I was playing through the director's commentary the other day and they had a pretty interesting comment on an infected which was cut. Known as The Screamer he was an boss infected who wore a straitjacket and when he spotted you ran and tried to hide. If you allowed him to hide he would let out a scream alerting a horde to swarm onto you. According to the commentary his ability was given to the Boomer in the form of his bile vomit.

Anyone else think that was an awesome idea that should have remained in the game? It sounds like it would have made for an interesting chase dynamic, forcing you to run after him dodging zombies and trying to take him down before he screams. Even with the Boomer's ability in the game he still seems like a character that could have beem implemented without it feeling like they were reuseing an ability too much.

Edit: Found a concept art

Yeah I heard that, I think the design of how the screamer sounds would of been pretty cool, and kinda crazy.

Yeah i enjoyed the commentary...when they didn't sound like robots haha, but yeah actually, im glad they cut him out in a way, he sounds like a mix between the smoker and boomer, since the smoker does occasionally piss off, sometimes i wonder if he will scream when he runs off now, i kinda wish.

Sounds a bit like a With/Boomer mix...and you never know, he could make a return since Valve has said that along with new "movies" they plan to bring out new boss infected characters as well.

I wonder what type of new boss infected they'll put in when they patch it, they've said they're going to I just can't think of any unique characteristics they could have...

Maybe it'll be a long distance projectile boss that can throw about as far as a tank's rock-throw ability. Prehaps a zombie that can rip parts of its body out (leg... arm... guts... brain) and toss them at survivors, each throw is a random part of the bosses' body and whatever part gets thrown will change the way the thing moves 'til it dies, for instance if it throws a leg it has to hop.

I 'unno.................... what have you came up with that's unique.

I tell you what i'd like, perhaps a Boss infected option before starting a match, stating which ones you want turned on and off, if you turned them all off and had the regular zombies on expert, you'd still have one hell of a fight, and a more traditional fight too

I think it's an excellent model to put in the game, but I think that the "attracting" feature works better with the Boomer than it would've with this.  It seems like if this dood could just run off and attract some zombies without a good chance of killing him, it would just get super annoying.

"I tell you what i'd like, perhaps a Boss infected option before starting a match, stating which ones you want turned on and off, if you turned them all off and had the regular zombies on expert, you'd still have one hell of a fight, and a more traditional fight too"

"I tell you what i'd like, perhaps a Boss infected option before starting a match, stating which ones you want turned on and off, if you turned them all off and had the regular zombies on expert, you'd still have one hell of a fight, and a more traditional fight too"

Man, that sounds pretty cool actually. But I can see why they gave his power to the Boomer.

That would be pretty cool. More boss zombies in general would be awesome. Like, what if there was one that possessed you or a teammate unless a teammate shot a certain part of your body or meleed you? That'd be pretty cool. If you disagree, know that that was off the top of my head.

"That would be pretty cool. More boss zombies in general would be awesome. Like, what if there was one that possessed you or a teammate unless a teammate shot a certain part of your body or meleed you? That'd be pretty cool. If you disagree, know that that was off the top of my head."

"That would be pretty cool. More boss zombies in general would be awesome. Like, what if there was one that possessed you or a teammate unless a teammate shot a certain part of your body or meleed you? That'd be pretty cool. If you disagree, know that that was off the top of my head."

Well, I think the aiming is too sketchy to target a specific body part...but something like that'd be rad."

"That would be pretty cool. More boss zombies in general would be awesome. Like, what if there was one that possessed you or a teammate unless a teammate shot a certain part of your body or meleed you? That'd be pretty cool. If you disagree, know that that was off the top of my head."

Also...I think that your idea about an infected that could possess you or a teammate is flawed if you can also get damaged by regular zombies as well. Either you don't take damage or they avoid you because if they could hurt you as well then it would kind of make it a double punishment.

"Also...I think that your idea about an infected that could possess you or a teammate is flawed if you can also get damaged by regular zombies as well. Either you don't take damage or they avoid you because if they could hurt you as well then it would kind of make it a double punishment."

that was off the top of my head."

Yes...I know it was off the top of your head. I was just expanding the idea because I think it could be something that would be pretty cool in the actual game, not that Valve stalks the GB forums for ideas or anything.

"Yes...I know it was off the top of your head. I was just expanding the idea because I think it could be something that would be pretty cool in the actual game, not that Valve stalks the GB forums for ideas or anything."

"Yes...I know it was off the top of your head. I was just expanding the idea because I think it could be something that would be pretty cool in the actual game, not that Valve stalks the GB forums for ideas or anything."

 that was off the top of my head."

"Kush said:

"Yes...I know it was off the top of your head. I was just expanding the idea because I think it could be something that would be pretty cool in the actual game, not that Valve stalks the GB forums for ideas or anything."

$20 says that Levio is actually Gabe Newell"

"Death_Burnout said:

"I tell you what i'd like, perhaps a Boss infected option before starting a match, stating which ones you want turned on and off, if you turned them all off and had the regular zombies on expert, you'd still have one hell of a fight, and a more traditional fight too"

I don't like that idea at all...I think every current boss has it's distinct purpose and taking one(or more) out would ruin the awesome experience that is L4D!"

I'm saying that I don't think the game would be as good without each and every boss infected in each match. I don't think that the game would be good with just 5 Boomers/Hunters/Smokers/etc

"I'm saying that I don't think the game would be as good without each and every boss infected in each match. I don't think that the game would be good with just 5 Boomers/Hunters/Smokers/etc"

Well you're basically just listing potential mods then...if you want this stuff in the game then mods will likely show up. All I'm saying is that the option should never have been in the retail version.

"Well you're basically just listing potential mods then...if you want this stuff in the game then mods will likely show up. All I'm saying is that the option should never have been in the retail version."

That would be neat,maybe in a future update they will release new Special Infected and weapons.If they do,it will probably only be for PC though,and if they do release it for the 360,Microsoft will probably charge people.

"That would be neat,maybe in a future update they will release new Special Infected and weapons.If they do,it will probably only be for PC though,and if they do release it for the 360,Microsoft will probably charge people."

Death_Burnout said:

Oh and guess what, i hate mods, so if there was one, i wouldnt take it, im a vanilla fan

there will beGarry's Mod and L4D fusions, now those mods and scripts, i'll happily take."

I thought the Screamer sounded stupid from the beginning. I'm glad Valve saw that too and cut it.