The Evil Within

1. The sections were diverse, with unique gimmicks. The gameplay never felt repetitive. Same goes for the boss fights- pure gimmicks, which makes it more immersive and plot relevant. 2. The main idea and the complexity of the story. Also, the game's pacing was just flawless for me. You reach a point in the mid game where you have a rough idea what's going on but you still can't quite arrange the pieces together so you need to keep going. 3. The Keeper. I love this guy (even though the boss fight made me lose my mind since I have wasted my resources previously). 4. Laura. What flaws though ruined part of the experience and made the game unapproachable for many people possibly even wasted its potential : 1. Bland characters. I know they have some kind of depth and backstories but their approach to the bizarre environment felt too unemotional. Sebastian is literally witnessing unimaginable horrors and he's like: "♥♥♥♥.". There's some charm in such remarks but they could have made him and the other characters more expressive. 2. The camera is almost shoved in Sebastian's ass, which makes every place feel too cramped. That results in forced panic, poor aiming and unecessary deaths. 3. I understand the main inspirations for the game are horror movies, not only games, so some chase sequences felt forced and too cinematic. Out of place. Good example is the beginning of the game. SPOILER but you sneak behind the Sadist, grab the key, walk with unnatural slowness and then you stumble apon a wire that triggers an alarm and the chase begins. This stumble is scripted, completely unavoidable. even though logically Sebastian could've easily dissarm or jump over it. 4. Not really an issue for me but I can see people complaining about the difficulty. Too scarce resources for too many enemies. As I said above, I had a problem with the Keeper since I previously wasted too many bullets on random mobs. This made the battle a complete nightmare and I spent probably a whole hour or more on him. Overall, the Evil Within is like the chosen one for the survival horror genre, who didn't manage to live up to the expectations and fell. Either way the game has its charm and its uniqeness makes it stand out among similar games. Definetely more memorable than any RE game for me.