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Passing an Achievement

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Passing an Achievement
April 19, 2010 - L4D Team

With "The Passing" due out soon on the PC and Xbox 360, we figured we'd whet your appetite with a rundown of the new Achievements you'll be able to earn later this week.

Let's start with the straight-forward ones we'd be crazy not to include: Surviving the campaign, playing some Scavenge, using the new weapons, playing a Midnight Riders song, and smashing up some Survivors with a Charger.

Torch Bearer
Survive The Passing Campaign.


Port of Scavenge
Play 5 full games of Scavenge on The Port.


Fore!
Knock off the heads of 18 infected with the golf club.


Til It Goes Click
Using the M60, kill 25 infected without letting go of the trigger.


Killing Them Swiftly To This Song
Play the new Midnight Riders song on a jukebox.


Wedding Crasher
As the Charger, grab a Survivor and crash them through 8 chairs at the wedding.


Alright. Now onto the spoilery ones. Some of these might not make sense until you play The Passing--like "Cache Grab", which involve foot lockers, a new addition to the Left 4 Dead 2 universe.

Cache Grab
Open 5 foot lockers.


Okay. So we know one of the original Left 4 Dead Survivors is off shooting zombies in Heaven--but what are the other three up to? Covering your ass.

Kite Like a Man
Kill a tank only with damage from the original Survivors.


The "Grave Robber" achievement ties into another addition to the L4D2 universe, in the form of a new Uncommon Common: the Fallen Survivor.

Grave Robber
Collect 10 items dropped by a Fallen Survivor.


And of course, we saved the best for last: the "Mutant Overlord" achievement, which you can only get by playing six Mutations.

Right about now you might be asking yourself, "What in the hell is a Mutation?" "Why do I have to play six of them?" "Are there more than six?" "Where's that smell coming from?" All good questions. Look for most of the answers in our Wednesday blog post.

Mutant Overlord
Play 6 Mutations.

Mutations?

Sweet... I bet they are things that you can toggle on and off to play the campaign with different variables. Like "no heath kits", "melee only", "extra SIs", "no T3s", etc....

That's pretty damn cool.

Originally Posted by http://kotaku.com/5520780/left-4-dead-2s-the-passing-introduces-weekly-game-mutations

While confirming a Thursday release date for Left 4 Dead 2's "The Passing" downloadable content, Valve also reveals "Mutations," featuring more than 20 new game modes rotated on a weekly basis, from "Realism Versus" to "Chainsaw Massacre."

It's official: Left 4 Dead 2's The Passing will be out on Thursday, April 22 for the Xbox 360 and PC, and it's much more than a new episode, new infected, and a couple of new weapons. According to Valve, The Passing will also include a brand new way to play the game that'll keep players coming back every week for more.

"Mutations," are a series of new game types that Valve will be cycling in and out of the game on a weekly basis. There are more than 20 different "Mutations" planned, including the aforementioned "Chainsaw Massacre," which arms players with chainsaws and an unlimited supply of gasoline.

Interesting

What they really need to do is allow lobbies to select a mutation as one of the game options (maybe after that mutation has been played for the week)