The Evil Within 2 PC Game Review
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Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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You had me at "no day one dlc, no microtransactions, no loot boxes and tacked on multiplayer modes". Thanks sonny Jim
You had me at chicken
But I like dlc it's adds more to campaign of a game I really love playing like resident evil 7 or fallout dlc are the best
It’s fucked that we live in a world where those kinds of business practices are so commonplace that we feel the need to commend a game for not utilizing them.
@@jchifos I like DLC. But not Day One DLC.
@@veganpolice5613 it's not fucked lmao it's a business
Wow. An actual review that made me decide to buy this game - kudos to you sir.
@@nomercy8989 I actually really enjoyed it when i played it.
@@nomercy8989 hehehe nice troll
@@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292 it's not a "troll" if he giving an "opinion"
@@imbaroud5273 I wrote this 1 year old ago (Damn time flies fast) i was a immature bitch well i still am i but not that much.
This game was freaking amazing, same with the first game. It’s underrated for sure.
Before I watch the review, I will say that I'm really enjoying Evil Within 2. It's great from what I've been playing.
I agree, I think it's a great game.
I didn’t like it at first,, buts it’s grown on me it has some great little touches, that keep surprising me
CrudeToons I play on PS4. And for the most part runs fairly well. Only times frames dip are when loading into the game and after dying. But runs fine.
CrudeToons jeez that sucks. Hopefully that release some sort of patch to fix it
same here I love the balance between the open zone areas and the linear ones. the game manages to shift from one to another before either worns out it's welcome.
This game on Nightmare mode was one of the best gaming experiences I've had. I feel like it was perfectly balanced and I escaped so many encounters with just a handful of bullets left. Really felt like survival horror.
The only way to play these types of games imo
Agree i finished it twice...first time on normal...and it was worse because i kinda used up the ammo on some places...on nightmare from the start i was avoiding encounters like RE
The Ruben Within
*reuben
It's funny cause the main antagonist of the last game was named Ruben...
Rosfell Horikalkos no it wasn’t his name was *Ruvik*
his name was ruben victoriano. MOBIUS shortened his name when referring to his consciousness as RUVIK
The sonny Jim within
“How does this thing compare to the original” let me stop you there.
It blows it away.
+1 (please review the first Evil Within game for us)
Took me a while to get over the new art direction and voice actor for Seb, and the lack of bosses compared to the first. After replaying both a dozen times The Evil Within 2 wins me over by just how satisfying the gameplay is and the excellent sound design for the guns, footsteps, etc.
I HATED the voice actor too
Your videos are amazing man i can't stop watching em I really enjoy them in happy I've found you on RUclips
You know despite Bethesda being a punching bag and making really shitty decisions I do enjoy their products
Its kind of a Love/Hate relationship, right?
Like they may be a Shit.....but god damn, they are MY Shit.
It's not so much that they themselves make good games, but all the companies they have under their wing make good games.
Well they do fund said companies so they deserve a least an iota of credit
They are better Publishers than Developers.
no, more like relationship between drug dealer and crack hooker
Tbh this game does not feel as original as the first when it comes to it's atmosphere and levels, I felt like I was playing TLOU at times but the narrative, characters and gameplay are all vastly improved. Sebastian was such a boring character in the first game but I really like him this time around. His new VA really fits him.
I tought the soty in this game was overdone with too much binge tv - family drama and conspiracy bullcrap.
At least the first game didnt spoon feed you all that crap in the face and kept it simple
The first game was anything but simple. The story was an incoherent mess. That shit was easy to ignore though. It's atmosphere and style alone was fantastic visual horror which made it a great game even though the characters and story were dogass. The sequel has a decent story that's easy to understand and really good character development this time but overall it just felt like a survival action game with brief horror elements thrown in whereas the first game was a hardcore haunted house action game from start to finish. Kinda disappointing but enjoyable nonetheless.
So you didnt cringe as hard as I did when Lily turned into fairy dust in Sebastian's arms around chapter 14?
