As usual, the audio is a bit shit in places. While recording the audio for this video, I went through three different laptops (covered by warranty, thank God!) and had to do factory resets a few times as well. All in all, I had to re-download Premiere Pro and Audition four times. In addition, I had to record in three different sittings, two of which were while I had a cold, and one in a hotel. The whole thing was a nightmare. One day, I'll get the audio right. One day...

@qwerty_artist

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Davis Audio be dammed, I'm enjoying this video no matter what! I'm actually at a party- This came at the absolute best time, many thanks :3

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stevenreynolds8287

6 жыл бұрын

I love these style of videos, they take a ton of work to make, but they are so worth it. Your doing good work.

@retromjs

6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video - convinced me to give the game a go

@IGotDiabeetus

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Davis That's some damn bad luck. But I thought the video turned out great anyway!

To be fair, it makes sense for an enemy called the Sadist to draw out his kill for as long as possible.

@entropy59122

3 жыл бұрын

What I was thinking!

@alexscriabin

2 жыл бұрын

in a game where the evilbox that dehumanizes people is called "STEM" lmfao

@BaxBoogey22

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair his point was valid. Yes an enemy called the sadist would drag out your death but that still doesn't account for why if you have him set up for a stealth kill the game won't let you because he's a part of the story and he can't die yet is just bad game design.

@matteusmaximofelisberto4385

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexscriabin the game is telling the truth, I can confirm

@dariusacuna259

2 жыл бұрын

@@BaxBoogey22 he is killable in the beginning after you hide in the first locker. You just have to stab him 18(I believe) times in a row without getting caught. Pain in the ass, but it is doable if you have the patience and the skill

I love the games you choose to critique. First Prey and now The Evil Within, very interesting stuff that not many other people seem to be covering.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. There's no real logic to the games I pick. Just the ones I'm interested in talking about.

@PurposelessRabbitholes

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Davis just finished the video. Certainly not interested in partaking in the whole game, but certain bits of the gameplay and story sounded pretty entertaining. I was particularly interested in Ruvik, and it'd be real sad if they didn't follow up on his story in the sequel. Either way, you've gotten me interested in The Evil Within's follow-up, no doubt.

@madscientistshusta

5 жыл бұрын

@@PurposelessRabbitholes only get it if its on sale, i felt like 50$ was to much for evil within 2,it has a lot of the same issues

@5000Seabass

5 жыл бұрын

I love you

@davidgn40

3 жыл бұрын

@@madscientistshusta it constantly goes on sale. I got it for $6 on PC just a few days ago

This game is detailed enough that throughout the story you can even see Sebastian rubbing the back of his neck, where the stem connection cord is stuck in his irl neck, he also runs his head because he knows subconsciously this isn't real, just not consciously. Seriously. Mikami is a genius I'll never stop saying it. And paying homage to your own work in a previous series isn't dumb, it made me smile so fucking hard each time the game referenced resident evil, made me think that Mobius could just be part of umbrella. Love these games. Especially number one.

@Lazrael32

3 жыл бұрын

well mobius spelled backwards..... UMBRELLA!!! what? no i never learned to spell.... why?

@gamefan987

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry but a few details like that don't make game good. They are cool, but all that effort should've went into the gameplay instead

@reanimatorpl

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamefan987 I agree with you to the point that a good story and design isn’t enough to call a game a good game. This game has many flaws and gameplay is lacking in many ways. It is hard to understand how it could happened after RE4. Mikami often says in time when RE4 was created there was no technology that could run his ideas. And i think Mikami, after all those years, wanted from EW to be so many things, that eventually it became to much for one game. So for me EW is an interesting game with many flaws but it is a great horror experience. And when you look through the flaws you can see something truly remarkable. And in that regard I would say EW is a masterpiece.

@gamefan987

2 жыл бұрын

@@reanimatorpl "And when you look through the flaws you can see something truly remarkable" sorry but no. You can't use this excuse for every piece of medium ever created. I know you didn't mean it that eay but what you've said is "when you ignore all the bad things then the game is good". Also Mikami's intent has nothing to do with game being good. He might've had the best game ever in his head, but EW is not that game. I like EW, but I think it got what it deserved ... no place in gaming history.

