Of course, it isn’t much of a spoiler to state that it is possible to make it through the entire game and achieve your character’s objectives. He’s mostly mute, so you’ll only have his death-declaring footsteps to go on.

In certain areas of several main maps, the Tyrant will stalk you around from room to room and only stop when he’s ended your life. That stomping can begin to seem like an omnipresent sound effect, too, because once the Tyrant is in the game, he won’t leave you alone for long. Shooting him in the head may earn you a fun little trophy, but it doesn’t do much to stop the Tyrant from stomping towards you. Regular zombies can be shot, certain breeds can be burned or blown up, and the creepy-looking lickers can often be avoided, but the Tyrant himself… well, he is basically invulnerable to all the attacks at your disposal. The Resident Evil 2 remake’s iteration of this classic big boss is undoubtedly the scariest foe in this hot new horror release.

The Tyrant’s arrival signals the point when the game starts getting harder and he isn’t exactly easy to get rid of. The model of Tyrant that Leon and Claire come up against in Resident Evil 2 is a T-00, and he essentially shows up once the players’ training wheels are off. The official canon dictates that Tyrants are bioengineered super soldiers, created by the morally awful big bads of the series, those sinister scientists at the Umbrella Corporation. Created by Shinji Mikami, they’ve been a part of the Resident Evil universe since the original game arrived in 1996. Longer-term fans of the franchise will recall that the Tyrant in this game is the latest in a long line of familiar-looking nasties. But what exactly is he?įurther Reading: Silent Hill, BioShock, and the Art of Scary Games It’s immediately obvious that this looming menace, kitted out in a coat and hat, is not your garden variety zombie. You’ve really got to feel for any newcomers to the series, who will have no idea what they’re in for when Tyrant shows up on the scene.

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