Post by Steve Farrelly @ 03:03pm 14/10/14 | 33 Comments
From our review:
Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within is an absolute mindfuck, in the most sincere and loving way that term can be taken. It’s a bending and twisting posterchild for anxiety. It forces your insides to curl up and clinch in terror, even when nothing is around. And it achieves this because it tells you sweet FA about why, or what, anything is.This is a rare score for a rare game.
Read our full The Evil Within review right here.
Disclaimer: The site's The Evil Within advertising campaign has nothing to do with this review, or the review score. Our advertising team dealt with Bethesda's advertising team, and the editorial team had no dealings in that space whatsoever. The review is entirely independent of the campaign.
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Posted 05:23pm 14/10/14
I'm not going to read the review in attempt to avoid spoilers (this was on my buy list anyway).
Either way, wasn't expecting that score. Super excited.
Posted 05:29pm 14/10/14
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Posted 06:08pm 14/10/14
Steve you hardcore. Is survival hardest difficulty?
edit: Yeah that's ab it weird steve why do you keep saying because f*** you. It's a bit childish.
Posted 05:59pm 14/10/14
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Posted 06:43pm 14/10/14
Yeah normally your reviews are very spoiler free, however Horror games I tend not to risk it, describing the mood or atmosphere can dampen the "Fresh" effect.
Posted 06:48pm 14/10/14
casual mode engages 30fps
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Posted 09:42pm 14/10/14
Alien is good, but very very repetitive and some cheap A.I., does get the heart racing though :)
Posted 11:44pm 14/10/14
Posted 12:13am 15/10/14
http://www.vg247.com/2014/10/14/the-evil-within-re
I'd say the higher end of the scale is outweighing the lower. We also have a disclaimer acknowledging the advertising campaign on the site.
The campaign was signed off over a month ago - well before our review. The campaign was added to the site by our own advertising agency through Bethesda's and we're not the only site with this campaign. Neither myself, nor the entire editorial team had anything to do with this campaign, and Bethesda had nothing to do with our review score.
Posted 09:00am 15/10/14
Posted 09:04am 15/10/14
only half fun then;
Posted 05:56pm 15/10/14
Posted 07:53am 17/10/14
It does make it more cinematic, I feel like i'm only ever looking where the game director wants me to look, but I still have the freedom to look elsewhere, its odd and hard to explain. Either way it's not game breaking.
It makes me appreciate the Evil Wtihin Maze at Moview World that little bit more, the sound effects and audio and decals and f*** everything was so close to the game, such a good job replicating the feel.
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Posted 10:17pm 17/10/14
I'm a huge fan of horror and thriller movies, I love watching the s*** out of them, getting all scared gets me going like you wouldn't believe. It's by far my favourite genre to watch. Horror games is another thing. I sink way to hard in to them and every little thing gets me jumpy.
The last game to send me off the rails was outlast, I couldn't even last more then 20 minutes and I was done with it, never to turn it on again. This game has great scare pacing, its tension is what f*****g gets me, the music, the atmosphere, the field of view. It all makes for a terrifying experience.
Steves review is spot on from what i've played. It is a 10/10 horror game. It does everything right to scare the s*** out of you. In saying that, its not for everyone. If you don't enjoy horror games, being scared or extreme survival don't touch the f*****g thing. Cause it delivers it.
Posted 10:20pm 17/10/14
Yeah what Vash said, is it worth playing? What's the cheapest place to get it from for xbox 360?
Haven't read anything, groganus can you comment on the puzzles if any exist? Is it similar to RE games and it's puzzles?
Posted 11:58pm 17/10/14
Also note, the first 2 chapters have been rather short, an introduction to the game if anything.
Posted 06:06am 21/10/14
Thanks for wasting my time with this self indulgent crap.
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