The Tyrant – otherwise known as Mr X – is one of the more interesting foes in Resident Evil 2.
The Tyrant – otherwise known as Mr X – is one of the more interesting foes in Resident Evil 2.
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The Tyrant – otherwise known as Mr X – is one of the more interesting foes in Resident Evil 2 .
He’s a giant hulking brute that stalks the player through the Raccoon City Police Department, and he’s pretty relentless. Resident Evil 2 was actually one of the first games to realise that a big, slow-moving monster, that walks after you rather than running, is a very scary proposition.
Tyrant is basically a prototype for the Nemesis in Resident Evil 3; a relentless, merciless monster that stalks you at every turn.
Fun story: My wife once tried to play Resident Evil 3 on the original PlayStation while I was out, having never played a Resi game before. She couldn’t get her head around the tank controls, got squashed by the Nemesis three or four times, then never wanted to play it again.
It’s fair to say that what outwardly seems like a cool mechanic – like Tyrant or Nemesis – can be very, very frustrating if you’re caught on the wrong side of it repeatedly.
There are a few key differences to the way Tyrant works in the Resident Evil 2 remake, which might take some getting used to for veterans of the 1998 original.
Firstly, Tyrant is in more of the game than he was before.
