
Francis is tough as nails.
The guy is a biker, which automatically qualifies him as dangerous. Don't let the open vest fool you into a comparison with the leather-clad charicature from The Village People. A life filled with drug abuse, alcoholism and barroom brawls will have put him in a condition in which he is no longer capable of feeling pain. Have you ever read Hell's Angels? Those people are terrifying.
Francis looks like the kind of guy who could rip the head off a zombie, shove the dismembered cranium into the corpse's rectum and then rape the bleeding esophagus from the wrong end without blinking twice. This is not a man you want to fuck with.
Check out those sweet tats.
Seriously, dude. Who does his ink?

He has more depth than any other character.
When you look at Francis, it's easy to simply write him off as a stereotypical grunt. This is a mistake. Here we have a man who was cursed by his parents with the name "Francis" in the late-twentieth century, which no doubt doomed him to a life filled with ridicule. That sort of torment changes a man, makes him hard and gives him something to prove.
He could have changed it, hidden from such horrors by calling himself "Frank." Francis wouldn't do that. He's a man of character, one who is willing and able to rise above such petty concerns and focus on what really matters: Guns, booze and broads.

Francis is cunning.
I'll admit it, Francis may not have the outright smarts of Louis, the experience of Bill or the ass...ets of Zoey. As Socrates once said, "true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing," which is why Francis has hooked up with this group in the first place. He needs their skills and firepower if he's going to make it out of this alive.
After the party has made good on their escape, I can see things taking a turn. In the world I imagine, Francis would kill his former teammates while they sleep for being know-it-all pricks. Except for Zoey, that is. Sure, she'll be upset for a while but she'll come around. The Earth will have to be repopulated, after all. Speaking of Zoey...
He isn't Zoey.
I don't have a problem with playing a female character in games. It's something I do on a fairly regular basis. My only real issue with Zoey is that, if I'm playing as her, I can't watch her run about while drooling with a lewd expression on my face. Shallow, I realize, but there it is.
So why dibs?
You know, that's an excellent question. With the number of people that I've seen express distaste for the man, you'd think I wouldn't have to resort to such a maneuver to ensure my control over him. You would be so wrong.
See, at some point, those people who are so busy wanking over the other characters are going to realize their ultimate inferiority to this prime example of the alpha male. I'm getting out in front of that right now and staking my claim. I don't give a damn what you say about it because, like Francis, I will stab you if you stand in my way.
I will gut you like a fish, asshole to adam's apple.
the tats are sweet indeed.
Dibs on generic zombie No.5
You guys playing PC or 360? Any D-toiders playing on PC?
I like how you claimed dibs on the alpha male, yet did use self importance as capital. I like that!
Regardless, Louis is still the obvious choice.
He hooked up with them because he needed them? I can see needing Louis' brains and Bill's experience, but how does Zoey's ass...ets help against zombies? I don't think they care that she's hot. They want to eat her... but not like that.
Screw you, Francis is mine
It's a blessing there are only four characters, soon all this lewd character-enslavement bussiness will have run its course. Assuming that anyone actually chooses to play as Zoey.
Female article-smiths are called for methinks, as they have more hands-on experience with people drooling at them, and can thusly disregard it. A male player playing Zoey on the other hand... might just make the game unplayable for everyone.
Im glad they changed his character model.
Good I still have my dibs on Zoey
Hooray! My dibs on Zoey still stands.
Wait, king, we must duel.
I play as Francis.
I meant did NOT use...
Damn I'm lame
@entranger: You aren't seeing the bigger picture. Of the four, Zoey is technically the most important character to keep alive, for reasons which should be obvious. There's no telling how many women remain uninfected and, let's face it, the human race is nothing without them.
Which isn't to say that Zoey can't defend herself or that she needs the men specifically. She's more than capable in that department. It's merely that her membership in the fairer sex greatly increases her value.
@Kyousuke Nanbu: And that's exactly why I wrote it. I'm so happy that I could help you navigate the cold, dark corners of this world and lead you to solace within it.
Duel to the death over Zoey? I'm in.
DAMMIT FRANCIS.
That's all I ever hear Bill say. Because Francis is a douche.
@Kyousuke Nanbu; RIght? shit.
