Left 4 Dead

Cities are graveyards of modern civilization, their streets clogged with abandoned cars and debris, where the infected move in dense packs between tall, skeletal buildings. There is little respite in cities; their main streets have been turned into claustrophobic death traps, stores are looted, homes are ransacked, and the infected lurk around every corner. In cities, one can find ammunition, firearms, melee weapons, and so on, but only in small quantities. Food can also be found, but it is extremely rare. In both cities and towns, one can also find abandoned survivor hideouts, where various writings on the walls, supplies, ammunition, and weapons, as well as maps and other information, can be discovered. In rural villages and the countryside, a different kind of fear reigns. The silence is broken only by the wind blowing through overgrown fields and the occasional moans of lone infected wandering a deserted farmhouse. Here, the open spaces are deceptive; they offer no cover when a horde is drawn by a single gunshot, and the Special Infected use the isolation for their brutal purposes.

The streets are flooded with infected people, not just zombies. These are angry, frenzied individuals who have been struck by the Green Flu, driven by rage and attacking the uninfected. They are fast, ruthless, and attack in packs, overwhelming the survivors with their sheer numbers. Their moans and growls instill constant fear, but a single shot or car alarm can trigger a horde, a terrifying, rapid-fire stream of bodies that will tear through everything in their path. But at the same time, they are very fragile and can be killed with two or three hits.They are stupid, and sometimes they can't see danger, but if they see a player at medium or close range, they will run at him in a mob with wild, frenzied screams, trying to beat him to death with their hands and feet, as well as their heads.Sometimes they can fight each other if they don't see ordinary people for a long time. Sometimes, you can find zombie survivors, zombie police officers, zombie special forces, and zombie soldiers with weapons and ammunition, and if you kill them, you can pick it all up. At night, their eyes glow a faint white light

Name: Fat Man The Fat Man is a very large and pustule-covered infected, filled with an unknown substance (presumably intestinal excrement). The Fat Man can vomit vomit over a short distance, and when its vomit hits a survivor, it acts as a pheromone for regular infected, causing them to focus their attack on that player, while the player themselves loses clear perception of the situation, appears less frequently than other zombies.

In addition, if it is killed, it bursts and sprays its substance on nearby people, knocking hunters, smokers, and jockeys off their victims, disorienting tanks, breaking doors, and scattering small movable objects (such as canisters and cylinders).

name: Hunter Hunter is a agile and fast infected, capable of jumping far from a sitting position and in flight to push off walls. Attacks by flying at the survivor and knocking them down, after which he begins to inflict serious wounds with his claws. When a successful jump from a great height on a survivor in competitive modes, it causes additional damage (up to 25 units). appears less frequently than other zombies.

The presence of a hunter can be easily detected by the growling and high-pitched screams that they emit when preparing to jump from a sitting position, as well as by the loud shout that accompanies the jump. The hunter's movements are completely silent. The only way for a survivor to escape is through the assistance of their companions (who will either kill the hunter or push it away). The hunter can be struck with a rifle butt during the jump, causing them to become disoriented for a few seconds. ability cooldown: 1 second when preparing to jump, 0.1 seconds between jumps.

name: Smoker The Smoker is a special infected with a 30-40 meter long tongue that it can use to pull survivors in, knocking them down and choking them. A survivor who is grabbed by a smoker can, in some cases, free themselves during the attack: they can manage to hit the smoker with the butt of their gun and thus knock off the attack, or cut off the enemy's tongue with a melee weapon (axe, katana, machete or chainsaw) at the moment of the tongue attack, or try to shoot it yourself, as in the first seconds of the tongue entanglement, the player is still able to shoot.

The smoker is identified by his tall stature, exceeding the height of ordinary infected, as well as a cloud of yellow-green spores that constantly revolves around him. The smoker makes coughing and wheezing sounds. ability cooldown: 3 seconds after missing, 15 seconds after hitting.

name: Tank The tank is a huge muscular infected with crushing power. It is capable of breaking through concrete walls, hurling cars, trash containers and other objects of the environment. A tank that is hiding makes wheezing and low-volume growling sounds; after awakening - loud growls and roars; in addition, after its awakening, characteristic music begins to play. The approach of a tank is given by shaking of objects and the ground, as if in a small earthquake.

If the tank is set on fire, it will begin to lose health rapidly. The player's control bar will disappear, and the player will control the tank until it dies. The burning tank can also be extinguished in water, and the player's control bar will be restored. On expert difficulty, the burning tank will move significantly faster than the non-burning tank. In the sequel, the tank's skin has a pale green tint, which contrasts with the appearance of the tank in the original game. Tank abilities have a cooldown time of 1.5 seconds for the paws and 5 seconds for the stone throw. it appears very rarely, with a 1% chance of encountering it.

The Bruiser The Bruiser is a large infected with a hypertrophied right arm and an almost atrophied left, capable of breaking the ranks of survivors and breaking through doors with a running start. At the same time, he grabs the first survivor he comes across, runs with him further to an obstacle (for example, a wall) - or until the acceleration ends - and begins to drive the victim into the ground. The Bruiser can instantly kill a survivor if he manages to throw him from a great height (while killing himself in the process). If the Bruiser fails to grab any survivors during a running attack, he can crash into the first obstacle he comes across, stunning himself for a few seconds and making himself an easy target.

