The Last Stand (Left 4 Dead 2)

"The Last Stand" is a fourth DLC for Left 4 Dead 2. It is a two-map campaign remake of the Left 4 Dead survival map of the same name, made by the L4D2 community. It was released as part of The Last Stand Community Update on September 24, 2020, along with 20 new survival maps and 4 new scavenge maps.

This campaign as well as content update of the same name is PC exclusive and won't come to Xbox 360.

Graffiti
Like other maps in Left 4 Dead series, scattered graffiti serves as a story telling mechanic. Unlike its predecessor, graffiti in this version of The Last Stand is relatively less pessimistic, less depressing, less distressing, and less hopeless compared the original version, as this version provides rescue and salvation to the survivors, although it does not come easily.

The graffiti in the village reveals that although all evacuation sites are empty, it is clearly suggested that there was an evacuation attempt within the village. It is unknown if the evacuation was successful or not. However, it seems that one of the evacuation sites used by villagers was the lighthouse, which was manned by a small unit of military servicemen at that time.

The graffiti in the military outpost near the lighthouse reveals that in the end, the military unit was eventually overrun by the infected. One graffiti warns the future passing survivors not to go to the lighthouse, as death awaits them there. It can be discovered that a distraught survivor committed suicide here after deciding that rescue would be hopeless. Other survivors holding out here also eventually gave up hope, and clearly did not survive.

Setting
As revealed at the start of The Junkyard, the L4D1 survivors eventually reach an unnamed village by way of a military truck. However, their truck breaks down, forcing the survivors to continue their journey on foot. Barricades and blockades from chaos at the village cause them to take a way that leads them to the lighthouse instead of to the village evacuation sites (which are no longer manned by the time the survivors arrive). Concluding that their only hope for rescue is by lighting the long-dead lighthouse, survivors light the beacon and must then fight on their own against massive onslaughts of the infected.