The Evil Within

 PlayStation 4
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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2497 Ratings

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  1. BolilloMazapan
    Feb 1, 2023
    0
    A este juego le tengo mucho cariño, lo jugué cuando tenia 12, y esa sensación de peligro es inolvidable, no se ni como me lo pase porque sufría cada que lo jugaba, el mejor survival horror que he jugado, este juego no es un 10, pero para mi si lo es
  2. SebbyMakesMusic
    Sep 22, 2022
    4
    Just based on the first chapter:
    There's a comical amount of gore in this game. I can't take the horror element seriously. There's a frickin blood-drenched slip n slide 10 minutes in. Honestly, I find this game to simply be more unpleasant than horrific. The slow pace of moving around the environment isn't really setting a mood for me. Hiding just makes this feel like Outlast.
    The guy    Just based on the first chapter:
    There's a comical amount of gore in this game. I can't take the horror element seriously. There's a frickin blood-drenched slip n slide 10 minutes in. Honestly, I find this game to simply be more unpleasant than horrific. The slow pace of moving around the environment isn't really setting a mood for me. Hiding just makes this feel like Outlast.

    The guy with the chainsaw bounces around like a kid throwing a tantrum. While I'm sure it'd be a "wtf" moment in real life, it doesn't translate into the game.

    Yet somehow, I have to watch the camera bounce with Sebastian as he limps. Odd what they choose to emphasize.

    Speaking of, the characters are so lacking in character that they pretty much fit the role of meatbags which the bad guys treat you as. So it doesn't really feel like much is at stake. Just a whole bunch of trial and error. Might as well call it Trial And Error: The Game (Soaked in Blood edition).
    There isn't any way to revert to the last checkpoint without dying so you're literally just going to stand there taking 5 chainsaw slashes waiting to die, meanwhile the first guy you see auto kills you? I don't understand the pacing choices.

    The grainy filters are really monotonous, btw. That actually references the overarching issue here: it's just a mix of random horror elements thrown into an action game without much explanation.

    Okay, he just limped for a while, and then something pounded on the ceiling and he started running. Umm... Why? Did the vibration somehow heal him? You know what, I'm just going to accept that this game makes zero sense.

