The Evil Within

The Evil Within (Pyscho Break in Japan) takes the survival horror genre into a whole new gruesome level with a third person adventure requiring you to scavenge for suppliers and pick your fights carefully to survive. Players step into the game world as Sebastian Castellanos a veteran detective ...

Guaranteed to scare – Maintains intensity throughout

Some clunky elements – Slow pacing scatters story elements

The Evil Within

Despite letting some of its most compelling aspects die off, The Evil Within is still worth a shot for bringing some unique ideas in the first place, and giving us a new way to think about survival horror.

A compelling and visually powerful world; Unravels an engaging mystery; Offers a new take on the survival horror genre

Forced and sometimes finicky combat; Enemies and sequences that feel like filler; Dropped plots