The Bruiser's presence can be detected by the sounds he makes, which resemble those of a donkey. He is immune to the impact of a rifle butt. ability cooldown: 12 seconds. Appears rarely among other zombies

name: Jockey Jockey - this infected has the strangest ability: he jumps on the survivor and begins to "control" his movement, that is, to pull him in the direction he needs, while tearing the survivor's face with his claws, thus causing damage. However, the survivor can still resist and try to somehow interfere with him, going the wrong way, but the jockey is stronger: 75% of the control belongs to him.

After the jockey knocks the survivor out, he will get off the survivor without finishing the downed survivor. The presence of the jockey can be detected by his hysterical laughter. ability cooldown: 0.5 seconds between jumps, 6 seconds after knocking the jockey off the survivor with a rifle butt, and 30 seconds when knocking the survivor out. Appears rarely among other zombies.

The Spitter The Spitter - this infected has the ability to spit acid slime at survivors, which spreads out in the form of a large puddle and deals huge damage. The damage from the acid gradually increases over time: in the first second, it does not take away any health points at all, but in the last seconds, the damage reaches 20 points. The best way to avoid damage from the acid is to jump on some object of the environment, so that the acid does not get to the survivor, or just move away from the puddle and wait until it disappears.

The Spitter's health is 100, and its ability has a 20-second cooldown. When the Spitter dies, its slime splatters around its body on the ground, forming a small pool. This pool deals the same damage as the large pool. Notably, multiple pools of slime deal damage to survivors independently, causing cumulative damage. Appears rarely among other zombies.

The Witch The Witch is one of the most dangerous infected. She sits in one place and howls for the whole district, however, not touching anyone. But if she is disturbed (stand near for a long time, shine a flashlight on her or shoot at her), then she will chase the survivor who disturbed her, knock him down and start to shred with her claws. Her crying and sobbing can be heard from afar.

If you set a witch on fire, she will run a little slower, and she will run into door frames and obstacles on her way to the offender, giving you time to escape or kill her; however, if you set a witch on fire in a way that she cannot see the aggressor (shoot a canister through a wall or throw a Molotov cocktail and immediately run around the corner), she will panic and run aimlessly around the area until she burns up. It appears very rarely, with a 15 percent chance of encountering it.

In this shattered world, encountering another uninfected soul is a rare and tense event. True, friendly survivors are almost a myth, with a mere 5% chance of a peaceful encounter. These rare individuals, often hiding in well-concealed stashes, might trade scarce information or a few bullets, but trust remains a luxury no one can afford. You're more likely, about 25%, to stumble upon neutrals—solitary scavengers who will immediately disengage, fleeing or barricading themselves away to avoid any interaction. The most common encounter, a grim 70%, is with hostile survivors. These paranoid, greedy, or outright predatory individuals see other humans only as competition for resources or as resources themselves. They will ambush, rob, and sacrifice anyone without a second thought to ensure their own survival, making them often just as dangerous as the infected.

The weather in this world has become another enemy. The sky is almost always covered with heavy gray clouds, from which a cold, piercing drizzle often falls. Clear days are rare and deceptive; they only illuminate the ruins more brightly and attract attention. The nights are absolutely dark, moonless, filled with soul-chilling cold and the sounds of the infected, which only become louder in the darkness. The time of day dictates the rules of survival: day is for risky supply runs, night is for seeking shelter and praying not to be found. The wind almost never subsides, howling through broken windows and carrying the smell of decay and smoke through the streets.

In this chaos, one can occasionally encounter the remnants of former structures. With a frighteningly low probability, around 2%, one might stumble upon patrols of hostile military personnel. These soldiers, operating by their own laws, see every survivor as either a carrier of the infection or a threat to their meager resources. They shoot to kill without warning to eliminate any potential danger. Slightly more likely, but still rare (3%), is an encounter with the remnants of conscientious police forces. These officers, clinging to their oath, try to help any survivors they meet, sharing water, medicine, or directing them to safe zones, risking themselves for the last shreds of humanity in this hell.

In cities, among looted stores and apartments, one can only find scraps: a can of food, a bottle of water, sometimes a first aid kit or bandages. Ammunition is scattered rarely—pistol rounds in crates, a rifle magazine in an abandoned car. The most commonly found weapons are simple: a baseball bat, a knife, a pistol, or a pump-action shotgun. In rural areas, the supplies are different: in sheds and garages, one might find gas canisters, tools, a hunting knife, and in the best-case scenario—a hunting rifle or a shotgun with a small amount of ammunition. Food here is more often homemade preserves or forgotten supplies in cellars. Rarely, but in survivor stashes in any area, one can find a valuable discovery: an assault rifle, a sniper rifle, a molotov cocktail, or even a makeshift chainsaw. Among the abandoned firearms, the simplest and most common models predominate. In residential areas and stores, one can find cheap pistols like the Glock 17 or M1911, as well as civilian versions of shotguns such as the Mossberg 500 or Remington 870. As for rifles, old hunting carbines like the Ruger 10/22 are sometimes found. In police stations or abandoned armored vehicles, one can come across more reliable models: Sig Sauer P226 pistols, Benelli M4 tactical shotguns, or semi-automatic carbines like the Colt M4. Only in rare cases, at military cleanup sites, can one stumble upon army weapons: M16 assault rifles, AK-74 automatic rifles, or even a Remington 700 sniper rifle. Ammunition for any weapon is strictly limited.