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PC Gamer
Top Critic
Oct 16, 2014
A challenging blend of stealth and action, but relies on gross-out rather than real fear. Poor design choices leads to technical shortcomings.
Game Rant
Top Critic
Oct 16, 2014
'The Evil Within' has some rich and interesting imagery, but its story and gameplay are disappointingly derivative.
IGN
Top Critic
Oct 15, 2014
Superb gameplay, a breakneck pace and terrifying enemies makes The Evil Within a wonderful survival horror experience.
Eurogamer
Top Critic
Oct 16, 2014
Shinji Mikami has yet to make a poor game, and The Evil Within does not blemish his record. But neither does the game enchant and disrupt in the way that Vanquish and the others managed. This is Mikami revisiting his past glories and, as such, it's both a delight and a disappointment.
GamesRadar+
Top Critic
Oct 13, 2014
Despite letting some of its most compelling aspects die off, The Evil Within is still worth a shot for bringing some unique ideas in the first place, and giving us a new way to think about survival horror.
Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
Oct 13, 2014
Rather than the future of survival horror this is merely a retread of its defining moments, and even then it rarely manages to equal what has gone before – let alone exceed it.
Game Informer
Top Critic
Oct 13, 2014
Is feeling completely unnerved for 15-plus hours your idea of a good time? Then you're in for a treat
Polygon
Top Critic
Oct 13, 2014
The Evil Within has a strong foundation in the past but fails to build on it
GameSpot
Top Critic
Oct 20, 2014
The Evil Within is a captivating return to the glory days of survival horror whose various issues keep it just short of greatness.
Top Critic
Oct 21, 2014
The Evil Within winds up feeling like an inconsistent rehash of ideas previously executed elsewhere. Its great boss fights aren't enough to justify the tedium and frustration the game puts players through.
Giant Bomb
Top Critic
Oct 28, 2014
Shinji Mikami returns to the genre that defined him, but the result is a jumbled mess of ideas that never quite come together.
USgamer
Top Critic
Oct 19, 2014
The Evil Within is Shinji Mikami's return to the survival horror genre, but that return is muted. Overall, the Evil Within is solid and it definitely has some great moments, but poorly-implemented mechanics and a bland story bring down the overall package. Survival horror fans should pick it up, but others may want to wait until the price drops a bit.
Game Revolution
Top Critic
Oct 16, 2014
The Evil Within definitely delivers a survival horror game that will scare the s*** out of you, but some may find a few of the combat mechanics to be a bit more terrifying for the wrong reasons.
Destructoid
Top Critic
Oct 14, 2014
If you like old-school third-person action games with horror elements, I'd recommend picking up The Evil Within on a console, possibly at a price cut. It will definitely scratch the itch of someone who has been pining for a return to the older days of gaming, but everyone else who has come to expect that certain layer of polish likely won't be amused.
GameTrailers
Top Critic
Oct 12, 2014
The Evil Within is a survival-horror masterpiece. Anyone concerned this is just another action game soaked in blood needn't worry. Tense pacing, stunning atmosphere, and terrifying enemy encounters come together to create a journey you may never forget.
TheSixthAxis
Top Critic
Oct 13, 2014
Despite borrowing a lot of well-worn themes from other games and movies (Hello, creepy shop mannequins from Silent Hill), The Evil Within feels fresh and exciting. It's easy torecommend to fans of the original Dead Space and the earlier Resident Evil games.
Shacknews
Top Critic
Oct 12, 2014
Resident Evil fans will have a serious case of déjà vu when playing The Evil Within. It offers much of the thrills and creepy environments that make the series so enticing, along with some of its frustrations.
Hardcore Gamer
Top Critic
Oct 13, 2014
The Evil Within marks Shinji Mikami's triumphant return to horror, cementing his status as a mastermind of the genre. Smartly aiming for psychological horror over cheap jump scares, it gets under the skin and effects the psyche. Unfortunately, it falls into the modern trappings of boasting too much firepower at the cost of stealth and intelligence.
Attack of the Fanboy
Top Critic
Oct 23, 2014
The Evil Within might not be the resurgence of the survival-horror genre, but it is a fun and varied experience. However, some elements will serve to frustrate more than scare, causing overall disappointment.
God is a Geek
Top Critic
Oct 13, 2014
Brutal, gory, and one of the most tense games in recent memory - though not without fault.
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