Top 50 Left 4 Dead 2 Custom Campaigns
Introduction
The campaigns were evaluated according to three criteria: graphics (detail of 3D models, textures, design, lighting, etc), originality and gameplay on expert realism. The presence of unsolved bugs, crashes or conflicts was also taken into account.
The degree of difficulty of a campaign (its events and the frequency of spawning hordes and special/common infected) does not interfere in its gameplay note, because this basically depends on team that is playing, its tactical capacity (teamwork) and the difficulty level of the game. We must not confuse difficulty (depends on team) with impossibility (depends on map). All campaigns in this guide were played/finalised on expert realism, so there is no impossibility.
Furthermore, from the Top 50 I selected the 15 best campaigns (the Top 15 list, with ambient screenshots), and put more suggestions of good and playable custom campaigns/maps.
This guide will be revised and updated constantly.
Installing a L4D2 Custom Campaign
The campaigns here are directed to GameMaps[www.gamemaps.com], but you can also look for them on Steam Workshop. To install via GameMaps, go to the campaign page, download the file and unzip it. Then copy the VPK to the addons folder of Left 4 Dead 2, which is normally located in the following path: C:\Program files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\addons.
Notes:
Notes:
- To facilitate the organization of the VPKs, create a shortcut on the desktop to the path: C:\Program files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\addons.
- When installing a new version of a campaign/map, first delete the old version.
- Keep only a few add-ons (campaigns/maps/mods) installed at the same time to avoid conflicts (you can also enable/disable them through the "Add-ons" option of the game's main menu).
- If errors persist, remove all custom content except the campaign/map you will play.
- In the case of a local server, if you are having consistency errors (map string errors), there must be differences between the server files and the files of a player. To correct such errors, the local host should open the console and write "sv_consistency 0" (without quotes). And, of course, make sure that all players have the same version of a campaign (as a general rule, allways use VPKs from the same source). For non-local servers, update your campaign to server's version (if necessary) and follow step 4 above.
- Don't forget to read the section "Valve's Missing Content Fix " of this guide.
Top 50 Custom Campaigns
Important: there is no order of preference in this list!
Fall in Death[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Vienna Calling 1[www.gamemaps.com]
Vienna Calling 2[www.gamemaps.com] (starts exactly where "Vienna Calling 1" ends)
Heaven Can Wait II[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Heaven Can Wait HardVersion[www.gamemaps.com] (hard version)
Dead City II[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead City II Lite[www.gamemaps.com] (short version)
Warcelona[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
One 4 Nine[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Death Aboard 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Suicide Blitz 2[www.gamemaps.com]
I Hate Mountains 2[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Dead Series[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead Series Original[www.gamemaps.com] (first version)
Blood Tracks[www.gamemaps.com]
Back to School[www.gamemaps.com]
Redemption II[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Redemption Hazmat Charger[www.gamemaps.com] (suggestion)
Precinct 84[www.gamemaps.com]
Left Behind[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Diescraper Redux[www.gamemaps.com]
