Left 4 Dead/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

* In "The Sacrifice" comic, it is revealed that in Zoey's first encounter with the Infected, {{spoiler|her mother was infected and bit her father, who was then forced to shoot and kill her. Zoey and her father then say their tearful goodbyes before she shoots him before he can turn into a zombie.}} What really gets the tears flowing (for both Zoey and the reader) is that Zoey flashes back to this moment when she learns that {{spoiler|the gene for carriers is passed down from the father, meaning that her father was never going to turn in the first place.}}

** Some of the final lines after {{spoiler|Bill leaves the bridge.}}:

{{spoiler|'''Francis''': Goddammit.}} }}

** Made even more meaningful that {{spoiler|Francis and Bill were always the most hostile to each other, yet Francis is most determined that he's still alive}}.

** To add to this, Louis' first encounter, which involves him being ambushed and being obviously terrified and depressed about the whole thing.

* How about just the simple dialogue players say once their health is so low that the screen turns grey?

* Everyone's reactions to one of the party members dying, and you just watch, knowing that you could have saved them. Kind of moot when they just pop out of a closet a few minutes later, but it still tugs at you.

* Ellis is normally extremely talkative and lighthearted about their predicament, but if Nick gets killed, a depressingly sad glitch may occur where Ellis doesn't talk at all until Nick is brought back, even while being ridden by a Jockey or pounced on by a Hunter.