@reanimatorpl

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamefan987 Like I said. EW is not a good game. I agree with you 100%. All I want to do is to put some light to a second layer of this medium which definitely has some good ideas and an art of creative mind of Shinji Mikami. I am not defending the game. I am maybe a bit defending Mikami who just put too many ideas in one game and forgot that a game has to have a good gameplay in the first place.

"There's a large chest tucked away but it's booby trapped." Got a chuckle out of me.

@FinneousPJ1

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing chest ahead

@nono-zc1dj

4 жыл бұрын

FinneousPJ1 try thrusting

Hideo Kojima: I will make Death Stranding the most complicated story I ever created Shingi Mikami : Hold my Keeper's Head

@alexrivera633

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@XtheroCKER21X

3 жыл бұрын

mgsv is much more complicated than either

@luminosity01

2 жыл бұрын

@@XtheroCKER21X and much more stupid

Storywise the first game was way better than the second one which had dumb simplistic plot

@mayonnaise3959

2 жыл бұрын

At least it made sense and was consistent compared to the first where it’s clunky and unoriginal

1:02:00 The Quell actually does blend in with the environment. It's rare, but it does happen.

I played on easy and died 68 times before completing it. I don't know, I just found it really tough going at some points. I think my main issue was not running from certain encounters and trying to kill everything, meaning when I actually had to stand and fight I was ill prepared.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

I would have died a lot more if I hadn't switched up my approach after the first encounter with Laura. I was killing everything as well, and then it suddenly dawned on me that I didn't need to. When it gets tough, it's not particularly fun IMO. There's a fine line between maintaining a tense atmosphere and being frustratingly hard.

@tacoenvy

4 жыл бұрын

The games not hard at all both of you were playing terribly. That’s not the games fault.

@readdising714

3 жыл бұрын

envy shut up. They’re allowed to not be perfect first run.

@readdising714

3 жыл бұрын

@@jermainesimpson-taylor1649 sure. I don’t care.

@bellonasservant4496

3 жыл бұрын

@@tacoenvy Yeah, they just make awful dumb decisions if they die on easy mode that much. My first run was on normal and i had 7 deaths and i didnt upgrade stamina wich made the game much harder than it would be otherwise. Even on Akumu i had seen the game over screen only 29 times, and only 3 times in the second Akumu run and later even without deaths. The Difficulty on normal and advanced are completely doable and fair, only Akumu has some sections that are not doable without completely knowing every attack pattern and enemy spawn positions, cough...... cough...... eleveator and bus ride. The constant crying of noobs who blame their own incompetence on the games they play is so annoying, the game is fair and not that difficult, its your fault when you suck and not the games fault.

So, I rarely ever watch YT videos on this website, I download them and watch them later. Anyways, I've been noticing something about your videos that I've never seen before. You actually put in chapter markers and titles for each chapter that I can see when I play them with VLC. You're a pimp, it's really helpful. Thank you! Keep up the good work ;)

One of my favorite games of the current generation.

@Gaff.

5 жыл бұрын

You're on every video I watch! TEW1 is one of my favourites as well. Glad we stand in solidarity on important issues like this.

@BadAssMacmillan

5 жыл бұрын

@@Gaff. lol you probably watch a lot of RE videos which you see me frequently :D

@Gaff.

5 жыл бұрын

RE is my favourite. Weird thing is I only started seeing (or noticing?) you recently, but even weirder was when I happened to see you about a week ago on some '90s-era WWF video where you commented like five years ago. I replied to you but no idea if you saw it or replied as I rarely get notifications now for some reason.

@BadAssMacmillan

5 жыл бұрын

@@Gaff. Yeah I'm a wrestling fan as well, I don't think I received your reply.

@Gaff.

5 жыл бұрын

I know I haven't outgrown ECW, but a lot of old WWF stuff is stuff I watch probably more for laughs than anything. My friend's a New Japan fan and I'm really impressed by even their newest stuff. If you're interested in newer games like classic RE, we're making one called Road Fever. Had to take a break from development but it will get done eventually, no doubt of that.

I watched you video on the second game and then came to here, your videos are absolutely amazing from not only how interesting they are but also how thorough they are

Awesome video as usual...can’t even imagine the amount of hours you pour into putting these critiques together...I appreciate your hard work.

