The Evil Within: The Assignment

Experience survival horror from a new perspective with The Evil Within: The Assignment. This is the first of a two-part, story driven experience where players take on the role of detective Juli Kidman…

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Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Horror Survival Thriller

The Evil Within: The Assignment is an adventure developed by Tango Gameworks, released 9 March 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 3.5 hrs to finish.

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What The Evil Within: The Assignment is

The Evil Within: The Assignment is an adventure game developed by Tango Gameworks and released in 2015. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Assignment gives fans of The Evil Within the perfect opportunity to discover detective Kidman’s hidden motivations and her mysterious connection to Mobius, the shadowy group thought to be behind the gruesome events of The Evil Within.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, survival and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

The Evil Within: The Assignment holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 52 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 3.5 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for i7 or an equivalent with four plus core processor, 4 GB RAM and GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

The Evil Within: The Assignment launched on 9 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0 and Pillars of Eternity. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, Pillars of Eternity.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Evil Within: The Assignment yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

The Evil Within: The Assignment gameplay screenshot

Parents

The Evil Within

14 October 2014

Quick answers

The Evil Within: The Assignment — frequently asked questions

When did The Evil Within: The Assignment come out?

The Evil Within: The Assignment was released on 9 March 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for The Evil Within: The Assignment?

At minimum, The Evil Within: The Assignment needs i7 or an equivalent with four plus core processor, 4 GB RAM, GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card graphics, 8 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat The Evil Within: The Assignment?

The main story of The Evil Within: The Assignment takes around 3.5 hrs.

How many GB is The Evil Within: The Assignment?

The PC version needs about 8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("8 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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