The downside of this is that there is no coherence or natural progression in the levels the way you’d find in Dead Space or Resident Evil. You could be walking through a scary village, open a door and BAM you’re suddenly in a slaughterhouse being chased by one of HR Giger’s cheese-binge nightmares. The Silent Hill half of the equation means that anything can happen at any time and developer Tango Gameworks are clearly f***ing with you at every point. The world of The Evil Within though is utterly deranged, in a good creepy way. Sam Fisher would eat this guy for breakfast It’s not going to win awards, but it’ll keep your interest in a cheesy horror movie way - meaning of course you won’t give a s*** as you’re there for the scares not the plot. After being attacked by a mysterious scarred man in a white hooded top Sebastian soon finds himself fighting for his life against zombies, monsters, spectres and that aforementioned guy with the chainsaw. Playing detective Sebastian Castellanos, you’re sent to investigate a series of horrible murders at a mental hospital along with your two partners. I’ll keep the plot to a minimum since things get crazy fast and I don’t want to spoil any of it.
Can I leave the review there? No? Fine, more words then. In fact if I was going to sum up The Evil Within it’s exactly half-and-half Resident Evil 4 and Silent Hill, with maybe a dash of Alien Isolation’s “hiding under beds and in lockers” schtick.
Despite having zombies that are really villagers that have been taken over by some evil force, freakish monsters that have to be avoided as much as shot, an uncomfortable third-person over-the-shoulder viewpoint, a powerful chainsaw-wielding masked psychopath, dodgy voice acting, spooky abandoned buildings, Shinji Mikami directing and having the word “Evil” in the title, this isn’t a Resident Evil game.
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