Thanks for this, I like how thorough you were and honest when it was just your opinion, very interesting to watch I'll need to check out some of your other content.

you just made my night brother i just finished this today i cant wait to watch this!!! your the best as usual keep them coming

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

This is a candid and extremely in depth analysis to one of my favorite games ever. I really do see The Evil Within as a natural evolution of RE4, lumps and all. I really hope it isn't forgotten to time, it just oozes ambition in an era when Survival Horror is on the way out. As for you Chris, you pieced together the most comprehensive review and discussion about the game on all of KZread and that's saying a lot. Thank you so much for your efforts. I cant wait to watch your analysis on The Evil Within 2 after I complete it. Subscribed :)

I never see you destroying the crates for more ammo. You do know you can do that, right? Of course you do. Also, the squid boss does hide on walls, blending in with the color of the wall.

@oh-not-the-bees7872

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people apparently didnt know this.

@cheezburgrproduction

Жыл бұрын

@@oh-not-the-bees7872 I thought gamers knew that chests had the goods meanwhile crates had consumables? Making me feel old lmao

@weplo1597

9 ай бұрын

I swear to god. I would always break crates and barrels in games for loot but in evil within i discovered that in mid chapters lmao

Once again, the Boivin has found another amazing channel. I look forward to going through this channels contents, it's awesome so far!

I am so excited, haven't seen anyone do The Evil Within yet. Thank you so much for your hard work, your videos are some of the ones I look forward to the most. Look at you, already at 5K+ subs, you'll be at 10K in no time!

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

It's been a wild ride. I think 5k was my original target for the end of 2017 and I thought that was ambitious. Guess I'll have to set a new goal.

Thanks a lot, you really made me enjoy way more this game now that I understand it. Great work as always.

This was a really good video. I never played the evil within but I still greatly enjoyed this critique. I'll be looking forward to your later work!

I love watching your critique videos! I actually go fix me a plate, sit down, prop my phone up, and watch your videos like they’re movies 😄👏!

Insightful, honest, and thorough as always. Really appreciative you took the time to give this game your perspective because I think you're 100% right when you say people were dismissive of it. Great job.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! That means a lot coming from you.

@SolePorpoise

6 жыл бұрын

your video was randomly recommended to me and I have to say I was surprised by how good it was. keep up the great work.

@ChrisDavis_Games

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

i realy like your Critiques. Keep it up.

Your content is wonderful - keep making more, please!

Very well done review and summary. Helped me a ton, fantastic video!

funny, because I actually LOVED the first part of the game, especially the stealth/open section (I think it was called Claws of the Horde, or something).

You are one of my fav Vidya Game Reviewers on KZread, I enjoy long winded reviews, I watched all of “An Exhaustive Look at Omega Ruby” in one sitting, a seven hour review by another person, so this is the stuff I like

I really like this video, very informative. You actually helped me out figure what the game was really about story wise. Honestly I'm not going to lie, but this game really does feel like the secret love child of the Resident Evil Franchise and the Silent Hill Franchise. And I truly believe that, even though there is a very heavy Resident Evil 4 feel to this game, but It also gave me some Silent Hill anxiety moments, mostly dealing with Laura final boss battle.

What a nice and informitive review man ! thank you

Great job! Wise insights on game mechanisms. Thank you for the hard work.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

+Ktulut Thanks for watching!

reat video, I love discovering these kinda-small channels that put out long excellent analysis videos like this. I subbed

The Evil Within is such a polarising game for me - one half of me absolutely loves it for doing something drastically different from compared to the vast majority of AAA games with its focus on psychological horror, macabre aesthetic and generally being a very trippy game with all of the crazy nonsense. But it's also a huge missed opportunity to bring back proper survival horror with its mostly linear level design, emphasis on combat that doesn't work all the time and poorly delivered story that's otherwise interesting, unless it's done deliberately to force players to craft a theory of what's going on but it's never as nuanced or cleverly done as the possibility of the indoctrination theory in Mass Effect 3. That is easily one of the most awesome pieces of subtle mindfuck I've ever seen in a game once players started cooking that up back in 2012, granted if it's actually true. It's such an odd game but I really do like it a lot - I just feel it could have been so much more but here's hoping the sequel fixes the issues of the first and is an overall awesome game!

