The breakout character of theResident Evil 2remake is undoubtedly theMr. X tyrant. Mr. X’s tendency to relentlessly stalk Leon and Claire throughout the Raccoon City Police Department has helped him become his own meme, as players find him both hilarious and frightening. Modders have had some fun with Mr. X as well, swapping the hulking character out for other pop culture icons.
The latestResident Evil 2Mr. X mod replaces Mr. X with none other than Jason Voorhees ofFriday the 13thfame. Compared to some of the otherResident Evil 2Mr. X mods out there, the Jason Voorhees mod actually feels pretty natural, as the infamous Camp Crystal Lake killer already acts like Mr. X. Just like Mr. X, Jason slowly pursues his victims, he doesn’t talk, and he is a large, imposing figure, so he feels right at home inResident Evil 2.
Put together by a modder known as “George,” theResident Evil 2Jason mod is based on a design by Tom Savini originally created for the asymmetric multiplayer horror gameFriday the 13th: The Game. It lacks sound effects or music associated with Jason, but it’s still very impressive work.
As previously stated, the modding community has had some fun replacing Mr. X inResident Evil 2with other characters. For example, one mod was made thatreplaced Mr. X with Thomas the Tank Engine, and another swapped him out forResident Evil 3’s Nemesis. There are also Mr. X mods available that increase the number of Mr. X tyrants that are pursuing the player, with one mod upping the number all the way to 10.
Other mods forResident Evil 2change other characters in the game, like Leon and Claire. There’s aScooby-DooShaggy mod for Leon, as well as aCaptain MarvelClaire modthat makes her look like the Marvel superhero Carol Danvers.
Moving forward,Resident Evil 2fans can count on the modding community to keep adding interesting creations to the popular survival-horror game.
Resident Evil2is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
