Weapons
Let’s talk gear now. You don’t have a wide variety of guns in the demo. You have two choices to start; the Uzi and the shotgun. No matter what, you still have a single pistol as a sidearm. The Uzi is good for cover and mowing down a mob, but it is not very accurate nor is it powerful. The single pistol is good for headshots, which are a quick way to take down individual infected. The dual pistols are good to carry if you are good at shooting for the head, or if a mob is coming at you and you just ran out of ammo with your Uzi or shotgun. The shotgun is for those who like to get up close and personal. Usually, a single close range shot to the head with the shotgun will put your target out of commission.
No matter what you choose, be sure to aim for the head. You can easily run out of ammo, especially with the Uzi. While unloading a full clip at the legs or arms of an infected may be fun, all it does is slow down the enemy and waste your ammo. Remember, these are not undead; these are infected living beings and putting a bullet in their head will make them dead quick.
When you get to choose better weapons, the assault rifle is much better than the Uzi with accuracy. The auto-shotgun is a fantastic area denial weapon. The sniper rifle is….wait… what the hell do you need this for? To be frank, it’s not very useful in the demo. You don’t have the opportunity to snipe.
There are a few things left to cover. First, please please please learn to run backwards and shoot effectively. If your accuracy is poor, you’re going to end up dead. This is not a forgiving game. Second, I’ll state it again since it’s just that important: talk, talk, talk. Effective voice communication is critical to survival.
Another important factor is to keep moving. When you stop and screw around, the infected will keep coming out of the woodwork. Get to the safe points. This is not a tourist expedition. Also, keep in mind that you don’t need to kill every single infected. This is not a competition. There are many infected who just don’t notice your group or just don’t care. Leave them. Move on.
When you’re playing, it helps to put yourself into the role. Pretend you are that person, and play like that. In real life, if you were in this situation, you would not run ahead of your friends to check things out, you would not casually stroll around to make sure you killed every last visible infected, nor would you run in front of a person firing a live weapon. If you do those things in this game, you are dead. If you’re in front of the group, crouching and firing, don’t randomly stand up if you know a buddy is firing over your head behind you. If your friend is shooting infected, don’t “help” him or her; don’t train your weapon towards your partners and start firing, even if you think you are helping. It helps to ‘let go’ in this game and let your buddies handle the enemies in their threat areas. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen friendly fire kill a teammate because three people all started firing at the same enemy. Cover your designated area and stick to the plan.
You may just make it out alive.
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