If you're worried the open world is going to ruin The Evil Within 2 then let me alleviate those fears now. You've seen this all before, maybe not in this order, but it's hard not to compare the individual pieces to their counterparts. Also, you got one antagonist that follows a religion that is a Unitology knock-off, another that apparently went to the same art school as Sander Cohen, and a little psychic girl who's one red dress away from being Alma. The main characters consist of Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong facsimiles, they're fighting a company that is Umbrella in all but name, and they're trapped in a small town with a dark horrific secret that may as well be Silent Hill. I also couldn't help but get the feeling that the game basically lifted most of its plot points from other famous horror games. There are really some good moments here but it's just that at times the plot becomes predictable and whips out some weird clichés. The plot is a noticeable improvement over the first game, though that's mostly because the plot of the first game was complete nonsense. Sure enough, he agrees and finds himself in the town of Union, battling monsters and trying to make friends with the few survivors to find his daughter and get out. The catch? It'll require Sebastian to dive into another STEM machine, putting him back into a world of nightmares and horrors the likes of which he could never imagine. It isn't long before Juli Kidman shows up and offers one hell of a surprise for Sebastian his daughter is still alive and in the possession of a company called Mobius. The Evil Within 2 takes place about three years after the events of the first game and opens up with Sebastian Castellanos spending his days getting lost at the bottom of a bottle and trying to forget about the horrors he has witnessed. So are my darkest fears confirmed, or does The Evil Within 2 manage to surprise me? I was worried at first that this sequel may not quite recapture those feelings I had for the original game, and when I hear terms like 'open world' thrown around I really feel like the point got totally missed. Much to my surprise, Bethesda saw fit to provide the world exactly that with The Evil Within 2. I was in the love it crowd, and I was always hoping for a sequel. It seems most people I've met either love it or hate it. I always considered The Evil Within to be a divisive game.

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