‘The Evil Within’ is Not Scary

The Evil Within marks the return of Shinji Mikami — most known for creating the Resident Evil franchise — to the survival horror genre. Unfortunately, the game just isn’t scary, and we can thank Sebastian Castellanos for that.

Detective Sebastian Castellanos is The Evil Within’s emotionless protagonist. No matter what horrific things he sees, what terrifying creatures he encounters, he never loses his marbles. Not just that, but he hardly reacts to them at all. At one point during our demo, he is swallowed by a tidal wave of blood and surfaces seconds later to find himself about waist deep in a pool of red liquid in the middle of a dark, strange room. He then calmly says “what the hell just happened?” and moves on.

Continue reading This Article From Review Fix Video Games Editor Manny Vivas at Examiner.com

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