The Evil Within

 PlayStation 3
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 332 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 259 out of 332
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  1. Xmark120
    Jan 18, 2015
    3
    Poor man's Resident Evil 4 with The Last of Us' gameplay mechanics that don't work nearly as good.

    Paired with the game's poor graphics and limited screen, the game has close to zero immersion, IMO.

    I highly regret shelling out 60 EUR for it. I wouldn't go higher than 15 EUR.
  2. Calmaff11
    Oct 25, 2014
    2
    I bought this game NEW, but the code I was given for the added content was invalid, it had strangely expired, that was the first issue right there. Of course that's not the games fault. The rest of the review is however.

    I remember seeing all the hype that this game was scary. I bought this game because I'm a huge fan of horror and love getting my pants scared off of me. I could recall    I bought this game NEW, but the code I was given for the added content was invalid, it had strangely expired, that was the first issue right there. Of course that's not the games fault. The rest of the review is however.

    I remember seeing all the hype that this game was scary. I bought this game because I'm a huge fan of horror and love getting my pants scared off of me. I could recall all of those paid actors being terrified of the game so sadly I purchased it in hopes of getting something...oh...I don't know...SCARY!! Nope, not from this piece of junk.

    My absolute biggest gripe was it wasn't scary one bit. I played this thing for about seven hours, which in that time you'd expect something scary to happen. Instead I got chased by a chainsaw guy which wasn't scary in RE4 and wasn't scary here. Got chased by a naked man in a hoodie (not scary), and shot an onslaught of zombies in the face. To be fair the atmosphere looks like a polished version of RE4 and I wonder why? I wonder?

    The graphics were alright, but nothing to be amazed of, and the characters are all pretty damn bland. Your character is a stoic tool who seems to be pretty damn nonchalant about his current situation. Then you've got the Leslie guy who is the generic link to the evil. Then the rest of the completely forgettable cast whom I have already forgotten.

    The gameplay is a lot like Resident Evil 4...with worse mechanics. It's funny that a game from the same asshat made long ago on the Gamecube can play and look nicer then a game on the PS3/4. I was not a fan of RE4, because it ruined the franchise, so I was not a fan of this. To be honest the first Resident Evil on PS1 is far more terrifying then The Evil Within.

    Also after 7 hours of story I ended up not knowing what the **** was going on. It was a giant mess. I had very little clue as to what was actually going on. In the end I felt the game wasn't what I wanted, or expected. It was not scary, end of story.    … Expand
  3. SweatyHog69
    Oct 18, 2014
    1
    "I don't know if that was a bad dream, or this is."

    Horror games seem to flourishing these days, as there is a wide collection to choose from. While playing The Evil Within, I saw a lot of odds things, and even a whole lot of gore. But the terrible thing about this game is that there is zero suspense, no tension, and no reason to keep playing. I was poorly disappointed by the gameplay    "I don't know if that was a bad dream, or this is."

    Horror games seem to flourishing these days, as there is a wide collection to choose from. While playing The Evil Within, I saw a lot of odds things, and even a whole lot of gore. But the terrible thing about this game is that there is zero suspense, no tension, and no reason to keep playing. I was poorly disappointed by the gameplay that is completely outdated, and the graphics were very underwhelming for a AAA game.

    So yeah, I played Evil Within. May have even given it a 4/10, if it didn't me brain cancer. I contemplated suicide, but I figured that's what the game developers wanted me to do. It upsets me deeply that douche bags like the developers of this game are living a great wealthy life, while a nice guy like myself is slowly dying from a terrible disease. 1/10.    … Expand
  4. jchu524
    Nov 19, 2014
    3
    Good graphics, some suspenseful moments. However, the overall flow of the game seemed clunky, slow, and not interesting. Seemed like a poor attempt at combining RE4 mashed with The Last of Us. Not a fan.
  5. Crytzch
    Jan 2, 2015
    2
    The intro chapter was decent, if a bit slow and clunky. For a game released in 2014, I really expected so much more in the way of graphics and sound effects, even on a PS3. Instead, I get lots of pixilated darkness and a huge guy with a chainsaw going "URGH! RAWR!"

    It just got really, really boring.
  6. Hellion
    Oct 16, 2014
    2
    The Evil Within sucks. That is all you need to know. Otherwise if you really need to know. It's got bad graphics. Cheap enemy AI that bum rushes you. Wonky controls and aiming system. Lack of ammo or anything else around. Terrible level design. Stupid boss fights (hair lady was super easy). You can't see anything thanks to the black bars (especially on any tv 32 inches or lower). You haveThe Evil Within sucks. That is all you need to know. Otherwise if you really need to know. It's got bad graphics. Cheap enemy AI that bum rushes you. Wonky controls and aiming system. Lack of ammo or anything else around. Terrible level design. Stupid boss fights (hair lady was super easy). You can't see anything thanks to the black bars (especially on any tv 32 inches or lower). You have to protect a partner (yeah that crap again). You name it. Not to mention all the clipping and minor bugs. Not scary in the slightest. A rental only.… Expand
  7. Quinzel
    Nov 1, 2014
    4
    I only ended playing through the first chapter through this game. First off the intro of this game felt unnecessary. It could have been used as flashback cut scene or just a regular cut scene in the beginning because it quite boring to play through. Although after that, you end up getting into the your first dilemma pretty quickly. I think the build up for this just wasn't very good. TheI only ended playing through the first chapter through this game. First off the intro of this game felt unnecessary. It could have been used as flashback cut scene or just a regular cut scene in the beginning because it quite boring to play through. Although after that, you end up getting into the your first dilemma pretty quickly. I think the build up for this just wasn't very good. The feel of the game and the gameplay felt fine as I was playing it, but there's one glaring problem that I had while I was playing. Shinji Mikami seemed to want to have the story drive the gameplay around, rather than what he's done with his other survival horror games, having the gameplay drive the story. Games like the Metal Gear Solid series or even the Last of Us, which is a game I didn't particularly like all work fine in having there story's drive the gameplay. The game is also quite linear. Although it can give the illusion of non linearity. I do like the overall design and feel of the game but the game isn't all that scary, there's to much gore and there doesn't seem to be much substance to this game. Also if your expecting something similar to Re4, your going to be very disappointed because quite frankly The Evil Within just isn't very fun like Re4 was, or even most of the other Resident Evil games for that matter.… Expand
  8. Zeydlitz
    Oct 20, 2014
    0
    This game is only intended to be survival-horror. But after first blinking enemy you find that they are common in this game. And fighting with enemy, who love to teleport behind you back is frustrating.

