The Evil Within

even better than certain resident evil has a unique story telling, good action, great terror horror

as much as i want to reccomd this game this game just has a lot of issues alot with having to go slwoly noy to build up tension but it just wants you to move slow also alot of 1 hit kill moves and lot oops you feel into a trap the story is not much better to focus on the gunplay can also be mixed id say try once on sale then never again

I originally got Evil Within at release after months of being hyped by its trailers and teasers. I am a big fan of Resident Evil and I was excited to see what a new series could do in the survival horror space. I mostly came out of the game confused and not very positive. It was years before I decided to give it another shot. The first thing i'll say is this: This game takes a lot of time to grow on you. Its better to go in with expectations of its faults so that its best aspects can truly shine. My biggest gripes are that the story feels pretty nonsensical for several chapters and it wasn't until several chapters in that a lot of elements fell into place to give context to what was happening. This is a psychological horror and many of the threats are based in the games reality but the narrative progresses a bit too slow to give you satisfying reveals that you can relate to what you are experiencing. I also don't like the leveling system. It makes sense for the time to include an upgrade system for improving your guns performance but I hate that you need to use resources to increase ammo inventory. You can seriously hurt your experience if you don't know what to upgrade. Finally, I am not a fan of the hiding and stealth mechanics. They are linked to some of the most unfun chapters in the game and honestly they feel pretty undercooked. If you can look past these things, the game is a great addition to the survival horror genre. The story does become interesting by the end and it gives the game some replay value to find the last few documents and rewatch cutscenes under a different context. Combat is fun and I love the variety of weapons. The star of the show is the crossbow and every bolt type feels meaningful and strategic. The monster designs are top notch, and there are some beautiful visuals that give the game a unique atmosphere. You are also getting a lot of content when accounting for the DLC and challenge difficulties. Its well worth the price of admission.

gorgeous one of my favorite games ever

This is kind of what I wanted RE4 to be when I was a kid in 2005. Actually scary, well written, limited resources, stealth meets horror. What holds this game back from greatness isn't anything Shinji Mikami and Tango Gameworks did; it was something the Benevolent hyper-intelligent nihilanth architect of the post-singularity simulation we all live in, John Carmack did. Mega Texture was not a bad idea on paper. However, even with a monster machine from 2025 armed with a super fast SSD, Id Tech 5 still struggles to load textures in a timely fashion. This takes a beautiful game and gives it the peformance output of a 45 year-old, blue haired Bernie Sanders voter with constipation or Hugh Hefner a day before he can renew his blue pill script. Take your pick. Both are pathetic. But it's still a good horror game and back in the terrible times that were 2013-2014, sometimes good was enough for horror fans.