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Pros:
- Classic survival horror gameplay
- Can be very scary and unsettling
- Fractured narrative keeps you on edge
Cons:
- Hideously frustrating
- Poor performances and patchy visuals
- Assorted technical issues
Shinji Mikami is a legend in the world of survival horror – having crafting countless classics including the original Resident Evil. In recent years, he’s made his mark with his studio Tango Gameworks and the weird yet wonderful series known as
The Evil Within.
Its
sequel is the better experience both visually and mechanically, with the first entry being incredibly rough around the edges for a number of reasons. Despite this, I have a massive soft spot for it, purely because how it approaches, campy, blood-soaked horror in such an over-the-top manner.
If you’re after an enjoyable third-person shooter with an utterly ridiculous approach to evil monsters and mind-bending horror locales, you can’t get much better than this.
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9. The Evil Within 2
Take The Evil Within, expand its world, further limit its resources,
add a more coherent story, and you have an excellent sequel to an already excellent survival horror experience. It's one of the generation's most complete horror packages, and while it's scares often
surpass those of the first, familiarity dampens fear, and for that reason, we give the slight edge to its predecessor.
8. The Evil Within
Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami’s return to survival horror came in 2014 with The Evil Within, and it didn’t disappoint. With roots in RE, Evil Within thrived off its challenging gameplay, limited resources, inspired world,
engaging story, and brilliantly horrific enemy design—The Keeper, Laura, Zehn, and Neun, to name a few.