![]() ![]() Story-wise, The Passing sits between the Dead Center and Dark Carnival campaigns and has Coach, Ellis, Rochelle and The Other Guy trying to lower a bridge so that they can cross in their stolen rally car. Does Left 4 Dead really need more cityscapes? Worse, the fact that it’s essentially needless and quite lamely introduced makes it readily apparent that The Passing really is little more than fan service – it’s a quick and messy cameo rather than something entirely new. Why do they call them 'Road Works' if it doesn't? They may have less charisma and appeal, but in the past few months we’ve grown tolerant of the L4D2 survivors - so reminding us about the vastly preferable Bill, Francis, Louis and Zoey honestly feels a bit cruel. Instead, The Passing feels like a painful reminder of just how much more fun and interesting the initial cast was – one that comes just as we’ve got used to the new crew. Unfortunately, that key feature couples with the delayed release date to create The Passing’s first problem – that it doesn’t feel like a torch has been passed from the original survivors to the new team at all. It may have ad-hoc zombie hordes and random rainstorms that make it a little bit different every time you play, but underneath it all it’s still the same old levels and they still get old, fast.įortunately, the long promised The Passing expansion has arrived to help stretch some more life out of the game for those who still play it – and it comes with the added bonus of featuring the cast of the first game too! Price (as reviewed): 560 MS Points on Xbox 360, Free on PCĭepending on who you speak too, Left 4 Dead 2 is either just as, far more or far less popular than the original game – but one thing that’s never contested is that the game is in need of expansion. Los Angeles opens a four-game home stand against Florida on Saturday.Ĭhicago starts a three-game road trip at Winnipeg on Saturday.Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing DLC Publisher: Valve Mrazek skated separately from the team on Sunday but there’s no timetable for his or Stalock’s return. Soderblom started the season in Rockford of the AHL, his home most of last season, but filled in twice with Chicago in recent games.Īdditionally, Chicago signed AHL goalie Dylan Wells to a two-way contract to act as Soderblom’s backup while waiting for either Petr Mrazek (groin) and Alex Stalock (concussion protocol) to return from the injury list. With their top two regular goaltenders sidelined, the Blackhawks started Soderblom for the first time this season. The NHL’s replay review system wiped out a four-minute Kings power play early in the third period, the review detecting Kaliyev lifting the stick of Jones, which in turn hit Lizotte in the face. I think that’s actually a good sign for us, that we’re in these 1-1 games versus 6-5 shootouts." "I thought we were pretty tight defensively. "I think that’s actually more of our identity," Lizotte said. I saw him in rookie camp and an exhibition game, but this is a different animal when you get to the season." "He then controls his body and seals the post so there’s no rebound. ![]() "His ability to stay cool and make a big backdoor save (on Fiala), he doesn’t just do that," Chicago coach Luke Richardson said. "I didn’t think we had as much polish as we’ve shown offensively," Kings coach Todd McLellan said. The Kings threatened again 8:18 into the third, but Carl Grundstrom fired wide from 20 feet out from the left-wing circle. Adrian Kempe, Gabriel Vilardi and Mikey Anderson were all turned back. The tight-checking contest featured few good scoring chances until the Kings took three shots at Soderblom within five seconds midway through the second. "Today felt good right from the start," Soderblom said. Soderblom, making his first start with Chicago’s regular goaltenders sidelined, stopped Kevin Fiala from the doorstep with 3:45 to play to help force the overtime session, then turned back Trevor Moore’s wrist shot from 15 feet 45 seconds into OT. The lead lasted 3 1/2 minutes, until the Kings’ Blake Lizotte converted Arthur Kaliyev’s 2-on-1 pass behind goaltender Arvid Soderblom for a 1-1 deadlock. ![]() "Caber was kind of going back-door there, one of their defensemen got a stick on it, and Caber got a second chance and made a really nice play," Toews said of the set-up for his game-winner.Ĭhicago’s Jason Dickinson opened the scoring with a mid-slot deflection of Caleb Jones’ drive from the right point 12:54 into the second period. ![]() They weren’t any for this team or myself this year. "I think we can get back to simplifying a little bit and making it harder on the other team," Toews said. ![]()
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