The Wrath of Nemesis, Resident Evil 3

“STARS…” once you hear that deep, scary voice, you know he’s coming for you for sure. He is always following you constantly throughout the course of the game, making your life as miserable as possible.

He’s a tough enemy to beat, he runs faster than you, much stronger and has a rocket launcher to top it off. You can knock him out after a couple of firearm magazines, about 40 bullets. Although you can riddle him with bullets, he gets up after the first knockout and tries as a last resort to kill you using his 1-hit devastating move. It will bleed purple blood, indicating that it has actually been dealt with.

Fortunately, if you defeat him after he gets up, he drops an item, but this can only happen on hard mode. The items it drops are weapon parts and First Aid Boxes that contain 3 First Aid Sprays. The first encounter with him in hard mode, for most of us who play it, is the most difficult. Why do you ask? At that point in the game you only have a knife, a pistol and a shotgun. Ammo is limited, so when you decide to take him out of commission, make sure you have enough bullets to deal with him.

Fortunately, the game has many weapons to offer and each one has its own advantages. The strongest you can acquire during the early and mid game is the Magnum which packs 6 powerful bullets and the Grenade Launcher loaded with freeze rounds. Most people use the Grenade Launcher’s freeze round combo because it deals a lot of damage to it and partially slows its movement.

In some parts of the game, he has a rocket launcher that he carries with him and after using all the rockets that were inside the launcher, the launcher explodes dealing damage to the Nemesis himself. Jill Valentine, the main character, doesn’t just rely on weapons, she has the ability to dodge attacks by pressing the right button during an attack against her and has the ability to create bullets of the type 2 gunpowder that the game has.

If you thought Nemesis was tough already, then he mutates at a certain point in the game where he can use his whip-like tentacles to whip you around and grab you to launch you. Due to his mutation, he gains more health and becomes much tougher than usual taking more hits than the previous one. His name really suits him because he’s the Nemesis from Resident Evil 3. Whether he’s a pain in the neck, he makes the game worthwhile and challenging enough to make you want to play it again and again.