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.
The Evil Within 2
80
Top Critic Average
73%
Critics Recommend
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
Creators: Tango Gameworks, Bethesda Softworks
Release Date: Oct 13, 2017 - Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5
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THE EVIL WITHIN 2 – Who is Your Sebastian?
The Evil Within 2 – “Survive” Gameplay Trailer
The Evil Within 2 – E3 Extended Gameplay Trailer
Critic Reviews for The Evil Within 2
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.
An intense and thrilling psychological survival horror sequel that improves on its forerunner in almost every way.
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.
Resident Evil 4 meets the Truman Show in an entertaining but unremarkable follow-up, held back by tepid stealth and warmed-over scares.
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.
The Evil Within 2 offers some enjoyable scares, but it never transcends or deviates from the many works it draws from
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.
The sequel to the mind-bending survival-horror game is a clever follow up that makes some big changes.
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