Speaking to Official Xbox Magazine, Valveās Chet Faliszek said the Left 4 Dead 2 team came up with a since-discarded special infected called āThe Leaker.ā He was axed not for doing something disgusting, but predictable.
āWith The Leaker, the idea was a kind of Boomer that could take damage, and shoot out spouts of goo. And you could plant yourself and explode ā be this walking bomb,ā Faliszek told OXM. āThe problem is thereās a warning that youāre going to do that. So when you go to plant yourself, everyone else runs away, and you just die and donāt hurt anybody.ā
So they scotched The Leaker, but carried over some of his properties to The Spitter, Faliszek said. Oh, and about that inspired name (and others)? Itās ābecause Iām lazy,ā Faliszek said. āāWhat does this one do?ā āIt charges.ā āYeah, itās a Charger. Iāll go with that.'ā
Interview with Valveās Chet Faliszek [Official Xbox Magazine]