    I'll update my review as I continue to play, but this isn't looking very promising. Really don't see what the hype is about.    … Expand
  3. Lenders
    Aug 14, 2022
    3
    Un juego con mecánicas y movilidad de ps2, algunos resident evil con 10 años más son mejores.
  4. FeiYun
    Jul 29, 2022
    1
    Terrible diffixulty spikes and In general artificial diffixulty all set to make the player die suddenly! Let's not talk about the caretaker section then…
  5. Lucariomain05
    Jul 23, 2022
    3
    Mediocre horror game at best. While it does have some potential in its atmosphere and survival aspects, it does not make up for its bland protagonist and boring, tedious pacing. In addition, the graphics look noticeably outdated for a 2014 game. The textures are muddy and the picture throughout is grainy and blurry. This looks more like a PS3/Xbox 360 game from 2008 than a product fromMediocre horror game at best. While it does have some potential in its atmosphere and survival aspects, it does not make up for its bland protagonist and boring, tedious pacing. In addition, the graphics look noticeably outdated for a 2014 game. The textures are muddy and the picture throughout is grainy and blurry. This looks more like a PS3/Xbox 360 game from 2008 than a product from just 8 years ago. Too many of the interactions are slow and require almost perfect precision just to overcome. The mechanics are also not properly explained at the start, even on the casual difficulty, making the experience confusing for new players. At times, I found myself stuck in certain scenarios without a clue or walkthrough to guide me. What is a visual object and an actual game-changing item is hard to figure out unless done through trial and error. I do not recommend this game at all. Go play Resident Evil 7 or Village instead. These games are far better than this.… Expand
  6. Patryk6
    Apr 15, 2022
    1
    -1 point for outdated graphics
    '1 point for forced camera shake
    -1 point for terrible fps
    -1 point for not enough checkpoints
    -1 point for bugged trophy
    -1 point for annoying things like traps mines invisible enemies
  7. ShireDweller27
    Feb 17, 2022
    1
    By far the worst game I have ever played Terrible inventory management weapons sucks ammo is really limited stop at chapter 10 that elephant bosses literally a huge headache to beat in such a tight corner space died so many time I just gave up and uninstalled the game I would recommend giving this game a huge pass and play the more better sequel.
  8. DavidHoltzer
    Nov 18, 2021
    3
    This game is quite bad. It looks very cheap and uses a lot of tired ways to try to be scary like jump scares, a lot of dead bodies, a ton of gore and cliché enemy designs. The story is very convoluted and random things just happen in it and it's pretty hard to follow, the characters are also poorly written or some of them are annoying. The gameplay is boring, clunky and offers nothing new.
  9. super_absorber
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    This game is garbage in 2020. You will despise the game if you have played modern horror games such as Resident Evil 7 or Until Dawn, which are so much better. The control, graphics, characters, combat in this game is just plain boring and not engaging
  10. CoreGamer1408
    Jun 3, 2020
    4
    Ok it is like Resident Evil meets Silent Hill sort of-ish. It does all the cliché trope horror things. So at no point was I even scared. I liked the action orientated gameplay. It was fun shooting up those freaky freaks. Stealth was ok and mostly not needed. Some meh QTE and scripted instant kill BS, but not that many. The bosses were fun and Silent Hill type memorable. I liked how theOk it is like Resident Evil meets Silent Hill sort of-ish. It does all the cliché trope horror things. So at no point was I even scared. I liked the action orientated gameplay. It was fun shooting up those freaky freaks. Stealth was ok and mostly not needed. Some meh QTE and scripted instant kill BS, but not that many. The bosses were fun and Silent Hill type memorable. I liked how the environment was used to make it more challenging and also helpful to the player. Progression based skills with scavenging lite and ultra basic crafting is a ok carrot on stick.

    The story is ok, but the VA is mostly bad and the dialogue is just crap. The game play and level design is where the fun stuff is at. Thankfully multiple saves even though they are only check point saves. So no save anywhere or any time. I almost thought I would need to reload for lack of health midway, but I scraped through on a tiny bit of health for one entire level. The game throws out a lot of cheap tactics and cheap traps. Which is compounded by a bad camera angle at times with a constant poor frame rate. The purposely wobbly aim and terrible lighting in some sections doesn't really help.

