30yearsofhurt
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Huber from Easy Allies gave it 4.5/5.
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The Evil Within 2 Review Thread
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Mirror's my thoughts exactly. They're really good guys over there, incidentally.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/16/the-evil-within-2-review/
Great review from Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
Great review from Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
baddvision
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bet he's da what, thought? spittake.gif wow subscribed
SlasherJPC
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What a horrible summary lol
Based on their review-in-progress write-ups, I'm sure US Gamer and Polygon will give the game strong scores.
I could not disagree more with this "best gaming site when it comes to horror." It's like I'm reading a list of things I never experienced up to Chapter 4
Crawling from waypoint to waypoint in Union for breadcrumbs of story between humanish enemies like an InFamous game is good pacing?
A story about your daughter being conveniently not-dead but trapped in a dangerous place where dad has to go save her is a creative and strong emotional core?
How was it bad? Explain. It was easily some of my most tense moments in gaming
If only it had good acting and dialogue, then it would get away with any short comings.
Duxxy3
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I prefer TWE1, but TWE2 is definitely not a 4/10 game. If TWE1 is an 8.5 for me, then TWE2 would be an 8.
Sir Ilpalazzo
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Evil Within chapter 1? It's too basic to be interesting - sneak up and grab the key when the sadist walks into the back room, throw a bottle to send him into the corner in the second room, and you're done - throw in lots of slow walking for good measure. It's not a terrible opening (although it's not very interesting on replays for the most part) but there's not a lot to it.
Ugh Metro sucks at reviewing games. This game is a solid 8.5 in my book. at chapter 6 and having a blast. While no review will lessen my experiences with the game, I'm kinda bothered by the fact it was it was enough to slap down the metacritic to a point people will skip on this gem.
Ooccoo
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It's funny but I think the game actually looks worse than TEW1 in some cases, especially monsters and brain/body damage. A lot of the finer details have been lost with the open world segments (and they suck IMO). Horror games absolutely need to be linear or at least in a controlled environment. Union doesn't work as a city, because atmosphere is lacking unlike something like Silent Hill. It's like this game is trying too many things at once, but doesn't excel at any of them.
Also I find it weird that some of you are so emotionally invested in a Metacritic score. The game has already flopped quite badly in the UK and that was when the meta score was pretty decent, don't try to blame a couple of low scoring reviews for the game suddenly not selling well, there are many other factors going on to explain that.
Duchess O'Death
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I don't support review scores but for the sake of this thread, I would give it a 7 personally. I think the game could've used a bit more budget to work with. Bethesda seemed to have not believed in this game for some reason. Also character animations/controls are some of, if not the, worst in recent memory.
I loved the open world aspect and I hope more horror games do it and improve it but I don't know how I feel about the workbench crafting vs inventory crafting. There's no risk and reward in going to a workbench to craft ammo. It's just tedious!
The game has so much tedium. Miles better than the first one but still needs improvements.
I love the new art direction. I hated the first game's look and feel.
I loved the open world aspect and I hope more horror games do it and improve it but I don't know how I feel about the workbench crafting vs inventory crafting. There's no risk and reward in going to a workbench to craft ammo. It's just tedious!
The game has so much tedium. Miles better than the first one but still needs improvements.
I love the new art direction. I hated the first game's look and feel.
cripterion
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I don't own the game but watching Mr.Odd playthrough and I would join this sentiment.
It looks like a budget game to me so I was surprised to see this scoring high early on.
Starbuck2907
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This.
Yes, i think a lot of people wrote it off because of it.
I bought the game in 2014, and only played it this summer, partly because its beginning shows off its weakest elements.
Starbuck2907
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The opening of TEW1 was great. Like Resident Evil 4, it almost immediately sets the tone for a tough, no mercy type of game. I remember the first time I came across a gang of insane villagers in RE4 within 10 minutes of starting the game. I died there several times before figuring it out. TEW1 tried to set that sort of insane situation and tone right from the start. Its different from RE4, but conceptually, hes employing similar techniques by making the early going so tough.
Remember, it's just their opinion. You almost certainly have a completely different one, and both of your opinions are 100 percent correct!
Toadthemushroom
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The GC review is interesting because they weren't keen on the first one either. But I reckon that if they doubled down on the unique stuff that made the first more of an auteur-directed game it would have been more warmly received, like with Paper Mario Color Splash (I believe GC awarded Sticker Star a 4/10, but Color Splash got either a 6 or a 7).
RedAssedApe
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4/10 da fuq
I feel similarly about my experience of the game so far. It's a pure video game experience of the kind I like best.
I think a series like this existing at all in 2017 is a kind of miracle.
grandwizard
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Granted I have not finished the game yet but from what I have played... I don't get these low scores at all. This game is basically perfect merger of RE4 and Silent Hill I've wanted for years. Amazing creature and sound design backed up with actual surrival horror gameplay.
Horror games with tank controls aren't everyone's cup of tea I guess. There's a lot of people that didn't enjoy TEW1 either despite it having a lot of fans.
grandwizard
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True enough I just find it annoying because it seemed like for years there was this prevailing call to bring back survival horror but what won out in the end was the first person horror games where you hide in a corner while spooky stuff happens. The actual 'survival horror' of the past is what TEW1/2 brings to the table, situations where I have to kill a group of 6 enemies that are going to swarm me and I have 3 bullets, a bottle, 1 shotgun round and a harpoon and I just have to make it work. For me those moments are exhilirating but it looks like people just don't want it anymore.
I completely agree. I think people learn to love these games, but they have to understand what they're getting into. Shinji Mikami games have a certain rhythm that you have to learn and click into. Like Dark Souls, at first it can feel eccentric and clunky... but then you realize that actually the game is trying to teach you to play it the way it wants to be played, to think in the patterns of THIS game, not the patterns of the last game you played.
I disagree. RE4 is much more interesting from a gameplay perspective, when it sets the player loose in a village where they have to scamper to safety, fighting off a horde of crazed villagers. In TEW, you have to run away from the Sadist, through some cool-looking environments. When I died in RE4, I could attempt a different approach to the problem. In TEW, I'm funneled through the same corridor again. For reference, I was also lukewarm about the big downhill car chase in Uncharted 4 after seeing it in E3 footage. That kind of gameplay is only exhilarating the first time you get to experience it, and not necessarily fun to replay.
Perhaps it doesn't help that the game (I've only played TEW1) just isn't as good as the classics it harkens back to. RE4 was never frustrating, had tight story and gameplay progression and likable characters. None of this can be said for TEW1. I liked it, but it sadly didn't deliver on becoming the savior of the genre.
Imp the Dimp
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Why can there not be deviating video game scores?
psychotron
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That review is.....wow. So incredibly different from my experience so far. I'm going around union, systematically taking out zombie's using stealth, and having a great time. If I fail at stealth, I bust out my trusty shotgun and finish the job....or run away, lol. It's not a perfect game, but it's addicting as hell, and the side content so far has been very good. Not sure what the reviewer was playing, but it's not the same game I'm enjoying.
Waddle Dee
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Because it's scripted-as-fuck, has nothing to do with how you'll play the rest of the game (even on Akuma), can't be skipped on repeat playthroughs, and takes too long. It's the worst part of the first game, similar to the opening of RE7 which has all of the same problems.
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