The Evil Within PlayStation 4

1. slim1985

   Oct 14, 2014

   10

   it may not be the best game out their but it the survival/horror return in the hand of it father shinji mikami this game have a greatit may not be the best game out their but it the survival/horror return in the hand of it father shinji mikami this game have a great atmosphere and require skills to survive bringing back the old school survival horror style "less resources, Puzzles, etc"this game is a must for survival/horror fans… Expand

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2. khugh777

   Nov 10, 2014

   10

   Holy moley!! I loved it. First off I really enjoy survival horror game going back to silent hill one so I'd like to think I know the genreHoly moley!! I loved it. First off I really enjoy survival horror game going back to silent hill one so I'd like to think I know the genre pretty good. Great story. Amazing environment and the controls are perfect. A nice mix of stealth and we'll just chaos. As the choice is yours on how to play it. It's Creepy as hell and definitely worth playing. If you like survival horror games at all you HAVE to play this.… Expand

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4. Makaveli

   Oct 14, 2014

   9

   ( Received my copy early on October 10th,friend hooked me up)
   Shinji Mikami ( father of survival horror) is the director of The Evil Within( Received my copy early on October 10th,friend hooked me up)
   Shinji Mikami ( father of survival horror) is the director of The Evil Within and it has been said that this title will be the last videogame he directs and what a way to go out.
   
   While playing The Evil Within, I felt like I returned to the good old days of survival horror. You could tell that Silent Hill was one of Shinjis inspirations for this game. I also sensed some inspiration from horror movies from the 80s and of course Resident Evil 4.
   There were some frame rate drops and texture pop ins that occurred sometimes while playing the game, but it wasn't so bad, I've seen a lot worse in other games.
   
   The graphics themselves are nothing special, however the environments that you traverse are interesting and beautifully designed, you could defiantly tell you are playing a shinji mikami game.
   Enemy design is also very nice and you could tell that the designers took their time in creating each enemy..I did not like the black borders that were present on the screen at first, but after awhile I didn't mind it.
   
   Bosses seemed to be frustrating but I'm a type of gamer who enjoys learning by dying.. The game doesn't tell you how to kill a boss, so chances are you will die over and over again until you find out for yourself on how to defeat it... This game is challenging.. I played on normal and it was still pretty hard.
   The story is weird, it's confusing and it seems like it drags out a bit, but nonetheless it is very solid, I actually like the story better than Resident Evil 4. However I liked Leon a lot better than Sebastian, I thought Sebastian was a very dull protagonist, just a pretty boring guy..
   Puzzles were ok, nothing special, quiet easy actually, could be because I was only playing on normal, but they are pretty straight forward.
   I did not find the game scary but I did find it disturbing and I was tense through most of it, just like resident evil 4.
   Resident Evil 4 to me is slightly better than The Evil Within (at least to me) but it was a fun ride, I plan on playing it again... First play through took me approx 17 hours.
   
   I recommend this game to people who loved the classic Resident Evil games, newcomers may not like this game as it does indeed feel like an old school horror game. The game is also hard so you must have the patience and be able to learn by trial and error...
   Presentation: 9.5
   Gameplay: 9.5
   Sound :10
   Graphics: 7.0
   Story: 8.0
   Replayability: 9.0
   My Score : 88%… Expand

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5. dacritic82

   Aug 8, 2015

   8

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a great title if you're into horror games with a sick twist. In fact, the best way to describe is "a disturbing experience" that's totally worth playing, not only for the overall quality of the game itself, but also for the lack of alternatives at the moment.
   
   As one progresses through the game, one comes across all sorts of documents (files, personal diary entries, audio tapes, newspapers, etc.) that reveal small pieces of information that, like in a puzzle, you have to put together yourself to get a grasp of what the hell is going on. There is no map, no objective or hints of any kind. You just have to play along, trying to avoid booby traps and large crowds of foes and collecting all the green gel in your path (the stuff required to upgrade your character's attributes and weapons). Exploration is key (the game will even unlock new weapons as a reward for your time spent wondering around, picking up everything). There are some good puzzles but, unfortunately, not so many of them.
   