    The atrocious frame rate was such a big issue on the PS3 I literally gave up on the game. Optimization is barely better on the PS4. I had bought this game twice now So I was determined to finish it on the PS4 and I did. I have no wish to replay this atrocious unoptimized game ever again on the PS4.    … Expand
  11. kuiriz
    Apr 11, 2020
    1
    No es bueno hay mecánicas de juego muy mañas que te harán perder, atorarte al correr o minas de proximidad en la pared que no explotan cuando les disparas etc etc
  12. Bouncycheetah
    Jan 11, 2020
    1
    A truly disappointing title. Terrible controls, poor story, appalling AI and boring, memorization gameplay techniques kill any sense of dread or horror and turn it into a repetitive, frustrating drudge. Stealth doesn't work in horror Imo... If you're good at it, it means you're invulnerable which isn't frightening, if you're not good at it, it means you get killed immediately and have toA truly disappointing title. Terrible controls, poor story, appalling AI and boring, memorization gameplay techniques kill any sense of dread or horror and turn it into a repetitive, frustrating drudge. Stealth doesn't work in horror Imo... If you're good at it, it means you're invulnerable which isn't frightening, if you're not good at it, it means you get killed immediately and have to repeat the same scene over and over which also kills the horror. The two genres don't mix for me, which is sad because stealth and horror appear to be becoming inextricably linked in the minds of game developers.… Expand
  13. madmonkey00
    Oct 27, 2017
    1
    While everybody else is super exited I am not. The gameplay is just boring and bad implemented. Most of all it's ridiculous slow, especially when sebastian is in danger you can move around like a drunken snail. Sometimes it is just frustrating, for example there are enemies you cannot fight and only flee or the game is just too buggy or to slow so you simply die because of nothing. TheWhile everybody else is super exited I am not. The gameplay is just boring and bad implemented. Most of all it's ridiculous slow, especially when sebastian is in danger you can move around like a drunken snail. Sometimes it is just frustrating, for example there are enemies you cannot fight and only flee or the game is just too buggy or to slow so you simply die because of nothing. The story looks good in the beginning but this is only teasing, after a few capter's you realize its just cheap. Animations and graphics are pretty bad as well.… Expand
  14. OutlawTX
    Sep 1, 2017
    4
    I've sludged through to Chapter 10 and I'm done playing this trial in frustration. I picked it up for 5 bucks during a new release dry spell knowing I played it at release and didn't get very far before abandoning it. This game has proved to be annoying enough for me to put in my 2 cents and review it. First off, the controls feel lumbering and clunky which makes for bad aiming and combat.I've sludged through to Chapter 10 and I'm done playing this trial in frustration. I picked it up for 5 bucks during a new release dry spell knowing I played it at release and didn't get very far before abandoning it. This game has proved to be annoying enough for me to put in my 2 cents and review it. First off, the controls feel lumbering and clunky which makes for bad aiming and combat. Combined with a really bad camera that always feels too close and always seems to keep you at a disadvantage, enemies that kill you with one hit, save points that are too far from areas with one hit enemies and far too many instances of trial and error gameplay and you have a game that's more annoying than fun. Story wise it's incredibly meh. I don't care about any of the characters.
    By chapter 10 I just wanted to be done with it. When I got to another part with a one hit enemy and had to figure out how to kill it again while dying over and over, I realized I don't care. I have no idea how this has so many 10s here but hey, there's people out there that get off on people pooing on them so apparently some people like poo. All I can say is, "I don't."    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. LadyAshe
    Jun 11, 2017
    0
    horrible graphics, horrible story, boring characters. it just terrible and I can't believe others are rating it above 5! it's bad, very very bad. I was very disappointed.
  17. AndersL
    Apr 12, 2017
    4
    I should have checked the Metascore on this one before I got it. A bitter disappointment, perhaps my biggest on the PS4. A not-so-good version of The Last of Us. Just didn't seem to be an interesting story there.
  18. K5000i
    Jul 27, 2016
    3
    yawn , eh & i cant see whats happening ! those are the words said the most playing this thing ,., see it done it better in other games with these tank controls , the fear factor isnt there & the plot just bounces & makes no sense at all ,., just throw in random levels at random times ,., but the the big bad has to be them damn letterbox view that just blocks out the view ..,, the guy isyawn , eh & i cant see whats happening ! those are the words said the most playing this thing ,., see it done it better in other games with these tank controls , the fear factor isnt there & the plot just bounces & makes no sense at all ,., just throw in random levels at random times ,., but the the big bad has to be them damn letterbox view that just blocks out the view ..,, the guy is almost as high as the screen & you can see **** in front of you ,., not very good at all… Expand
  19. Autheria
    Feb 3, 2016
    3
    Oh...my...GOD!!! This has to be one of the WORST game I ever played, maybe not THE worst, but definitely Top-5.
    I would describe it like walking through a muddy swamp in misty rain with a 50 kilo backpack.
    The dramatic pacing is awful, the music and sounds are boooring as hell, and the graphics are crap. The mechanics feel broken and/or sluggish. It's not fun to play...it's    Oh...my...GOD!!! This has to be one of the WORST game I ever played, maybe not THE worst, but definitely Top-5.
    I would describe it like walking through a muddy swamp in misty rain with a 50 kilo backpack.

    The dramatic pacing is awful, the music and sounds are boooring as hell, and the graphics are crap. The mechanics feel broken and/or sluggish. It's not fun to play...it's FRUSTRATING, feels more like a chore or a homework that you're forced to complete.

