The Evil Within 2

Top Critic Average

73%

Critics Recommend

NEW

Player Rating

IGN

8 / 10

PC Gamer

80 / 100

Game Rant

4.5 / 5

Eurogamer

No Recommendation

GamesRadar+

3.5 / 5

Game Informer

7.8 / 10

Polygon

9 / 10

GameSpot

8 / 10

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Creators: Tango Gameworks, Bethesda Softworks

Release Date: Oct 13, 2017 - Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5

The Evil Within 2 Review Summary

Critic Consensus

Plenty of Scares

Immersive Atmosphere

Jumbled Story

A mixed follow-up to Bethesda's unique survival horror experience, Evil Within 2 still delivers when it comes to scares, even if poor storytelling and plotting may get in the way.

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The Evil Within 2 Trailers

THE EVIL WITHIN 2 – Who is Your Sebastian?

The Evil Within 2 – “Survive” Gameplay Trailer

The Evil Within 2 – E3 Extended Gameplay Trailer

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Critic Reviews for The Evil Within 2

IGN

Lucy O'Brien

8 / 10.0

The Evil Within 2 gives you more options to play your way in a much bigger survival-horror playground than the original. Although a disjointed plot and weak protagonist make it slow to get started, being pursued through an intriguingly bizarre world by plentiful and disturbing monsters kept my palms sweaty and my heart in my throat thanks to a strict adherence to the most important survival horror rule: you should always be on the back foot.

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PC Gamer

Joe Donnelly

80 / 100

An intense and thrilling psychological survival horror sequel that improves on its forerunner in almost every way.

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Game Rant

Dalton Cooper

The Evil Within 2 is a significant step forward from the first game in the series, providing tighter controls, a more focused narrative, and no shortage of scares.

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Eurogamer

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

No Recommendation / Blank

Resident Evil 4 meets the Truman Show in an entertaining but unremarkable follow-up, held back by tepid stealth and warmed-over scares.

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GamesRadar+

Lucas Sullivan

Though it doesn't outdo its predecessor, The Evil Within 2 delivers another fun, challenging, tense horror headtrip that should delight fans of the first game.

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Game Informer

Suriel Vazquez

7.8 / 10.0

The Evil Within 2 offers some enjoyable scares, but it never transcends or deviates from the many works it draws from

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Polygon

Philip Kollar

9 / 10.0

It's a brilliant horror game, one that understands when to ratchet up tension and when to pull back and let you collect yourself. If the first game was a failed attempt to capture the spirit of Shinji Mikami's classic Resident Evil 4, the sequel is a successful attempt at something much better: finding a chilling, exhilarating voice of its own.

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