@madscientistshusta

5 жыл бұрын

Thats why resident evil 7 and 2HD are so good

@thetruewisegamer

4 жыл бұрын

hey I know you'll never respond but I gotta ask.............why is it being linear a bad thing?

Just what I needded before Evil Within 2 :D Great video!

Just so you know, "Zehn" and "Neun" means ten and nine in German.

Wow glad I found your channel. Compelling script and editing. Good job man, subbed

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and subscribing!

Great analysis on the first evil within man

Very soothing voice. Great to listen to while doing work. Love your videos.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

+Captain Merx Thanks!

Yes! This is exactly what I needed today.

Great video!! I don’t personally agree with most of your points, but your arguments are airtight and I can understand your viewpoints thanks to the great script!

Finally a video I can fully watch, I had to pause the Nioh video about half way in because I'm still playing it and don't want anything to be spoiled. Looking forward to watching this all :)

@-pressxtostart-

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed nioh its one of my favourites nioh 2 was absolutely amazing

@ToriKo_

3 жыл бұрын

@@-pressxtostart- I stopped a few sub missions after the water boss, for a few reasons. But I think I enjoyed the combat of Sekiro more, and once I played that I found it hard to go back

the evil within is one of my fav games released for the ps4. i agree with alot of your praise and your critique with this game. after sitting through the full hour+ of your video you answered a bunch of my reservations i had about the plot holes and mechanical bugs in game. its sad this game suffered from late development changes but i hope it doesnt detracted from other ppl playing and enjoying this game. especially horror fans like me. thank for putting out this video, i will def sub your channel and hope for more content.

Thanks for the nice recap and explanations. I came from the sbfp shout out, but definitely subbing for more.

Can't wait for your video on the sequel, three years from now. Seriously, how you find the time to make these things, I have no idea. Good on ya', my man.

You made the video three two years too late, I watched it three years after, but I agree with most of what I saw and I like how well spoken you are. Thanks.

I know this video has taken a lot of work already, but it would be absolutely great if the story retelling section you provided had bulletpoints for major events occurring or some other visual aid. The names just mesh together and it gets incomprehensible fast, you know? Anywho, love it, thanks for your work

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that could have worked. It would have been a lot of bulletpoints though :-) It's a really confusing story.

@robnickerson7819

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Davis The story wasnt hard to get i dont understand how ppl cant follow it.....i really dont lol

@jakejutras2733

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Nickerson Good for you?

Thank you, Chris, for taking so much time to produce this video! I completed The Evil Within, and while I had a number of complaints, the story drove me forward. I was frustrated by a great number of issues that you touched on, though I did find myself with plenty of ammo for when I needed it. I believe this is because I move slowly through horror games with scarce resources and optimize using kills that minimize resource consumption. I notice there are others here who give you a lot of flak for your complaints and issues. If I recall, you played through on Survival difficulty, correct? I agree entirely that the most frustrating part of The Evil Within is that it ALMOST feels like it's about to do something great. Things like the tiny sprint meter (he's a Detective!), match limit, melee that can SHATTER boxes and chains, but takes 20 hits to kill a standard enemy, inability to aim while crouching, and others, really felt like bad design for me. I don't see why some people here ravenously defend The Evil Within for your opinion on it. I felt let down when I got beyond the first initial area with the chainsaw enemy, and I believe it's because, first, the game was hyped up so much for me and I expected something like Resident Evil 4 but more horrifying, and second, I get the sense the game is attempting to do too much at once instead of dropping certain elements in order to optimize others and become truly exceptional at them. That isn't to say that a game can't be good at many different approaches, but I feel like The Evil Within was mediocre at many when it could have dropped some aspects entirely and become absolutely outstanding at a few. I haven't watched your critique on The Evil Within 2, as I'll be getting around to playing it myself this Halloween. It is to my understanding that the overall design and control "tightness" of The Evil Within 2 are better than the first, but I have seen a lot of people who are fans of the first one hate on the second one for having a mediocre story. I think the hate you get from die-hard fans of this game is silly and childish. This video was outstanding and clearly took hours and hours of devotion to complete. My only preference would be for you to have split the main game and DLC up for two videos, or at least added a commercial point before you start the DLC recap. I know that won't be a popular statement to most viewers (but let's be honest, how many people would have the patience to read this far anyway?), but I say it primarily because I am acutely aware of people like yourself putting so much effort into your KZread uploads and I feel you deserve more ad revenue for your efforts. I watch the ads for the channels I subscribe to, and I wish more people would be willing to turn off their ad-block for their favorite KZreadrs so they (you) can get paid for their efforts. 30 seconds of commercial for 102 minutes of entertainment is a pretty good deal for the viewer. I'll get off my soap box. Thank you again, Chris, for making this terrific video. I've watched your Baldur's Gate and Fallout uploads and look forward to watching your recap of The Evil Within 2 after I complete my copy. Keep at it, because your content is some of my favorite. Seriously, you deserve more subscribers and revenue.

