G l i t c h y G o b l i n !

New downloadable content has arrived for Left 4 Dead 2.  This added content is called “The Passing,” and its purpose is to bridge the gap between Left 4 Dead 1’s 4 survivors and Left 4 Dead 2’s 4 survivors.

PROS:

It’s free on PC and MAC. As with all Valve PC DLC (and Mac), it’s free.  As stated in the last review, this is a great reason to own L4D2, as it will be frequently updated with new content.

It has a new mode, Mutation. Mutation is a mode that switches every week.  It basically changes the rules on one of the types of games.  For example, Realism mode was added to Versus for one of the mutations.  There was one called Bleed Out where your character’s health was constantly decreasing and health packs were removed.  Valve has thought of over 20 mutation variants, so owners of the game can come back for a new experience each week.

There are new weapons. They have added a new melee weapon and a new gun (SPOILERS:  the golf club and the M60)/SPOILERS.

There’s a new uncommon common zombie. SPOILERS:  The Fallen Survivor is a zombie with lots of health that drops items when you kill it.

There’s even more new things, such as new equipment and caches of many of one item.  For example, you’ll open a chest and there will be 30 pipe bombs inside. :D

CONS:

It’s really short. You can finish The Passing in under an hour.  This is kinda disappointing, as a couple of these new things are only found in this one campaign.

The L4D1 survivors feel “thrown in.” They only say a couple of lines to you and basically lay slight covering fire for the finale.  That’s it.

The past Mutations don’t stick around. Except for Realism Versus, which was voted to be a permanent addition to the game in a recent poll, all of the modes that you missed are gone.  Once a new Mutation comes in, the previous one disappears.

It costs money on the Xbox360. With how little is added, it is very difficult to recommend buying this DLC for the 360.

One of the original L4D1 survivors is dead. Now they’re making us wait until the Left 4 Dead 1 DLC comes out to see how it happened.  This is very sad.

Basically this is a brief but neat addition to the game unless you have to buy it.  Now we have to wait for the first game’s DLC to get the whole story.