The Evil Within

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  1. 666999
    Apr 11, 2020
    7
    story: mediocre
    game play: good sometimes frustrating
    graphics and atmosphere: very good characters and voice acting: weak, sucks boss fights: mediocre the thing that was most difficult in this game and also furstarting are the freaking traps were too many. yes the **** traps. you can't walk a few seconds without some bomb explode in your face or your legs get stucked in some bear    story: mediocre
    game play: good sometimes frustrating
    graphics and atmosphere: very good
    characters and voice acting: weak, sucks
    boss fights: mediocre

    the thing that was most difficult in this game and also furstarting are the freaking traps were too many. yes the **** traps. you can't walk a few seconds without some bomb explode in your face or your legs get stucked in some bear traps. but still enjoyed it, im sure im gonna give it a new try in the future.    … Expand
  2. Goiti_2002
    Oct 31, 2022
    7
    El juego está hecho por Shinji Mikami y se le pueden ver las "similitudes" con Resident Evil 4. El juego lo recomiendo porque la historia me ha parecido entretenida, pero no es un título que recomendaría como juego de terror. El juego tiene algunos problemas que quizás se le pueden criticar como alguna animación extraña que tiene a la hora de abrir puertas cuando ibas corriendo y cosas porEl juego está hecho por Shinji Mikami y se le pueden ver las "similitudes" con Resident Evil 4. El juego lo recomiendo porque la historia me ha parecido entretenida, pero no es un título que recomendaría como juego de terror. El juego tiene algunos problemas que quizás se le pueden criticar como alguna animación extraña que tiene a la hora de abrir puertas cuando ibas corriendo y cosas por el estilo pero aún así nada grave. Una cosa que si que me ha fastidiado es que en algunas fases del jugo, inviertes toda tu munición en acabar con uno enemigos y cuando terminas con todos y vas ha disponerte a recolectar la munición que ellos te han dropeado no puedes porque el juego avanza a la siguiente cinemática y pierdes todo lo que no recolectaste.… Expand
  3. LironesAlviento
    Jul 24, 2021
    7
    Un buen juego de terror con toques de resident, no es mi preferido pero no deja de ser un juego muy entretenido, mejor para mi gusto el dos pero para gustos colores.
  4. Christian_TV
    Apr 15, 2023
    7
    A quite fun game,nothing else. The plot is pretty confusing and monotonus,the graphics are ok.The game on Pc is really bad optimized (i play on a 3080 ti).
  5. applecookie
    Dec 11, 2022
    7
    You can't see it, but you can hear the zombie sound

    There is a great deal of fear from spatial and psychological pressure with nothing
  6. Diaboliquin
    Oct 15, 2014
    6
    El tan esperado Evil Within resultó ser un pésimo port para PC.

    - Pocas opciones gráficas de configuración. - Limitado a 30 cuadros por segundo. - La relación de aspecto es horrenda, utiliza mentadas "barras negras cinemáticas". - Utiliza mecánicas de juego ya vistas en otros lados, como Outlast y Alien Isolation. - Sistema de actualización e algunas características del personaje,    El tan esperado Evil Within resultó ser un pésimo port para PC.

    - Pocas opciones gráficas de configuración.
    - Limitado a 30 cuadros por segundo.
    - La relación de aspecto es horrenda, utiliza mentadas "barras negras cinemáticas".
    - Utiliza mecánicas de juego ya vistas en otros lados, como Outlast y Alien Isolation.
    - Sistema de actualización e algunas características del personaje, totalmente consolero y poco realístico. (Como solo poder correr 3 segundos, incrementar de 6 a 7 balas... realmente estúpido)
    - Que en el 2014 tenga uno que usar líneas de comando especiales para hablitar la consola, para entonces alterar cosas como el límite de fps o la relación de aspecto es ridículo, estas cosas las debió considerar el desarrollador.

    + Algunas partes tienen buena tensión en cuanto a horror.
    + Gráficos aceptables.

    * Quizás salga un plugin para FlawlessWidescreen que corrija todo este sinsenido ténico del juego.    … Expand
  7. yokerclown
    Sep 29, 2019
    6
    Doesn't keep old good "Resident Evil" mechanics, but against that fact, bringing whole new horror atmosphere, with it's really great details and movie style!..

