Also a very smart,stratigic crossbow full of many various ammo types such as fire, ice, flash, electric, and explosive mine bolts. You have in the game a handgun, shotgun, sniper rifle ect. It's a very little improved version of Resident Evil 4. So, scrounge around for those amongst other items like collectibles and other obvious items for your survival needs ! Okay the gun play. Oh there are green gels lying around the game that are used to upgrade ablities and weapens. There are well designed traps for you and the enemies to use(such as spikes and flying arrows), so be sure to use that as much as possible because again, ammo is pretty scarce. But luckily you don't need to use them all too much. It starts off slow introducing you first to the stealth and melee combat system, which again isn't very fun or polished. The game play, while buggy and unpolished, is pretty satisfying. Every shoot counts in The Evil Within, so aim and think wisely. The combat is a third-person Re4 style shooter. I just hope to God that it sells well and we get a franchise out of it :D Though it may stumble at times, so don't take it too seriously. And in the end, wraps up pretty nicely with some obvious questions yet to be answered. The story at times doesn't make much sense, but that's the beauty of it. All you need to know is that it's an weird yet intriguing psychological horror thriller. But I won't get too much into the story of the game. And from the there shit gets nuts ! You eventually meet other characters/villains in the game. You are on your way to investigate an innocent in a large mental hospital. And you play as the somewhat boring, lifeless protagonist Sebastian Castellanos. You start off with your group in the game, Detective Kidman(which is voiced by the awesome Jennifer Carpenter !) and your buddy detective Joseph Oda. The Evil Within is more action packed tense and doesn't rely on jump scares(which there are still in the game). Sure, there's other games in the genre that scare in a different way but are terrifyingly excellent. It's the new standard to modern day horror games. In my humble opinion, this IS what the genre should be. It has many little frustrating flaws which at the end doesn't hurt the game in a meaningful way. The main reason being how pure of a survival-horror game it is(at least from the start). I was blown away by the overall experience of The Evil Within in the end, more or less so. Meet your best friend in the game, The lantern. So with all that out of the way let's get to how I felt about it. Most of which ended out handing positive reviews for the game, post-release. The Evil Within never previewed well to the public eye coming from very skeptical critics. He also helped make fun-ass games such as Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Vanquish, and Shadows of the Damned. He is responsible for groundbreaking horror games like Resident Evil 1, 2, and 4. Tango Gameworks is Mikami's new dev team published by Bethesda. I came into The Evil Within knowing almost nothing about it, other than "It's the new Shinji Mikami game " ! Which got me excited, especially for a long time survival-horror fan like myself.
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