City 17[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Symbyosys[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Symbyosystexteuresfull[www.gamemaps.com] (install this VPK too)
Fatal Freight[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Undead Zone[www.gamemaps.com]
Highway to Hell[www.gamemaps.com]
Highway to Hell Again[www.gamemaps.com] (more stable version)
The Bloody Moors[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Dark Wood[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Farewell Chenming[www.gamemaps.com]
Energy Crisis[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead Before Dawn DC[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Dead Before Dawn Extended[www.gamemaps.com]
Tour of Terror[www.gamemaps.com]
SaltHell Park[www.gamemaps.com]
Drop Dead Gorges[www.gamemaps.com]
Escape From Valencia[www.gamemaps.com]
Urban Flight[www.gamemaps.com]
Journey to Splash Mountain[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Night Terror[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Night Terror (L4D2) Custom Sounds Fix[www.gamemaps.com] (install this VPK too)
Haunted Forest[www.gamemaps.com]
Last Summer[www.gamemaps.com]
Last Summer v5[www.gamemaps.com] (map with missing textures included too)
Yama[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead Vacation[www.gamemaps.com]
Detour Ahead[www.gamemaps.com]
Questionable Ethics[www.gamemaps.com]
Questionable Ethics: Alpha Test[www.gamemaps.com] (sequel to Questionable Ethics)
Cure 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Absolute Zero Complete[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead Echo 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Deadenator (for now, only on Steam Workshop)
Silent Hill: Otherside of Life[www.gamemaps.com]
Dniepr[www.gamemaps.com]
RMS Titanic[www.gamemaps.com]
Blight Path[www.gamemaps.com]
White Forest[www.gamemaps.com]
Day Break[www.gamemaps.com]
Fall in Death[www.gamemaps.com] (Top15)
Heaven Can Wait HardVersion[www.gamemaps.com] (hard version)
Dead City II Lite[www.gamemaps.com] (short version)
Dead Series Original[www.gamemaps.com] (first version)
Redemption Hazmat Charger[www.gamemaps.com] (suggestion)
Symbyosystexteuresfull[www.gamemaps.com] (install this VPK too)
Highway to Hell Again[www.gamemaps.com] (more stable version)
Dead Before Dawn Extended[www.gamemaps.com]
Night Terror (L4D2) Custom Sounds Fix[www.gamemaps.com] (install this VPK too)
Last Summer v5[www.gamemaps.com] (map with missing textures included too)
Questionable Ethics: Alpha Test[www.gamemaps.com] (sequel to Questionable Ethics)
Top 15 Custom Campaigns
Important: there is no order of preference in this list!
From the Top 50 Custom Campaigns, it's possible to select those that can be considered as the Top 15. In these campaigns, the three criteria: graphics, originality and gameplay are maximum.
Ambient screenshots were added in this session.
From the Top 50 Custom Campaigns, it's possible to select those that can be considered as the Top 15. In these campaigns, the three criteria: graphics, originality and gameplay are maximum.
Ambient screenshots were added in this session.
One 4 Nine[www.gamemaps.com]
Official site: http://www.one4nine.co.uk | One 4 Nine - Explanation of finale[one4nine.co.uk]
Official site: http://www.one4nine.co.uk | One 4 Nine - Explanation of finale[one4nine.co.uk]
Night Terror[www.gamemaps.com]
Night Terror (L4D2) Custom Sounds Fix[www.gamemaps.com] (install this VPK too)
Night Terror (L4D2) Custom Sounds Fix[www.gamemaps.com] (install this VPK too)
Suggestions: Campaigns
7 Hours Latter II[www.gamemaps.com]
Blood Proof[www.gamemaps.com]
