The Evil Within 2
The Evil Within 2 is the latest evolution of survival horror. Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost it all. But when given a chance to save his daughter, he must descend once more into the nightmarish world…
The Evil Within 2 is an adventure developed by Tango Gameworks, released 12 October 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 17 hrs to finish.
What The Evil Within 2 is
The Evil Within 2 is an adventure game developed by Tango Gameworks and released in 2017. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Three years after the events at Beacon Mental Hospital, Sebastian Castellanos has left the Krimson City Police Department and continues to be haunted by his experiences at Beacon, the disappearance of his wife Myra, and the death of his daughter Lily in a house fire.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, stealth and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 51 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Evil Within 2 holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 297 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 27.5 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD FX-8320 or better, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD 7970 3GB or better. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Evil Within 2 launched on 12 October 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Cuphead and Assassin's Creed Origins. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Cuphead, Assassin's Creed Origins.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Evil Within 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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