   Now the cons: the FPS drop is godawful. Although it's something I almost always overlook, in this game it can't go unnoticed; it's a really serious issue. Also, the original release of the game had black bands wasting around 30% of the screen. It took them almost 10 months to add an option in the menu to enable fullscreen mode.
   
   Minor spoiler:
   
   Finally, Mikami stated that he wanted to create a game with horror as its essence (and without that much action), but the last part of the game fails at this, making you face some of the previous bosses yet again and with long shooting sections. Also, and at a personal level, I think that arming the enemies with guns, crossbows, dynamite, etc. is a poor choice to make enemies more dangerous.… Expand

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6. Dal_ReviewedDat

   Feb 19, 2015

   7

   I recently picked the Evil Within Ltd Edition new for £25 in store, and felt as a horror game fan I would enjoy it. And so far, so good.I recently picked the Evil Within Ltd Edition new for £25 in store, and felt as a horror game fan I would enjoy it. And so far, so good.
   
   The game isn't all that scary, nothing like the P.T. demo that made me lay an egg a few times, but it does relish in gore, and moments of horror that you'd expect from your favourite B-movie. The game play is smooth and while targeting and actually killing things can become frustrating, it actually adds to the beauty of it. I found myself dying about twenty times in the opening scene trying to attack the lurcher in the room, and its this guess work and desire to complete that makes you want to get that little further.
   
   The story will fry your brain a little, but the world and themes are pretty cool. I don't understand how anyone can rate this game as a 0 or 1 ... it's not the best game I've ever played, but for £25 it was a bargain really, and I'd suggest any horror game fan to give it a whirl as they wont be disappointed.… Expand

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7. middelagedgamer

   Jul 19, 2015

   5

   I was expecting more from this game than I ended up with. From the get go I just found the game mechanics of The Evil Within to be beyondI was expecting more from this game than I ended up with. From the get go I just found the game mechanics of The Evil Within to be beyond frustrating. I mean the guy is so slow, in everything he does. I found myself continually shouting at the screen "MOVE!, WHY WONT YOU MOVE!", all of this accompanied by choice profanities and insults.. The main character is also lackluster and has zero personality. The other supposed main characters in the game make sporadic appearances, often disappearing for chapters on end, only to re-appear again having seemingly no connection to the overall story, a story which even when I came to the end made no sense to me.
   
   Some of the boss fights were insanely difficult, made harder with the clunky controls and a protagonist that runs out of puff almost immediately. Upgrading this ability early is essential as later in the game it would be impossible to get through some of the chapters if he is still running out of steam after 3 seconds..again, very frustrating..more shouting at the screen.
   
   Melee is useless..you could thump an enemy 15 times and it wouldn't do anything..
   
   The graphics were okay but not quite as refined as some other games out there.
   
   The chainsaw monster is straight out of Resident Evil, here by special invitation.
   
   Ammunition...there is not a lot of it around and enemies take a lot of it to be killed. Some of the main boss fights will literally take multiple attempts to get through as memorizing the process or method in which they can be defeated is required, and all while trying to get the main character to actually move with some semblance of fluidity..
   
   I didn't hate this game , it was generally okay but usually I would play a game on an easy or moderate setting the first time around to get a feel for it and then go back and immediately play it again on a hard setting, picking up and collecting things that I may have missed out on the first time around..I have no desire to do this with The Evil Within..Once was enough for me.… Expand

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8. Jaka

   Dec 7, 2014

   0

   Hahahahaha the evil within Geez mate what a joke rather play doom 3d return of the castle graphics are crap Honestly you walk around theHahahahaha the evil within Geez mate what a joke rather play doom 3d return of the castle graphics are crap Honestly you walk around the corner and go wat the fxxxxk you pple need to get your act together and take your time to release games what's the Rush there's no horror involved I want a horror that's unexpected makes you go to bed of a night thinking there's something under your bed enough said… Expand

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