The Evil Within 2 Reviews

The Evil Within 2 is ranked in the 79th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10.0
Oct 17, 2017

The Evil Within 2 is a game that uses stealth and atmosphere to create some great situations, but its use of sound elevates its scares well beyond those of lesser horror titles.

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Oct 12, 2017

The Evil Within 2 is just like its predecessor: a mixed bag. While it had the potential to be something absolutely brilliant, Tango Gameworks has attempted to both cram too much in and offer too little at the same time.

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5 / 10
Oct 16, 2017

Some monstrously lovely set pieces are let down by a bit too much padding, some broken mechanics, and an overwrought story.

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75 / 100
Oct 16, 2017

If you're a horror buff, you'll likely be disappointed because there aren't that many unique monsters in the game. It's not even scary, to be honest; most of the tension and fear comes from the lack of ammo. All in all, it's not a bad game, but it's not a great game either. You'll probably have fun shooting the zombies and checking out the occasionally cool surreal locales, but that's it.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 24, 2017

Tango Gameworks' sequel gives us a small but satisfyingly scary open world loaded with monsters and dread

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Unscored
Oct 16, 2017

The Evil Within 2 feels like something of a departure from the first game, but also an extremely fitting follow-up.

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Unscored
Oct 14, 2017
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85 / 100
Oct 20, 2017

The Evil Within 2 is a huge step forward for the series that emphasizes exploration, stealth, and conserving resources for the more challenging encounters. Though the compelling plot is weighed down by poor writing and poorer voice performances, the game offers a great horror experience with a ton of content.

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Oct 13, 2017

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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Oct 12, 2017

The Evil Within 2 is a frightening game, though perhaps not as pants-wettingly scary as the early portions of Resident Evil 7.

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Telegraph
Top Critic
Oct 16, 2017

The game's greatest strength is avoiding the pitfalls of the first; removing frustrating boss fights and lessening the amount of forced stealth sections.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 30, 2017

The Evil Within 2 get so much right that it's predecessor got wrong, and it's actually a great game on top of that. The initial chapters of the game start off slow, but then once things get rolling, this game is really hard to put down.

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Oct 23, 2017

The Evil Within 2 doesn't reinvent the survival-horror genre but makes it work in more of an open world.

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GameMAG
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Top Critic
8 / 10
Oct 24, 2017

The Evil Within 2 is one of the most great and emotional adventures of this year. Developers, sadly, did not have enough time for polishing of the game and expanding open areas, but we hope that all the problems will be solved in the third game, if it, of course, will be released.

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Wccftech
Top Critic
7.9 / 10.0
Oct 20, 2017

Although it tries a little too hard and fails to capture of the horror tropes, The Evil Within 2 is a great, imaginative game with enough tension that you won't mind the lack of horror.

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7 / 10
Oct 19, 2017

Mixing open-world and linear survival horror is a brave experiment that largely pays off for this enjoyable, schlocky stealth-action horror title.

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Oct 18, 2017

The addition of open levels is a mixed bag, but this terrifying follow-up is a worthy addition to the genre

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M3
Top Critic
8 / 10
Oct 17, 2017

The Evil Within 2 may not be the perfect horror game, but it manage to both feel as a unique experience and improve on the original in almost every detail.

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Ken McKown
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Oct 18, 2017

Evil Within 2 is how a sequel should be constructed. Everything about it feels like an improvement upon its predecessor.

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75 / 100
Oct 17, 2017

Speaking of annoying, the movement and combat in The Evil Within 2 are largely a source of frustration.

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