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LTTP: The Evil Within 2. Why did I take so long to play the Game of the Generation?
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TEW2 was amazing and I really hope that TEW3 will happen, especially after this ending scene. Ghostwire Tokyo does absolutely nothing for me.
Stefano was a great antagonist.
Stefano was a great antagonist.
I had a great time with it, but I wouldn't even put it in my top 10 of the gen. I liked the scrounging aspects of the open world stuff but the last 1/4 of the game takes a hard turn downward imo, but I did like the kinda-MGSV way you could approach encounters from any direction and plan your ambush
Same here. Gives me goose bumps every time. One of the best final chapters/gaming endings ever, imo.
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i mean, i can see why people would support TEW2 but for it's NARRATIVE?
The Evil Within 2 | All Juli Kidman Cutscenes 【1080p HD】
This video contains all the cutscenes for the character Juli Kidman from the game, The Evil Within 2. Hope you enjoy.
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It's probably the first horror game since maybe the old Silent Hill games to make me feel for the characters. The horror aspect is something most games can do well to varying degrees, but they tend to focus on that alone and often fail at making the characters feel human and relatable.
Yes, it's the best written survival horror of its time.i mean, i can see why people would support TEW2 but for it's NARRATIVE?
The Evil Within 2 | All Juli Kidman Cutscenes 【1080p HD】
This video contains all the cutscenes for the character Juli Kidman from the game, The Evil Within 2. Hope you enjoy.
I can also cherry pick scenes from Silent Hill 2 that are cheesy as fuck, god knows how many of them there are. It doesn't change the fact that it is still a tremendous. You're focusing on superficiality, in a horror game no less!
I invite you to read James Howell's essay on the game. He does an excellent way of showing how all the elements of the game participates to elevate its story and themes, and that includes the first game. http://www.deltaheadtranslation.com/TEW2/MOF_TOC.htm
I don`t necessarily agree with that opinion but one of TEW2s strengths is, that it knows, (Survival-) Horror can be cheesy and it embraces that.i mean, i can see why people would support TEW2 but for it's NARRATIVE?
The Evil Within 2 | All Juli Kidman Cutscenes 【1080p HD】
This video contains all the cutscenes for the character Juli Kidman from the game, The Evil Within 2. Hope you enjoy.
That`s also why the emotional parts, the drama hits harder, imo.
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I absolutely loved him. The pictures of eyes and stuff on the wall are my fucking jam
The B movie nonsense was more my thing, but obviously no one can compete with Naughty Dog in the production values department.i mean, i can see why people would support TEW2 but for it's NARRATIVE?
The Evil Within 2 | All Juli Kidman Cutscenes 【1080p HD】
This video contains all the cutscenes for the character Juli Kidman from the game, The Evil Within 2. Hope you enjoy.
Can't agree with you more OP. More people need to play this game, and it's easily in my top 5 of the generation. It's just outstanding in every way. I really hope we see a third one some day.
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Personally I didnt miss the corpse burning mechanic. I think it was more an annoyance than a compelling thing to do.
Game was quite a let down compared to the first, but even still it's the kind of ambitious horror game I wish there were more of on consoles. I'll probably give it a replay at some point, but I did find it to be a bit of a slog in the second half.
I def wouldn't go that far, but it was cute considering the rest of what we had in the genre this Gen.
preferable, but absolutely not necessary. just pass on the first game, & go for it...
A much better game.to play than TEW1, though the story is not as memorable.
I agree with OP that the game is great and worth to play.
I agree with OP that the game is great and worth to play.
I'm sure you'd be fine just watching a YouTube plot summary of the first game or something.
I'm definitely not about to tout EW2's story as one of the gens best but honestly I did really enjoy it. I enjoyed the cheesiness and schlock, I thought the ridiculous Kidman stuff at the end was a lot of fun and was actually surprised by how much heart the game had. I really cared about Sebastian and his family by the end of the game. I thought the ending was pretty damn great.i mean, i can see why people would support TEW2 but for it's NARRATIVE?
