WCCFTech - The Evil Within Review: Lackluster Horror Best Forgotten

WCCFTech Reviews The Evil Within

[-Foxtrot]

Lackluster...LOL

It's one of the best horror games in a long time. Perfect...no but the best we've gotten lately.

[Xaphy]

Is the game scary? I miss having some good scares while playing a game. Pt was good but too short :(

[TheOpenWorlder]

I got it like 5 minutes ago myself. So far its not scary....kind of surprised. The main guy looks kind of like the joker LOL THought id post this review here though. i read them a lot

[-Foxtrot]

Really depends on what you define as scary

I think it is based on the suspense and panic when someone is chasing after you, when you trigger enemies to come out and your in the open or in a closed corridor with only a bed to hide under and the constant panic when your facing a wave of enemies yet you have hardly no ammo, little health and your sprint is fading out.

PT was scary because it was loaded with jump moments to make you shit yourself

[Ezz2013]

i'm playing it now (Ps3 Version)

the game is scary
much more scary than Survival games like TLOU or RE4 ...it's Dead Space scary level for me.
it's not on par with TLOU gameplay or story or acting or gfx at all
But i find it better than Re4 in all of those

and there is one big scary MF will chase you
remind me alot of RE3 Nemesis...but of course not as badass as Nemesis

so far it's Awesome game for me
ohhh and the music in the intro was really good

[Unspoken]

Scary would probably be Aliens:Isolation with Oculus Rift.

Dead Space had more tension and more WTF moments over what I have played on The Evil Within, but I'm still going to finish it for the Resident Evil nostalgia. AI is kinda "meh" though

I've watched enough Anime that the Japanese have to do some really creepy stuff to get me to jump. They will have to really play on our sense of fear through more than just sight.

[TheOpenWorlder]

Best horror games? Mannnn i don't know. so far im not scared. but will keep playing. will see. most of the gameplay vids didnt scare me either

[-Foxtrot]

As I said

Best horror game...in a long time

[ghostface9]

after chapter 3 is when it steps it up a notch the outside stuff is intro stuff getting you used to the mechanics

[1nsomniac]

It's not scary or one of the best horror games AT ALL BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION!! - I can't stress that enough. It's the ultimate cheesefest. Its more comedy half the time than horror, it's just silly.

I have no idea what he's smoking but whatever it is it would surly make this game a little more interesting I'm sure.

I thought it was a 6.5/10 based on the understanding that you were looking for a kind of cheesy horror experience in the first place not the horror game it was advertised as. So a 6.6/10 is pretty fair in IMO.

[TheOpenWorlder]

I think when you have little ammo, sprint running out quickly and the enemies are barely dying with 5 shots to me that isn't scary at all. i dont know what you mean about the "panic". i mean to me thats jump scare type stuff like the reviewer mentioned. but i dont think its crazy good

[NixonMonoxide]

As someone who's currently playing the game and enjoying it, I can say this review has some spot on points about the game. I probably won't think it's a 6/10 when I finish it, but I understand why others will find it lackluster.

It really feels more gorefest action/horror than actual horror, and that's fine with me. There's just too many recycled horror tropes so far for this to even compare to the likes of Dead Space 1/2, Siren BC, etc.

That's fine. It's still enjoyable. It may be one of the best we've gotten in a long time Foxtrot, but that really isn't saying much for the genre I'm afraid.

So many recent titles, are bloody walking simulators like Alien Iso, and I clearly chose this. Hopefully more games like this, that are even more polished will be released.

[Concertoine]

This game isnt perfect but this is way better than the setpiece simulator that is dead space 2. The structure for the dead space games is awful. Every now and then someone gets on the radio and spews some technobabble, then you go into subsector x1 and refuse bio-generator B. Rinse and repeat. Obviously alive body strewn here, health packs in every nook and cranny.

Dead space 1 i can praise as a good "starting point", but the sequels i cant praise for failing to evolve on a horror level.

Evil within is at the very least a difficult game where you fear death unlike DS.

[purpleblau]

It's not scary, more like RE shooting zombies. You want the real scary game? Look for Silent Hills.

[Sir_Baron]

If by best you mean worst then yes I agree.

Evil Within has to be the most disappointing title release since Aliens Colonial Marines.

The game isn't scary at all, makes the dialogue in Resident Evil seem like a masterpiece.

6.6 is probably the highest this game deserve.

The only Horror about this game is that it got released by someone who made one of the best Horror Games Resident Evil.

[shadowraiserx]

Resident Evil original and RE Remake are not scary at all too ,they got dark themes but they are more about survivor and puzzle solving with a theme of horror, we were kids back in the day if you put a 10 or 12 year old to play The Evil Within they will say the same thing we say about Resident Evil.Devs have to used other methods to really scare people.

[46889337]

Isn't this the same website that tried to pass off Watch Dogs beta footage as the full game for a review?

Yeah. Real credible.

[Kingdomcome247]

So they write fake reviews because they don't have the credibility with publishers to receive review copies? That's low, and it sounds like your better off not being there anyway. It almost seems like publishers could take them to court.

[MadLad]

Just an update.
I have been contacted by the Editor in Chief of WCCFtech. As far as I am told, they have taken down the review for inspection.
If the author can't prove ownership of the title prior to release, then the review probably won't be put back up.
The site is addressing the issues I've stated here, and I just wanted that fact known.

[TheFanboySlayer]

Thank you Jesus.....always coming thru and helping lol

[MadLad]

I do what I can, son.
I do what I can.

:p

[Ghost_Nappa]

Why was this article reposted?

[gantarat]

The Evil Within is great game if you enjoy RE 4 you might be love this game (game have action sequence not survivor-horror 100%)

[Psygnosis333]

Tell me what resident evel game is pure horor game ?

[King_of_Nothing]

The review itself reads as if it was written by someone who's education ceased at the 10th grade. A single sentence shouldn't contain 4 topics and be over a paragraph in length. Please hire better editors, writers, or consider a different career.

[Gamer4life888]

The Evil Within is one of the most disappointing games i have ever played.

[Psygnosis333]

Resident Evil games are not scary,even the classics...its survival game,RE2 & RE4 are my favoryte,,they are not scary at all..thay got some scary elements but nothing like silent hill

[ghostface9]

If anyone wants to see a review that hit this game spot on... its ign which gave it a 8.7 its the spiritual succesor to re4 in all the right ways

[dansdooz]

Ha ha ha game is amazing! Ignore this review

[hiawa23]

Lackluster, really, cause I am loving the game. Perfect, no, no such thing, but am having a good time with it.