For me at least, Easier Story =/= better story (I tought TEW1 was a pretty easy to follow from the very first chapter and was miles ahead of every plot twist in the game, the only thing I remember not being able to caught on in my first playtrough was that Sebastian's last confrontation with ruvik was a projection of he's own mind and desires caused by ruvik leaving the stem as the core, hence why the overly done hollywood bossfight with rocketlaunchers and the ridiculous designed representation of ruvik) at least we both agree the first game is better in the other aspects, I can live with that! :D
Personally I like my Survival horrors with as least sentimentality and manipulative narrative as possible.
But that's my take on it, your mileage may vary
Wolfwood 93 That story was a joke it was actually TOOO CHEESY the first game had charm this one is just stupid
The first game had style. The second game had charm. I don't expect all players to appreciate a personal/family oriented story so to each their own. First game is still better though despite it's flaws. The only thing I hated about the second game is the semi-open world areas. They were boring as shit to run around in.
I'll never play three quarters of the games you review but that's what i love about this channel. You take the time to play it for me and then thoroughly break each game down. Awesome review as always. Legend.
I do miss those catchphrases though, Sonny Jim.
Damn
Sonny Jim Army? You're a part of it aren't you
When you get a chance, try to play and review the evil within 1. I played through it on survival mode which is basically normal and I still died at least 64 times in my first play through. Plus, it's much darker in both its graphics and tone than 2, which I find to be filled with too much color
Winston Hofler
Didn’t the first game have issues with balancing, a lack of ammo and weird difficulty spikes?
bizmonkey007 For me, it really wasn’t. Besides, the lack of ammo is the whole point. It forces you to play conservatively and use stealth, traps, or other things to save your ammo for later. If you play it like it’s RE4 with nonstop shooting and firing bullets nonstop, you’re not playing it right. It does have some cheap areas I’ll agree, but overall, it’s pretty fair and expects you to adjust to its style of gameplay.
@Criminal Scum it more resident evil 4 than resident evil 5
@Criminal Scum You do realize both games share the same director?
@@bizmonkey007 it was. It really was. Ignore what your man said there, it's literally wrong.
Evil within 1 has a massive problem in which instead of in 2 where we went for a way better atmospheric style horror, it went for extreme resi 1 ammo conversation, in fact I'd say way way more extreme then that.
Matches needed to burn haunted, or a headshot for most effective kill. But good look with headshots when it takes too many shots for the head to even crit in the first place. If you don't shoot at the leg it's pretty much no good whatsoever. On top of that, upgrades with green gel for weaponry is just extreme. It almost takes way way way too long to do effective upgrades for weapons, and then on top of that youre needing that stuff for critical character upgrades (like getting rid of two second sprint time, and I'm being serious).
None of that is bad. Evil within 1 is a brilliant horror game too, especially for the extreme survival horror experience. It's just with 2, the gameplay tweaks and weaponry improvements effectively makes the whole thing way way more fun from a gameplay aspect. A way better upgrade system just made this better, also I will also say that the atmospheric style horror this time around creates a brilliant environment, and id say for a very specific reason this game is way scarier, and even without that the story creates genuinely frightening areas throughout.
Wasn't expecting a review for this..
Carlos Santana
>reviews third person action games
>still won't check out EDF 4.1
what's EDF?
The only thing stopping bugs from destroying our planet.
Earth Defense Force
Had to youtube what edf was. Looks bad.
I played the first one and honestly it was the most terrifying and most tense game I have ever played I replayed it on nightmare and holy shit I have never clenched my ass cheeks so tight before my heart was skipping 10 beats per second definitely one of the scariest games I have ever played
I thought this game sucked overall. They ruined the aimimg (head shot don't register frequently and close range bullets go through enemies with no damage taken), the story, the voices, the pacing, the visuals, the style, and atmosphere/setting. The first game is vastly superior.
The Evil Within The Last Of Us 2
The Last Evil of Us Within 2
The Last Evil Within Us 2
Doomreb I don’t see any problem with that. This actually makes it more interesting
Doomreb the last of us the re4 the gears of war
& Knuckles & Knuckles.
