So why don't Lickers attack Mr X?

[GoreTiger]

This is something I've always wondered while playing this game. At first I thought "Oh well maybe the Lickers sense the virus in him and consider him an ally" But then we see the lickers kill the Zombie dogs.
So then why Don't the lickers attack mr X? They go on sound alone, And he's stomping all over the place.

[Heflar]

I like the believe that the Lickers mentality when they hear the stomping boots is: "Nah I ain't messing with that"
Maybe the Lickers got tired of the dogs barking and wanted some silence..

[Arzog]

Originally posted by Heflar:

I like the believe that the Lickers mentality when they hear the stomping boots is: "Nah I ain't messing with that"
Maybe the Lickers got tired of the dogs barking and wanted some silence..

this. They are blind, not dumb xD

[Lost Drunk]

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

This is something I've always wondered while playing this game. At first I thought "Oh well maybe the Lickers sense the virus in him and consider him an ally" But then we see the lickers kill the Zombie dogs.
So then why Don't the lickers attack mr X? They go on sound alone, And he's stomping all over the place.

Because RE2 Remake is a joke in history and developers don't care.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Lost Drunk:

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

This is something I've always wondered while playing this game. At first I thought "Oh well maybe the Lickers sense the virus in him and consider him an ally" But then we see the lickers kill the Zombie dogs.
So then why Don't the lickers attack mr X? They go on sound alone, And he's stomping all over the place.

Because RE2 Remake is a joke in history and developers don't care. :AshleyRE4:

Have you seen them try to attack him in the original RE2 or even the book for the game?

[WhitePhantom]

Originally posted by Heflar:

I like the believe that the Lickers mentality when they hear the stomping boots is: "Nah I ain't messing with that"
Maybe the Lickers got tired of the dogs barking and wanted some silence..

This. The lickers are clearly hunters who use sound to not only find their target but also to size them up. They aren't just going to throw themselves at something that is clearly bigger and stronger.

[Lost Drunk]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Originally posted by Lost Drunk:

Because RE2 Remake is a joke in history and developers don't care.

Have you seen them try to attack him in the original RE2 or even the book for the game?

All encounters with Mr. X in original version is always with him alone.
Almost all games in the franchise you never deal with a group of different enemies at the same time. Probably the developers would know that there should be a "food chain" and it would be difficult to add interactions between them, as well a limited capacity of the games in their generations.
Perhaps Capcom might one day try to explain this, but in the realistic scenario in which the OP questioned, the execution made in the game is a failure.

[Lanzagranadas]

Because it would mess with the gameplay, as enemies attacking each other would just make the game easier for the player.

Classic RE games used to avoid these situations by simply not mixing different types of enemies in the same room, so whenever you meet the T-103 in an area that had other enemies before, those enemies would be already gone when he shows up, so you could guess maybe the previous enemies got scared of bigger threat and moved somewhere else.

There's not much of a lore explanation, other than the basic "infected only attack humans" (because other infected/BOWs don't smell like human? or something like that) which isn't really 100% consistent either, as sometimes we did see certain infected attacking other infected.

[GoreTiger]

Originally posted by Lost Drunk:

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Have you seen them try to attack him in the original RE2 or even the book for the game?

All encounters with Mr. X in original version is always with him alone.
Almost all games in the franchise you never deal with a group of different enemies at the same time. Probably the developers would know that there should be a "food chain" and it would be difficult to add interactions between them, as well a limited capacity of the games in their generations.
Perhaps Capcom might one day try to explain this, but in the realistic scenario in which the OP questioned, the execution made in the game is a failure.

That just sounds like technology constraints from back then more than anything.

Originally posted by Lanzagranadas:

Because it would mess with the gameplay, as enemies attacking each other would just make the game easier for the player.

Classic RE games used to avoid these situations by simply not mixing different types of enemies in the same room, so whenever you meet the T-103 in an area that had other enemies before, those enemies would be already gone when he shows up, so you could guess maybe the previous enemies got scared of bigger threat and moved somewhere else.

There's not much of a lore explanation, other than the basic "infected only attack humans" (because other infected/BOWs don't smell like human? or something like that) which isn't really 100% consistent either, as sometimes we did see certain infected attacking other infected.

