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I'm replaying it at the moment and I'm struck once again by how excellent it is.

I put off buying it when it came out cos a lot of people said it was frustrating and just not that good. I'm really glad I finally decided to give it a chance though; it strikes a really great balance between impactful action and unsettling horror, and to me feels like a better successor to RE4 than RE5 or 6.

Sure its not perfect; the story's nothing special, but I really feel like outside of RE4 its one of the best examples of how to blend action and horror effectively.

With a metacritic in the 60s-70s, it's also a prime example of why I stopped listening so much to reviewers when choosing my purchases.

Anyone else really enjoy this one?



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Ive played only the second one but did love it.
The action in it is good as well as the health.
The second part felt like a mix of RE4 and the last of us.



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Yep, it's a great game. The sequel is great too.



Sequel is much better. IMO EW2 is better tan RE7.



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BraLoD said:
If you are talking about the first one, it's really clunky and frustating.
Lot of good ideas, abismal execution.

beats LoD



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BraLoD said:
If you are talking about the first one, it's really clunky and frustating.
Lot of good ideas, abismal execution.

I thought the execution was fine; combat felt good with enemies feeling genuinely threatening and satisfying to kill, there was variety in encounters and setpieces with new baddies and mechanics introduced at a steady pace, resource management was well balanced in that I had to be careful but was never left empty-handed or under-equipped.

Leynos said:
Sequel is much better. IMO EW2 is better tan RE7.

I'd really love it if the sequel got a Switch port, I'd buy that day 1.



I really liked it, but it is more in line with RE 1-3 than to 4 imho.



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I could never get into it tbh. I'm more for the undead or Alien/Predator/Terminator horror types, than I am for anything else, be it supernatural or criminal.

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Didnt play 2, but EW1 had really good scenario design, but the pacing and story really brings it down A LOT. I didnt even felt tense, Its just not scary at all, its weird.
Gameplay was alright I guess.



curl-6 said:

I'm replaying it at the moment and I'm struck once again by how excellent it is.

I put off buying it when it came out cos a lot of people said it was frustrating and just not that good. I'm really glad I finally decided to give it a chance though; it strikes a really great balance between impactful action and unsettling horror, and to me feels like a better successor to RE4 than RE5 or 6.

Sure its not perfect; the story's nothing special, but I really feel like outside of RE4 its one of the best examples of how to blend action and horror effectively.

With a metacritic in the 60s-70s, it's also a prime example of why I stopped listening so much to reviewers when choosing my purchases.

Anyone else really enjoy this one?

The Evil Within has a 75 Metscore (version with most reviews) that's just short of great.