The Beast Inside

 PC
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 112 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 112
  2. Mixed: 29 out of 112
  3. Negative: 14 out of 112

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  1. crookedcritter
    Oct 19, 2021
    6
    I just finished The Beast Within, took about 10 hours to complete. The game was decent however there are some things that could have been done better.

    So I'll start with the positives: -Some areas of the game the dev's nailed the ambience and graphics, and it was legit creepy. -There are some puzzles in the game that were a good difficulty and fun to solve. -Good voice acting. The    I just finished The Beast Within, took about 10 hours to complete. The game was decent however there are some things that could have been done better.

    So I'll start with the positives:
    -Some areas of the game the dev's nailed the ambience and graphics, and it was legit creepy.
    -There are some puzzles in the game that were a good difficulty and fun to solve.
    -Good voice acting.

    The Negatives:
    -I found about 4-5 bugs in the game; chairs sunk in and stuck in the floor, objects missing and particularly essential objects missing. This was frustrating and really takes you out of the immersion particularly the horror side of it, this should have been patched already.
    -Character models looked hilarious sometimes (particularly Emma) and it was hard to take it seriously.
    - Too many sequences of running or playing hide and seek and if you screw up you are instantly killed, I found these parts more tedious then scary.
    -Some areas in the game didn't look very good graphically, almost like they didn't put as much effort into them.
    -Not enough Puzzles or puzzle diversity.
    -The ending was fairly predictable, I was guessing it pretty early on.

    Overall decent game and worth checking out if you are a fan of the genre.    … Expand
  2. ARSM
    Nov 18, 2021
    7
    It's cheap and small, but fairly scary and the story feels interesting to explore. The main issue is how you have to use your mouse to drag everything: doors and boxes, for example. It is extremely uncomfortable input.
  3. matheusdolenga
    Oct 25, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Warning, bad english ahead, read it at your own risk! (You've been warned)

    Ok, first things first

    I do liked the game, well, atleast until chapter 6

    Duude, come on, how many times i died in the chasings? I even lost count...

    You may say "you rating 7 cause you noob?"

    No!

    I'm rating 7 cause many things (like the chasings in chapter 6) do not make any sense or add anything to the plot...

    I mean, who was all of that ghosts, and the union soldier (even Abraham Lincoln was mentioned), the crazy woman, the fattie, who was this guys???

    In the end i finished the chapter happy that it ended, but also frustaded and evrn more confused about the plot and how it "works"    … Expand
  4. gold
    Mar 10, 2022
    5
    Было скучно. Были долгие прогрузки объектов и локаций, которые мешали прохождению. Нельзя поменять раскладку управления, когда есть такая возможность.
    Итог: 5.222/10
  5. Recep
    Oct 24, 2019
    7
    Güzel oyun ancak uzun süreli sıkıcı olabiliyor ve bide korku öğeleri geliştirilmeli biraz acemice olmuş gerisi güzel oynanabilir bir oyun
  6. ioppp1
    Jul 1, 2022
    5
    The plot of the game is very good. I like the last plot reversal very much.

    But the game optimization is poor and there are a lot of jump scares, and I don't like the expression of this game. An agent with dual personality arrests the "ubiquitous" Soviet spies around him? And kill them in a bloody and cruel way without trial to delimit the front line against communism? The protagonist    The plot of the game is very good. I like the last plot reversal very much.

    But the game optimization is poor and there are a lot of jump scares, and I don't like the expression of this game. An agent with dual personality arrests the "ubiquitous" Soviet spies around him? And kill them in a bloody and cruel way without trial to delimit the front line against communism? The protagonist is a mental patient, not James Bond. And the double-headed eagle and Lenin on the Soviet lighter? The production team obviously lacks an understanding of the social history of the Soviet Union. This could have been avoided by changing the plot. Why do they want to discuss politics in the game? Mental patients do need medical help, but they do not need to be beautified by fighting communism.    … Expand
  7. EVIL_UJIN
    Oct 15, 2022
    7
    Завязка: Ваш особняк стоит в чертовой глуши и за вами, похоже, следит маньяк. Ваши действия?
    1) Звонить в полицию? - Чушь!
    2) Уезжать из дома куда подальше? - Глупости!! 3) В одиночку пойдем его разыскивать в лесах, оставив дома жену? - Конечно да! Так ведь интереснее! Завязка: Вы молодой человек, только что вышедший из психиатрической лечебницы. Ваш отец исчез при загадочных    Завязка: Ваш особняк стоит в чертовой глуши и за вами, похоже, следит маньяк. Ваши действия?
    1) Звонить в полицию? - Чушь!
    2) Уезжать из дома куда подальше? - Глупости!!
    3) В одиночку пойдем его разыскивать в лесах, оставив дома жену? - Конечно да! Так ведь интереснее!
    Завязка: Вы молодой человек, только что вышедший из психиатрической лечебницы. Ваш отец исчез при загадочных обстоятельствах и ваше прошлое покрыто тайной. То есть уже понятно, что нервы ни к черту и кукуха может отъехать в любой момент. Ваши действия?
    1) Пожить у родственников, которые могут утешить и подбодрить? – Не наш выбор!
    2) Посещать психиатра и постараться жить нормальной жизнью? – Это для слабаков!
    3) Поехать в одиночку в старинный особняк отца, который стоял заброшенным много лет и попытаться разобраться в страшных событиях прошлого? Чтобы уж окончательно свихнуться? - Мое любимое, дайте две!!!

    Подобные бредовые модели поведения главных героев, как с третьесортных американских ужастиках, портят впечатления от неплохого, в сущности, сюжета.

    Игра представляет собой средненький симулятор ходьбы с элементами хоррора

    Из плюсов можно отметить:
    + Интересная идея про парраллельные приключения двух персонажей в разных эпохах. Сотрудник ЦРУ распутывает заговор в разгар холодной войны, а неврастеничный юноша из 18 столетия пытается разобраться в себе и раскрыть тайну своей семьи (естественно, страшную).
    + Хорошая детализация мира - красивые, детализованные интерьеры домов, любой предмет можно подобрать, осмотреть, все ящики можно открыть (правда, непонятно, зачем?)

    Из минусов:
    - Отсутствие каких-то новых идей, вторичность почти во всем. Особенно удивляют локации 18 века: Темный лес, особняк с привидениями (оо, как свежо!), заброшенная шахта, и .. ВНИМАНИЕ!!! .... ...Снова особняк с призраками (ведь с первого раза мы не поняли всю уточненную оригинальность этой идеи). Привет, Амнезия, Пенумбра, Резидент Ивил, да и любые старые хорроры. Мы все это уже видели много раз.

    В общем, 7/10    … Expand

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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. GameGrin
    Dec 4, 2019
    50
    One can clearly see the ambition in The Beast Inside, but the developer's lack of experience means it doesn't actually reach those heights.
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  2. GameCritics
    Dec 2, 2019
    85
    How impressive is this grueling horror experience? I guessed the ending mere minutes into the demo earlier this year, and yet when it came time to play the full game, I still found myself getting caught up in the twists and turns. That’s right — even knowing the ending before going in, the journey was so powerful that I’m glad to have taken it, and would recommend that any fan of first-person horror do the same.
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  3. CD-Action
    Nov 25, 2019
    85
    In ‘horror’ category The Beast Inside is my biggest and most pleasant surprise of this year. Almost all of its cogs are in the right places and the occasional grain of sand doesn’t interrupt the the game’s steady rhythm. [13/2019, p.56]
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