By the end of my demo I found myself opting to just run circles around Mr. It's all very exciting stuff for the first few encounters until it becomes frustrating. X into an attack before slipping past the opening he creates-is a little harder to pull off as he takes up most of the space if you encounter him in a hallway. What's worse, the old dodging maneuver-where you bait Mr. Starting the Remake demo with just a handgun and grenade launcher, which is sorely needed for the zombie hordes, the Mr. X was kind of easy to cheese if you had a strong enough weapon like the submachine gun. I imagine that's the point, but it's not fun when you find yourself trapped in a room with three Lickers and suddenly Mr. But the moment you make a noise, he comes rushing towards you and it barely feels like you have any breathing room. X's footsteps echo throughout the police department, allowing you to kind of pinpoint his location. One of the great additions in Remake is how you can hear Mr. X who feels freakishly fast this time around. I spent probably half my two-hour demo time constantly trying to hunt down various keys and solve the different puzzles all while juggling my low ammo, low health, and facing a Mr. X proceeds to stalk Claire through the police department as players are tasked with finding a way out. X bursts in during Claire's exploration of the RCPD. It distracts from the goofy trench coat, as his face looks like someone tried to chisel an eldritch Frankenstein's monster out of plaster and messed up. Ada Wong.Īs an aside he also looks genuinely creepy in the Remake thanks to the graphical updates, including an improved face model. X is better than ever, which is good for him and bad for us. Beyond that initial humor, having a hulking big bad that can't be killed stalking you is just an ingenious horror game mechanic.
There's something hilarious about a big monster dude bursting through the walls during random parts of the game like the Kool-Aid Man. The Tyrant system in Resident Evil games have always been equal parts fun and frustrating. Honestly, I don't know if I enjoyed my encounter with him all that much. While he mostly serves as an inconvenient roadblock in Ada's section, it's not until the Claire portion of the demo that Mr. X, Resident Evil 2's Tyrant and big bad stalker. The mechanic is neat, but mostly serves to solve the level's environmental puzzle. Ada gets a new toy befitting her whole secret agent thing and it's a scanning/hacking device that can see through walls and control electronic objects.
Everywhere I go is either wet or raining, and that's never a good thing in these games.Ī little later the story switches over to Ada Wong, and yes, the character redesigns continue to kick ass. It's tied to water, which plays an integral and sinister part of the environmental design. There's a hazy blue palette that I'm coming to realize is a purposeful design choice for the Remake. Like the RCPD demo, Capcom's gone above and beyond to imbue Resident Evil 2 Remake with a new sense of atmosphere and dread.
The Leon portion of the demo begins at Kendo's gun shop and continues underground into the sewers along with Ada. Leon continues his worst first day on the job ever, this time joined by Ada in Racoon City's basement, and Claire ventures into the Racoon City Police Department (RCPD) proper to find that things are somehow worse than when Leon left it. The demo we got to play recently takes place almost immediately after the two previous demos. We here at USgamer have had several opportunities in the past to play Resident Evil 2 Remake such as Leon's initial Racoon City Police Department run at E3 2018, and Claire's parking garage adventure at Gamescom. X, and a bulk of my saves were used during Claire's gameplay segment (more on that later). Unfortunately for me, most of that time was spent evading Resident Evil 2's stalking Tyrant, the T-103 aka Mr. My demo went through a couple phases and swapped between Leon, Ada (better than ever), and Claire. At a recent extended preview for Capcom's upcoming Resident Evil 2 Remake I had the opportunity to spend some more hands-on time with the game.
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