LTTP: The Evil Within 2. Why did I take so long to play the Game of the Generation?

Deleted member 10629 · Oct 17, 2020

Credits just finished rolling on The Evil Within 2.

I'm at a loss, this game is fucking amazing. Tango Gameworks absolutely out did themselves, after the great but rough Evil Within 1. Everything has been updated since TEW1, from the graphics, sound, core gameplay and plot. It is truly a rollercoaster ride of emotions, with not a single dull moment. I clocked in 16 hours so it didn't dragged for too long either.

I kept putting it on the back burner because I've heard that it was an open world and didn't feel like playing another open world game. But let me stress that this is absolutely not an open world game. It has two relatively open areas, but they're rather miniscule compared to true open world games, and a total of 3 side quests. So it is a fairly linear affair, but exploring these areas reminded me a little bit of Silent Hill to be honest.

I chose this game for 'Spooktober' and I cannot be more happy with my decision. I encourage you to give it a try.

B.C. · Oct 17, 2020

I've yet to rock either titles, and I own them both! Maybe I should DL and see for myself.

Thug Larz · Oct 17, 2020

Loved the game too, OP! You're making me want to replay it now. 😀

StrappingYoungLance · Oct 17, 2020

That's some hyperbole but I really did love the game when I played through it at the start of the year. I absolutely put it up there among my favourites in the genre, which was a real nice surprise because I just didn't like the first game that much.

I'm excited to see what Tango do next and hope we'll get another TEW after Ghostwire.

Bradford · Oct 17, 2020

It's a fantastic game. Glad you finally got around to it.

nath999 · Oct 17, 2020

Do I need to play the first one? I friend who also raves about it let me borrow the 2nd one but I haven't played it cause I thought I needed to play the first.

BobLoblaw · Oct 17, 2020

I played this game like 6 months ago and remember almost nothing about it except the creepy humming lady. Definitely wouldn't consider it GoTG, but the more people that get to experience it the better. It's a decent game.

Dmitriivanalexeipavel · Oct 17, 2020

I really liked that that the zombies stayed dead after you killed them

Deleted member 10629 · Oct 17, 2020

nath999 said:
Do I need to play the first one? I friend who also raves about it let me borrow the 2nd one but I haven't played it cause I thought I needed to play the first.

You don't *have* to but your experience will be greatly enhanced by doing so. Make sure to also play the DLC (I didnt but watched a playthrough).

Violence Jack · Oct 17, 2020

Best survival horror game I've played since Alien Isolation, and one of my favorites of all time.

Deleted member 10629 · Oct 17, 2020

Violence Jack said:
Best survival horror game I've played since Alien Isolation, and one of my favorites of all time.

I knew you were a person of good taste, being a Seattle fan and all that ;)

MiDoZ · Oct 17, 2020

Cant wait to play this gem on the series x

StrappingYoungLance · Oct 17, 2020

nath999 said:
Do I need to play the first one? I friend who also raves about it let me borrow the 2nd one but I haven't played it cause I thought I needed to play the first.

Nah, you can definitely get away with just playing The Evil Within 2. Reading a synopsis of the previous game will give you a little extra context for Sebastian and Kidman's relationship with each other but the vast majority of the story is built around things told within the second game.

Smemma · Oct 17, 2020

I really loved this game - some of the more trippy moments were incredible. I was disappointed though that they ditched the burning mechanic from the first game - thought that was a great strategic twist

Harp · Oct 17, 2020

Evil Within is my GOTY 2014 and part 2 is my GOTY 2017. Love both games a whole lot, warts and all. Mainly part 1 though. Part 2 is just so fucking sleek and well designed, it's hard to think of any warts.

Except the lack of any sort of arcade mode. Could have used something like Raid 2.0 in RE Revelations 2. The combat is just so much fun that it kinda sucks that I can only enjoy it by replaying the story missions.

