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The Evil Within 2 |OT| "Something not quite right"

So far:

-Game looks and runs way better on PS4 than 1
-Knife kills are a welcome addition
-A couple of things that I assume are Twin Peaks nods, that I appreciated
-Voice acting/dialogue are pretty terrible. I actually liked it in the first game, felt like a B-movie and added to the style. Here it just seems like bad videogame dialogue. A lot of the presentation actually reminds me of Fallout 4 for some reason, particularly NPC conversations

So far the design has been kinda weird. I've just gotten to the point where it'll start opening up but I'm not entirely sure I like how they've changed everything. I guess on a positive note the design overall at least seems more focused than the first game
 
Something is holding me back from getting this. Just not sold on the streams I've watched. Gotta here more impressions when people are further into the game.
 

DVCY201

Member
The first complaint is what I fear the most : (

Even the UI in general feels more colorful and happy, feels way too ''comic style zombie game'' to me

It really suck to be so sensitive to art and atmosphere, what looks ''meh'' to people looks like a burning dog shit to me.

I can pick you out now just by reading your posts lol
 

CheckMate

Member
Just finished a one-go 7 hour setting and called it a day, and I don’t even play videogames these days (last game I finished was BoTW). Anyway, just dropping my thoughts:

This game feels like they Resident Evil 4ed the original Evil Within, where the first game felt restrictive like Remake, TEW2 feels more ‘Arcady’. Not saying it’s terrible – Everything that made the original game great is still there, but with a more modern take. I personally like we got this instead of treading on the same ground.

Openworld toke me a while to get used too. At first, I hated it and thought it was out of place but after a while it felt familiar when I knew how it functioned. I just wished there was distinctive look to the indoor aesthetics. Searching for loot became a fun side activity and so is picking side quests via the radio. Game is as hard as the first, which is nice to see that they didn’t wuss out with the difficulty.

The story seems to better this time around solely for having a focus. Even though the whole ‘WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER?!” can get stale after a couple of hours, it’s nice to know you are working towards a goal, and that there are some side characters you could communicate with. A lot of focus on Mobius, STEM, and even Seb himself. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but I like how it’s a cheesy relaxing story that is just fun to go through.

So far am liking it a lot, and if it keeps up it would probably surpass the first game.
 

DVCY201

Member
You can call me the art bitching man.

Thank god I wasn't on NeoGAF when Dark Souls 2 came out, you should have seen my reaction. I was bitching EVERYDAY.

and yes.....I am vergo.

Haha, but I agree with you. TEW1 has a great, gritty art style. I do wonder if it's the same art lead.
 

Skulldead

Member
I'm a little scare,
12
hours to finish the game on casual ? (i'll probably play nightmare)

I did beat the first game in like 15 hours, does the side content really add a lot of content ? or it's like 2-3 more hours ? I thought the semi-open world would have made the game a little longer.
 
The PC ram requirements are so steep. Luckily I'm working with the 32GB of DDR4 3000 ram. But damn, half that gone with just TEW2. Can't wait to play this in awhile!
 

Dusk Golem

A 21st Century Rockefeller
Steam updated to 1 hour just now so looks like 8pm PST.

It's still 9 PM PST / 12 AM EST, when Steam says one hour left it means it's below two hours but over one hour. When it becomes 8 PM PST / 11 PM EST, the timer will change to "less than one hour".
 

Xux

Member
It's still 9 PM PST / 12 AM EST, when Steam says one hour left it means it's below two hours but over one hour. When it becomes 8 PM PST / 11 PM EST, the timer will change to "less than one hour".
Oh, well that's dumb. Also, I'm dumb. Back to watching people be bad at Dark Souls on Twitch.
 
Haha, but I agree with you. TEW1 has a great, gritty art style. I do wonder if it's the same art lead.

Usually the atmosphere and art style has more to do with director than art lead, the stricter the director is the better the results. Artist don't get paid more for doing a better job, so director have to be extra picky to bring out the full talent.

Miyazaki (Demon's Souls/Dark Souls/Bloodborne) once said his men must hate working with him, he also said that he is a very anal person, and after playing his games I don't doubt that at all.

The art design, attention to detail and atmosphere are all just incredible, everything in the game feels like they were handcrafted.
 

Bebpo

Banned
Any word on the PC port? Still debating whether to get it on PC or PS4 and want to take advantage of pre-order discounts.
 
Okay, so 4 hours in, playing on normal/survival:

-The side content is pretty good. Gruesome stories with worthwhile rewards both in terms of lore and gear/resources.

-There are lots of bizarre Easter eggs, from outside properties like
Twin Peaks
to
other Bethesda games.
I even found
Corvo's Mask and a robot dog from Wolfenstein.

-Monster designs are just okay so far, with the average enemies looking pretty bad even compared to their counterparts in the original. This thing was something I really looked forward to fighting after seeing it in previews, but it was pretty lame in practice.

-If you liked how tight, claustrophobic and intense TEW1 was, you'll probably hate the early parts of this game. I've been meandering for hours and love it, but it definitely will rub fans of more linear experiences the wrong way.

My conclusion so far is that TEW2 is a better game than TEW1, but will likely be an inferior horror experience simply due to the increased options and leeway the environments afford to the player. I'd recommend playing on Nightmare if you want to come close to replicating the first game's feel.

Any word on the PC port? Still debating whether to get it on PC or PS4 and want to take advantage of pre-order discounts.

