The Parish

The Parish is a new campaign featured in Left 4 Dead 2 and believed to take place last. According to preview footage the campaign spans five chapters. Demo gameplay, preview footage and developer interviews have revealed that the campaign takes place both in New Orelean's streets and a cemetary as the survivors attempt to make their way to a bridge in the distance. The tag line for the campaign reads: "This time it all goes south," and is set in daylight.

The Parish supposedly includes exclusive appearences from the Hazmat Infected and the Riot Infected, though no Hazmat Infected appear in the public demo.

Trivia

 * The footage shown in early gameplay trailers comes from this campaign. If so, it seems that the players will adventure through a park, city-streets and a small construction area. A scene in one of the trailers also shows the players activating an alarm, which prompts them to fight their way to the top of a small platform to turn it off. In another Crescendo Event, the Survivors must activate a parade float, causing upbeat, cheery music to be played while the horde attacks.


 * The Parish was the first campaign to reveal the new "Gauntlet Crescendo," where the Horde does not stop attacking until, in this case, an alarm atop a platform surrounded by fences is deactivated.
 * Tagline of this campaign have been changed at least twice. First time it was seen with "This time it all goes south" tagline, but then used "Welcome to the Big Uneasy" only to change back to "This time it all goes south" for the demo.
 * The public demo for the game includes The Waterfront and The Park levels from this campaign.
 * The Andrew Jackson sculpture encountered is much like the statue in Kansas City in Missouri. However, since the campaign takes place in New Orleans, the statue is probably in Jackson Square.
 * Virgil, a boat captain, leaves players at the Waterfront and he goes help more people.
 * Jazz tones mingle with the usual Left 4 Dead score when Horde attacks and the Gauntlet Cresendo is initiated.
 * Riot Infected sometimes drop a baton when killed.
 * The Parish's music [|here].