The Lost Boss of Left 4 Dead
- Scribbled on November 16th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, Rumor Mill, Shooter
Left 4 Dead 411 discovered some interesting files in Left 4 Dead’s .vpk files, including concept arts of every boss infected in the game, including some never seen before which are pictured below. The first was the familiar Witch.
But the second is a mysterious boss called the ‘Screamer’.
Omega_K2 found three cvars that could be related to the Screamer:
z_deafen_radius_one : 100 : , “sv”, “cheat” :
z_deafen_radius_three : 200 : , “sv”, “cheat” :
z_deafen_radius_two : 150 : , “sv”, “cheat” :
Seems to me that the Screamer deafened Survivors – a serious thing since audio cues are paramount to the serious Survivor. He might have stunned Survivors close to him.
(Thanks, Left 4 Dead 411.)
December 29th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
[...] it’ll be multiplayer for “Dead Air” and “Death Toll”, or “the Screamer“, or even new campaigns. We’ll see. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social [...]
May 20th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
It is a special infected that gamemakers cut from the game coz it would be too difficult for human players coz screamer wouldnt stand out from the zombie hordes.. Its specialty was to run and hide and then scream and alert the zombies like boomer pile does. When they were desinging the game boomer only had 1 attack, explosion when shooted so they cut the screamer and added the boomer pile =)
September 10th, 2009 at 1:50 am
I want to learn english
October 27th, 2009 at 12:46 am
The screamer was actually used to stun the survivors for a small second, and to get the attention of other infected. He was replaced with the boomer. I’m guessing after trying to organize online mode, that they wanted a different method.