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Left 4 Dead lets you destroy the exact body part you hit

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If you shoot an infected creature in the knee, the engine strictly ensures that exactly that specific knee violently explodes. The creators mapped out incredibly precise internal anatomy purely so you could dismember them with horrifying surgical accuracy.

Left 4 Dead lets you destroy the exact body part you hit
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