
The Evil Within 2 confidently hits its marks as a quality Action/Shooter title.
89
Verdict
92%
Steam
81
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (92% positive from 30K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (81/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
No significant drawbacks reported
The Evil Within 2 is a 2017 survival horror game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is the sequel to 2014's The Evil Within.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
Pretty good. In fact, it's fantastic! So much better than the first game, from the tighter controls to the more open-ended gameplay. Combat feels much more satisfying as well. A shame the matches had to go but weapons have much more oomph to them and headshots are killing floor levels of satisfying. I'm glad Sebastian is actually involved within the narrative this time too. It's a shame this game wasn't the one to receive any DLC.
Best game ever its diffrent and a classic in all horror games. I wish the company didnt go broke otherwise we would have a part 3 arround this year.
A great sequel to possibly end the franchise, even though at the post credits - it hints for another sequel as the STEM turns on (Ruvik is back?), the developing studios have been changing and we probably wont be seeing a 3rd game any time soon. The graphics in this game were lovely, the environment was beautiful, the scenery, basically everything. Great step-up from the previous game. The Lost's design was very grotesque as well, well done. After playing Resident Evil, I now realise that the director used the herb system and other things in Re4r, Re2r, Re3r and so on. I haven't played the old Resident Evil's so I dont know if I got it mixed up but, thats what it looks like. But anyways, the story was alright. It wasn't bad but it just felt a bit lackluster. A lot of characters died when it felt like they just didnt need to, but it is what it is. And to add to that - Theodore and Stefano were hyped up for really nothing, I thought Stefano was going to be the main villain till the end - but we had that boss fight (which was a bit mid, wasn't enjoyable imo), then Theodore shows up, which makes me think he is the actual final villain, just for Myra to show up and just end him. It was a bit confusing but somewhat enjoyable. Gameplay wise - had a pretty good selection of weapons. I liked the EX part of the bolts, pretty neat. The stat tree as well was great, loved it. Upgrading and crafting too. Was a bit upset that you had to complete the game first to unlock the magnum but it is whatever - we at least got a full auto rifle so I'm a bit happy. However, in this game - there wasn't that much bosses to fight unlike the first game. Even in general there wasn't a lot of bosses which is very unique to survival horror games. The Myra boss fight was cool though.... The Sadako type boss was annoying though, VERY scary but annoying. But the scary part probably comes from you not being able to damage her, so. Oh, and I guess the boss-rush type of thing between the past bosses was cool - good to see that his trauma is gone now. I liked how in this game they made it a small open world for each of the areas. Its fun exploring and things like resonance points were cool to get more information on whats happening in the story. The side missions were alright as well. Now that I'm thinking about it, what the hell happened to Sykes? We get no confirmation if he survived or not. But I guess he's dead if we didn't get anything. The Sadako encounters were random but also kinda predictable - but that made it even more frightening. Mobius being taken down at the end was sort of...? I don't know how to describe it. On one hand I'm glad that the worlds largest criminal syndicate has been taken down - on the other hand, was it really that easy? I mean nothing was really expanded on Mobius itself. All we know is what the mastermind had in plans for the future. But he died quite easily, so... Speaking of death, is Myra even dead? I mean she left herself behind but, we don't see her die? Maybe its implied when everything was crumbling around her, but that surely doesn't mean she's dead right? The ending was somewhat satisfying, at least Lily and Sebastian lives... (Resident Evil Village - im talking about you..) But Kidman? It seemed like at the end, she still had something to do? Anyways, great game franchise, Sebastian needs a break, dude has been through a LOT of stuff, probably wont see The Evil Within 3 forever but I'm fine with that.
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