    "The Evil Within" is maybe more out of gaming part, than first "Resident" games, but by that it's positive.
  8. Avodeskorm
    Oct 15, 2014
    6
    Really needs optimization. I get a constant 30fps until the game decides to go down to 0fps every 4 minutes. The id tech 5 engine really sucks, I hope that they are going to patch this game.
  9. Nexusjob
    Oct 17, 2014
    6
    The game itself is quite good, mechanics work fine and I have no problem with the controls (I use an xbox controller). Not the most original survival horror, a lot is borrowed from resident evil and other games but fun enough to enjoy until the end. I would have given it a higher score if it had been ported better though. I don't have the most powerful rig but I played alien isolation withThe game itself is quite good, mechanics work fine and I have no problem with the controls (I use an xbox controller). Not the most original survival horror, a lot is borrowed from resident evil and other games but fun enough to enjoy until the end. I would have given it a higher score if it had been ported better though. I don't have the most powerful rig but I played alien isolation with a decent fps on mid-low settings. This game is far more demanding because it has few graphics settings i can lower and even on 720p it gets choppy. Since I am well within the minimum specs required I expected not to have this kind of problem. Seems to be a case of bad porting to me.… Expand
  10. kirstu
    Nov 14, 2014
    6
    I must admit that the game seemed stellar at first and I was blown away. I had the true feeling that this had the true essence of a nice continuation of what it was to be a true horror came, akin to early resident evil or the silent hill series (Do keep in mind this is relative to their release times).

    However, after less than a few hours of gameplay i was bitterly disappointed by the    I must admit that the game seemed stellar at first and I was blown away. I had the true feeling that this had the true essence of a nice continuation of what it was to be a true horror came, akin to early resident evil or the silent hill series (Do keep in mind this is relative to their release times).

    However, after less than a few hours of gameplay i was bitterly disappointed by the repetitive gameplay elements and it seemed that the game simply boiled to a gameplay that closely resembled a splinter cell with zombies.

    In the beginning i really had no expectations. My hopes were elevated to a completely fascinating degree, and dashed down like no before. Bravo.    … Expand
  11. Tomle1202
    Feb 11, 2018
    6
    The Evil Within is a solid survival horror game that is, for the most part, thrilling. It just unfortunately suffers from a laughable story and a plethora of performance issues.
  12. azeitona
    Dec 28, 2014
    6
    I was wishing to like this game so much more...

    Yeah, some of the problems have been addressed and patched. That stupid letterbox: gone. 60 FPS unlocked, hell yeah. But, even so, the game likes to take a crap on my PC, and even though it's not an Alienware, it should be able to run the game at least at medium settings. But the framerate keeps dropping all the time. And the texture    I was wishing to like this game so much more...

    Yeah, some of the problems have been addressed and patched. That stupid letterbox: gone. 60 FPS unlocked, hell yeah. But, even so, the game likes to take a crap on my PC, and even though it's not an Alienware, it should be able to run the game at least at medium settings. But the framerate keeps dropping all the time. And the texture pop-ins are still there. Ugh. Sadly, the PS4 version is much better and more stable.

    The story is rather interesting. The characters are totally bland and the game already starts with you knee-deep in the **** after only two minutes of intro. The pacing is kinda poor to me, but the plot is so bizarre that it's probably what will keep you going.

    Now, for the gameplay... ugh. The least I say, the better. I know this is supposed to be hard. I know this is supposed to be challenging. But it ends up just being... frustrating. The open combat sections suck. That enemy that throws dynamite at you sucks. And I wouldn't have that much of a problem with all the stealth if the controls and the camera weren't so bad. At the third chapter I just though "screw it", then lowered the difficulty and started shooting instead of trying to sneak my way over the place.

