Left 4 Dead 2

In case you missed an important part in OXM UK’s Left 4 Dead 2 interview, there is a part that should get a post of its own that talks about the Spitter.

So, tell me about the Spitter.
The spirit was two things. We wanted something where people were advancing really quickly to make them hesitate. So you can spit in the doorways, spit in the upcoming path and force you to have to wait. Any time you have to stay in the level is a chance to get more damage. The longer you stay the harder it is. So the spitter forces you to slow down.

Spitter can also then separate groups. Especially when there’s a Charger and a Boomer. The Splitter comes between them and all of a sudden these two groups are like taking on the whole horde of zombies frome the boomer, rather than a group of all four.

And then the real evil thing in versus, of course, is if someone goes down and they want to go rescue him, you spit on him and it spreads out and they can’t reach him because of the spit.

You can move through it, but what’ll happen is you’ll just take damage as you move through it. It spreads out and stays active for a bit and then shrinks back.

Other good thing is that if people are closet-camping you spit in that closet, they’re going to take damage and you take more damage the longer you say in it. So if you’re sitting in the closet, come in and spit in it, there’s no way they’re staying in that closet. You’re forcing them to move.

When she’s getting ready to shoot there’s a green glow, and you can see her getting ready.