The Evil Within<\/i>, the new game from original Resident Evil<\/i> mastermind Shinji Mikami, hits shelves today.<\/p>\n
You play as police detective Sebastian Castellanos as he investigates a massacre at a hospital and ends up trying to survive in a hellish world full of ugly demons. A particularly bad day at the office, then.<\/p>\n
The game has been hyped as a return to the slow-burn survival horror of the early Resident Evil <\/i>games (recent games in that series have taken a more action approach), and, as such, has got a lot of gamers very excited indeed.<\/p>\n
Has it lived up to expectations? Here\u2019s our round up of the reviews.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re planning to buy The Evil Within, why not trade in a few games with musicMagpie<\/a> first? Click here to start selling<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Oh dear, we\u2019re off to a bad start. Metro kick off their review<\/a> by complaining about the weak plot and one-note characters.<\/p>\n They claim that the game is \u201d\u02dc…a straight cross between Resident Evil 4, the earlier games in the series, and fellow survival horror classic Silent Hill\u2019, with the gameplay borrowing heavily from RE 4 <\/i>– the game that kickstarted Resident Evil\u2019s<\/i> move away from traditional survival horror.<\/p>\n Metro\u2019s main gripe, however, is that The Evil Within <\/i>is \u201d\u02dc…not very scary\u2019. Speak for yourself: we\u2019ve been having nightmares since we saw the trailer!<\/p>\n IGN agree<\/a> that The Evil Within\u2019s<\/i> plot is lacking, although claim that it starts off promisingly. Main character Sebastian is criticised for being \u201d\u02dcemotionless\u2019.<\/p>\n On the whole, though, they like the game. The game\u2019s \u201d\u02dcincredibly strange and wonderful places\u2019 and unique atmosphere are praised as is the pacing, which \u201d\u02dc…propels you forward at breakneck speed, moving from one climactic encounter to the next with little to no reprieve\u2019.<\/p>\n Unlike the Metro, the IGN reviewer found the game scary and <\/i>difficult, dying 218 times over the course of 23 hours of game play.<\/p>\n They conclude that \u201d\u02dcThe Evil Within is a brutal, challenging, and remarkably fun game\u2019 and give it a very specific 8.7\/10.<\/p>\n Game Informer<\/a>, like Metro, emphasise the link between The Evil Within<\/i> and Resident Evil 4: <\/i>\u201d\u02dcI can\u2019t overstate how firmly planted The Evil Within\u2019s roots are in RE 4\u2019.<\/p>\n However, they like the game a lot more, calling it a \u201d\u02dcmasterwork of absolute insanity\u2019 and adding that it\u2019s \u201d\u02dcone of the most tense, unpredictable, and demanding horror games I\u2019ve ever played.\u2019<\/p>\n The only real criticism in Game Informer\u2019s 9\/10 review is reserved for the plot, which is \u201d\u02dcas cheesy and heavy-handed as ever.\u2019 Then again, you\u2019ll probably be too busy running away from slobbering demons to worry about corny dialogue.<\/p>\n
\nMetro<\/h4>\n
\nIGN<\/h4>\n
\nGame Informer<\/h4>\n
\nCVG<\/h4>\n