The Evil Within

10/10

When the game released I watched a certain youtube channels playtrough. Judging from that video the game had many issues. Years later sequel was released and I played it. Solid experience and I liked it very much. Now in 2026 I decided to buy first game and play it for myself. There are few reasons for it. I liked The Evil WIthing 2. I had a itch for RE4 type of game while waiting for RE Requim to drop in price. I honestly respect Tango studios. Their games are cool and unique. They made Wi-Fi Rush, GhostWire: Tokyo, Evil Within 1 and 2. They have flaws but overall very different and unique games. It's not a studio that makes another COD game. Fromsoftware are great at making games but they keep going back to same thing which can be called "Dark Souls". Sekiro was different in may ways but similar too and then back to same stuff. Elder Ring has some changes but main parts are just "Dark Souls". It's just nice to see a studio like Tango trying to be creative. Before you play it you need to know that to enjoy it you will have to make some changes. Download software to make it widescreen, increase FOV, increase refresh rate and etc. It's a quick process honestly. After launching software you just pick "Evil Withn" profile and launch the game. Then there are few command lines you can add in steam before launching the game. You can find full guide on the game page in steam. It's simple and quick. The game looks good and controlls well. The only problems I had was in few places my light source on the walls had some red or blue color. Nothing insane just noticeable. Another problem was that in 2-3 places in the game there were issues because game ran at higher refresh rate. One place is very important because you are running away from a boss and he one shots you. You can't escape unless you reduce your refresh rate to 60. Except that stuff the game ran perfectly. No major bugs or crashes. As for the game? Well it was fun and I enjoyed it even if I knew the story. Few parts were annoying with "one shot" mechanics but otherwise these type of games are always fun if made well. I love seeing my character and what he carries in his holsters. Managing my resources and using them efficiently while not leaving anything behind. Upgrading your character and his guns. If you know where to look then this game is like 5 euros with all DLC. DLC is much different from main game. You have 3 DLC's and 2 focus on stealth so minimal gun play and no upgrading. Both DLC's are few hours long so no too long but enough to miss shooting at stuff. First two are connected to main story. Third DLC is like a side story where you play first person as the "Executioner". Looking for your daughter while wielding much different variety of weapons compared to original game. Around a hour of content and it was fun too. It's never convenient when you need to do stuff to make the game playable. I know RE4 HD edition on steam came out in 2014 so it's strange that older game with older original release works better on modern PC then something that cameout originaly 2017 but fixes are simple and game runs great. Clearly the sequel is much better but if you don't mind few things then you should see the beauty in the first one.