Tripwire Interactive shared more of their plans for Killing Floor 2 with the recent reveal of a new versus mode that’ll pit a team of trigger-happy commandos against a gaggle of player-controlled Zeds in a gruesome fight to the death.
A competitive mode like this brings inevitable and obvious comparisons to Left 4 Dead — or less obvious comparisons to that one time Dead Space 2 tried to be like Left 4 Dead — especially since it’s rumored the Patriarch and Hans end-game bosses will also be playable.
Taaaaaaank!
According to Tripwire’s own end-game boss, John Gibson, the Crawler, Stalker, Slasher and Clot will be assuming the role of the Special Infected, each with unique abilities. The Crawlers are skilled hoppers, Stalkers have Predator cloaking technology, Slashers can come frighteningly close to flying, and the Clots can enlist other Zeds to fight with them.
The mode does not yet have an ETA, but it doesn’t appear to be too far off.
In other news, accessing community-created content in Killing Floor 2 got way easier this week thanks to the implementation of full Steam Workshop support. If any of the above bothers you, a steady torrent of custom content should make a competitive mode less troubling.