    Play the Dead Space series instead of this abomination!    … Expand
  20. Pico619
    Jan 19, 2016
    4
    When I played Last Of Us I said to myself "great now the bar has been set for stealth and horror", so when evil within was said to use stealth I was excited.
    Man was I wrong. It's as if nobody from Bethesda or Shinji played last of us or new how to do stealth. When crouching in evil within you are less noticeable but your twice as slow than the slowest enemies crawl. This means you can't    When I played Last Of Us I said to myself "great now the bar has been set for stealth and horror", so when evil within was said to use stealth I was excited.
    Man was I wrong. It's as if nobody from Bethesda or Shinji played last of us or new how to do stealth. When crouching in evil within you are less noticeable but your twice as slow than the slowest enemies crawl. This means you can't get to any enemy from behind crouching. So now you have to play the frustrating game of trial and error of trying to figure out how close you can get to a enemy running before they detect you, then you crouch hoping they stop their movement so you can grab them. With this crap mechanic you can only grap stationary enemies but they don't stay still, oh and they all have random patterns. Basically stealth is out the window accept for those who master the "run then crouch before they turn" gimmic.

    Also enemies are sponges and you barely have bullets, it's like resident evil 6 again! If naughty dog handled the engine and game-play this game would have been a perfect ten! The best thing about the game and why I say rent it is the bosses. Super cool but also sponges.    … Expand
  21. Marshma11ow
    Jan 18, 2016
    3
    I honestly can't believe some of the reviews I'm seeing on here are they serious? It's a slap in the face to compare this to The Last of Us or Resident Evil 4. I finally picked up this game after a few months of owning it and decided to give it a shot. I have tried so hard to find some enjoyment out of it but I just can't. I disliked it so much I was compelled to write my first review hereI honestly can't believe some of the reviews I'm seeing on here are they serious? It's a slap in the face to compare this to The Last of Us or Resident Evil 4. I finally picked up this game after a few months of owning it and decided to give it a shot. I have tried so hard to find some enjoyment out of it but I just can't. I disliked it so much I was compelled to write my first review here on Metacritic. There is basically no story to this game and is just a gorefest. It takes every horror cliché and bundles it all into this one game. Everything about it is unoriginal and just flat out boring. Creepy doll faces, walking dead, scary hospitals, psychopath with chainsaw it's all been done. Has the feel of an old PlayStation 2 game. All of the characters are very one-dimensional. It's more frustratingly difficult than it is challenging. Even Silent Hill Downpour is more entertaining than this game.… Expand
  22. J-pex
    Jan 13, 2016
    2
    This 'Horror' game is a black mark on Bethesdas record for me.

    Its silent hill meets SAW...just boring, not to mention the terrible graphics. The game does little to create any atmosphere and once you die a few times it leaves nothing to the imagination. And tactics take over from thinking 'omg what's coming next?!' aspect you want from a horror game, because that's what they're about    This 'Horror' game is a black mark on Bethesdas record for me.

    Its silent hill meets SAW...just boring, not to mention the terrible graphics. The game does little to create any atmosphere and once you die a few times it leaves nothing to the imagination. And tactics take over from thinking 'omg what's coming next?!' aspect you want from a horror game, because that's what they're about right?

    The story doesn't even need to be delved too far into, as if you have read any other reviews you'll know its garbage, thrown together by some guys that must have just watched saw/hostel and played a few higher calibre horror games. Its not scary it's just gross.

    2/10    … Expand
  23. RealLeather
    Dec 10, 2015
    4
    It's kind of spooky yeah but the framerate is the real scary bit. Overall, absolutely shocking performance and headache-inducing overzealous use of bloom and film grain filter. Graphics/framerate aside it's just an incredibly cumbersome game to play, stay away. Played it for forty minutes and traded it in.
  24. MaxPayneIsGod
    Jul 19, 2015
    3
    Convoluted garbage. I had high hopes for this game, a mature , dark, story driven game. All I can say is its a huge let down and a sign of where the survival horror genre is going. Down the blood filled toilet.

    About a quarter through the game I WAS enjoying TEW, to the point I bought the season pass on special. We'll get to that nightmare later. The guy who came up with this steaming    Convoluted garbage. I had high hopes for this game, a mature , dark, story driven game. All I can say is its a huge let down and a sign of where the survival horror genre is going. Down the blood filled toilet.