Ones a Beatnik, the other is a Rastafarian.
I think I recall in TWE1, if you're performing an action like winding a winch, you can let go. If an enemy gets close, and you need to fight not wind etc, press C. That stops the winding action and you're free to do what you need.
Some considered the first a masterpiece and hate the 2nd and some considered the 1st boring and the 2nd a great improvement.
Yeah Punching Bag about sums up Bethesda. But one could argue for good reason.
Lucas Phoenix It's not like they have questionable dlc practices, a prohibition on pre-release reviews, and have made attempts to bankrupt devs in order to buy them out cheap. It's obviously just a bunch of entitled internet trolls trying to hurt a poor innocent media conglomerate.
They deserve all the recent criticism, but one saving grace is they still haven't joined the trend of loot crate yet.
I just realized I might very well have jinxed it, but well...
Quake Champions has loot crates.
It's a free to play game, right? Plus I heard they only grant you cosmetics and xp boosts.
Bethesda is the only AAA company that's still decent. The only company that doesn't shit out multiplayer games because that's all the rage with the kids these days, and they publish a lot of carefully crafted quality single player games. What do we have to say about Ubi, EA and Activision? To me Bethesda has always put quality in front of quantity with games like Doom, Wolfenstein, Prey, Evil Within, Dishonored and Quake. I do however am not a fan of their developed games like TES or Fallout, but a lot of people seem to love those.
"You're gonna hev a bad time", all I could think of was that Southpark episode in Aspen
Pizza, French fries! 😂😂 love that episode
Dat Xbow bring memories of LOOK AT ALL THAT JUICE! I don't think I can count that high
The Evil Within was a good game already. Most people are saying that this game is better basically. So it should be a no brainer ... but I'm not convinced for some reason. Maybe it's because it looks so easy idk. Thanks for the tip about the difficulty setting.
It's simply not as good as the first one if you come from a hardcore Survival horror background, if fallout 4 and skyrim is more your cup of tea (some also say "the last of us" but i havent played that one so i cant really tell) then youll feel right at home.
Hervé G. First game was 10x better imo this game lost almost all style, atmosphere, and aesthetic from the original....the TEW1 was very resident evil 4 where as this one is more.....dead space 3
You should review the first
The lack of matches in Evil Within 2 is disappointing. Trying to line up enemies in the orginal and setting them all on fire was very satisfying and saved alot of ammo. Why remove one of the best mechanics from the original?
It was one of the worst mechanics, though.
@@adamnfiddle8065 They played us like a damn fiddle!!!
Sad that they removed matches from the original.
Besides of laura i didnt see any point of using matches in the first game anyway. Sure to check if some enemies would get up but after fully upgrading the revolver i stopped giving a shit entirely because that thing was just blatantly overpowered for the most enemies
Trying to line up enemies and setting them all on fire never got old and saved alot of ammo. Why remove one of the best mechanics from the original?
I hate the general consensus on stealth mechanics. They are just too easy and don't feel earned. Once you initiate the stealth move, the kill is guaranteed. I remember Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones having a good stealth mechanic, which was if you didn't react correctly on certain time window, your stealth attack fails and you are forced to deal with alerted enemies.
It's actually quite hard to land a good stealth kill. The enemies are extremely jerky and like to make very random deviations from their normal path as well as turning around at random and catching you completely off-guard.
@@adamnfiddle8065 they do turn around at random and boy is it fucking terrifying every time lmao
Yeah nothing more fun than annoying trial and error 🙄
I find on the higher difficulties it really offsets the OP stealth and shooting challenging because you really cant afford to miss.
Final Verdict : Ticks all my boxes.
not really, shity unmemorable boss fights, cliche as fuck story, the rest is mediocre a step down from first one
@@VelvetSky1102 your profile picture strips all integrity of your statement.
...that's what she said
First one was more frightening. I was pretty much cruising threw this one with no worries
With enough firepower nothing can scare u
Happens to be awake and browsing RUclips at the time of upload squad
This one was dumbed down as hell, setting is generic crafting ammo and health takes away all tension. Having a open hub area in a survival horror game is not optimal for story and horror atmosphere. Really wanted an improved sequel because the first one was janky and had problems, oh well. If they make a 3rd one id hope its a mix of both. I liked the games but they always feel unfinished or ideas that devs dont fully commit to.