Dark Blood 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Undead Smackdown[www.gamemaps.com]
Death From Above[www.gamemaps.com]
Blackout Basement[www.gamemaps.com]
Plan B[www.gamemaps.com]
Left in China[www.gamemaps.com]
Beldurra[www.gamemaps.com]
Beldurra 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Project Auburn 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Open Road[www.gamemaps.com]
Carried Off[www.gamemaps.com]
Death Strip[www.gamemaps.com]
Left 4 GoldenEye[www.gamemaps.com]
Silent Hill 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead Flag Blues 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Surrounded by the Dead II[www.gamemaps.com]
2 Evil Eyes[www.gamemaps.com]
Die Screaming II[www.gamemaps.com]
Deadbeat Escape[www.gamemaps.com]
Death Sentence[www.gamemaps.com]
Left 4 Duluth[www.gamemaps.com]
Gas Fever[www.gamemaps.com]
Pitch Dark Mesa[www.gamemaps.com]
We Don't Go To Ravenholm 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Welcome to Hell[www.gamemaps.com]
Lost v2 Fixed[www.gamemaps.com]
Innes Road Rash[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead Destination[www.gamemaps.com]
Shadow Moses Island[www.gamemaps.com]
Escansion[www.gamemaps.com]
True FangShi[www.gamemaps.com]
Military Industrial Complex II[www.gamemaps.com]
Claustrophobia[www.gamemaps.com]
Run to the Hills[www.gamemaps.com]
The Last Volt[www.gamemaps.com]
Road To Nowhere 2[www.gamemaps.com]
The Hive[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead Getaway[www.gamemaps.com]
Overkill[www.gamemaps.com]
Freezer Burn[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead St. 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Stenches Reworked[www.gamemaps.com]
Infected City[www.gamemaps.com]
You Are Doomed[www.gamemaps.com]
Gunk[www.gamemaps.com]
A Dam Mission[www.gamemaps.com]
Stargate SG-4 v2[www.gamemaps.com]
Crash Bandicoot Course 2: Electric Wumpaloo[www.gamemaps.com]
Crash Bandicoot: The Return of Dr. Cortex[www.gamemaps.com]
Half-Life 2 series by schayk91 aka |NFG|Angerfist:
Half-Life 2: Point Insertion and A Red Letter Day[www.gamemaps.com] (Chapter 1 & 2)
Half-Life 2: Route Kanal[www.gamemaps.com] (Chapter 3)
Half-Life 2: Water Hazard[www.gamemaps.com] (Chapter 4 & 5)
Half-Life 2 Texture Pack[www.gamemaps.com] (necessary to display textures)
Half-Life 2: Point Insertion and A Red Letter Day[www.gamemaps.com] (Chapter 1 & 2)
Half-Life 2: Route Kanal[www.gamemaps.com] (Chapter 3)
Half-Life 2: Water Hazard[www.gamemaps.com] (Chapter 4 & 5)
Half-Life 2 Texture Pack[www.gamemaps.com] (necessary to display textures)
Suggestions: Single Maps
Loony Park[www.gamemaps.com]
Silent Fear[www.gamemaps.com]
The Palace[www.gamemaps.com]
Badwater Basin[www.gamemaps.com]
Payload Hoodoo[www.gamemaps.com]
Zombies of the Caribbean[www.gamemaps.com]
There is Only One Way[www.gamemaps.com]
The Neverglades[www.gamemaps.com]
No Parking[www.gamemaps.com]
Let's Build: Catacombs[www.gamemaps.com]
Voyeur Country[www.gamemaps.com]
Left In Prypiat[www.gamemaps.com]
"Tank Maps" from obez:
Tank Challenge[www.gamemaps.com]
Tanks Playground[www.gamemaps.com] (+ Steam guide)
Tank Arena[www.gamemaps.com]
Tank Challenge[www.gamemaps.com]
Tanks Playground[www.gamemaps.com] (+ Steam guide)
Tank Arena[www.gamemaps.com]
"Space Jockeys Saga" by flapjax:
Mob Stadium 2012[www.gamemaps.com]
Space Jockeys[www.gamemaps.com]
Wormwood[www.gamemaps.com]
The Return of the Jockeys[www.gamemaps.com]
Last Baktun[www.gamemaps.com]
Mob Stadium 2012[www.gamemaps.com]
Space Jockeys[www.gamemaps.com]
Wormwood[www.gamemaps.com]
The Return of the Jockeys[www.gamemaps.com]
Last Baktun[www.gamemaps.com]
Suggestions: Modified Official Campaigns
The Dark Parish[www.gamemaps.com]
The Parish Original Beta[www.gamemaps.com]
Dark Center[www.gamemaps.com]
