Some thoughts on "The Evil Within" (on PS4)

SPOILERS AHEAD!

Some thoughts on The Evil Within, which I played and completed in about 25 hours on the normal setting on PS4.

Wonder what it would have been if it we're just next gen. Feel like I'm going to be saying and thinking that a lot over the next few...half a decade.

This looked like a really nice PS3 game, but I've seen better on a PS3, so, you guys need to up your lazy ass game.

Overall, this was a nice blend of Resident Evil (resource management, mood, settings...in fact, sometimes the settings were so Resident Evil (specifically RE 4) that I had to wonder what new stuff Shinji Mikami has up his sleeve) and Silent Hill (the lack of explanation, the uncertainty, the vaguely mystic storyline). Anything original? Erm...

I like some of the Lovecraft feel. The catacombs were absolutely fantastic. Bosses varied. 

The first appearance of Laura was utterly horrifying and I really wish they hadn't had it in the fucking trailer, because that would have been an excellent pants-shitting moment for me. Her one-hit-kill thing got old quick though. 

As for the Keeper...ugh... We need to just accept that nothing will ever be as awesome as Pyramid Head and move on from putting different geometric shapes on top of bad guys' shoulders in order to make them look intimidating.

I'll stop there.

Established early that nothing is real. Kind of like that, although it seems like they built on an easy out if they need one.

The protagonist is milk. Gritty milk, but, still, milk. 

Good atmosphere, very good at times, and kudos for not relying on jump scares.

Glad they didn't have the old run-around-shooting-at-the-huge-bad-guy fight at end. Enjoyed the last fight.

The explanations for what the enemies were were good and bad, the descriptions (that you'll only see if you go through every entry in the Model Viewer) were at times a bit of a stretch. I have a feeling the sketches came first, then the back story.

Glad there were no helpless, busty women to save/oogle. Even after finishing the game, no ridiculous costumes to be found. Way to make a stand, Shinji. 

Could have done with a bit more exposition at the end.

Looking forward to the DLC, the Kidman stuff, anyway. Really hope we get a clearer picture of who Mobius are and what the fuck was going on.

Had a lot of fun with Evil Within and glad to have another horror franchise to look forward to along with whatever Resident Evil and SIlent Hill have coming next.