    Also game design is lame, areas are pretty small but empty, nothing to see. Paired with "darkness" -- most of the time you screen shows some abstract 2d picture (badly textured wall).
  9. Axebrossia
    Jun 30, 2015
    4
    iukk what a horrible game!! Much things about a psichologyst history doesn`t make sense and if yoy play re4 or re 6 , is the same, no innovations, and extreme action and destruction scenarios is not a survival game...
  10. z0nbi
    Oct 18, 2014
    3
    Just plain...ugh...decent game, but extremely boring...the game just couldn't keep me interested...I was yawning by the end of chapter 3...wait till it goea down in price, or better yet...rent it first.
  11. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 9, 2017
    4
    The evil Within
    This isn’t going to be pretty
    The Evil Within is a 3rd person survival horror game where you play as detective Sebastian investigating a scene of a mass murder at a mental hospital and then all of a sudden things start going crazy… I don’t want to spoil the story but the games setting is actually a pretty cool twist.. But for the most part at least in the beginning the    The evil Within
    This isn’t going to be pretty
    The Evil Within is a 3rd person survival horror game where you play as detective Sebastian investigating a scene of a mass murder at a mental hospital and then all of a sudden things start going crazy…
    I don’t want to spoil the story but the games setting is actually a pretty cool twist..
    But for the most part at least in the beginning the game mixes settings and scenery up…
    In fact the first half of this game is great and guaranteed this game a spot on my game of the year least when the time came.. but it didn’t stay this great…
    As a survival horror game youre managing your health with pick ups.. your health will regenerate but only slightly.. and when your health is bwelow a certain point you move slowly and aren’t able to run…
    But a bit like the game alone in the dark you have weapons here… as you progress the game youll get a pistol, shotgun, sniper rifle, a cross bow like weapon, there are grenades.. a great variety of weapons for survival and devent drop rate of ammo.. but just enough to keep you staying carful with what you use..
    Unique from most survival horror games is that there is an assassins creed like stealth mechanic where you can take out most unaware enemies from behind..
    you also have to stealth to disarm traps and get parts the craft cross bolts for your bow…
    there are also jars of brain juice around the levels and off of enemies that act as a currency you use to upgrade your stats, buy ammo, and increase the stats of your weapons..
    There are mirrors that take you back to the hospital this allows you to save the game as well, but the game will ocassionally autosave
    The first half of the game I found to be really enjoyable and terrifying..
    I was stressed in a good way and enemies put up a great challenge…
    Missions were varied, I felt like I was in a movie..
    And then halfway through the game it starts to fall apart..
    The game goes from being scary to just frustrating..
    Its becomes an anxiety fest of dealing with insta kill enemies, and recourse draining section after recouce draining section.. dealing with spongy bosses, having to thow switch after switch doing it multiple times in the same area to pregress further…
    The games initial near perfect progression crumbles and stumbles to a crawl…
    Made worse by this games awful checkpoint and autosave system…
    The game wont constantly autosave once you find an important item…
    And again there are cheap instakill enemies and moments in this game…
    They are sometimes completely random, they’ll hit you and you have to go through the 10 minutes of recollecting supplies over and over and over until you get lucky enough to either get away or not activate this random spawn…
    And also again… the 2nd half of this game is focused more on anxiety than it is horror..
    its not fun replaying these anxiety filled moments
    They aren’t even fun the first time…
    And the games 2nd half is filled of these moments and trial and error chases with no indication of what you have to do, so you just keep doing it until you get it right with no checkpoints..
    But still I pushed forward.. I was overlooking all of the bad because of the intriguing story going through this anxiety fest…
    The game would freeze on my a couple of times causeing me to resatart it… no big deal, ill forgive it.. the first half was so good and im so close to this games end..
    8 and a half hours into the game.. im on chapter 11 out of 15.. about 2 and a half to 3 hours away from this games credits.. and I run into a game breaking bug…
    That’s right… 3 years later… a Bethesda game (go figure) still has a game breaking bug…
    I did play the ps3 version of this game and thought that’s clearly the problem.. so I went to google and no.. this chapter is full of game breaking bugs, more than just the one I ran into that wouldn’t let me progress the game..
    I was an hr deep and nothing I did helped, shutting down the game, reloading checkpoints..
    dying.. nothing… the game wouldn’t let me progress…
    The only thing keeping me from just giving this game a 0 and walking away is that restarting the chapter could’ve probably let me continue.. but once more..
    the 2nd half of this game is filled of anxiety, frustration and cheapness…
    I wasn’t about to go through that hour and a half I just went through again..
    Im walking away from what I thought was initially a great game that crumbled into a good game, but left me with the taste of a bad game…
    I give the Evil Within
    a very generous
    4/10    … Expand

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