    About a quarter through the game I WAS enjoying TEW, to the point I bought the season pass on special. We'll get to that nightmare later. The guy who came up with this steaming pile is riding first class on the nostalgia train. TEW is pretty much every Resident Evil game mashed together into HD Gore. The game is genuinely unsettling but the bleak, dark environments wear thin quickly, the characters are dull, the story is riddled with plot holes. The DLC tries to explain what is going on but its just as bad as the main game. I can't even be bothered continuing the review on this utter garbage. Jennifer Carpenter does a good job and she's the ONLY glimmer of light in this, the game that has written off the survival horror genre for me.    … Expand
  25. Angelwolf
    Mar 25, 2015
    3
    I was so excited to get this game at Christmas. Having just played through Alien Isolation and The Last of Us, I was in the mood for another survival horror title. What I ended up with was a clunky, unfair and overall poor experience.

    The game tries to be Resident Evil 4. That's great, if you liked RE4. If you didn't (like me) then push this game to one side. The atmosphere is spooky    I was so excited to get this game at Christmas. Having just played through Alien Isolation and The Last of Us, I was in the mood for another survival horror title. What I ended up with was a clunky, unfair and overall poor experience.

    The game tries to be Resident Evil 4. That's great, if you liked RE4. If you didn't (like me) then push this game to one side. The atmosphere is spooky and the monsters are genuinely scary when you first come accross them, but that doesn't fix the problems with the experience. The game is very action orientated and it's difficulty comes when you cannot control your character (Sebastian) properly. He's a clunky wreck and gets in the way of the camera when you need to see most. Disarming traps for parts can easily have you killed if you're not quick enough to disarm them during the disarming mini-game.

    With the number of positive reviews this game has received, I'm sure many will find it an excellent title to play. But if you're hoping for something different and more original from what the Resident Evil series has become, then stay well away from The Evil Within.    … Expand
  26. SidfriegM2928
    Mar 21, 2015
    4
    Advertised as a return to form for the horror genre, "The Evil Within" comes off more as a best of compilation for every horror game released over the last 10 years. Not only that, but featuring bad frame rate, hideous character animation and dull gameplay. You can skip on this turd.
  27. SiraitX
    Mar 21, 2015
    0
    The game was marketed as a return to 'pure horror' but actually is nothing more than just a desperate attempt to make money in game horror competition.
    Remember this game was designed by game designer who lack of creativity. Shinji Mikami designed RE and Dino Crisis at the same time with exactly same gameplay, and now he created the worst game I ever play (the worst thing is he dubbed the    The game was marketed as a return to 'pure horror' but actually is nothing more than just a desperate attempt to make money in game horror competition.
    Remember this game was designed by game designer who lack of creativity. Shinji Mikami designed RE and Dino Crisis at the same time with exactly same gameplay, and now he created the worst game I ever play (the worst thing is he dubbed the game as 'return to pure horror' .... LOL).    … Expand
  28. premium_sauce
    Mar 9, 2015
    2
    Not sure what to think about this game. Very disappointed that's for sure. I'm 28 years old, I work full time and bought a PS4 to relax because I've been gaming since the age of 13. This game will heavily frustrate you. At my age, I like to relax after work, that's about it. I just finished the game after 22 hours of gameplay on survival mode and died 107 times. The way how you die in thisNot sure what to think about this game. Very disappointed that's for sure. I'm 28 years old, I work full time and bought a PS4 to relax because I've been gaming since the age of 13. This game will heavily frustrate you. At my age, I like to relax after work, that's about it. I just finished the game after 22 hours of gameplay on survival mode and died 107 times. The way how you die in this game is so repetitive that I pretty much yawned all the way through. Constantly running out of ammo, nothing makes sense (jumping from one scene to the other) - half way through I kinda felt like the developers were Japanese (didn't know they were initially as into shows Bethesda to be the main developer *big Fallout Fan here*) - why am I saying this? Because only Japanese would be sadomasochist enough to endure so many deaths. It comes to a point that I stopped enjoying it but since I'm addicted to collect trophies I pushed myself to finish the game. Usually I like playing games on hard mode. With Evil Within, so many times I was tempted to decrease the difficulty down to casual level.

