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. 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. By staring into a mirror Castellanos is transported to an asylum in his imagination. While exploring jars of green gel can be picked up that act as upgrade points. Many level parts offer multiple approaches, with the ability to silently sneak or to hide. The camera hovers closely behind Castellanos. Health can be replenished through a limited amount of syringes and matches burn defeated enemies, permanently killing them. Once the agony crossbow is discovered, multiple possibilities are opened up to take out enemies, for instance by freezing or poisoning them, or by creating harpoons or lightning traps that stun. Castellanos can perform melee combat and uses regular weapons such as a revolver and a shotgun, as well as grenades. There are environment based puzzle elements involving items and notes, and small stone statues can be destroyed to find keys to open item lockers. Eye icons show when an enemy is nearby or has been alerted. Enemies have an awareness level and can be lured away by throwing a bottle.

Many confrontations can and should be avoided through sneaking. After escaping he investigates what has happened in sixteen chapters set in different locations.Īs a survival horror game Castellanos is often outnumbered, enemies are strong and supplies are scarce. 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 next moment the man is behind him and Castellanos blacks out. When reviewing security footage he spots a hooded man called Ruvik. When they arrive they find all police cars abandoned and almost everyone killed in a gruesome way. The player controls 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. The Evil Within is an action survival horror game that draws inspiration from the Resident Evil series with a grimy look with exaggerated gore.

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