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October 2017
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The editors liked
Forceful combat fuels your survival
Skin-crawling creepiness provides some great horror
Endearingly goofy dialogue
Phenomenal atmosphere
Scares in an open world done well
Proper B-movie horror fun
Great looking
More grown-up than the original
Scary as hell in true bonkers Japan horror style
Constantly left me freaked out and on the edge of my seat
Great monster baddies
Compelling storyline
Feels very Resident Evil
Some terrifying sections to get through that are usually filled with disturbing sights
Proper horror setting that creates some great opportunities for scares
Plenty of opportunities to get creative with kills
Excellent set pieces
Solid mix of action and exploration
Riveting narrative full of surprises
Subtle crafting system
The editors didn't like
New visual style lacks the first game's panache
Depending on your outlook
The story could be more sappy than stirring
Minimal enemy variety
Hokey plot and characters
Movement is clunky
Some game mechanics don't feel at home here
Dialogue is poor
Protagonist hard to access
Horror content won't be for all
Controls can be a bit fiddly
No dramatic improvements on original
Story pacing issues
Open area hubs don't work so well in survival horror genre
Occasionally going back and forth between locations can be dull in a title such as this
Not all the characters feel as memorable as a certain individual
Abstract: With a few design choices impacting the overall experience, The Evil Within fell just short of been a classic in the horror genre. It did plenty of things right, as the game's director, Shinji Mikami, also known as the person who defined survival horror w...
Published: 2017-11-08, Author: Steve , review by: pocket-lint.com
Great looking, more grown-up than the original, scary as hell in true bonkers Japan horror style
Dialogue is poor, protagonist hard to access, horror content won't be for all
The Evil Within 2 is by no means a mainstream game: it's squarely aimed at survival-horror purists. As such, it's a triumph: intense, truly chilling and great fun to play.The sequel feels much more modern than its predecessor, and has great fun exploring...
Great looking, More grown-up than the original, Scary as hell in true bonkers Japan horror style
Dialogue is poor, Protagonist hard to access, Horror content won't be for all
The Evil Within 2 is by no means a mainstream game: it's squarely aimed at survival-horror purists. As such, it's a triumph: intense, truly chilling and great fun to play.The sequel feels much more modern than its predecessor, and has great fun exploring...
Some terrifying sections to get through that are usually filled with disturbing sights, Proper horror setting that creates some great opportunities for scares, Plenty of opportunities to get creative with kills
Open area hubs don't work so well in survival horror genre, Occasionally going back and forth between locations can be dull in a title such as this, Not all the characters feel as memorable as a certain individual, Quite easy to find weaknesses in bosses
Published: 2017-10-22, Author: Tom , review by: dailystar.co.uk
Constantly left me freaked out and on the edge of my seat, Great monster baddies, Compelling storyline, Feels very Resident Evil,
Controls can be a bit fiddly, No dramatic improvements on original, Story pacing issues,
THE GOOD• Constantly left me freaked out and on the edge of my seat• Great monster baddies• Compelling storyline• Feels very Resident EvilTHE BAD• Controls can be a bit fiddly• No dramatic improvements on original• Story pacing issuesRelated articlesHeart...
Published: 2017-10-21, Author: Tom , review by: dailystar.co.uk
Constantly left me freaked out and on the edge of my seat, Great monster baddies, Compelling storyline, Feels very Resident Evil,
Controls can be a bit fiddly, No dramatic improvements on original, Story pacing issues,
THE GOOD• Constantly left me freaked out and on the edge of my seat• Great monster baddies• Compelling storyline• Feels very Resident EvilTHE BAD• Controls can be a bit fiddly• No dramatic improvements on original• Story pacing issuesRelated articlesHeart...
Published: 2017-10-20, Author: Rick , review by: Bit-Tech.net
Abstract: Well, this is a surprise. I wasn't expecting to like The Evil Within 2. Although I enjoyed the first Evil Within in parts, overall I thought it a confused and frustrating survival horror that played like a famous frontman covering his old greatest hits wi...
The Evil Within 2 is a game that wants to be a few different things: survival horror, mind-bending surrealism, action-adventure, and open-world exploration. It sounds like an unwieldy mix, but against the odds the game seems to hold it all together - thou...
If it's possible to preserve a sense of tension and genuine horror in an open-world setting, The Evil Within 2 hasn't discovered how. In an attempt to introduce a more contemporary gameplay style than that of Shinji Mikami's classics, this game ends up di...
Abstract: The scariest thing you'll hear in The Evil Within 2 isn't the sound of your very own daughter burning alive, or the paralysing roar of an alerted zombie, or even that witchy refrain through your PS4 controller's speaker as one, especially tenacious appari...
