X is the only one who does not.For those that don’t know, check out the picture below to familiarise yourself with Mr.

Every enemy has a familiarity to them Mr. I think that's why this particular monster sticks out so much in Resident Evil 2. That sense of fear is there throughout the game, but it only grows knowing that at any instant, you could be forced to change up your entire playstyle. You can stagger him and run for your life, but minutes later you'll hear those dreadful footsteps inching ever so close to your unlucky self. This time around, he's an enemy that you can touch, but you cannot hurt. X comes along and forces you to become even more methodical in your decision-making. Resident Evil 2 is a game where you can overcome obstacles by being smart, and Mr. X, in my mind, is the embodiment of this game design philosophy. It's always still pretty eerie the first time around: you have enemies who can get to you, but you typically have no way of fighting back. I often get bored with many horror games, as repetition usually becomes scarier than the actual game I'm playing trial-and-error instances that make me want to rip my hair out. X comes along and forces you to become even more methodical in your decisions.' 'Resident Evil 2 is a game where you can overcome obstacles by being smart, and Mr.

You can still feel like an absolute badass while getting the heebie-jeebies. Of course, it's not the first or only game to do this, but it sure as hell does it the best out of the bunch. As I previously mentioned, one of the best things about Resident Evil 2 and the series as a whole is its use of weaponry as a crutch. So I was ready to go as soon as I was put in Raccoon City.

With Resident Evil VII: Biohazard, I was eased into the traditional gameplay loop of puzzles, monsters, and exploring. Suddenly, a game like Resident Evil 2 comes along and kicks me right in my ass.Īs a veteran of first and third-person shooters, I'm immediately comfortable jumping into the Resident Evil series. I'm a huge horror movie fan, but in the realm of video games, I find that fandom waning nowadays with really shallow titles. So why does Mr. X work so well? Well for one, he works to merge the survival-horror games that have you play passively with the ones that give you some form of protection as a crutch to the horror. 'As he grabbed my neck and broke it in an instant.total bliss.'

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