Although to be fair, Conrad wasn't a douche about it.
I still call Louis. I will take you all on.
I love that this game has such a strong cast of characters that people get so attached to them. I mean really, a fight to the death. Thats HXC baby.
Also, looks like Conrad is the only one on the Dtoid staff with any common sense. Francis is the man.
Francis looks exactly like my friend that I see every zombie movie with. Francis is MINE!
But seriously, my friend and I are serious. We watched Zombie one night (horrible), fast forwarded through it all, stopped at the zombie vs shark part, fast forwarded through the rest, then dropped it in a pond outside his Baltimore apartment to kill it for good. We never found it again.
Take him.
This is getting regoddamnediculous. Now we all have to fight over Tits McGee? Seriously though, I can't wait to play this freakin' game.
If you actully listen to Francis' dialogue, the man is very soft for a tough biker.
I called Francis (lulz, I just accidentally called him Conrad) publically on the previous two L4D "dibs" posts. Conrad, I will not surrender him to you. No.
And how badass is the second pic in the post? Very.
DID YOU KNOW?
Francis is a closet homosexual.
@Sharpless: Accidentally called him "Conrad," eh? Then you've already begun to associate Francis with me. Behold the awesome power of front page dibs!
No, no no. I call dibs on all four characters. Just watch me. BRING IT.
I play as Zoey because I pretend that L4D adheres to old school video game rules of big=slow and strong/small=fast and nimble.
Also because I have whored exclusively the handgun in every zombie game I've ever played, and the fact that she carries them (in all the artwork and trailers) sealed the deal.
Those zombies can't catch me, I have mythical ninja abilities! And unlimited ammo!
@Conrad
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I know these dibs will not affect me.
But somehow I'm still really angry.
GOD.
Dibs on the zombie in the hospital with his butt cheeks hanging out.
Francis rocks, mentioned this before but I love how when someone shoots him as Bill he just yells in an annoyed tone "God-Dammit, Bill!".
That's hardcore right there, getting shot is a mild annoyance to him.
Hey, why is it that when the survivors are killed, they don't become zombies? Dibs on logic.
I called dibs on the Witch, but I'm doing it again because I'm in love with a friggin' zombie.
OMG LESBIAN UNDEAD LOVE!
I have dibs on the forums.
Can I call dibs on dibs? Well, I guess that everyone is spoken for. I guess I'll just go on pissing everyone off who has dibs by stealing your favorites when we play. yay me!
I challenge all those calling dibs on my sweetheart Zoey to duels.
Pistols at dawn, bitches.
Conrad you're no real Francis fan. You didn't even acknowledge that one of his tattoos is the fucking EIGHT POINTED STAR OF CHAOS.
King and dexter can suck my balls. I have dibs on Zoey. Always.
Also, Francis is a douchbag and a tool. There, it's out there for everyone to see. He's the worst character in the game, and everyone knows it. Only the 13 year olds or people who can't play are Francis.
Seriously, the statistics prove it: in 6 of my 7 random online pick up games today, we all made it with the EXCEPTION of Francis. He would always run waaaaaaaaaay the fuck out there and die because he doesn't know how to play.
Sorry. Bill is tough as nails and really fucking cool. Louis is the token black guy that will actually have a chance, and Zoey... well she may be the last one chosen in all your games, but she's the tits (literally). Francis is worthless.
I'll stick with Zoey, thanks.
"Here we have a man who was cursed by his parents with the name "Francis" in the late-twentieth century, which no doubt doomed him to a life filled with ridicule"
Haha, that's what the F in my name stands for. Good thing it's not my real one eh?
Attention everyone who is buying Left 4 Dead: Please shut the fuck up and play the goddamn game.
I'm sick to death hearing about this game. It's the same level of retardation that surrounded Brawl.
Jesus.
Old Joke is Old
Who's left w/the chick, Hamza?
this "dibs" fad just got extremely lame, sorry, little late on the fad train. it's already left the station
I call dibs on the custom Jesus Christ character model.
I call dibs on Simon Pegg.
@frozenbabylon
Except this game is actually good.
I HAVE DIBS ON FRANCIS , but foir another reason , cause he looks like Billy Coen from RE0 uncle ...
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