the presence of a Witch lonely, seemingly zombified in the middle of his wedding will bring a new twist to an unprecedented trip otherwise tasteless. For the rest, know that the new zombie extension is not part of the “special” and merely in fact resemble an ancient survivor fell under the onslaught of the teeming hordes. The desoldering is not more complicated harvesting a lambda infected but it will nevertheless enable you to put your paw on his equipment: kit carefully pipebomb, Molotov cocktail or bottle of jet Boomer. As for the possibilities of cross-hero of the first component, it simply makes two conversations without the soul, the opportunity to enjoy some good cover fire not effective during the final vision of the corpse of a proud hero, without any form of explanation. Frankly, we can not help thinking that the poor deserved better.

Other new fall The Passing of the presence of some golf clubs used to smash the infected body to body, as well as that of an M60 machine gun, which for once, proves quite deadly. It will even is a huge asset for those who attempt the adventure mode Expert. On another note, be aware that the extension will lend itself naturally to the parties in Versus. We also appreciate the ride more in this context because the three cards are still some pretty bottlenecks and other elevated areas so essential to the happiness of the players infected. Also note that the last card, pretty cool to play, may also serve as a battleground for the parties to collection.

But in fact the greatest interest of this extension is mainly due to the introduction of a system of “change” week. What is it exactly? Well, the idea is that each week, Valve will introduce a variant of one of the basic modes, just to renew a bit of gameplay. For this week, for example, it is possible to play Versus mode with activated Realism, and in all the campaigns of the game and not only in The Passing! The developer has also mentioned a variant named “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” in which players can use the famous machine with unlimited fuel … We can not wait to see what developers will offer us, because in total, almost 20 “mutations” which are planned for many weeks. Also note that it will still vote for your favorite variants so that they are reinjected into the rotation. Briefly put, taken for his campaign alone, frankly The Passing is not necessary (especially on Xbox 360), but not least because it introduces the system changes, this little add-on is right same visit. The most dedicated fans find therefore a good reason to get back in the hunt for zombies while consoles should think twice before succumbing.