    So... The Evil Within. Not a bad game at all. It even was really fun, at least when I was not engaged in combat. The enemies are really creative, and, although the game is not really scary, it's very disturbing. If you want a challenge, are a fan of Resident Evil and love to try a section of a game again, and again, and again, well, then go ahead. I do not regret buying it, but I could've just watched a complete walkthrough on Youtube and save me the frustration with the clunky gameplay.    … Expand
  13. Sawt00th
    Oct 15, 2014
    6
    Mediocre, horrific port. The fact this has been released on PS2 etc as well speaks for itself. Was built for the console market and they use 8gb RAM shared. Which is useless for most PC gamers that are operating with 8gb System RAM and 3-5gb VRAM. The engine should be directly capable, it appears it’s the designers that are not capable. Gameplay should be good considering the dev studiosMediocre, horrific port. The fact this has been released on PS2 etc as well speaks for itself. Was built for the console market and they use 8gb RAM shared. Which is useless for most PC gamers that are operating with 8gb System RAM and 3-5gb VRAM. The engine should be directly capable, it appears it’s the designers that are not capable. Gameplay should be good considering the dev studios leaders history, nowhere near a successor for RE/SH. You can unlock the FPS via the console. The black bars due to the native resolution at best add to the atmosphere of a B’Movie. It misses the tricks of the new adventure/mystery games (Vanishing of Ethan..) and the new horror games (Outlast, Alien, Amnesia) I would not pay full price for this title on PC.… Expand
  14. Bloodish
    Oct 19, 2014
    6
    Okay, so I was excited to play this game. Me and a couple of friends got together, and finished it over a weekend. But sadly, we were all a bit let down by the game.

    The game looks good, has great atmosphere, solid gameplay and a very nice variety of enemies. Those are the main pros of the game. But the plot of the game is so damn confusing. It's as if the writers weren't even sure    Okay, so I was excited to play this game. Me and a couple of friends got together, and finished it over a weekend. But sadly, we were all a bit let down by the game.

    The game looks good, has great atmosphere, solid gameplay and a very nice variety of enemies. Those are the main pros of the game. But the plot of the game is so damn confusing. It's as if the writers weren't even sure themselves, what was going on, and the vague explanations for what is actually going on in the game, isn't revealed until about 7-9 hours into the game. And that is simply way too long to tell the players what is going on. It's not like I want the plot served on a silver platter or anything, but the story was all over the place, making no sense for the majority of the game.

    Furthermore, the cast of characters is overall very forgettable, and the protagonist features some truly horrible emotionless voice acting at times. It is extremely rare that he actually reacts somewhat like a human being to what goes on around him. I mean, if i were chased down by a creepy giant girl-monster, covered in blood, with long floaty hair and long sharp fingernails, that she's trying to dig into my flesh, and I just barely escape, I wouldn't say a reaction somewhat like **** that was pretty close." is a valid response to that situation. And that kind of bland boring voice acting sticks around for the entire game.
    This is truly a shame, since it makes it extremely hard to connect to the main character.

    Overall, this game was a let down for me, but i don't regret playing it. Although I didn't like it overall, i would still recommend people that like the genre to play it and give it a chance. I simply warn you not to expect the great game that was promised, and not to expect a coherent meaningful story, but rather a cool mess with a bad premise.    … Expand
  15. riceylauj
    Oct 14, 2014
    6
    Game is ok. Nothing wrong with the story. Content overall is interesting. More survival horror with gore rather then any kind of all out scaring. Definitely feels like RE4.

    But there is definitely some issues with performance and controls and graphics. Black bars and motion blur cause me to have headaches and dizziness within an hour of playing (which I haven't had in ages in a    Game is ok. Nothing wrong with the story. Content overall is interesting. More survival horror with gore rather then any kind of all out scaring. Definitely feels like RE4.

    But there is definitely some issues with performance and controls and graphics. Black bars and motion blur cause me to have headaches and dizziness within an hour of playing (which I haven't had in ages in a game). You can turn them off with the console but still doesn't change the fact that they thought it was a good idea. So much wasted space. Controls function badly with mouse and keyboard, works ok with controller though.    … Expand
  16. Jakal
    Oct 18, 2014
    6
    For anyone who doesn't want to read all of my review the game is buggy as hell(on the pc release at least) and the enemies are just terrible in all honesty dumber and glitchier than anything i've seen i quite some time. (note: i'm also a fan of Shinji mikami's other games but this is a load of trash for the price you'd be paying)

    The game is a disappointment it really is...... I've been    For anyone who doesn't want to read all of my review the game is buggy as hell(on the pc release at least) and the enemies are just terrible in all honesty dumber and glitchier than anything i've seen i quite some time. (note: i'm also a fan of Shinji mikami's other games but this is a load of trash for the price you'd be paying)

