Improves on the first game in every way with better atmosphere, exploration, stealth, horror elements, and use of STEM. Excellent aesthetic throughout the game with a strong starting antagonist that leads to some of the best visual moments in a horror title I've seen while the evolution of the main character and STEM lead to one of the most badass scenes I've seen in a game. Instead of frequently feeling like a mediocre attempt at being Resident Evil 1/4 as the first Evil Within did the sequel successfully does its own thing to end up as one of the best action horror games I've played.

Does starts to fall off towards the end with a few cliche bad cutscenes moments, new antagonists after the first each start becoming less interesting than the previous. Still has a poor camera at times that can force your vision to places away from what you would want to focus on in a way that can get you hit or killed.