Gustaf · Oct 17, 2020

wey, lo jugaste en consola???

cuando compre el series x lo wa rejugar pa ver como se ve

Deleted member 10629 · Oct 17, 2020

Gustaf said:
wey, lo jugaste en consola???

cuando compre el series x lo wa rejugar pa ver como se ve

Lo jugue en PC. En Xbox creo tiene el framerate unlocked asi que posiblemente si tenga mucha mejora, digo ya que MS se compro a Bethesda un parchesillo no estaria de mas :p

Masagiwa · Oct 17, 2020

I like you OP. This game is awesome

Deleted member 10629 · Oct 17, 2020

Harp said:
Evil Within is my GOTY 2014 and part 2 is my GOTY 2017. Love both games a whole lot, warts and all. Mainly part 1 though. Part 2 is just so fucking sleek and well designed, it's hard to think of any warts.

Except the lack of any sort of arcade mode. Could have used something like Raid 2.0 in RE Revelations 2. The combat is just so much fun that it kinda sucks that I can only enjoy it by replaying the story missions.

I really need to replay TEW1 again, I also liked it a lot.

Bitterman · Oct 17, 2020

nath999 said:
Do I need to play the first one? I friend who also raves about it let me borrow the 2nd one but I haven't played it cause I thought I needed to play the first.

Yes, please do. You'll know why later :)

Modest_Modsoul · Oct 17, 2020

Great game.

Deleted member 10629 · Oct 17, 2020

Leaving Noah Caldwell Gervais' excellent commentary about the games and Alan Wake's as well. Be warned that there are full spoilers for the games.

tzare · Oct 17, 2020

I still haven't played the first one, which i bought long ago,so I'm holding playing the sequel that is included on PSNow btw for those interested

Sora64 · Oct 17, 2020

I'm glad you enjoyed it OP! I loved it and the first. These days I try not to look at much when it comes to gameplay videos/trailers so I can stay as spoiler-free as possible. So when I started the game, I didn't know it was open world. They handled it so well though. It's not a huge empty world but instead was big enough that felt like it made sense and also had a good amount of side content. The story is also so much better than TEW 1. It's such a fun ride and I highly encourage horror fans to try it out even if you didn't enjoy the first because they fixed so many things. Also the visuals and audio are so GOOD. Yeah, we need TEW 3, lol.

Phantom · Oct 17, 2020

Open world kinda killed it IMO, not great at all. First game was pretty mediocre too so I wasn't expecting much.

Mars People · Oct 17, 2020

The first third is great. Then it's all downhill from there.

Mary Celeste · Oct 17, 2020

It's an all time classic survival horror game in my book, what a shame it was so overlooked. I hope time is good to it.

dlauv · Oct 17, 2020

I loved it - way more than the first game. It and RE7 were the best AAA horror games this gen.

DarkenedSoul · Oct 17, 2020

I really wanted to like TEW1 so much but every fiber of my being screamed in agony and right at the end I gave up and used cheat engine to quickly get through the rest of it (the DLC was OK-ish). TEW2 though was such a relief, a complete improvement across the board. Missed one fucking document though for full completion. I would gladly look forward towards a third if it continued off of the base gameplay of the second.

hasher · Oct 17, 2020

Great game, but personally I felt it dragged at the end.... especially the enemy gauntlet and uninteresting final boss fight. The best parts came early on when I had to sneak around and then sprint to the nearest safe house if I was seen. There was a lot tension in those moments.

dpanim · Oct 17, 2020

I was surprised how emotional the plot was, especially in the last handful of chapters. I would love a third game by the same director.

Menome · Oct 17, 2020

After really disliking the first game, I waited until the sequel was on sale, and it was so much more of a fun experience. Loved it from beginning to end, and I also hope we get a sequel, even though it may be a change in lead character.

Deleted member 10629 · Oct 17, 2020

dpanim said:
I was surprised how emotional the plot was, especially in the last handful of chapters. I would love a third game by the same director.

I think it is possible with

Lily as a protagonist. No way she came out of STEM unscathed. And probably wants to go back to search for Myra.

Blade24070 · Oct 17, 2020

wasn't crazy about the first game at all, but absolutely loved the second. Would absolutely love a third.

Dancrane212 · Oct 17, 2020

It didn't connect with me around launch and I fell off it pretty fast, but I'm going to restart my playthrough on the Series X to take advantage of that 60fps mode.