    The game is a disappointment it really is...... I've been looking forward too this game since it was first announced however after playing the game doesn't seem finished it seems like it was shipped early about 85% complete : The game play would be fun if it wasn't so buggy the biggest problem i'm having is the frame rate is absolute murder it constantly goes up and down on a ridiculous level to the point where sometimes it becomes completely unplayable. The enemy ai behaves really badly. Some situations where it should be nerve racking terrifying and difficult are in fact laughably easy due to the enemy a.i. behaving such as running into walls i have only gotten to chapter five but the last boss Laura i think her name was behaved so stupidly that i could literally walk around at ease without any threat whatsoever.
    The voice acting is bad and when i say bad where i think they just used where the voice actors read the script in completely neutral and decided to use them like that i honestly didn't believe until i played and tried it i literally laughed because it was so out of place in the environment. The graphics are fine they don't have any problem for me the story seemed like it would be decent too if i could actually play the game and get to it i'm at the point where i thought it seemed like such a complete and total waste of my time i'm extremely unhappy with the product. Maybe get the game in awhile when its much cheaper but as it stands now do not get this game for its price it seems like it would be a great game if nor for the performance issues and bad a.i.    … Expand
  17. linksys17
    Oct 20, 2014
    6
    Well this game certainly has it's glaring issues but overall it is a decent game

    Pros: - Good Atmosphere - Freaky And Scary Enemies (I will have nightmares) - Decent Story Line - Good Use Of Sound And Visual Design To Inspire Fear Cons: - Poor Console Port, The Game Has Many Frame Drops And Performance Issues Specs: I7 3770K 4.4 GHZ, 16GB 2133 MHZ RAM, 7970 GHZ So As You Can    Well this game certainly has it's glaring issues but overall it is a decent game

    Pros:
    - Good Atmosphere
    - Freaky And Scary Enemies (I will have nightmares)
    - Decent Story Line
    - Good Use Of Sound And Visual Design To Inspire Fear

    Cons:
    - Poor Console Port, The Game Has Many Frame Drops And Performance Issues
    Specs: I7 3770K 4.4 GHZ, 16GB 2133 MHZ RAM, 7970 GHZ
    So As You Can See It Is Not My Setup That Is The Problem

    - Black Bars && 30 fps Lock, I Did Modify The Config File To Fix This Issue But Why The Hell Did They
    Simply Not Include The Option In The Graphics UI With A Disclaimer: blah blah this is not the experience
    we endorse: you should stick with the letterbox and 30fps blah blah blah

    - Dat Camera, Seriously I Know They Think Anything That Adds Difficulty Is A Good Thing But
    The Sluggish Camera And Poor FOV Was So Jarring And Not In The Good Way

    TLDR: Evil Within Is A Fun And Scary Game But Has Serious Optimization/Performance Issues On PC    … Expand
  18. R_access
    Nov 27, 2014
    6
    I only have 30 minutes in, so I suppose I should give it more time, but wow is it hard to do so. Crashed immediately after starting it, terrible frame rate, poor graphic filter and more are the least of the problems, sadly. Its just a poor experience. Its a trial and error game, where immersion is broken constantly by the completely illogical progression method.

    Sadly, this isn't scary.    I only have 30 minutes in, so I suppose I should give it more time, but wow is it hard to do so. Crashed immediately after starting it, terrible frame rate, poor graphic filter and more are the least of the problems, sadly. Its just a poor experience. Its a trial and error game, where immersion is broken constantly by the completely illogical progression method.

    Sadly, this isn't scary. Its just a very slow, plodding trial and error exercise with predictable gore and frustration.

    This is no successor to resident evil, its a huge step backwards    … Expand
  19. Memlink_Dermlet
    Mar 9, 2015
    6
    I have to start by saying this game is an utter disgrace as far as ports are concerned. If you are looking to run this game at 60fps (Vsync required?) 1080P then good luck. I do not care what machine you have. As a rule of thumb, when a developer or publisher put insane PC requirements out that means they have done little to no testing and do not want people to say they can not play onI have to start by saying this game is an utter disgrace as far as ports are concerned. If you are looking to run this game at 60fps (Vsync required?) 1080P then good luck. I do not care what machine you have. As a rule of thumb, when a developer or publisher put insane PC requirements out that means they have done little to no testing and do not want people to say they can not play on the recommended specs. As of this review you can remove the bars that take up a portion of your monitor (at a lose of FPS) and I believe SLI is still not supported which is baffling if I am correct.

    The graphic options are pathetic and have little to no impact on your performance, its the resolution. This game simply hates 1080p and you might have to find some slightly lower resolution. This is just unacceptable and its really a crime given how this game is really great if it runs well.

    I can not speak of keyboard controls, but the controller works fine.

