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  • Summary: While investigating the scene of a gruesome mass murder, Detective Sebastian Castellanos and his partners encounter a menacing and powerful force. After witnessing the slaughter of fellow officers, Sebastian is ambushed and knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he finds himself in a derangedWhile investigating the scene of a gruesome mass murder, Detective Sebastian Castellanos and his partners encounter a menacing and powerful force. After witnessing the slaughter of fellow officers, Sebastian is ambushed and knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he finds himself in a deranged world where hideous creatures wander among the dead. Facing unimaginable terror, and fighting for survival, Sebastian embarks on a daunting journey to unravel that which is behind this evil force.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. GameStar
    Oct 15, 2014
    85
    The Evil Within has achieved something that not many games have lately: It scared me. Thanks for Mikami-san!
  2. 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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  3. GameWatcher
    Oct 27, 2014
    80
    If you like the idea of Resident Evil 4 crossed half-and-half with Silent Hill then The Evil Within is the game for you. Just be prepared to put up with 30 FPS.
  4. Destructoid
    Oct 15, 2014
    70
    If you like old-school third-person action games with horror elements, I'd recommend picking up The Evil Within on a console, possibly at a price cut. It will definitely scratch the itch of someone who has been pining for a return to the older days of gaming, but everyone else who has come to expect that certain layer of polish likely won't be amused.
  5. GRYOnline.pl
    Oct 28, 2014
    65
    The Evil Within is an unoriginal but interesting concept that keeps the player on the edge of his or hers seat and makes the blood flow faster. It's a shame that outdated gameplay mechanics surfaces fairly quickly (and begins to frustrate shortly after). The game is quite easy to be memorized move by move, room by room - and that kills all the horror. The Evil Within is not bad at the survival part, it's quite good as a stealth game and mediocre as a shooter. It has an interesting story and dull characters - all of that can be fun, but I think expectations were much bigger.
  6. CalmDownTom
    Oct 30, 2014
    60
    Despite darkness being a horror game’s natural habitat, living so much in other game’s shadows limits The Evil Within from being the genre redefining classic it really should have been.
  7. Giant Bomb
    Oct 29, 2014
    40
    For every brilliant moment, there's a handful only worthy of exasperated annoyance.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 167
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 167
  3. Negative: 78 out of 167
  1. Whitescreenop
    Oct 14, 2014
    10
    You can unlock 60 fps and gg this game is **** awesome !!!! one of the best horror games in years so go and buy it now!!!!! or the evil willYou can unlock 60 fps and gg this game is **** awesome !!!! one of the best horror games in years so go and buy it now!!!!! or the evil will kill you!!… Expand
  2. Se7enus
    Oct 16, 2014
    9
    I am reading a host of silly reviews.... Frame rate locked, cannot change the key binding poor ect ect...

    These fixes were released with    I am reading a host of silly reviews.... Frame rate locked, cannot change the key binding poor ect ect...

    These fixes were released with the game, easily rectified and I am playing minus cinema boxes and at 60fps. This is future gaming guys, no long should be have the attitude that PC gaming must be played on a mouse and keyboard, some games are simply not built for mouse and keyboard, I believe this is one of them. Grab yourself a game pad and play it as it is meant to be played.

    Great game, tense atmosphere, good mechanic. Battle is a bit fiddly at times and camera can become a tad frustrating, however the camera makes a dynamic feel and I think if I was shooting at barbed wire clad, flesh eating enemies I would probably have a tough time holding a gun steady. As you progress and upgrade the battle mechanics become far better.    … Expand
  4. Kulkuri
    Nov 3, 2014
    8
    Now that the game has been patched it's in my humble opinion mostly flawless experience that's aimed for the older Resident Evil audience.Now that the game has been patched it's in my humble opinion mostly flawless experience that's aimed for the older Resident Evil audience. It's challenging but fair. It's visually appealing and has some of the most impressive texture art in my recent memory. That doesn't mean that the textures are from the sharpest end of the stick it's just that it seems that thanks to idTech5 almost all the textures contain unique features in them. Level design is very organic. Sound and music is ok but not very remarkable. Monster design is very good. Controls are fairly responsive after you active the 60 FPS mode. I didn't find the film black bars problematic but rather played the game without them. The idea is that there are effects based on taking in and out the black film bars on top and bottom part of the screen. Adjusting FOV allows you to see around. The game has few design flaws regarding the stealth elements. With ammunition very scarce that is the perfect recipe to some really challenging difficulty spikes inside the game. Plot has been written in such a way they player should play the game through at least twice to understand the plot in its entirely. It has lots of interesting details and stuff that recent games have not had. Overall it's a great game and very much something akin to a spiritual remake of Resident Evil 4. Additional note about Windows-PC version is that you might have to adjust the game through the console to make it work the way you want even with the patch that fixed many of the issues reviews here at Metacritic complain about.… Expand
  5. braindamage
    Jan 17, 2015
    5
    an average game or maybe a little below average , that's slow and methodical to develop, with paid dlc content to get basic weapon like a firean average game or maybe a little below average , that's slow and methodical to develop, with paid dlc content to get basic weapon like a fire crossbow bolt, over all uneventful slog to get thru with no high point's, with nice graphics , since they released the patch to remove the black bars, recommend for about 10 bucks ,… Expand
  6. life234
    Oct 22, 2014
    3
    This game is ehhhhh.... Good concept and game play, but dear god what did you do to the PC version of this game!? Wide-screen view andThis game is ehhhhh.... Good concept and game play, but dear god what did you do to the PC version of this game!? Wide-screen view and locked frame rate! This game is 360 graphics by far and on steam it say the minimum requirements is an i7 processor? Get out of here with that crap, hopefully there is an HD update to fix this nonsense. Will play once that has been fixed and update my review.… Expand
  7. Fuz
    Oct 29, 2014
    1
    Yet another game with that awful, awful shoulder camera. It's sort of a new trend in gaming that I can't tolerate. It makes me feel unbalancedYet another game with that awful, awful shoulder camera. It's sort of a new trend in gaming that I can't tolerate. It makes me feel unbalanced and sick, I have problems aiming, moving around and going straight with it.

    I wish developers would just stick with a perfectly fine and functional centered camera (or at least gave us the option to choose). It works way better.    … Expand
  8. Malcolmx
    Nov 3, 2014
    0
    this game is awfall, i've downloaded mine after the Latest Patch, the screen image still doesn't fit 1080p tv.

    it's got the wrong aspect    this game is awfall, i've downloaded mine after the Latest Patch, the screen image still doesn't fit 1080p tv.

    it's got the wrong aspect ratio, it's too short in height and far too wide, you can not adjust it, the menu commands are off the screen on the right hand side, you can only see it on a much lower resolution, this is definitely the latest patch because it has 60FPS and also letterbox removed.

    also, you can see Win 8.1 desktop behind the game, what a total and utter pile of junk....from what i've seen so far the colouring looks wrong too, it's too grey and lifeless

    dont get this on pc just in case you get my buggy version    … Expand

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