I was about to buy shadow of war but Im so glad I waited for this one to come out. and No Microtranaction WHOO!!
For me part 2 lacks the atmosphere that the first one had.
part 1 has literally no optimization
its horrible on pc
@@Shamoneee what that gotta do with the atmosphere lol
@@idiot308 what do you want with atmosphere when the game is nearly unplayable
@@Shamoneee my guy that's your problem. you could've posted that as its own comment rather than reply to somebody's comment that has nothing to do with your problem lol
i stopped my Future Funk mix for this
Best birthday,Marshmellows,Killing floor and a GGManlives TEW2 Review
I'm loving this game, and I almost didn't pick it up due to the first one just not grabbing me but the story has hooked me, the open explorable sections are a blast but I will say I would classify this as a thriller over horror as I'm just at the edge of my seat the whole time but haven't been truely scared yet. Ps, great review from a fellow strayan 🍻
This game is amazing and underrated
Yep
I really enjoyed the character development with Seb this time. He's much more relatable than in the first one. When he achieves his objectives, I truly felt like he deserved it.
pixl_man u cant be serious they literally made him worse SOMEHOW
Rob Nickerson How, exactly? There are many scenes dedicated to explore his past and his relationship with his wife and daughter. He has a character arc as well, since the point of the story is he coming to term with his mistakes and redeeming himself. Definitely better than the first game, where he's a static piece of player character, and his whole backstory is presented through text files.
I am just gonna wait for this to go on sell. As much as I loved the first game and the fact the game opens up more in the second I honestly was a bit turned off to find it is more going towards action horror. The director of the first game just becomes the co-director and someone else takes up the spot light and this game really shows both ends of their work. But I will be picking this up on black Friday
DrawnToLove Its nowhere NEAR as good as the first bro just givin u a heads up
Hello sunny jims
By the way, your steam review for this game is one of the most popular so far. Well done.
Cool!
I enjoyed the original but my main problems with the original was the cinematic style with black bars and 24 frames
Dragonfxgaming Funfact:They knew how much we hated letterboxing, so they gave that option as an extra unlockable once you beat the game. There is even an achievement for turning that feature on
but you can take off the letterbox in the options
PC version doesn't have black bars and you can run it at 60 fps.
You are just the best reviewer out there. Congrats.
I will certainly give this one a try.
Glad to see you covering different genres much more
I love this game. For example, it feels like the closest thing to Silent Hill 2 in terms of atmospheric horror games. Great gameplay and story!!
Dude, this game looks SOOO much better in your review than it does in the preview videos.
A lot of review sites have slated this game but listening to you and watching your video i think i'am gona give it a try, enjoyed the first one and the sequel just looks better, thanks for the review.
I love this game a lot. It is a very unique video game and I know it is 3 years old right now but it is still pretty damn good looking.
Hey man, you need to check out the first one. Its challenging and very cool
When Bethesda gives me great single player focused games not milked to death with dlc, microtransactions, tacked on mp, etc. I buy them. So, guess I'm buying this and Wolfenstein The New Colossus on PS4.
Oh wow this comment was poorly timed. Bethesda aren't your friend man, they're no different than EA or Activision... just with a less suicidal PR department.
Just grabbed both 1 and 2 for steam deck for 11$ on G2A. Going to jump right in as soon as I finish my 7$ Days Gone. PC game sales are awesome, especially after years of dealing with Nintendo overpriced bs.
I thought this game sucked overall. They ruined the aimimg, the story, the voices, the pacing, the visuals, the style, and atmosphere/setting. The first game is vastly superior.
It´s worth to mention that it got a First Person mode with a patch in 2018, and it increases the immersion and atmosphere immensly
This game does feel like a nice mix of Resident Evil and Silent Hill, with a bit of Dead Space thrown in.
