Horror? Wrong! --- A good game? Not quite! --- Graphics? What?

What can one say about The Evil Within large? It is a game that is choking on his previous hype and does not satisfy the expectations that it deceives the fans in its countless promises and trailers. But not everything is bad and brings the players ultimately a short, but nevertheless amusing pastime. What exactly flop and what is good, I will explain in greater detail below.

Point 1: Horror!

The main point of all first of all. It is in The Evil Within not to a Quietschbuntes Hüpfabenteuer but a horror game, old school. In various trailers the player is given that it is in this game to the gun par excellence is and it teaches us to fear.
Unfortunately, I realized while playing through that test players had to have been correct cowards, because a real horror one experiences rarely in The Evil Within. Despite some minor shock moments when a door pops open or a zombie comes dangerously close, looking to the horror in The Evil Within vain. The game is much more on the psychological horror, but does not actually strikes at the crowd. Even the constant lack of ammunition or the fast declining life indicator tears as the horror is not really out and creates more tension rather than horror. (Flop)

Point 2: Graphics!

What one might call graphics. For a game on the next-gen platform can now expect something grandiose term. However, despite the XBOX ONE - version that I played, I felt more like an HD remake of an old classic XBOX 360. Apart from some differences from the last gene, with regard to lighting and particle effects also here has not really done much. However, I must say that I do not find an ultra high-resolution graphics in this game for fit. The somewhat old-style suits the genre of the game and puts players in an oppressive and extremely gloomy world. (No flop, but also no good)

Point 3: Gameplay!

Of course you can talk a lot of the gameplay. The One is there, the other not, and so it happens sometimes that lost boss fights are quickly spoiled when the character while reloading as desired by the player does not rise to a projection, so that the boss does not get a.
Despite all this, I just drop the camera negative to the gameplay. These sticks namely always too close for my liking on protagonists and can in a crouched posture nerves quickly because not all attention is to be seen, but rather the invisible inside of our virtual character.
Clean Playful it is kept very simple. Over to Da, sneaking here, zombie-killing A to Z, find the subject insignificant to put Elevator A in transition. In the end a schlauchiger way is the player revealed that of the 15 chapters, somewhat taking place in some in width, but does not really have much freedom of choice is where you now runs prefer long. The path is required! (Flop)

Point 4: Story!

The story is for me the most important part of any game! Is the story scrap can kloppen the game generally in the bin. What use is an excellent gameplay, if the story is total crap. So it was also that I was not really sure if The Evil Within now has a good or rather a bad story. At the beginning of the game, the story is still extremely simple and transparent. A police team is appointed to a mass murder-place, which is, however, plagued by a rather evil enemy. Finally, the characters are in a dream world, although like their world, but throws everything into disarray.
Between the beginning and the middle of the game, but unfortunately the story loses some and betting that the player simply runs Grundlos from A to B and so the instructions of his useless NPC companions, follow.
In the center there will be something exciting and the story is taken up again. But how shortly after the start, the story of nowhere and the player loses even after the middle of the game, looks forward to a senseless Geschleiche and banging.
The finale is but then again crowned with a grandiose term end, what might have been, however, have wished for the whole game. (No flop no good)

Item 5: 100% UNCUT! How hard is it?

The Evil Within is released from 18 years and 100% Uncut available in Germany. Despite the merciless constraint on psychological horror, yet lots of splatter elements in the game are used, which mainly relates to the death of the main character sequences. Furthermore, we shot a lot and assassinated, and so it can happen that after a shot fired your hand, the Zombie fast times a big beautiful Loch graces the face center, but the cattle still continue hungry for your death. Nevertheless, everything is still held within the framework and can be played without concerns of all those who have not as dealing with splatter and flying body parts.

CONCLUSION:

On the whole, The Evil Within has not met expectations, not met promised elements and also offset hartgesottete Horror fans not really in fear and terror, as it had shown one or the other alleged Test Player Trailer. Nevertheless, it is a moderately good play and the unique playing very well suited. Whether it but for the 2nd time still makes just as much fun or us players is irritating questionable.
Therefore, there is of me 3 stars out of 5!
Tip for zombie lovers, but for everyone else rather a moderately frightening experience to pass the time.