A good survival horror game. The story is wild and while it suffers from a few pacing issues in the second act, it's interesting enough that you get excited as you start to put the pieces together.

The presentation is also a great plus in this game. Without getting into spoiler territory, this game's setting allows for very cool setpieces and sequences where you feel the environment itself is alive.

You also have a cast that's mostly interesting, and somewhat believable. Sebastian is exactly what I expect of a hard-boiled detective and Kidman is the equivalent to Ada in this game for those familiar with Resident Evil. I do wanna point out that Sebastian's personal story is really interesting, and I find it odd that it ended up relegated to be told through files only.

Sadly, there are also things that really try hard to undermine your experience. Someone in the dev team must have thought that the player dying with a single hit was the best idea ever because boy did they overuse that here. Enemies, scripted sequences, traps. Essentially every element of gameplay at some point can kill you with one hit, and no amount of checkpoints can save you from the frustration that ensues.

Furthermore, you also have a questionable stamina system that allows you to run for a whopping 3 seconds at a base level and an over-the-shoulder camera that zooms in way too much, making aiming your weapon at close range quite challenging.

All these things might be trying to stop you from having fun with this title, but, despite the aforementioned flaws, The Evil Within is still a solid and enjoyable horror game.

Probably the best cooperative game I’ve ever played, It Takes Two was built specifically with split-screen in mind. It excelled in crafting a fantastical journey, complete with smooth controls, a wildly diverse set of puzzles, and minigames to waste time on. There wasn’t a moment where myself or my co-op partner got bored. It also provided a bit of a lesson on working together, which can end positively or have the opposite effect. Thankfully, we came away with positive feelings.

Too bad the characters and their bickering got a little annoying. Also, Cutie didn't deserve that at all, talk about traumatic.

This DLC is far worse than the base game.

The entire thing is stealth focused, with none of the action of The Evil Within. I found it to be tedious and just not very fun, in general.

The story continues to be basically nonsense, though from Kidman's point of view. I would have liked this more if it more closely mirrored what we see her do during Sebastian's experiences, rather than being incidental or completely different, contradictory experiences. It can be written off as part of STEM or whatever, but it is just less interesting because it removes any sense of context or stakes.

I think this is skippable. Read a synopsis.

I make it no secret that I didn't like The Evil Within, but that didn't stop me from jumping into its DLC, and I'm glad I did. The Assignment was part one of Juli Kidman's story that ran parallel with Sebastian's. It was obviously much shorter in length, but I preferred that as it didn't feel like a never-ending slog. Gameplay was also spiced up with the lack of a gun, so it relied on stealth for the most part. I thought it was decent, even a pleasant surprise.

I LOVED the creature design, most notably the Shade. I'll forever consider it one of the best monsters in horror gaming.

A fantastic mix of action and the type of stressful encounter design that Resident Evil excels so much at. The Evil Within was a blast from beginning to end, with tons of memorable encounters and bosses that felt legitimately intimidating to overcome, which is no small feat for a horror game. While the story was a bit erratic and mostly hard to follow, and none of the characters really stood out, the gameplay was a ton of fun and will definitely be replayed many times over. Special props to the creature design, christ, some of those monstrosities were horrifying, and made for some great encounters.