    Honestly, if you are in my situation and game to relax, have a good time then this game is not for you. I recently finished Shadow of Mordor - Now that was really cool :D - and switching to this game right after felt clumsy, slow paced, heavy and dragging the story.

    God how I used to love Silent Hill back in the good old days - this game tries to reconciliate too many genres. It tries to be The Last of Us, tries to be Resident Evil, tries to be Silent Hill.

    Now that I have finished the game. I have unlocked the RPG and machine gun. I ll play a little to get as many trophies as possible. But I will NOT replay under AKUMA or Nightmare mode.

    I would definitely not recommend this game at all.    … Expand
  29. Dawg76
    Feb 20, 2015
    1
    I was really looking forward to this game as they did a excellent job promoting it, but it was shiddddddy slow, the acting sucked the plot was confusing as hell, and the graphics were early PS3 graphics so disappointed the only reason i completed the game was because i started it so i felt like i should finish it. and i thought maybe the story would start to make sense the more i playedI was really looking forward to this game as they did a excellent job promoting it, but it was shiddddddy slow, the acting sucked the plot was confusing as hell, and the graphics were early PS3 graphics so disappointed the only reason i completed the game was because i started it so i felt like i should finish it. and i thought maybe the story would start to make sense the more i played but no it just bot more confusing and the ended didnt help clear any of it up.… Expand
  30. Turbodowg
    Feb 10, 2015
    3
    I've only recently bought the game for 25.00 and it wasn't even worth that. I've been a long term survival horror fan and have played SH games since they began, I also enjoyed the change in pace in games like RE4 which lead to great games like Deadspace 1. But Evil Within is bad, really bad.

    To start, the black bars destroy the experience, I spent the first hour trying to figure out how    I've only recently bought the game for 25.00 and it wasn't even worth that. I've been a long term survival horror fan and have played SH games since they began, I also enjoyed the change in pace in games like RE4 which lead to great games like Deadspace 1. But Evil Within is bad, really bad.

    To start, the black bars destroy the experience, I spent the first hour trying to figure out how to turn them off. Finally after going online I realised they couldn't be removed. They take you out of the experience and block your view. Very bad if playing on a smaller TV which I often do if the wife kicks me out on the front room to play upstairs!

    The graphics are good but are spoilt by the restricted view, which is unnecessary, if The Last Of Us can look great in full screen running at a higher frame rate then there is no excuse for the ridiculous black bars!

    The controls are sluggish and a step back, most areas are very dark and too hard to see any of the 'action'.

    The game cannot decide if it is a SH or an action game. On one hand you have no ammo or weapons and are forced to use stealth but stealth doesn't work and often you are forced to confront enimies with nothing to fight with. At these points when surrounded I just put the pad down and waited for the character to die as there is no way to escape. To me this is bad game design.

    The story is bland and uninspiring. The first level is fun, the rest are like a very poor Resident Evil 4 clone lacking all the thrills, set pieces and story which made Re4 so great.

    I had no reason to complete the game and I will not be returning to it. If you like SH games stick check out Alien Isolation and Outlast on PS4 instead of this unfinished nearly broken game.    … Expand
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#67 Best PS4 Game of 2014
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#10 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2014
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#7 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2014

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 65 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 65
  3. Negative: 1 out of 65
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 28, 2014
    80
    It's lean, with few repeated ideas, and boasts one of the best save rooms you'll ever experience. [Christmas 2014, p.88]
  2. Games Master UK
    Dec 21, 2014
    81
    Bold and brutal, it has the guts to stay true to its horror roots without feeling outdated. [Christmas 2014, p.58]
  3. Edge Magazine
    Dec 6, 2014
    70
    After a clumsy opening, The Evil Within hits its stride towards the end and the fist act and the tension rarely lets up. [Christmas 2014, p.114]
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