The Evil Within 2 | All Juli Kidman Cutscenes 【1080p HD】
This video contains all the cutscenes for the character Juli Kidman from the game, The Evil Within 2. Hope you enjoy.
Currently doing my third playthrough since it's release. Absolutely gem of a game (as is the first). Just finished chapter 5, which is one of my favorites in the game.
I support this idea for a sequel.
Just please put in an arcade combat mode so I can jump in and kill stuff without having to sit through story stuff. TEW2's combat is so good, it's such a shame they didn't add a mode similar to terrorist hunt, horde, or RE's Mercenaries and Raid modes.
A potential TEW3 is 100% going to be about Juli Kidman. She has a lot of unresolved plot points and she still has a connection with Ruvik
Well written OP, to me this felt like everything the first one should have been. Easily in my top 10 of horror game recommendations...
I keep saying it every time TEW2 comes up...one of the most mind blowing final acts this past decade. It's just incredible.
I'd say evil withing 2 was more unique so it earns some points for that. Last of Us 2 was a cliche (if well done) "vengeance is not worth it plot" while Evil Within 2 turns the common "innocent horror protagonist realizes that they were evil all along" trope and turns it on its head by having Sebastian, who blames himself for everything realize that he didn't do anything wrong and he has to let go of the guilt that he harbors
I had a hate/love relationship with the game, i hated it on console but i loved it on PC, it became one of my favorite games.
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At 30fps + controller felt slow and unresponsive, so the complete experience of the game was disgusting.
I don't know, i usually don't have these appreciation with 30fps games but TEW2 changed a lot my perspective on PC vs console.
I loved it. I wish more of the game would have been open, explorable areas
both games are awesome in different ways, they fit well together imo
both games are awesome in different ways, they fit well together imo
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Gustaf Necromorph and anyone interested, at 8:05 on this video you can see the game running on a Series X. It isn't a locked 60fps but it is much better than XBX. I assume it will be the same on PS5.
Aha! Yet another game to experience for the first time on Series X. Saw the boys at Digital Foundry give it some love on their Xbox Back Compat vid this morning.
My list of BC games to play for the first time on the XSX continues to swell....
My list of BC games to play for the first time on the XSX continues to swell....
I'm playing it right now and I hate it.
I mean the open world chapters are really great and I wish that was the whole game. But I feel like actually playing the game sucks. FoV is WAY too close, shooting feels imprecise and clunky, moving feels the same, cover flat out doesn't work sometimes which makes it too easy to get spotted, not that it matters because enemies are dumb as hell and breaking line of sight often means you're stealthed again. Getting out of cover is a chore. Stealth movement is too slow to actually sneak up on enemies. Enemies do weird 180 turns as they move so it's difficult to actually predict when to stealth kill them. Some bosses are way too bullet spongey on Nightmare (just beat the Flamethrower), and the scripted segments are as boring as they were in TEW1.
I feel the best way to play this game is on the lowest difficulty just blasting everything. I love how scarce ammo is on Nightmare at it evokes the best feelings you get from classic RE games + RE2R, but it isn't worth the headache of finding all the cracks in this game's attempts at game mechanics.
I mean the open world chapters are really great and I wish that was the whole game. But I feel like actually playing the game sucks. FoV is WAY too close, shooting feels imprecise and clunky, moving feels the same, cover flat out doesn't work sometimes which makes it too easy to get spotted, not that it matters because enemies are dumb as hell and breaking line of sight often means you're stealthed again. Getting out of cover is a chore. Stealth movement is too slow to actually sneak up on enemies. Enemies do weird 180 turns as they move so it's difficult to actually predict when to stealth kill them. Some bosses are way too bullet spongey on Nightmare (just beat the Flamethrower), and the scripted segments are as boring as they were in TEW1.
I feel the best way to play this game is on the lowest difficulty just blasting everything. I love how scarce ammo is on Nightmare at it evokes the best feelings you get from classic RE games + RE2R, but it isn't worth the headache of finding all the cracks in this game's attempts at game mechanics.