The Evil Within - The Bear and Badger

XOMuggins

I fucking loved The Evil Within. Some top monster design. Loved the fucked up gore and general unofficial sequel to 4 vibe. The story was a lot more interesting than anything in Resident Evil and the game was scarier than almost anything in that series. Loved the Keeper.

Smang

found this for £15, apparently with DLC codes. thought it was worth a punt...

acemuzzy

Where?

Smang

it's floating around ebay atm between £15-20.

at least it's not a heap of money if it doesn't have dlc codes.

fullspectrum

I paid 30 and regret it big time. Played the first two chapters but may never carry on.

Verecocha

I really enjoyed it, part way through second play through but got loads to be getting on with.

Kow

It has a few very nasty difficulty spikes but overall it's ok. It's basically just Resident Evil reskinned and ubergored.

Smang

fullspectrum wrote:

I paid 30 and regret it big time. Played the first two chapters but may never carry on.

uh-oh...

Bob

Kow wrote:

It has a few very nasty difficulty spikes but overall it's ok. It's basically just Resident Evil reskinned and ubergored.

This.

fullspectrum

Smang wrote:

fullspectrum wrote:

I paid 30 and regret it big time. Played the first two chapters but may never carry on.

uh-oh...

I had a mate over who was very disparaging as I tried to play it. I hate it when people are telling you the thing you're trying to get excited about, having bought, is shit. I don't mind that at all on the internet but when they're right there in the room it's kind of why should I bother then.

The game may be excellent for all I know : )

Webbins

I keep trying to go back to it but I got screwed over by the autosave. I've had to replay a chunk including a really annoying section with that spider cunt, so I keep rage quitting. Was quite enjoying it up to that point, the annoying parts are mega irritating though.

TheDJR

I watched my brother play most of it, looked completely average. There seemed to be quite a few ridiculous insta death parts.

Cherry_Pez

Feel bad now, GF bought this a month ago and I did a full Nicks mate to it during the couple of hours we played. Didn't click with me at all (so all in all, your mate was probably right Nick).

fullspectrum

fullspectrum wrote:

I paid 30 and regret it big time. Played the first two chapters but may never carry on.

uh-oh...

I had a mate over who was very disparaging as I tried to play it. I hate it when people are telling you the thing you're trying to get excited about, having bought, is shit. I don't mind that at all on the internet but when they're right there in the room it's kind of why should I bother then. The game may be excellent for all I know : )

it was this guy, speak up @trainee1985

Edit: don't feel bad Pez, there's a lot of other things that need attention than to have to feel like you should play through something average because you like the creator's heritage.

Smang

if i hate it i imagine i'll be able to get back mah muneh.

XOMuggins

I think Evil Within did horror and tension a lot better than Alien Isolation, some of it suggesting a difficulty or danger that wasn't actually there. I particularly loved the Mansion bit where you had to hide in closets and under beds.

XOMuggins

Alien Isolation I still liked a lot but when there is a very large problem with the difficulty somehow trying to double as horror. There is nothing scary about dying fifty times on a particular section. It is irritating and reduces the fear of those first couple of times to simply a mechanical thing and the Alien to a patroling Metal Gear Solid guard. The Evil Within nailed the thrill of anticipating that level of challenge without actually demanding a hundred deaths. The ending is a good example of this.

Smang

the comparison with the Alien and an MGS guard patrol is a bit off, one is set on a fixed route and timings, one is completely random and runs off an unscripted AI, doing what it wants. they do both pull you out of lockers you hide in though...

the fear in A:I comes from the world and its atmosphere, and not knowing where the alien is, and what will it do when it does appear. i guess it's more tension than fear, but after 3 play-throughs it didn't wear of for me personally. i really felt like it was something to be outwitted, especially on harder difficulties.

XOMuggins

The atmosphere is top notch but the random AI business still results in the same outcomes again and again, which is being swiftly killed in a locker, under a desk or walking under a vent. The Alien patroling the corridors, even if it is patroling them differently than the previous go, reduces what should be a complex and terrifying thing into simply representing a fail state. The feeling of barely getting through a section the first time is preferable to finally getting it right a dozen goes on.

Smang

i dunno, to me it's like hotline miami/trials in that sense. how else do you represent the situation presented in Alien?

that said, if you're getting grabbed out of lockers and under desks, you're probably making too much noise and getting seen. pretty sure i've sat in a locker for about 15 minutes in this game... also 'kill' vents usually ooze slime so you can avoid them.

also once i'd learned the locations of those control boxes and some other intricacies of the aliens behaviour, like it's fear of fire - it's quite feasible to get through most of the game without getting eaten. i've had some insane cat and mouse moments, completely unscripted.

fullspectrum

I really should play that game more.

Dark Soldier

Trials? Agreed bro.

fullspectrum

I'm terrible!

Smang

I played an hour, while the game seems ok (or rather too early to judge) i am baffled by the super widescreen borders and the frame rate. especially the borders. also a distinct lack of knowing what i'm supposed to be doing, haha.

+1 for Debora Morgan though.

XOMuggins

Not really feeling The Assignment much.

Curtis

Now this is very strange: 8 months on and Tango have released an update that removes the wide-screen 'cinematic' borders. 0_o

Typical that i'd recently deleted it off my HDD (all 60GB of it). I'm curious to see if they've messed with the FOV or whether its a true engine upgrade.

Smang

really? i didn't get too far before getting annoyed, and that was one of the things that did annoy... might load it up later and see.

Smang

borders can now be turned off, and it seems to run a bit smoother?

find it much more comfortable to play with the borders gone, like i can actually see around the character.

but it doesn't help the fact i'm stuck at some part where a dude shows up, touches me and i explode with no clue how to go about moving on... i want to like this game but it's making it hard.

Syph79

Smang wrote:

borders can now be turned off, and it seems to run a bit smoother?

find it much more comfortable to play with the borders gone, like i can actually see around the character.

but it doesn't help the fact i'm stuck at some part where a dude shows up, touches me and i explode with no clue how to go about moving on... i want to like this game but it's making it hard.

Spoiler:

Smang

i did try running, but there don't appear to be many places to go

i'm in a room with only one entrance/exit when he appears. it's almost annoying as that "safe-head" section that i did eventually figure out. insta-death into loading screen is not good though.

thanks for the tip! was gonna youtube it tbh.

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