slop101

Can you turn off Mr. X?
I really don't want to bother with him playing this.

Koby

If you play on PC, people have created a mod to remove him... among many other silly mods such as putting him in a speedo or just making him invisible.

If you play on console, you're out of luck.

Decker

You can turn him into Thomas the Tank Engine if you like

slop101

Never thought I'd be scared of Thomas the Engine, but here we are...
Honestly, that's even more frightening than Mr. X.

nickdawgy

He’s not that bad. At least it’s not like RE7 where the hillbilly can follow you into the safe room.

Koby

He's pretty easy to avoid. Of course it makes you take the long way around, but it's worth it to avoid having to waste ammo on him. And he is slow enough you can usually dart around objects to get around him in various areas or use the safe rooms to let him go past you (you can keep the door open enough to keep an eye on him) and then dart out once he's gone past.

If you do it right you just kind of

Rival11

This game is scary lol. I can't take Mr. X stalking me - so tense. Just out of curiosity, why do fans call him Mr. X?

Koby

He was never referred to as a Tyrant or Mr. X in the original RE2 game, but Tyrant was first referred to as Mr. X by Claire in a novelization by SD Perry that released way back in 1999 along with some other promotional material.

Umbrella Corp created multiple Tyrants. "Mr. X" is a Tyrant, but has a different designation (T-103) than the original RE Tyrant (T-002), so he's a different type of Tyrant, one that can be controlled.

Resident Evil 2 (1998) introduced the T-103 Tyrant as an additional, persistent enemy in the "B" scenario, as opposed to having another Tyrant as an endgame boss. In the Prima strategy guide, he is nicknamed "Big Guy", but has since been retconned as a Tyrant-type.

Rival11

Oh wow, didn't know there was that much backstory, thanks.