The next area I visited was a town that was practically open-world, overrun with monsters and zombies. Locations were small or narrow, and never really lasted long. I don’t know if you noticed, but The Evil Within was quite linear. Undoubtedly it’ll continue, but despite the mysterious photographer stabbing me at the end I ended up in the next, longer part of the game.

The monster was insanely freaky, even by Evil Within standards – seriously, we’re approaching Silent Hill quality, and its constant pursuit was heart-racing. She immediately began to chase me and I discovered both the sprint button and how to hold my breath for two minutes.

The demo picked up in Chapter 2, where I was gently introduced to the game through creepy bloody hanging corpses, a sinister photographer, and a giant chainsaw-wielding laughing woman made of hair and body parts. His daughter Lily’s missing you see, and his former partner Julie Kidman says that Lily can be only found in the nightmarish mental landscape of STEM. It all starts with former detective Sebastian Castellanos, the returning player character from the first game, making the ill-advised decision to go back into the STEM mainframe that caused all the problems in the first game. The 10 Best Multiplayer Horror Games on PC! Here’s our feelings on our hands-on with the game to go with the video!ĭoom VFR Hands (and Eyes) On Impressions! Even better, we’ve now played The Evil Within 2 and have the gameplay footage to prove it. Worthy enough for a sequel anyway, and we’re getting one on October 13. It certainly wasn’t perfect, lacking a bit of narrative cohesion with the constant moving between areas and mind-screwing, but it was certainly an engaging mix of Resident Evil 4 and Silent Hill.

The Evil Within, from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and his new studio Tango Gameworks, was a really fun game.

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