Playing with an old 970 and everything on high. I haven't noticed any issues, it's been totally smooth.
 

kodecraft

Member
Usually the atmosphere and art style has more to do with director than art lead, the stricter the director is the better the results. Artist don't get paid more for doing a better job, so director have to be extra picky to bring out the full talent.

Miyazaki (Demon's Souls/Dark Souls/Bloodborne) once said his men must hate working with him, he also said that he is a very anal person, and after playing his games I don't doubt that at all.

The art design, attention to detail and atmosphere are all just incredible, everything in the game feels like they were handcrafted.

Interesting, I wonder if working with Kojima is like this too. So much attention to detail, you have to be meticulous to show that amount of polish.
 

Bebpo

Banned
Playing with an old 970 and everything on high. I haven't noticed any issues, it's been totally smooth.

Ok, hope you're right. Gonna pre-order on PC before the pre-order extras are gone! Running SLI 980s (don't expect SLI to work, so just one 980 performance probably).

*edit* oh wow, looked but didn't see a performance thread. See it now. Sorry for asking here.
 

SargerusBR

I love Pokken!
Need some help with
Stefano
on Ch 8

This motherfucker teleports everywhere i can only shoot him once, and his charge attack is near unavoidable.

Tips?
 

Karak

Member
Need some help with
Stefano
on Ch 8

This motherfucker teleports everywhere i can only shoot him once, and his charge attack is near unavoidable.

Tips?

yep
He has a very high tendancy to teleport to the middle first and then do the rapid tele each time a little closer to you. I found one corner wall of the room and used it as a buffer always running at full speed, so many times he teleported and he couldn't see me and I couldn't see him. If he said a one liner, I knew he was throwing a knife or taking a pic so I just kept springing. Even if that meant having to use a different corner section of wall as a buffer. If he appeared in front of me I attacked with the knife which CAN block him. Won't always but many times it will end up stunning him and you can run away. Also shoot the tentecles. They stop attacking for a long time when you do. Hand gun seemed to work the best but never try to shoot if he is in the middle of that quick stepping warp in a line behind you. It seems like he can't be stopped that way. You need t basically always be moving at an angle to him. Never away or towards
 

Jawmuncher

Member
I'm enjoying how from what i've played so far is all in the same place.
None of the "I made a bunch of locations and want to put them into one game" where it gave me whiplash how often the scenery was changing.
 
I will be streaming this on my youtube channel (GameStreamMachine) in about 15 minutes. No commentary but I will definitely look to the comments for advice/help/thoughts.
 
So is there a consensus on what difficulty level to start on if you played normal on TEW1? I've mostly been on a blackout for this game, but I've seen posts say hard in this is equivalent to normal in the first game. Is that true?
 

Gin-Shiio

Member
Is the narrative really good? Do I have to play the first game to get it?

Many of the characters, including the main character of course, were introduced in the first game, and they reference the events of the first game almost constantly. Many of the concepts and rules of the world the game takes place in also are explained in the first game. I'd say you would be completely lost without any knowledge about the first game, yeah, but you can read up on that without much trouble.
 
Wait, is the survival difficulty actually that much easier?

I know the description says that Nightmare is recommended for people who enjoy survival horror games and liked the first TEW but I don't want to overestimate my abilities lol @_@
 

silva1991

Member
That's actually kind of hard to believe since it was so sparse to begin with in the previous game. If it's even more stripped down, why even bother including it? Anyway, three minutes of unpacking left.

Maybe I'm just judging too early. iirc, different upgrade trees unlocked later after getting different weapons in the first game.

Wait, is the survival difficulty actually that much easier?

I know the description says that Nightmare is recommended for people who enjoy survival horror games and liked the first TEW but I don't want to overestimate my abilities lol @_@

just started a new game and choose Nightmare. Good thing I can always lower the difficulty later.
 

Animator

Member
I am absolutely loving this game so far. For reference I did not like it from the streams I watched but playing it yourself is a whole other ballgame and experience.

-Love how smooth it runs
-The atmosphere is great. Absolutely love the town so far, so many nook and crannies to explore.
-The radio/echo discovery system is very nicely done.
-Much better story than the first one imo so far. I was lost about what the hell is going on in the first game and what the objective is most of the time. This one is clear from the start.

The only thing I don't like is how fucking slow Sebastian clibs ladders, otherwise it has been a really enjoyable ride and I am glad I bought it.
 

silva1991

Member
Waht do you mean exactly?

I fixed my post. I shouldn't have posted that way too early.

Last thing I did before restarting the game was upgrading via that chair and the weapons upgrade wast there and I forgot about the workshop, because it's new and still haven't used it.

Whoops.

Anyways back to the game and I won't post again until I actually play a decent amount of it lol.
 

Karak

Member
I fixed my post. I shouldn't have posted that way too early.

Last thing I did before restarting the game was upgrading via that chair and the weapons upgrade wast there and I forgot about the workshop, because it's new and still haven't used it.

Whoops.

Anyways back to the game and I won't post again until I actually play a decent amount of it lol.
oh gotcha lol
 
I'm a little scare,
12
hours to finish the game on casual ? (i'll probably play nightmare)

I did beat the first game in like 15 hours, does the side content really add a lot of content ? or it's like 2-3 more hours ? I thought the semi-open world would have made the game a little longer.

I just played for 7 hours and am only in chapter 4. I think there are 17 chapters.

Exploring the open world and hunting for loot and upgrades is super fun. I think a lot of the reviewers blazed through this to get something out for embargo.

There is A LOT of game here, and it's quality, awesome stuff.

Love it so far.
 
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