I really want to play this now. But I didn't like/didn't finish the first one. Is there any "flashback" sequence talking about the first game?
Crossbow is the torque bow from gears of war. It is almost a template of it.
What I hate about this game is how slow everything is. The character moves slowly and runs as fast as a snail. Even when you save a game you have to wait for him to slowly put his walkie talkie on the briefcase then lean forward more, before you actually get access to the save game slots. Going down a ladder the same thing so I end up reflexively spamming the Q key to get him to slide down but I have to wait for him to slowly move. I understand the slow motion adding to the horror but on pc it's just frustrating. You can move the mouse fast and look around but the character's body just lags behind. It would have been better if they sped those things up just a little so as to make it normal speed. I'm not asking for COD super fast moves. Just a normal speed for a game. A lot of the times you die because you think the character would have moved faster but because he doesn't you misplan your attacks a lot. So most of the time I just sneak around and avoid all confrontation as much as possible because I know one mistake will cost me half my life meter and burn through all my ammo trying to kill one standard enemy.
Review Silent Hill games.
This is unexpected.
As for performance, it's funny that GTX 1080ti owners are pretty much the only ones complaining about performance, even when they get 100fps! They look at GPU usage in RivaTuner (honestly, I hate that application so much!) and see that it only reaches 70% or so. And they are like, why isn't it using all 1954670% of my super expensive GPU?! It's ridiculous.
Awesome review, as always.
I loved the first , and buying this for sure.
You know what, you've got me wanting to play them both now
3:34 i know it’s late but those enemies can’t be killed with a stealth attack when they are on fire, so it also requires patience and timing
I liked the first game, but so far I'm finding this one extremely tedious.
same
Tenfey found the first one pretentious AF this one ended up being a bit more stream lined but definitely for the better.
It's the exact *OPPOSITE* for me.
I don’t like it when the stuff I need to upgrade my character favors a particular playstyle. Like getting green goo favors combat. Or in Deus Ex: HR, stealth kills got lots more credits than run and gun. It can be said multiple paths exist, but they’re lopsided.
Just downloaded this off PSPlus…. Are the controls meant to be so …. Laggy? Almost feels unplayable to me
the 1st looked like more of a horror than this. It looks like they took the grit and cleaned it off and made it easier.
its exactly what they did, but it attracts more sales if the game is less scarier and easier. Hardcore Gamers got kinda left in the dust with this one.
49mozzer I did and it was still easy smh
the first isnt playable on pc, optimization doesnt exist there
@@Shamoneee it does but you have to modify the *.ini file for solid 60fps and full screen
You should do another old game next! Preferably on another gaming platform like the PSP or something
One thing I’ve not seen mentioned in reviews that I think is a huge improvement over the first game is matches are no longer needed to finish off enemy’s. This is based on footage I’ve seen.
That's true.
The joystick controls were not very well designed and trying to get a headshot can be a real pain, I wish I'd used mouse and keyboard instead. Sebastian's daughter and wife could've used a little bit more of exposition as I didn't feel emotionally invested in these characters. I share the same opinion regarding the stealth mechanics. Overall, I think the game was pretty solid.
Huge step up in quality between TEW1 and TEW2 made me very happy.
Good thing that they released a huge-ass 2hr demo to show that step, otherwise I would never buy this game. TEW1 let me down very hard.
Cool to see you review this. I thought you only did FPS stuff.
a step down from the first one
That shooting range side-mission is straight outta RE4.
Ye
Nice, it's good to see this one turned out well.
Was wondering where the stealth indicator is ... then I realized I have no indicator because I play on Nightmare. Much better without it. That way you have to concentrate on the behaviour of enemies.
i think the game engine powered by id Tech 5 also being modified or customize for this particular game the evil within 2
and tango called the "NEW"(STEM) engine but they improved with Havok physics they added some middleware to enhanced or improved the gameplay and stunning visuals compare to old one (the evil within)
I'm pretty sure you like it more than the first game. My friends have been trashing it saying the first one was better. They didn't like how Sebastian was narrating everything he did(I dub this Troy Baker style dialogue and acting) or how Kidman was "ugly" or how the story basically ignored or forgot that Ruvik escaped STEM and had nothing to do with the first game among other things. I have no opinion on this game myself, but I do know that I didn't like the first one at all. So I was a bit at odds with them.