Great video, i'm looking forward to more like this, especially the sequel.

These videos are my early Christmas.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

+Jesse Heindl Thanks Jesse!

awesome video! keep up the great work...and hopefully a follow up with the soon to be released sequel

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm considering doing something for the sequel but I'll wait to see what the DLC plans are first. If this game is anything to go by, the story might not be complete until 6 months after release.

Thanks for the effort, amazing work!

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

you deserve like all the subs in the world very nice explanation.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll settle for 50% of the world. I'm not greedy.

So happy to have found this channel, love long-form analysis. Keep up the great work!

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh!

Great in-depth review, what a nice surprise. It reminds me of Matthewmatosis's videos. I hope your channel keeps growing. For now, you have earned a new sub. Keep it up!!

Very strong video, good measuring of the game's strengths and weaknesses.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate the support.

I loved the video, everything about it was amazing.

That elevator part where you hide form shay was the most stressful moment in the entire dlc. Super fun and scary

I instantly subscribe to all long form analysis channels I come across.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

+Aman Bhargava glad to hear it!

@CaptainEggcellent

6 жыл бұрын

Join the club

I feel like I'm in the minority here, but I absolutely loved Evil Within and really didn't like Evil Within 2. In fact I disliked it so much I couldn't even finish it. I totally understand the problems with Evil Within, but I just loved the intense atmosphere and the creative levels. None of which I found in EW2.

@JmanRising

5 жыл бұрын

You're not alone. Everything I liked about the original was removed or downgraded in 2.

@andrewromitti2038

4 жыл бұрын

I agree TEW2 just felt so different from the first. I liked the first and so I didn’t really like that much

@Gaff.

4 жыл бұрын

TEW2 feels like the embodiment of a checklist of things from TEW1 some executive told them to 'fix' after people complained about them in forums, ignoring what anyone actually liked about the first game, which may be my favourite game of all time. In an interview from round TEW2's development, Mikami made an off-hand comment that he wanted to work with a smaller publisher next time, then said he wasn't sure if he was allowed to say that and couldn't talk about it more. _That's not suspicious at all._

@nelliratkevich3874

3 жыл бұрын

You are not alone +1 )))

@tatri292

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah same. Though I do like the second game's hardest difficulty a bit more (only 7 manual saves and no autosaves), or would if it wasn't a constantly crashing mess. It's not fun to lose 3+ hours of gameplay to a crash multiple times in a row. And that chapter that starts with you in a small cabin where you can easily be stunlocked to death by bad rng The animus (the ghostly thing you get the classic outfit from) sequances were cool I guess

Would the fact that Myra is wearing gloves with the Mobius symbol on them as opposed to a STEM scar (like Kidman's palm for example) simply point to the fact that Myra is working/leading Mobius as opposed to having been in STEM before? Like you mentioned, the lack of any reference to Myra's consciousness in STEM or Ruvik using her against Sebastian would strengthen that thought

I think this game DID do something special. Its one of my personal favorites. I agree that they do not tell the backstory well in the main game. Its definitly all in the DLC. Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I

These subtitles are really well done :) Most of youtube has a computer predicted mess .

@ChrisDavis_Games

5 жыл бұрын

I upload my script instead of using KZread's automated stuff. It's really easy to do so I wish more KZreadrs would do it for those who need them.

