10 Early Versions Of Iconic Video Game Characters You Won't Believe

5. Louis & Francis From Left 4 Dead

Someone over at Valve must really hate hair, as somehow over the course of development both Louis and Francis lost a significant amount of it. Not much is known about this change, apart from the fact that Francis was apparently redesigned to closer resemble the head developer of the game, Mike Booth.

Besides that, there doesn€™t seem to be much point to the rework. Louis appears to have been altered to somewhat resemble Simon Pegg€™s character from Shaun of the Dead, who was also dressed in a shirt and tie.

Meanwhile, Francis developed from a mean-looking biker to... well, an equally mean-looking biker, only one with considerably less hair.

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