Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

SaltHell Park (Part 1 of 4)
Kyle's Review of "SaltHell Park" - 3/5
Creative, but large and empty. 3/5 stars.

SaltHell Park is a series of interesting set pieces with 10 minutes of walking between each memorable moment. There's cool stuff in here: unique locations, creative events and elaborate easter eggs. I especially love the car that knocks over a lamp post, calling the horde. But the majority of your time in this campaign is spent walking in a straight line through excessively large environments that are as visually bland as they are topographically flat. At least there are enough graffiti arrows to keep you from getting lost.

The difficulty balance feels off, too. Most of the campaign is too easy because there are so many health items, but the horde events in the last two chapters are huge difficulty spikes that will lead to resets. Witch spawns are also comically high — bad news for Expert players.

I'll give 3 stars for the set pieces, custom signage and the voiced NPC, but that might be generous of me. I can't ignore how empty this campaign feels.

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Last edited by Kyle H. McCloud; 6 Nov, 2022 @ 1:03am