Mr X does attack the zombies in a sense tho if they get in his way. Not direct-on, But i Have had playthroughs where he'll swat them out of his way. He's even killed one in the library while chasing me.

after playing claire's playthrough, I think I have my answer tho in a sense.

The zombies are made from the G virus, After I found the report in the sewers that explained how the G virus typically has two instinctive inputs: (to feed and reproduce) it would make sense why the Zombies would go after Mr X.

Not only is Mr X and the Tyrant strain immune to the viral effects of the G virus, But he's not exactly a 'living' specimen that can be devoured. This pretty much crosses off both of the inputs the G virus seeks out. They can't put an embryo inside him, And they can't eat him. So they just basically ignore him because they have no reason to pursue him at that point.
And in regards to Mr X he has a singular purpose so he has no reason to go fighting every zombie he sees unless they specifically get in his way.

The lickers are the wild card here. I forget if they're made with G or T viral strains, But their make-up isn't consistent with the G virus. They don't infect people. They can't see but sometimes the way they bob their head it looks like they can 'sniff'.
If they can, Then it's likely they can smell the T virus in Mr X and know he's not prey, so they leave him alone.

[Lost Drunk]

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

That just sounds like technology constraints from back then more than anything.

Not exactly. In several games from different franchises you also realize that rarely more than one variation of enemies attack at the same time, as it is something that does not make sense in execution.

I've been playing Dying Light and I've seen 2 types of situations facing humans and zombies at the same time. In one, zombies forget that I exist, so attack enemy humans and I stand around waiting for them to do my job, taking the fun out. In the other, both groups attack me as if it were something combined, which makes a situation that makes no sense and even unfair to the player.
Apart from the scripted scenes (like lickers attacking dogs), all enemies in the RE2 are programmed to search and attack only you.

[Lanzagranadas]

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

The zombies are made from the G virus, After I found the report in the sewers that explained how the G virus typically has two instinctive inputs: (to feed and reproduce) it would make sense why the Zombies would go after Mr X.

All creatures in the game were created with the T-Virus, except mutated Birkin and the G monsters. The reason for T-Virus infected to ignore the Tyrant could be that they don't 'detect' him as human being.

Tyrant also has no interest in killing other creatures, he does punch zombies out of his way but that's only because he's a somewhat intelligent creature with a mission objective in mind, and he will get rid of obstacles on is way to accomplish it. Same way as how Nemesis technically was programmed to search and kill STARS, not to kill everyone he finds, but he will try to kill those who he believes are helping the STARS or are somehow an obstacle for his mission.

[UTFapolloMarine]

Originally posted by Lanzagranadas:

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

The zombies are made from the G virus, After I found the report in the sewers that explained how the G virus typically has two instinctive inputs: (to feed and reproduce) it would make sense why the Zombies would go after Mr X.

All creatures in the game were created with the T-Virus, except mutated Birkin and the G monsters. The reason for T-Virus infected to ignore the Tyrant could be that they don't 'detect' him as human being.

Tyrant also has no interest in killing other creatures, he does punch zombies out of his way but that's only because he's a somewhat intelligent creature with a mission objective in mind, and he will get rid of obstacles on is way to accomplish it. Same way as how Nemesis technically was programmed to search and kill STARS, not to kill everyone he finds, but he will try to kill those who he believes are helping the STARS or are somehow an obstacle for his mission.

exactly its the same reason as why tyran, nemesis both wont kill something they are not programmed to kill, remember the movie that nemesis i think is the g virus or t virus for sure but i know he only targeted stars members, and in reality most likely would not kill a child due to the software inside him to target stars only, same for MR x., i doubt X would have killed a child, but in a sense he just may have if it meant to get closer to claire and or Leon, X was programmed to just kill anyone regardless, while Nem was for only stars members, like how BOWS and lickers in the movie were controlled by a man and so he chose who they killed, so in a way, even the g virus alone can affect other creatures in different ways, just like how the cop in RE3 turned zombie and spoke to Marvin after being a zombie, there is a lot to question about RE titles, but to know that nemesis does not target me because im not stars, i can say maybe he will just walk right pass me and not care to kill me?

[Marmo]

Mastermind?

xD