    As for the game itself you will find yourself in a completely insane world. Certain bosses are truly terrifying and will kill you often. The game is thick with atmosphere and at times certain enemies give you a dark souls feeling given how large they are. The safe zone is particularly interesting in this game and I do not want to spoil anything. The game is very gory and weapons do visceral damage. Oddly death animations are non existent save for special enemies, you kind of just drop dead. (Chainsaw death though!)

    The game has an interesting fire mechanic and the gunplay is solid. The upgrade system is nothing special. Overall despite what some may claim this is survival horror. Yes you have guns and ammo. You will be shooting a lot, but usually if you have a ton of ammo there will be a large horde and its empty in no time if you do not use fire well. Don't expect to leon karate these guys, bare hands do not work well against horrific monsters.

    This game is best summed up as one reviewer put it as the resident evil 5 we never got. He went on to say but its too many years late and new mechanics are needed. I have to say while I agree with the upgrade system the mechanics were fine. Boss battles are genuinely terrifying and you will find yourself running trying to figure out how to kill something that warps away from bullets.

    Im not sure if its a translation issue or what but the writing is god awful. Your characters, possibly in a situation where 90% of people would upon finding a gun blow their brains out seem to not care about anything. Your partner tries to kill himself and you tackle him, take the gun and go "What the **** man" then walk off. "Im a police officer, maybe I should help you?" Your characters animations to see a room completely changing are realistic but the dialogue is just painful. "Lets find the exit" after left has become right, down up, red to blue.

    I love this game but I also hate it. I can't put it down but my god is it infuriating how no effort was put into this PC port. I can't imagine playing this before the black bars were removed and the 30 fps cap was lifted. And to the idiot reviewers who act like PC gamers need to get over 30fps because its not a twitch game....
    Yea the giant monster I have to run out of the way from, the bomb I have to make a needle land on the small green spot. Or the man with the gigantic chainsaw coming for me. No problem, give me half the information I like watching my guy get impaled by a chainsaw at 30fps. Its so cinematic. Popcorn anyone?    … Expand
  20. SpankFinatra
    Mar 4, 2021
    6
    This game is for fans of the survival horror genre. I'm giving it a strong 6. I had a good time with this game, but it has quite a few flaws with the story and a couple sections that are just annoying to play but not to the point where it ruins the experience. If you liked the gameplay of old school Resident Evil, then you'll have fun with this title.

    P.S - I'm only giving it a 6    This game is for fans of the survival horror genre. I'm giving it a strong 6. I had a good time with this game, but it has quite a few flaws with the story and a couple sections that are just annoying to play but not to the point where it ruins the experience. If you liked the gameplay of old school Resident Evil, then you'll have fun with this title.