I prefer the first one...this one was a bit too out of focus,starts like a 50 hours game and midway just tries to finish fast
What's with them ripping the crossbow straight from Gears of War, lol. But I guess it's fitting because of how much of an influence Resident Evil 4, which MIkami directed, had on Gears of War.
6:17 you can double tap the "open door" key to kick the door open instead of opening it slowly
Seriously? I guess this game really wants to be RE 4
Not with every door.
This one handles and plays somewhat different than the first. i think theyre both good though i think i prefer the tone and atmosphere of 2 but i love the creative environments of 2 and improved characters
Not played these games but your review convinced me. Last decent survival horror I experienced was Christmas Dinner at the mother in laws..
When was this announced? It's like it just materialized into existence.
E3
Lol. I played the whole game with controller and notice now how much it actually sucks. Making headshots was a pain in the ass. The fact that I played Nightmare and had no auto aim was not helping. The game was really difficult with controller aiming. Headshots were nearly impossible. You took 12 hours with all side missions? WTF? I took 22. But I died quite often and played on Nightmare (and controller...). I also had no "eye". I dont know whether they seen me or not. The only aspect it is worse than the first is the horror aspect. Felt the first was scarier.
idk but that [E] prompt in yellow reminds me of the prompts in Wolfenstein TNO & OB. Is that an idTech thing?
Great review! Awesome to hear a fellow aussie doing a review and not sound like a bogan hahaha. Youve got a Sub from me mate!
They just released a new update that allows you to play the game in first person, basically a dlc being that you are playing a completely different game style for free.
Crossbow with multiple different Arrows, eh?
I can finally be a Hawkguy.....
"Hawkguy" I like you, I really like you
Corvo Brando seems like a cool dude.
Wish he could summon Steam Rollers.
Shin Computer-Monster “My name is Sebastian Castellanos. For a few days I was trapped in a machine called Stem with only one goal: survive. Now I will fulfill my own wish to clear my conscious I will bring down those who took my daughter. To do this, I must become someone else. I must become something else.”
-Green Arrow- *Sebastian*
OMG! YOU'RE REVIEWING THIS GAME!? SWEET!
I just played through both games... they were great.
I also wish I started with Nightmare Difficulty.
Gggmanlives, i'm curious as to why you're playing on normal difficulty all of a sudden. With both this and Wolfenstein II, don't you usually play on hard?
gotta crank this shit out mr xeno
It was good up until chapter 13 when they got back into bad habits and just had to pull "we want to be Resident Evil Dark Souls" It went from engaging and fun to frustrating, but the last chapter redeemed the game tbh. So it has not been deleted from my PS4 unlike the first one.
Great review! But man, 12 hours? :O The game actually took me closer to 20 hours on my first playthrough. I have been playing on nightmare though which makes stealth really take center stage, and greatly slows down the pace. But it's ok cause now I'm getting my action fix in ng+ :P
I also wanna say that I'm not having any issues with the framerate either. with a gtx 1070, 16gb ram and an i7 7700k, that game runs near flawlessly at 1440p.
Since you're doing third person shooters now, any chance for Deadrising franchise?
Not likely.
Because it sucks huh lol
Well I've only played 1& 2 but I liked both those games actually. 2 in particular was a lot of fun.
The jumpscare oh my god, i was increasing my volume because i thought it was really low since there was no sound, fuck!!!!
At the beginning lol
Oh God I wish I would have done this game on Nightmare too on my first try. Survival was so fucking casual and easy, that even if you are spotted, most of the time it doesn't matter if the enemies saw you hiding inside a bush a few feet away.
If tew2 will drop in sales like Prey and Dishonored 2 did what will Bethesda do, except not doing these time of game again for very long time?
Really glad to hear it's good. I really liked the first game despite its issues, was looking forward to this.