Cerulean_skylark · Oct 17, 2020

I'm always a contrarian about this game. I think it dropped everything good about the first game and the writing was atrocious. It just ended up feeling so generic instead of leaning into the really good horror elements of the first game.
The boss fights sucked, and having them all become generic enemies on the pace-breaking open world maps sucked more. I'm glad it's dead now and tango moved on. What the first game needed was to be shorter and have the gameplay tightened up, instead they said nah let's add open world, expand the crafting, take out all the narrative focused mechanics like effective fire and add a succession of progressively less justified bosses. :S

Aniki · Oct 17, 2020

I bought it last year and had it installed on my PS4 since then but haven't played it yet. I didn't like the first game and i think that might be the reason why i haven't started it yet. But i see lots of peeps online who liked the first game but did not like the sequel which gives me hope i might enjoy it maybe, because it seems to be quite different in many ways.

Host Samurai · Oct 17, 2020

Cerulean_skylark said:
I'm always a contrarian about this game. I think it dropped everything good about the first game and the writing was atrocious. It just ended up feeling so generic instead of leaning into the really good horror elements of the first game.
The boss fights sucked, and having them all become generic enemies on the pace-breaking open world maps sucked more. I'm glad it's dead now and tango moved on. What the first game needed was to be shorter and have the gameplay tightened up, instead they said nah let's add open world, expand the crafting, take out all the narrative focused mechanics like effective fire and add a succession of progressively less justified bosses. :S

Agreed with all of this. The sequel felt like it was trying too hard to be TLoU. The shooting mechanics were also horrible and punishable. WTF were they thinking with no ammo drops for enemies killed?

sn00zer · Oct 17, 2020

Really really really loved this game, and has easily one of my favorite finales and conclusion.

Temtastic Muns · Oct 17, 2020

I'm replaying the game again on PC, and I wish the port was optimized better. Has the game always stuttered this much at 60fps, even on powerful rigs?

Dmitriivanalexeipavel said:
I really liked that that the zombies stayed dead after you killed them

I didn't. After clearing them out of any given area, it made the open environments aspect of the game a lot less thrilling. Would have preferred some re-spawns here and there, even if it meant they didn't reward Green Gel.

Cerulean_skylark · Oct 17, 2020

Host Samurai said:
Agreed with all of this. The sequel felt like it was trying too hard to be TLoU. The shooting mechanics were also horrible and punishable. WTF were they thinking with no ammo drops for enemies killed?

Really had to lean in to that expanded crafting system. I felt like when this game came out it was reaching for every popular western development trend in existence and really diluted the uniqueness of the first game's direction.

Skulldead · Oct 17, 2020

Host Samurai said:
Agreed with all of this. The sequel felt like it was trying too hard to be TLoU. The shooting mechanics were also horrible and punishable. WTF were they thinking with no ammo drops for enemies killed?

who need ammo, use smoke arrow and destroy a army with no problem. Hardest difficulty became a cakewalk halfway....

LV-426 · Oct 17, 2020

One of the best games I played last year loved it and both games are amazing. I'm going to replay both of them on Series X and see if they play any better than they did on my PS4. Would love a next gen patch as well but I doubt that happens.

MS and Bethesda please have Tango make a 3rd game we need it!

OnanieBomb · Oct 17, 2020

I was going to say wait until you play the first one but apparently you did already.

Strike · Oct 17, 2020

Atmosphere and enemies aside, I thought it was waaaaay better than the original.

Sotha_Sil · Oct 17, 2020

One of the more underrated games of the generation, imo. I know it wasn't horror enough for horror game fans, but as a noob I found it to be a rather fascinating game full of tense moments.

My Blue Heaven · Oct 17, 2020

A moderately okay diet horror game with bad writing and half-baked open sections is your game of the generation? That's fine I guess.

Dreamboum · Oct 17, 2020

I loved TEW1 but that game is fucking amazing.

I'm glad I was able to enjoy both games for what they are. I think playing TEW1 enhances your enjoyment of 2 and vice versa

AllMight1 · Oct 17, 2020

Its been called a masterpiece, because it is.

Chumunga64 · Oct 17, 2020

after how disappointed I was with EW1, I was ready to hate this game- No mikami, open world, those weird bethesda talk segments

but I was blown away with how much I adored it. the open world was small and was packed with shit, including an amazing side quest that I was shocked wasn't mandatory and that you could skip it

it also made Evil within 1 better retroactively and I honestly recommend playing it despite how bad it is because it makes things in 2 hit harder

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