@davyhotch

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisDavis_Games Do you have to timestamp every subtitle line, for when to show and delete it, or is that part decided by algorithm?

I have such a fund memory of this game it was one of the first games I got when I first got my xbox one along with mortal kombat x

@aaronatkinson177

Жыл бұрын

I never played the second game but I still play the original from time again

Your videos are awesome!

This is a good video and you deserve more subscribers.

This was a good video, I really liked it. , but there were a few mistakes made. You can actually kill the sadist your first time facing him, it just takes a lot of time and mastery of how monsters can loose track of you in certain situations. I believe there is a trophy for it as well as an in game reward too. There also is an alternative way of fighting the giants, albeit, it's not very well communicated. Dotted around the arena are lamps that you can shoot to burn the giants. However, the only time it is communicated is in the very beginning when Joseph accidentally shoots one. Granted, this doesn't seem to always happen, so I can understand missing it. That being said, Alpha also has a secondary way to fight him. By running to the other side of the car park, and hiding behind pillars, he completely looses track of you and has to use a giant eye tentacle to find you. When he does this you can get MASSIVE damage on him with a flash bang. He can also be frozen during one hit kill mode making him trivial. Also, I'm confused about your experience with the quell boss. I've fought him three times (Having gone through three times) and all three times he had situations where he would use his stealth ability to hide in plane sight... and flash bolts WOULD indeed reveal his location like you suggested. Also, also, yes the "Kidman killed Ruvik's brain" ending is a joke. Shinji is known for having things like that in his games... Same goes for the Executioner just being a fun distraction minigame, much like mercenaries mode in Resident Evil, and I don't agree with you being unfun. I do have to disagree with you about Seb's momentary transformation not fitting. They strongly hint at something being up when Ruvik finally corners him in the elevator and spouts on about Seb being his puppet, then vanishing prior to that scene. The anagram Hermenez mentions in Ruvik is "Ruben (Ru) Victoriano (Vik). That aside, if you look into some of the things revealed about the evil within 2, it looks like they've fixed pretty much every single thing that was either unpolished, or just out right not okay in evil within. The combat, leveling system, item distribution, stealth, all seems improved in some way.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Without wanting to sound overly defensive, I'm not sure every you list is really a mistake. Good point on the giants fight. Joseph definitely didn't shoot one of the lamps in my playthrough. I wonder why not? That sounds like something vaguely scripted, so you'd think it would happen all the time. I fought the Quell boss twice and all I can say is that he never did that with me. He only ever "hid" in the pipes. Now, that said, I found this fight by far the easiest in the game, so perhaps he just never lasted long enough to properly go through all his phases. Still, it seems a bit odd. That should be his primary hiding mechanic. Glad you enjoyed The Executioner DLC, but don't forget that this "fun distraction minigame" was a separate piece of paid for DLC and came with the season pass. It wasn't a freebie. On the Seb point, I don't agree that the reference to being a puppet is in any way related to the transformation. The haunted are not really Ruvik's puppets. They're just twisted creatures. I don't think he controls them. Could be wrong, of course, but I think connecting those two events is a stretch. I've not looked too closely at all the sequel content because I prefer to go in blind, but I agree with you that it looks like a big improvement. I'm looking forward to playing it.

@LeonomusPrime

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you're right. I started to ramble on about certain things after pointing out the couple mistakes you did make. Those being the boss situations. As for Ruvik being the one to control Seb, I kind of took it that way, because when Kid shoots Ruvik's image Seb goes back to normal. Maybe "puppet" wasn't a good word for it, but it did seem like Ruvik was the reason for Seb changing, and it seemed ruvik knew he could cause this by the way he spoke to seb in the elevator, though it IS just speculation. I still stand by what I said about the executioner DLC. I don't mind paid for DLC being just a fan distraction or a new game mode, but that's just me, especially when said game mode actually has effort put into it, and is fleshed out. And, as for quell I do really agree with you there. Every time I fought him it seemed he'd only ever go into that stealth mode outside after being forced to hide in a pipe at least once... I think it should have been his main maneuver too.

1 HOUR LONG YEAAHHH BOOIII

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

Prepare yourself. The floodgate to your channel has been open. A small gingerbread man his to blame. Jokes aside I look foward for more content. I like this type of channel.

@ThatFeelBr0

6 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment...

@Smoofyful

6 жыл бұрын

ThatFeelBr0 You found it. You're at home now.

@ThePunishersRevenge

6 жыл бұрын

Now I know I have found the right video.

@Vokoca

6 жыл бұрын

ThatFeelBr0 You........ did it.

@Samm815

6 жыл бұрын

He's more a French-Canadian leprechaun. But yes he sent us here.

Oh yes, baby, inject that video essay directly in to my eyeballs!

This is hands down the most thoughtful, in depth, and fair *TEW* review I've ever watched, thanks for all your hard work! And 1:29:58 is perhaps the best summary I've listened to of its story as well as criticisms regarding plot holes. 👍

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith. Glad the summary made sense.

Cool video Chris, Subbed. I decided to watch this after getting stuck on the level 14 squid boss, lol.

1:26:01 Joseph's glasses on the floor as he's being dragged!

I should also add that Nightmare difficulty isn't just Seb and enemies taking more damage but they actually change the layout of some areas, adding more enemies, different enemies, or more traps. Case-in-point; The Ruvik clones appear as early as Chapter 3 on Nightmare (whereas it's Chapter 11 on Survival). The invisible enemies DO reappear in Chapter 14 on Nightmare difficulty too! This is a great way to make the game more difficult while also keeping things fresh. More games should take this approach to difficulty.

@pegasuskiller9905

Жыл бұрын

Black face

Love your long in depth videos thanks for making them. Definitely deserve more views.

I love the evil within, and i think its better then the sequel

@Mygrandpaspodcast

4 жыл бұрын

wesley yoxall completely agree survival horror games should focus on level design and gameplay variety I don’t want another open world zombie game I want crazy ass set prices survival horror dope locations and great bosses tew1 did all of that much better

@megamanx1291

4 жыл бұрын

wesley yoxall I love 2 more

@nelliratkevich3874

3 жыл бұрын

First one was better

@PipeRetrogamer

2 жыл бұрын

I liked the sequel more, but I loved the first one too.

Hey, excellent video. Been thinking about buying this on several occasions, did never pull the trigger though. Horror is not really my genre, the general lack of polish would have given me strong buyers remorse. Thank you for your work! Edit: If KZread is not lying I have just become your 6000th subscriber.

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think I'd have finished the game if I weren't doing a video on it. The first few levels were really off-putting. I'm glad I stuck with it, but it's far from a must-play, especially if you're not a horror fan. I'm seeing 6,000 subscribers on my dashboard, so I assume it's accurate. Thanks for helping me hit another milestone!

crazy reviewer. cinematic length! awesome, you are awesome. love your reviews because they rip everything off €\

good work, great video

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

+Curtis Mcnulty Thanks!

i love this game a lot !!

Great video!

The tentacle boss does become invisible and hide in certain corners and walls of the arena besides the obvious the ceiling holes, it's very similar to the Octopus fight in MGS4, except it's more based on RNG and position if he'll use those stealth locations instead of 100% scripted. Honestly, you really need to replay bosses a few times from a save to truly see the depth of their moves, they have a lot more than they let on at first. Plus with the max upgraded crossbow bolts and survival difficulty, they just die too fast to show off.

Great video

What a legend

Hey man great video, gave you a like and a subscribe. I watched this because I'm actually in the midst of making a similar video/write up, and this is definitely the most comprehensive one I've seen yet. While there are very few things you say in here that I wouldn't fully agree with you on, I would just like to bring up one: You seem to be under the impression that Ruvik is responsible for the version of The Administrator showing up in Kidman's DLC, but I seem to remember him actually revealing to her at some point that the shot she gets in the beginning doesn't only shield her from becoming a Haunted, but it also "inputs the Administrator within STEM" without him needing to be hooked up to the machine. I'm fairly confident I remember that being revealed to the player, gonna have to run through it again to make sure though.

Nice video. It’s been almost a year since The Evil Within 2 and even if TEW2 has a better story than the original. I enjoyed more The first game than the sequel, at least when it come to the gameplay it’s a very fun experience and completing Akumu was a great satisfaction back in the days.

the sequel is a bit less strategy-oriented. there's no burning of bodies and pretty much no trap disarmament. i think the story flows more naturally in it though.

i felt like the 3 min run thing was like trying to run a way in a nightmare but it was a pain

I feel like the story didn’t need to be directly told to people. I kind of like how it requires you to form your own understanding of what is really going through the logs & flashbacks.

@Corrupted

2 жыл бұрын

Then they should've doubled down on the vague nature and not release 2 dlcs basically explaining everything, in my opinion - now it just seems like they couldnt fit it in their original deadline

@mayonnaise3959

2 жыл бұрын

Now that’s called lazy

You do a great job at detailing the highs and lows of this game. It definitely is a 3/5 for me as well due to it being a mix of great highs and low rather than generally mediocre. Every time I was going to quit there was a great section and vise versa

While I agree with many of your complaints, I feel that some (just a few) were somewhat nitpicks. With that said, I found your commentary perfect, and your logic very sound and overall very objective, which is very comforting. I also liked the way you covered the entire game and DLC, and it made this video very entertaining to watch. Thank-you. I'd give two thumbs up if I could, but I still felt it deserved a well earned thumbs up. Thanks again. :)

Easily my favorite review on this game .

@ChrisDavis_Games

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

As a fan of survival horror I think the game is a masterpiece. Many of the criticisms such as the 5 matches, 3 second sprint time and the low ammo are creative choices to make the game more difficult and thus more tense. These can all be upgraded but at the cost of green gel. This gives the player another meaningful choice as they choice what to prioritise with the upgrades.

If you do a Persona 5 video, I will love you. In fact, I'm subscribing now just in case. There's hardly any KZreadrs who make quality hour and a half long videos, so good work.

Thanks for the insight. Will definitely download this rn as its free on psplus.

I 100% agree with your review. This story was sooo cool for me and I appreciate the aesthetics but the gameplay had so many problems. I stopped playing somewhere a bit after the church because something came up and never finished. At first I thought I'd go back someday but I watched this and wil think about playing the sequel without spoiling the story first.

22:12 *"Do you think that my being **_stronger..._** or **_faster..._** has **_anything_** to do with my muscles in **_this_** place?"* *"Do you think that's **_air_** you're breathing now?"*

I agree with some of your points, the game is unpolished, inconsistent(sometimes). However, I don't agree what you said about stealth part of the game, the stealth is supposed to be hard and only possible when there are very few enemies. That's not a bad part of the game. If you can casually stealth pass a section of the game, it would become Metal Gear Solid. You have to worry about the bombs nearby. Also, even in the first few chapters, you don't need to stealth if you know how to apply the best strategy. The strategy part is the best part of the game, every encounter there is a good way to deal with, every boss has its unique weak point, in my opinion, the strategy part of this game outshines every other horror game. Also, nightmare and akumu are definitely unique experiences, you cannot found out how strategic this game is unless you experience them. If I want to give a fair review of this game, it would be 3.5/5. However, the strategic part is so amazing which gives this game so much replayability. In fact, this is one of my most played singleplayer games, I put a countless time to study the behavior of the enemy and how to deal with every situation.

@junjieyang4180

6 жыл бұрын

A few points I want to mention: 1.Eye icon only appears in survival and casual mode( Again means this game doesn't want you to do too much stealth. 2.Invisible enemies still show up in late game, but not in survival difficulty. 3.You talk about some strange design of this game( low sprint time, can't carry too much ammo), but they all served the purpose of this game. That's not something to criticize. In Halo 1-3, master chief can't sprint, in Re4, Leon can't move while aiming. These are strange design, but not something to be blamed, they are part of the game and makes the game amazing.

This game sounds exhausting and not in a fun survival-horror way. Thanks for the review! You’ve got a new sub. I love in depth critiques!

There actually is a trick to the fight with the 2 Giants. If you stay in the hiding spot in the middle of the arena where Joseph is standing on the wall, they'll be enraptured by him and stand there while he shoots and kills them. It takes a long time for Joseph to do this, but the end result is that you don't use any of your resources in the fight. This is an especially useful "strategy" when playing on AKUMU.

@reeceburns8077

3 жыл бұрын

A good way to kill them is freeze both of them And throw grenades at them