![]() ![]() ![]() It also helps forgive Sebastian’s tendency to say “what the?” at every single unusual happening around him despite this not being his first adventure into the unknown. An evil organization with a silly plan for world domination, a squad of specially trained soldiers entering a dangerous location and getting picked off one by one, horribly unethical experimentation that backfires, scenery-chewing baddies, the list goes on. While Shinji Mikami didn’t direct this installment, the duty falling to John Johanas this time around, the beats and ideas feel remixed almost completely wholesale from an older Resident Evil game. This is evened out by the entire game’s presentation leaning in to a campier tone. Sebastian was practically a caricature before, a generic grizzled police detective that got in way over his head, but his goal here feels as rote as a Hallmark Channel original movie… with more flesh-eating maniacs and flamethrower-wielding zealots. In this case, a washed-up father rescuing his child while also overcoming personal demons. While the sequel doesn’t hit “Inception meets Hellraiser” levels of overwrought obfuscation and gratuitous gore, it does have one of the most trite and played-out motivations for a video game hero. The first Evil Within had no real story until the final two hours or so a nakedly obvious vehicle for various unconnected encounters and set pieces and horrific imagery. But something has gone horribly wrong inside the program, causing the digital slice of urban Americana called Union to slowly crumble to dust, so Sebastian is given a simple task: enter the crumbling world of STEM and rescue his daughter with their freedom as a reward.Īnd it leads to one of the bigger problems I have with the story. The twist is she has been plugged into STEM, a sort of alternative linked mindscape (think The Matrix) with her innocent mind used to power it. They then reveal that his daughter, believed to have died in a tragic fire, is actually alive and well. After drinking himself into a hole trying to forget the events of the first game, he is captured by the world-controlling secret society the Illuminati Mobius. ![]() You once again fill the shoes of detective Sebastian Castellanos. Despite all of the gloss and polish of a more confident production, the game never fully struck a chord with me due to a bunch of small problems that continued to add up. And there’s a greater sense of discipline running throughout the entire production.īut I am still not entirely convinced the game is a true return to form for the talent involved. There is an actual coherent plot from start to finish. The gameplay actually feels like something living up to its pedigree. The production values have been given decent polish, with some impressive visuals and audio design to show for it. The Evil Within 2 is a great improvement from its predecessor. ![]()
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