A fantastic survival-horror experience about overcoming inner demons, psychological trauma and why you should never give up.

To be honest I liked the second game much more than the original (when it generally accepted that second game is weaker). Gameplay is much more fleshed out than the original. Movement finally feels right, stealth is no longer infuriating and actually fun and viable. Game's no longer 100% linear and features a couple of hub areas to explore which is both fun AND rewarding. Environment, however, is fairly cheaply made, something straight out of PS3/X360 era but it doesn't spoil experience whatsoever. Considering that second game never received any sorts of downloadable content and that we never had a third game (games signs off with a cliffhanger), it's painfully obvious Bethesda allocated smaller budget. New Vegas all over again, sigh. Mikami, apart from producing, wasn't directly involved either.

While story itself is fine, plot is all over the place, however it was all over the place in the original The Evil Within as well. Apart from Sebastian, characters are barely fleshed out, but I still was bummed out when Yukiko perished and fate of Sykes remained unknown. Sound is fantastic. I've been listening to closing credits theme for nearly a week straight, fantastic piece of music, have a listen for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTXaWdPJ9Hw

Overall, an outstanding experience. If you love Silent Hill and Resident Evil, you will have fun here, I can guarantee it.