Well this made me do a double flip, but Left 4 Dead is coming to arcade!
Over the weekends, Taito has begun testing the new Japanese Arcade version of Left 4 Dead, and has revealed the characters that would be featured in the game. Strangely, the game would be set in the US, and not Tokyo. Why this is so is beyond me, but if I were to make a good guess, it would be because they might be re-using some of the maps from the previous games (I had inferred this from watching the PV).
It is still early to make any conclusions on the in-game maps. I mean, they did show Whispering Oaks from the Dark Carnival campaing in L4D2, but right now, my guess is that new maps might be unlikely.
Anyway, below are the four new characters that would be featured in the arcade game:
Kudo Yusuke (CV: Kijima Ryuichi)
This college student was on holiday in the states when the zombies attacked. Sucks to be in that situation huh. He looks like he can handle himself. Probably filling the roles of Nick/Francis.
Haruka Hirose (CV: Sakura Ayane)
High school student in America, possibly on an exchange trip. Said to be from an art club, maybe she’ll be resourceful in this situation? I don’t know, but I sure hope she can handle firearms. Seems like she’d fill the roles of Zoey/Ellis, but she has to be way more talkative to be that.
Blake Jordan (CV: Takahashi Hidenori)
Ex-Navy guy now working as a bartender. If there’s anyone who can lead the group in survival its him. He looks like he’ll fill the role of Coach or Bill of this incarnation of the game.
Kirishima Sara (CV: Sawashiro Miyuki)
Half Japanese and Half American. She works as a tour guide, and the zombies hit when she was leading a group of students. I don’t even want to imagine what happened to the rest of the students in her charge, especially since they are most likely not carriers like our survivors. Would seem like she’s filling the role of Rochelle/Louis.
Is it just me or does the cast seem really young? Oh well no matter. If anything I would like to see how this develops, given that I used to play quite a lot of L4D/L4D2. I bought the games on full retail when they launched on Steam, and had a blast gaming with friends, even though most of us were terrible at shooters (I’d be a feeder if you placed me in a Halo Slayer match). So do stick around for more updates in the future!
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