Last month, the most popular Internet meme was undoubtedly Shaggy Rogers fromScooby-Doo, and his apparent God-like powers that made him the most powerful being in the entire universe. This meme saw Shaggy become the most popular the character has ever been, with people going as far as tomake petitions for him to be added toMortal Kombat 11. While Shaggy has yet to be added to any new games in an official capacity, fans have taken matters into their own hands to mod Shaggy into Capcom’sResident Evil 2.
BeastGamingHD has uploaded a video of the Shaggy mod inResident Evil 2, which appears to replace Claire Redfield with Shaggy. The mod includes voice clips for Shaggy, so it’s one of the more comprehensiveResident Evil 2mods that we’ve seen. And in an effort to make things fairer forResident Evil 2’s monsters, the modder has also increased the number ofMr. X tyrantsin the game from just one to a staggering 10.
Being chased around the Raccoon City Police Department by one Mr. X is terrifying, but when there’s 10 of them, it’s just comical. And seeing Shaggy fromScooby-Dooblow them up and shoot them is hilarious.
SinceResident Evil 2’s launch, there have been plenty of other mods released for the critically-acclaimed survival-horror game. One of the more recent ones also replaces Claire, putting the superhero Captain Marvel in her place. The Captain Marvel mod is far less comprehensive than the Shaggy mod, though, as it doesn’t include voice lines or any of her trademark powers.
Other mods focus on changing the enemies inResident Evil 2instead of the playable characters. For example, there’s a mod that converts all of the zombies to tofu, and another mod that swapsMr. X for Thomas the Train. Whereas 10 Mr. X tyrants make the character more amusing than frightening, turning him into Thomas the Train arguably makes him even scarier than usual.
It seems that the mods forResident Evil 2keep coming, and it will be interesting to see what other ridiculous mods the community dreams up in the future.
Resident Evil2is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
