@nateandrews: I couldn't handle RE7 (too stressful) but if you loved it, I imagine you'll be just fine with Mr. X.
Speaking of, thankfully, the only moment of his that I found genuinely stressful to the point of stopping the game was his first appearance. Mostly because there is a LOT to do at that and the game kind of just changes its entire play style suddenly with no indication of how to make him stop (I blew WAY too much ammo without knowing any better, and then I spent all this time just trying to hide and not getting stuff done -- ALSO not knowing any better). But, in actuality, I think that I'll like it MORE now that I know it's coming, on subsequent playthroughs.
Having said all that, despite really enjoying it overall, I'm at the end of Leon A and man, fuck this shit it is irritating as hell. Spoilers are for the endish of the game (I suspect I know where it's going after the part I have highlighted below).
The plant section was annoying enough, especially when I had to run from Mr. X amid all of the plant zombie shitheads, but the part I'm REALLY not liking AT ALL is the final battle with Birkin. It's not so much challenging as it is just a constant struggle against the way Leon handles. I love the controls in the game for the most part in 95% of the situations; I think they enhance the tension perfectly. But in this boss fight, I just feel like I can't maneuver at all and this ding dong, especially in his "final form", is just flying ALL over the damn room and teeing off on me, and by that point I'm already low enough on health.
Anyway, maybe I'm just terrible at it. But I don't like it, regardless.
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