Meeting Mr. X (Resident Evil 2 Remake)
While the original Resident Evil 2 is a classic in its own right, it’s hard not to give credit to the Resident Evil 2 Remake for taking several of its best moments and making them even better.
For proof, look no further than the introduction of Mr. X. After searching through the first few areas of the game, players begin to settle into a sense of comfort. Sure, there are undead enemies wandering the halls of the police station and Lickers in secluded areas, but it’s nothing they haven’t been able to handle.
Then, as they make their way toward a helicopter that has crashed into the station, they meet him: A hulking brute in a black trench coat, able to lift the copter’s wreckage with one hand. He shrugs off anything the player throws at him, and pursues them relentlessly no matter how far they run.
This doesn’t end after a certain point either. For as long as players are inside an area where he’s present, he’ll come after them without end, only stopping should they enter very specific places that he can’t go.
It’s unnerving, exhausting, and impossible to forget even after Mr. X has finally been put down at the end of the game.
