The Evil Within: Some May Call It an Evil that is Resident

[ProjectPat2280]

I still haven't gone past like chapter 3 yet. One, I find it scary and Im a wimp. 2, i bought it late so I kinda put it on the back burner for all these other games I got. I need to jump back in to it.

 

[Benstamania]

Yeah my buddy told me it's the most frightening game he's ever played.

 

[Dave McFly]

picked it up on BF for 35 on PS4 gonna play it this weekend

 

[Thundercrack85]

Decided to pick this one up as well.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

I'm enjoying the game, I just wish it was paced better, also the dialogue is kinda terrible.

 

[Benstamania]

Is it weird that I kind of like that? Everyone told me it's an ode to the original RE.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Yeah... I'm not buying that. Sounds more like a clever justification for a poor translation. In 1996 this kinda thing had its charm, but they casted actual actors in this which was a waste of some serious talent.

 

[Tron Bonne]

I don't think it's an ode to the original RE, it's just Mikami. Plots and dialogue in all of his games are always terrible. Anyone who has ever played any of his games should come to expect this at this point, his games are never about the story.

 

[Benstamania]

I never played it.. Just saying what I was told. I'm actually not allowed to play it until Christmas... Wife's orders...

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Just because Mikami's name is on it doesn't make the game immune to criticism.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Just because Mikami's name is on it doesn't make the game immune to criticism.

Never said it did, but at this point, anyone remotely familiar with his work should know what to expect. It's like going into Transformers 4 and being upset that the story was **** despite having seen all the others and seen what type of films they were. Sure, it's a valid criticism if that's an important aspect to you, but it's sort of the old addage, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice..." It's a Mikami game, and for two decades he's made games with horrible stories and dialogue.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Fair enough, i just feel this was a missed oppertunity based on the talent involved.

 

[Tron Bonne]

I think I enjoyed it more than most, but I do think it could be better. This is why I look forward to a sequel. Even if it's a RE2 situation where Mikami is more of a supervisor than a director, there's a lot in TEW that could be refined into something really special. I appreciate the ambition.

 

[Dave McFly]

boy am I dumb I grabbed the game out of the wal mart bag to play and and I did not even realize I bough the PS3 one (face palm). so I had to return it they still had SOME BF games for sale in the display case but ZERO copies of the PS4 version .

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

My biggest problem with this game is it tries to be equal parts old school survival horror, 3rd person action game and modern stalker escape game, but it doesnt do any of it particularly well. The AI is way too ****ing stupid, resources are not scarce enough, and autosaving kills tension.

 

[Travesty]

My biggest problem with this game is it tries to be equal parts old school survival horror, 3rd person action game and modern stalker escape game, but it doesnt do any of it particularly well. The AI is way too ****ing stupid, resources are not scarce enough, and autosaving kills tension.

I agree with this for the most part, but what do you mean by the last part? How did it kill tension?

 

[Tron Bonne]

A lot of people have the thought process that by autosaving in a horror game, it kills the tension of dying, because you can just go back to the autosave. I don't agree with it, but I know some "old school" survival horror fans swear by it.

 

[Travesty]

Well, this game wasn't really a survival game, it was wayyyyy more of an action game than anything. So I don't really see how that could break tension, when it's not a survival game to begin with?

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Anytime the game autodaved I knew I was safe. The game was marketed as Mikami's return to survival horror. So genre fans like myself were expecting something else.

 

[Tron Bonne]

I would consider survival horror, but my personal definition probably doesn't meet that of "old school" fans

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

I will say that The Evil Within is more of a survival horror game than the Dead Space series ever was, but it misses the mark for me personally. I hope the sequel is a more subtle isolated affair. Tone down the action and make something more akin to the original Resident Evil.

 

[Thundercrack85]

So does it play like Resident Evil, or more... action-y?

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Its more of an action game with elements of resident evil and the stalker escape genre.

 

[Travesty]

I will say that The Evil Within is more of a survival horror game than the Dead Space series ever was, but it misses the mark for me personally. I hope the sequel is a more subtle isolated affair. Tone down the action and make something more akin to the original Resident Evil.

I dunno, the first Dead Space is pretty survival horror, if you ask me. I never played DS2&3, but I heard they slowly started to escape that. DS3 being the worst, I heard.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

The first dead space had serious balance issues. The weapons were way too overpowered for the kind of game it was trying to be which I think the developer figured out which is why the series changed with the sequels