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The Evil Within 2

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With The Evil Within, Japanese legendary game developer Shinji Mikami aimed to bring the survival-horror genre back to its roots. He gave players a creepy and mind-bending game with a plot that was hard to follow but exuded a nightmarish atmosphere that made one's skin crawl. The sequel, The Evil Within 2, maintains the status quo while giving players a new story. The main protagonist, Sebastian Castellanos, returns once again, but he has a new goal. He wants to find his daughter, Lily, who was put in the STEM machine, a device that connects people's minds together.

When it comes to the gameplay, the game maintains the survival-horror aspects of the genre. Castellanos has limited ammunition. He can carry several weapons and heal himself with syringes.

Combat is shot in a third-person perspective with stiff controls. It creates an intimacy with the character while at the same time limiting the perspective.