The Evil Within

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1960 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 255 out of 1960
  3. Negative: 288 out of 1960
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  1. imalynxcat
    Aug 30, 2023
    4
    Optimizasyonu çok kötü, Bölüm tasarımları kötü, atmosferi ilgi çekici olsa da oynarken eğlenemedim.
  2. Lazzakz
    Aug 21, 2023
    4
    Have not played the sequel, but I hear it's a great improvement from this one. Some great ideas here and there, but nothing worth the whole playthrough.

    DECENT 4
  3. GamingHistorian
    Aug 15, 2023
    9
    Surprisingly underrated horror gem from early PS4 era. Very well designed levels, bosses and overall atmosphere. It's not perfect, but nothing is. Shame that Part 2 completely ignored everything that was great in the first game and went very basic semi-open world route. I didn't like anything from part 2 and seems like a lot people didn't, because it didn't sell well. Pretty sure thereSurprisingly underrated horror gem from early PS4 era. Very well designed levels, bosses and overall atmosphere. It's not perfect, but nothing is. Shame that Part 2 completely ignored everything that was great in the first game and went very basic semi-open world route. I didn't like anything from part 2 and seems like a lot people didn't, because it didn't sell well. Pretty sure there will never be Part 3 and that's a shame.… Expand
  4. DoomDoc_
    Aug 11, 2023
    9
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  5. apokalipto
    Aug 8, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  6. Naked_Snakee
    Jul 22, 2023
    10
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  7. 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
  8. AgentLvi
    Jun 18, 2023
    8
    Great game. The story is decent. The scoring is great, visual is really amazing, the voice & sound is also amazing
  9. Nick7000
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Один из лучших хорроров, который я видел. Играл, роняя кал каждые пять минут.
  10. CJCJCJCJCJ
    May 20, 2023
    0
    This game feels like some dated trash from 2003, gameplay sucks and makes no sense, story is garbage, characters are annoying, VA is trash, enemies are either OP as **** or trash mobs dead in 2 hits, game is trash burn in hell devs for making me buy this garbage ass game
  11. vova22379
    Apr 29, 2023
    2
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  12. 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).
  13. PanchiLoveShady
    Apr 8, 2023
    8
    Great game that surprised me a lot. I came from playing RE8 and I didn't get disappointed. I loved the different situations that had the game mixing horror, boss fight, exploration... It was near to RE8 ( my fav survival horror) The cons are that it feels not very smooth and also the story is blurred. A great game that deserves an 8.

    Un gran juego que me sorprendió. Viniendo de RE8 y    Great game that surprised me a lot. I came from playing RE8 and I didn't get disappointed. I loved the different situations that had the game mixing horror, boss fight, exploration... It was near to RE8 ( my fav survival horror) The cons are that it feels not very smooth and also the story is blurred. A great game that deserves an 8.

    Un gran juego que me sorprendió. Viniendo de RE8 y para nada me defraudó. Me encantó como junta terror, acción y exploración entre otros... Se queda cerca de RE 8 8 mi survival horror favorito) aunque sus desventajas son notorias, el movimiento es un poco tosco y la historia no es clara. Un gran juego que merece un 8    … Expand
  14. clay_1984
    Feb 11, 2023
    10
    I agreed the had performance problem on pc but it had an very good story and awesome mission design and also scary.
  15. TheVibe_
    Jan 31, 2023
    10
    Modern horror masterpiece! Sadly part 2 sucks, but hopefully they will still make part 3 and make it more like first one.
  16. Darkell64
    Jan 22, 2023
    9
    Deserves much higher Metacritic score. I haven't played horror games this good since 2014, except for Resident Evil 7,8 and 2 Remake. By the way, the only similar thing about the second game is that they put "2" next to the name of the game. Fortunately, you can finish this game and not play the second game.
  17. Joe2539
    Jan 2, 2023
    10
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  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. wealthygamer
    Oct 6, 2022
    10
    This is what true modern-horror game is supposed to be. Yes, of course it's inspired by silent hill and dead space, but it stands on it's own very well and also takes notes from RE4, as this game was directed by same dude who made RE4. Pretty much modern horror masterpiece. Ignore second game, it's awful.
  21. sirgamer44
    Aug 2, 2022
    10
    Not sure what happened with second game, because it was just trash. But first one is modern horror masterpiece, better than any silent hill after second one and i personally like this one way more than re7.
  22. george_bondo
    Jul 24, 2022
    8
    this game is just perfect with that beautiful music , characters and atmosphere
  23. WellEvil
    Jul 16, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game with a huge focus on story, characters, and world-building. I don't remember the last time when the story absorbed me so much. Yes, there are a few bugs here are there, but nothing game-breaking. Usually minor visual glitches.… Expand
  24. Harley34
    Jun 19, 2022
    10
    Very good game, in fact, one of the better modern horror games. People who dislike it, simply miss the point or just don't understand how to play it.
  25. Cobrax657
    Jun 5, 2022
    5
    fine game but very very bad controls feels like playing a 1998 game or worst
  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. d3uzZ
    Apr 13, 2022
    6
    Знатная солянка идей и нераскрытый потенциал.
    Миками не гений, он только умело адаптирует чужое.
  28. luminous15cf
    Feb 25, 2022
    10
    WAY better than the horrible lazy soulless second game. The gameplay is really tense, challenging and addicting. The story is way deeper than TEW2.
  29. Iowntheworld
    Feb 15, 2022
    10
    One of the best modern horror games, seems kind of underrated or maybe The Evil Within fans just are mature enough to not care about some scores on some random online sites. Overall, this game has fantastic boss fights and cool level designs. Directed by same dude who made Resident Evil 1 (and it's remake) and Resident Evil 4. It's not as good as RE4, but it's still amazing!
  30. DefinitiveHero
    Jan 28, 2022
    10
    If they make The Evil Within 3, i hope it’s more like first game. Part 2 was awful in my opinion at least, there was no horror or interesting locations. First game is absolute modern-horror masterpiece!
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Metascore
68

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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