    P.S - I'm only giving it a 6 because the story is pretty weak, and while it's fun the game doesn't do too much to innovate. My critical score is a 6 but my personal enjoyment boosts it to a 7 for sure.    … Expand
  21. JaydenPickens
    May 22, 2019
    6
    This game is a mixed bag. They tried to put so many things in this game that it turned out average. The controls are bad... the gameplay is not good. While, I liked fighting and coming up with ideas how to kill enemies and bosses, I hated the running sequences. I hate running away in any kind of game and I hate it here as well. Also, it's laughable how bad this pc port is. They don'tThis game is a mixed bag. They tried to put so many things in this game that it turned out average. The controls are bad... the gameplay is not good. While, I liked fighting and coming up with ideas how to kill enemies and bosses, I hated the running sequences. I hate running away in any kind of game and I hate it here as well. Also, it's laughable how bad this pc port is. They don't respect PC gamers and they should be punished because of it. F**k them up boys. Pickens out.… Expand
  22. Nameless2131
    Feb 6, 2020
    6
    6/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  23. hertzian68
    Oct 11, 2020
    6
    Update: There's a trainer by enjoy on gamecopyworld that really makes this game much more enjoyable. It has an FOV slider, an option to speed up the character and other options that fix a lot of what's wrong with the game. It does not fix all the egregious lens flare and jarring visual effects nor the obnoxious camera bob but an FOV of 95 makes it not so bad. As a side note the majorUpdate: There's a trainer by enjoy on gamecopyworld that really makes this game much more enjoyable. It has an FOV slider, an option to speed up the character and other options that fix a lot of what's wrong with the game. It does not fix all the egregious lens flare and jarring visual effects nor the obnoxious camera bob but an FOV of 95 makes it not so bad. As a side note the major perpetrators of mkultra trauma based mind control are the judaeo-masons-marxists, this is an occult doctrine that was actually documented in one of the black magic grimoires of the middle ages attributed to Solomon, I think it's the clavicle or lesser key in the preface, it's just that the tech/pharmatech has really aided its effectiveness. The Japanese were very effected by the Springmeier books in the early 90's that documented all this, among others and this is primarily what their horror games are about. At bottom this is a kabbalistic satanic system that is used to bring in an atheist world communist dictatorship over the slave goyim with a directing elite of jewish talmudics and their worldly antichrist. That's really the story of this world before apocalypse, make sure you're on the right side there btw. You can see this in a hidden form in the stylized masonic symbol all over the place in the game, which is a hidden black magic hexagram of hermeticism and kabbalism.
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    Got back into this after playing it a few years ago on PC. I can't remember if I had problems with the NON-steam version or not but this steam version I've had no problems with getting 60fps with med/high settings and no/low AA. When the action is high it goes down though pretty bad in some places like when their is fog etc. My largest complaint as far as video options is the over aggressive lense flair and terribly balanced lighting along with the really weird camera bobbing and angles. The seeing double effect and other effects are really horrible too. All that combined with the jarring overly abundant cutscenes and taking control away from the player. In short this game gives me a headache to play too long. It's like being on a bobbing ship with a bunch of lights shining right at you in the fog, ugh. I couldn't tell you much about the story, forgettable like the sequels is. I can tell you a large part of it is simply MKultra/monarch occult, trauma based mind control based or the deliberate shattering of a personality and putting it back together with alters that are trained for various tasks. This used to be called multiple personality disorder but it's called DID now. This is deliberately done by the militaries of all countries, by the elite dynastic families and by various other cults and orgs. Hollywood has many of these that are famous. People whose specific memories can be locked away are very useful for political, military and other kinds of crimes for the occult underworlds new order. The shock chair for upgrading is an example of the type of tech they use as a part of all this. Trained killers like the seals, rangers, delta force etc and their counterparts in intelligence and other places, which can be given any command while under programming and they will carry them out. Politically these gun massacres are usually by these programmed multiples but are given a lot of help by unseen actors and the press/police as well. Disarming the American people is a major goal.

    The controls are ok on a pad but the character is really clunky to move around and there is def too much lag especially when in combat. It's a hard game to enjoy really. The colors are atrocious as well, a muddy look almost all the time with muted other colors make it not very appealing visually. Graphics are ok but are def dated. I'd say if it's cheap give it a go it is a standard mix of RE4 and alan wake. I can see a bit of Silent Hill but it's too run and gun for that comparison really.    … Expand
  24. d3uzZ
    Apr 13, 2022
    6
    Знатная солянка идей и нераскрытый потенциал.
    Миками не гений, он только умело адаптирует чужое.
  25. crookedcritter
    Dec 11, 2021
    6
    Pros: Good horror elements, great Ambience, interesting story for a horror game.
    Cons: Terrible pc port riddled with frame rate issues and frame drop issues, Aim box was dumb, aiming in general could have been way better. controls felt off and clunky. Bosses were not fun, just tedious, except for the last boss. I found myself just wanting to quit because it was so tedious, not from the    Pros: Good horror elements, great Ambience, interesting story for a horror game.
    Cons: Terrible pc port riddled with frame rate issues and frame drop issues, Aim box was dumb, aiming in general could have been way better. controls felt off and clunky. Bosses were not fun, just tedious, except for the last boss. I found myself just wanting to quit because it was so tedious, not from the difficulty.    … Expand
  26. CnPx98
    Apr 29, 2022
    6
    The game has so much potential but is just frustrating at so many points. For starters the controls are just hot garbage when I was trying to play with a controller. You walk near a proximity trap, press the wrong button and you trigger the trap . The sprint lasts about 3 seconds, this can be upgraded how ever but seriously it shouldn't be that short in the 1st place. If you run out ofThe game has so much potential but is just frustrating at so many points. For starters the controls are just hot garbage when I was trying to play with a controller. You walk near a proximity trap, press the wrong button and you trigger the trap . The sprint lasts about 3 seconds, this can be upgraded how ever but seriously it shouldn't be that short in the 1st place. If you run out of ammo (Which you will because its a survival game) then melee does about 5% damage. To make it worse zombies don't flinch 90% of the time when meleeing so you hit them and then instantly retaliate making melee basically useless. You would think a game where ammo doesn't grow on trees to be able to flinch a zombie so if 1 zombie is within your escape route you can knock them back and get round them.
    The intro to the game (If you can call it that) was just terrible. I don't like a game to hold me hand and tell me everything through out the hole game but I also want a game to tell me how to play it. This game does not. You basically to work out everything and are thrown straight into the deep end. I didn't know what the controls were, whether to kill the zombie or to run away, to hide in the cupboard. No you have to work everything out after dying several times. Whilst your learning everything they decided to make you limp around at turtle pace just to increase your frustration even more. But minutes later you forget your leg was slashed and your completely fine again? Speaking of limping, another garbage idea is if your health drops below 30% you limp around aswell? I does recharge back up to 30% but still its annoying, I wouldn't mind it stopping you sprinting but slowing the player down to a crawl just gets annoying. I couldnt find a setting to turn off framelock so you have to play at 60 fps with vsync enabled. The game is still playable like this but would be nice to have uncapped without vsync. (This setting is set to 30fps at 1st and the mouse glitches out so use your keyboard to change this setting to 60 and the mouse will work fine)
    This game does have good sides aswell thou. The graphics for its time are truly amazing. I wish the texture distance was a bit longer thou. Everything looks no where near as good when its further away. The guns feel good to use. I like the enemies they both look and are amazing. The maps are cool aswell. Overall the game is mostly fun to play through if you can look past the annoying parts. You can get this game on gamepass. I had to switch it over to Windows 7 compatibility mode which you can do by accessing the game files. There is tons of tutorials on how to do this on Google.    … Expand
  27. Young_Fawn
    Jun 21, 2023
    6
    Overall having done one playthrough and saw the game to the end, I'd give the game a 6/10.

    Now a 6/10 doesn't mean that I disliked the game, not at all, I did enjoy it but there were a few niggling issues which did get me frustrated time and again which I'll get to. Firstly, the style of the game is great, the monster design is cool, the set pieces are lovely to look at even in 2022.    Overall having done one playthrough and saw the game to the end, I'd give the game a 6/10.

    Now a 6/10 doesn't mean that I disliked the game, not at all, I did enjoy it but there were a few niggling issues which did get me frustrated time and again which I'll get to.

    Firstly, the style of the game is great, the monster design is cool, the set pieces are lovely to look at even in 2022. For those who bought the game on release and were forced to play at 30fps Letterbox mode, you can now completely turn that off and by god does it make a difference; you'd never tell this game was made in 2014 by how it looks, at least on PC.

    The protagonist is, well he's your standard brown hair, brown eyed American protagonist; although we do get some glimpses into his past as a detective and also his personal life which does give him some depth and it is delivered through passive storytelling rather than just simply having it explained to you.

    The Director, if I recall correctly, is the guy who did the original Resident Evil and also Resident Evil 4, and if you've played RE4 before going into this, you will definitely feel it's influence bleed through; you could even debate that it's some kind of spiritual sequel to RE4 the way this game plays. However the story isn't as good as something like RE4, the Story is... I don't want to say forgettable but it certainly didn't leave a lasting impression upon completion.

    It is a survival horror in the sense that ammunition isn't abundant, stealth killing and using traps to conserve ammo is a must and frankly you need to know when to fight and when to run; for me that's what made the game enjoyable, counting up your odds and making a decision.

    The game itself also seems like the closest we'll get to a new Silent Hill with how some of the set pieces and monsters are, so if you, like me, are waiting to see if/when Konami decide to release something like that, The Evil Within is a good filler.

    There are a few things however I did dislike and grew frustrated at.
    Firstly, the insta-death mechanics. I don't mind an instant death, if anything I find them quite humorous at how I've been punished for what might seem like an obvious error; but there's just... Too many of them at certain places and there's times where there's too many in quick succession and unfortunately sometimes if you die, you're going back a little bit. It did get a little frustrating just being one-shot over and over again from a wire I clearly didn't trigger. Or random spikes just gutting from seemingly nowhere. Like I said, it's not bad to have one-shot mechanics, but when it's so sudden, so random and almost all the time in some chapters, it becomes less fun.

    There are also times, now this might seem like an arbitrary criticism but it's something I couldn't help but notice, where something is about to happen, like a chase, in an in-game cutscene; then without warning, the camera is in a different place than you'd expect and you have full control of Sebastian again and before you can react (Because why would you expect to have to move during what you think is a cut-scene) you are dead. I got caught out by this almost every time and if you don't start moving the second you get control. Boom, instant death.

    Overall, I did enjoy the game and was willing to overcome some of the little things that annoyed me, the game is not bad by any means and will likely hold your attention to the end, you can complete it anywhere between 8-12 hours I reckon, I got 11 for my playthrough. I wouldn't go back and play it again for my own fun, only if a friend wanted to see a playthrough. But it's definitely an enjoyable experience and a strong entry into the Survival Horror Genre.    … Expand
  28. hassenpheffer
    Jul 30, 2016
    5
    Take a pinch of Silent Hill, Dead Space and add some Resident Evil mechanics, stir in some blood and guts and you've the Evil Within. It's a hodge-podge of practically every survival-horror game ever made (good and bad). With all those influences and you come up with a game both tedious and frustrating but oddly amusing. It has its moments with some haunting visuals and brain-twistingTake a pinch of Silent Hill, Dead Space and add some Resident Evil mechanics, stir in some blood and guts and you've the Evil Within. It's a hodge-podge of practically every survival-horror game ever made (good and bad). With all those influences and you come up with a game both tedious and frustrating but oddly amusing. It has its moments with some haunting visuals and brain-twisting segments but it tries to hard to be SOMETHING and ends up being a pain in the butt. The controls via keyboard and mouse are swishy and clumsy The UI in the menus has trouble between the mouse and keyboard for whatever reason and remaping is absolutely annoying. The gamepad controls are slightly better but the 3rd person character still wobbles and sways when you least need him to be. The weapon leveling system is simple but it takes to much goop to make anything worthwhile and there aren't any stats as to what weapons do in terms of power, etc. It's very sloppy UI-wise. There are only 4 quick keys and you can't use the mouse wheel to cycle through the weapons. That's the first I've ever heard or seen of that silliness. I had no issues with the graphics. Everything ran smoothly although the camera was really bad at times. The enemies are clever by lunging and running at you and dodging from time to time but blowing their heads off doesn't always stop them but lighting them with a match does. Go figure. The story may be the worst part overall. It's convoluted, nonsensical on goes on and on and on... It's just awful and very boring. The characters are one-dimensional and so is the laughable dialogue and mediocre voice-acting. It's not the worst of the horror-survival game out there but with so many other better titles, both 3rd and 1st person available I'd leave this for the cheapie sale to buy it.… Expand
  29. expellite
    Oct 20, 2014
    5
    The Black Bars Within ... someone tell me please what are those black bars?! Is this a cinematic movie or game?! Oh of course it's not the only reason why I gave this game 5 out of 10 but it's not ignorable, isn't it?! Environments are coll but I think that the game doesn't have enough scariness potential. I'm not accusing the game of not being scary because it's not that bad but it's notThe Black Bars Within ... someone tell me please what are those black bars?! Is this a cinematic movie or game?! Oh of course it's not the only reason why I gave this game 5 out of 10 but it's not ignorable, isn't it?! Environments are coll but I think that the game doesn't have enough scariness potential. I'm not accusing the game of not being scary because it's not that bad but it's not well crafted enough for a Shinji Mikami game. If anyone else was the director I would say that it's a quite terrific survival horror but for Mr. Mikami ... I dunno! Maybe people aren't scared easily these days.… Expand
  30. SenshudoTV
    Oct 27, 2014
    5
    The Evil Within is not a terrible game, just a game constantly hampered by its own inability to flow and horror needs to flow in order to maintain its own pace because much like comedy, good horror is all about timing. Unfortunately, the Evil Within delivers its mail far too late. And then forces you to hang out inside the mail box with a boring cop.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 9, 2015
    50
    It seems the developers were not entirely sure what they wanted to achieve and got caught between traditional and innovative approach, properly employing neither. [13/2014, p.56]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    Nov 30, 2014
    70
    Borrowing heavily from past survival horror games, The Evil Within still manages to create fear in its players despite some clunkiness. [Dec 2014, p.58]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Nov 15, 2014
    82
    As the Japanese survival horror genre goes, The Evil Within feels a bit old fashion but in a good way. It certainly has the potential of becoming a cult classic. [Nov 2014]
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