Hard Rain: Downpour[www.gamemaps.com]
Cold Stream Night[www.gamemaps.com]
Cold Stream (Beta)[www.gamemaps.com]
Reverse No Mercy 2[www.gamemaps.com]
Fairfield Fallen[www.gamemaps.com] a 13-map campaign that links together
No Mercy, Crash Course and Death Toll
No Mercy, Crash Course and Death Toll
Workshop Mega Map Pack[www.gamemaps.com] contains five custom campaigns:
No Mercy Apocalypse 2, Blood Harvest Apocalypse 2, Crash Course Apocalypse 2,
Death Toll Apocalypse 2, Blood Woods Apocalypse 2
No Mercy Apocalypse 2, Blood Harvest Apocalypse 2, Crash Course Apocalypse 2,
Death Toll Apocalypse 2, Blood Woods Apocalypse 2
"Modified" series by 1SG_HEARTLESS:
No Mercy Modified[www.gamemaps.com]
Crash Course Modified v5.0[www.gamemaps.com]
Death Toll Modified[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead Air Modified[www.gamemaps.com]
Blood Harvest Modified[www.gamemaps.com]
No Mercy Modified[www.gamemaps.com]
Crash Course Modified v5.0[www.gamemaps.com]
Death Toll Modified[www.gamemaps.com]
Dead Air Modified[www.gamemaps.com]
Blood Harvest Modified[www.gamemaps.com]
Hard Expert Mode (HEM) series by Gladiador:
HEM NoMercy 2.1[www.gamemaps.com]
HEM NoMercy 2.3 (Special Edition)[www.gamemaps.com]
HEM DeathToll 2.2[www.gamemaps.com]
HEM DeadAir 2.2[www.gamemaps.com]
HEM BloodHarvest 2.1[www.gamemaps.com]
HEM NoMercy 2.1[www.gamemaps.com]
HEM NoMercy 2.3 (Special Edition)[www.gamemaps.com]
HEM DeathToll 2.2[www.gamemaps.com]
HEM DeadAir 2.2[www.gamemaps.com]
HEM BloodHarvest 2.1[www.gamemaps.com]
Color correction mods:
The Real Hard Rain[www.gamemaps.com]
The Real Passing[www.gamemaps.com]
The Real Dark Carnival[www.gamemaps.com] (or Steam Workshop)
The Real Parish[www.gamemaps.com] (or Steam Workshop)
The Real Dead Center (Steam Workshop)
The Real Death Toll (Steam Workshop)
Miami Morning (Steam Workshop)
"HD Air" Color Correction (All Campaigns) (Steam Workshop)
Lucky's Color Correction Pack (Steam Workshop)
The Real Hard Rain[www.gamemaps.com]
The Real Passing[www.gamemaps.com]
The Real Dark Carnival[www.gamemaps.com] (or Steam Workshop)
The Real Parish[www.gamemaps.com] (or Steam Workshop)
The Real Dead Center (Steam Workshop)
The Real Death Toll (Steam Workshop)
Miami Morning (Steam Workshop)
"HD Air" Color Correction (All Campaigns) (Steam Workshop)
Lucky's Color Correction Pack (Steam Workshop)
Valve's Missing Content Fix
TIP: Always keep the file "missing content.vpk" in the addons folder of Left 4 Dead 2.
Download: Valve's Missing Content Fix[www.gamemaps.com]
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Credits/Contact
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=625654184
This guide was written by me, GothMinister.
It reflects my opinion after thousands of hours playing Left 4 Dead 2 (and hundreds of hours of Left 4 Dead 1 and the first custom campaigns like Dead City, Death Aboard, Heaven Can Wait, etc).
I love this game for many reasons, but mainly because of the quality and quantity of available custom campaigns, many of them even better than the official ones. Thus, I decided to create this list of the Top 50 as a reference for the best custom campaigns to play.
Suggestions and comments are welcome.
It reflects my opinion after thousands of hours playing Left 4 Dead 2 (and hundreds of hours of Left 4 Dead 1 and the first custom campaigns like Dead City, Death Aboard, Heaven Can Wait, etc).
I love this game for many reasons, but mainly because of the quality and quantity of available custom campaigns, many of them even better than the official ones. Thus, I decided to create this list of the Top 50 as a reference for the best custom campaigns to play.
Suggestions and comments are welcome.
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