In the short time that it’s been out, Resident Evil 2 has already become the ultimate playground for modders and has seen some ingenious alterations. From jokey redesigns to gameplay tweaks, and even loving homages to the PSone original, RE:2’s passionate community has clearly having a blast with the remake.

One aspect that has been subjected to repeated customization is the now-infamous Mr. X. Arguably the scariest thing about the game, it’s no surprise to see that modders have zeroed in on this hulking stalker, overhauling his soundtrack, subjecting him to cloning and (most bizarrely) stripping him of his clothes. Whatever floats your boat I guess.

It was only a matter of time then, before someone did the obvious and reskinned the enemy to look a bit like his more famous, and significantly upgraded, counterpart: Nemesis. That’s right, thanks to the efforts of forum-user ZERO, the titular villain from the franchise’s third entry can now (sort of) be found prowling the Raccoon Police Department like it’s 1999 all over again (though not as many S.T.A.R.S. to be found, unfortunately)

As aforementioned, this is basically just a reskin of Mr. X, so don’t expect him to exhibit any idiosyncratic behaviors, or to brandish his iconic rocket launcher. Still, he looks undeniably impressive (if not quite there yet design-wise) and the modder has lifted his intimidating sound effects from the original, along with the theme music, making the whole thing feel very authentic.

With an RE:3 remake rumored to be in the pipeline (to be honest, it’s practically a given now) we might not have to wait too long before we get to see a proper recreation of Nemesis in his own game. Until then, however, this is a fun little extra that should satisfy fans.  

The mod can be accessed here and if you want to see it in action, BeastGamingHD has put together this cool little preview: