The Evil Within
About the Game
The Evil Within is an action survival horror game that draws inspiration from the Resident Evil series with a grimy look with exaggerated gore. You control detective Sebastian Castellanos who is called to a crime scene of multiple homicides at the Beacon Mental Hospital together with his partners Joseph Oda and Julie Kidman. When they arrive they find all police cars abandoned and almost everyone killed in a gruesome way. When reviewing security footage he spots a hooded man called Ruvik.
Story & Setting
After escaping he investigates what has happened in sixteen chapters set in different locations. Many confrontations can and should be avoided through sneaking.
Gameplay & Core Systems
Enemies have an awareness level and can be lured away by throwing a bottle. There are environment based puzzle elements involving items and notes, and small stone statues can be destroyed to find keys to open item lockers. Castellanos can perform melee combat and uses regular weapons such as a revolver and a shotgun, as well as grenades. Many level parts offer multiple approaches, with the ability to silently sneak or to hide. While exploring jars of green gel can be picked up that act as upgrade points.
Standout Features
- Health can be replenished through a limited amount of syringes and matches burn defeated enemies, permanently killing them.
- There the game can be saved and it has a chair where he sits down to upgrade weapons and abilities with up to five levels.
- Points can be spent to improve weapons with a damage multiplier, faster firing rate, shorter reload time, large clip capacity, improved accuracy or a larger chance for critical hits.
- You can also make more room for ammo or items, or use points to upgrade physical abilities such as more health, extended sprint time, more melee damage or large syringe recovery.
- There are traps and bombs in the environment that can be disarmed to earn trap parts, used to craft crossbow ammo.
- Traps can also be left in a strategic way to limit the number of directions enemies can attack from.
Presentation & Atmosphere
He wakes up in a world he does not recognize where he is held captive in the basement of a large, chainsaw-wielding man. The camera hovers closely behind Castellanos.
Audio support includes Dolby Digital.
More game data: releases, identifiers & technical details
Regional release records and identifiers for The Evil Within | Xbox 360.
Release and technical facts
| Fact | Value | Release / platform | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published by | Bethesda Softworks LLC | United States; Retail release | MobyGames |
| Developed by | Tango Gameworks | United States; Retail release | MobyGames |
| Motion Capture by | Digital Frontier Inc. | United States; Retail release | MobyGames |
| Motion Capture by | Mozoo, Inc. | United States; Retail release | MobyGames |
| Additional Sound by | Design Wave Co., Ltd. | United States; Retail release | MobyGames |
| Voice Production by | Blindlight LLC | United States; Retail release | MobyGames |
| Game Engine by | id Software, Inc. | United States; Retail release | MobyGames |
| Media Type | Download | Xbox 360 | MobyGames |
| Media Type | DVD-ROM | Xbox 360 | MobyGames |
| Sound Capabilities | Dolby Digital | Xbox 360 | MobyGames |
| Number of Offline Players | 1 Player | Xbox 360 | MobyGames |
| Xbox/Windows Live | Achievements | Xbox 360 | MobyGames |
| Xbox/Windows Live | Content Download | Xbox 360 | MobyGames |
| Genre | Action & Adventure | North America | PriceCharting |
| Developer | Tango Gameworks | North America | PriceCharting |
| Disc count (PriceCharting) | 1 game disc | North America | PriceCharting |
| ESRB rating | Mature | North America | PriceCharting |
| Player count | 1 player | North America | PriceCharting |
| Publisher | Bethesda Softworks | North America | PriceCharting |
| Developer | Tango Gameworks | PAL | PriceCharting |
| Disc count (PriceCharting) | 1 game disc | PAL | PriceCharting |
| Genre | Action & Adventure | PAL | PriceCharting |
| Player count | 1 player | PAL | PriceCharting |
| Publisher | Bethesda Softworks | PAL | PriceCharting |
Regional releases
| Release date | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-14 | United States; Retail release | MobyGames |
| 2014-10-14 | PAL | PriceCharting |
| 2014-10-14 | North America | PriceCharting |
| October 14, 2014 | North America | PriceCharting |
| October 14, 2014 | PAL | PriceCharting |
Catalog identifiers by release
| Identifier | Code | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| asin | B00CJXYU9S | North America | PriceCharting |
| epid | 170249972 | North America | PriceCharting |
| upc | 093155160163 | North America | PriceCharting |
| upc | 093155148482 | PAL | PriceCharting |
| ean | 093155148482 | PAL | PriceCharting |
| ean | 0093155148482 | PAL | PriceCharting |
Data by MobyGames.com · Catalog data: PriceCharting
