The Evil Within Critique - Horror with Heart

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Published on October 18, 2022 12:11:40 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgdP_p0nsBM

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The Evil Within (2014)

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Shinji Mikami’s return to horror was awaited with bated breath. The Evil Within’s announcement felt like a direct response to the gloopy mixture the genre had melted into, but if you plugged it into a heart monitor, what you'd see is a steady thrum with a couple of thrilling spikes in tension that ultimately falls off and wears itself out. But there’s still a lot of heart in here. So let’s break it down alongside the games that preceded it.

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@eurothug4000 - The Surreal Beauty of The Evil Within
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwtLWUaChFA&t=2s&ab_channel=eurothug4000

*TIME STAMPS*
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:05:24 - A Bad First Impression (The Opening)
00:19:21 - Scrappy Doo (Resource Management)
00:31:37 - Creature Feature (Monster Designs)
00:44:11 - Monster Mash (Combat)
00:56:49 - Layers of Fear (Level Design)
01:08:20 - The Haunting of Victoriano Manor (Surrealism)
01:18:39 - Silent Evil (Audio)
01:29:27 - Krimson City is the worst part of any survival horror game and should have been cut (The game gets bad)
01:38:48 - Road to the Rocket Launcher (The Ending)
01:46:40 - The DLC (The Assignment & The Consequence)

*RESIDENT EVIL: VILLAGE CRITIQUE - A FERAL FAIRYTALE*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83jsvH4t9QU&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmS5TUb_HukqE1t1bu9stxuT&index=10&t=2s&ab_channel=MontyZander

*HOW RESIDENT EVIL'S OPENING MAKES YOU FEEL NAKED*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG7qMM2cFGI&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmSMPieOqpk_O-Yldfwa2RAl&index=13&t=10s&ab_channel=MontyZander

*HOW RESIDENT EVIL 2 REMAKE'S OPENING TEACHES FEAR*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h48MKni8tH4&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmSMPieOqpk_O-Yldfwa2RAl&index=12&ab_channel=MontyZander

*RESIDENT EVIL 3' REMAKES OPENING HAS A NEMESIS PROBLEM*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLz5x_6yE-g&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmSMPieOqpk_O-Yldfwa2RAl&index=11&ab_channel=MontyZander

*HOW RESIDENT EVIL 4'S OPENING TRANSLATES A FEAR OF THE OTHER*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAcEUNdTPz4&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmSMPieOqpk_O-Yldfwa2RAl&index=10&ab_channel=MontyZander

*RESIDENT EVIL 5'S OPENING IS A VEGAN ZOMBIE*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHrY2kfhKl8&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmSMPieOqpk_O-Yldfwa2RAl&index=9&ab_channel=MontyZander

*RESIDENT EVIL 6'S OPENINGS ARE BRILLIANT AND TERRIBLE*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovU5YNwfS_w&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmSMPieOqpk_O-Yldfwa2RAl&index=8&ab_channel=MontyZander

*THE OPENING OF RESIDENT EVIL 7 IS SICK AND TWISTED*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx0KYMItDHs&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmSMPieOqpk_O-Yldfwa2RAl&index=7&ab_channel=MontyZander

*FOOTAGE/REFERENCES*
1) Fandom Games - The Evil Within - Interview with Pete Hines - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5ezt5WYWxM&t=204s&ab_channel=FandomGames
2) Polygon - The Evil Within Review - https://www.polygon.com/2014/10/14/6896155/the-evil-within-review-xbox-one-PS4
3) Bethesda - The Creatures Within: The Keeper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQYS-gC33ms&t=105s&ab_channel=BethesdaSoftworks
4) Markiplier - ARE YOU CRAZY? The Evil Within Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmsiQJjVY2w&list=PL3tRBEVW0hiA1OzUvQeEHTtlcYwmmw4fZ&index=1&t=1180s&ab_channel=Markiplier
5) The Art of the Evil Within
6) Akidachi - A Distortion's Trial [The Magnus Archives MV] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1aRjjbrM_o&ab_channel=Akidachi
7) Eurothug4000 - The Surreal Beauty of The Evil Within -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwtLWUaChFA&t=2s&ab_channel=eurothug4000
8) Playstation Europe - Delicious Evil (Bethesda Underground) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6zLxEe8EDo&ab_channel=PlayStationEurope
9) Newshub - Shinji Mikami talks The Evil Within - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5eGBdSG_J8&t=216s&ab_channel=Newshub
10) Polygon - Shinji Mikamo discusses The Evil Within and the drive for 'pure survival horror' - https://www.polygon.com/2013/4/24/4260236/shinji-mikami-discusses-the-evil-within-and-the-drive-for-pure
11) gog.com - The Evil Within - join Shinji Mikami on his horror journey - https://www.gog.com/blog/the-evil-within-join-shinji-mikami-on-his-horror-journey/
12) Techradar - What lies beneath: the scare tactics of The Evil Within - https://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/what-lies-beneath-the-terrifying-something-about-the-evil-within-1270380

*MUSIC*

1) James Forest - Storms
2) Stanley Gurvich - Memories
3) Yehezkel Raz - Deep Blue Sea
4) The David Roy Collective - The Old House
5) Yehezkel Raz - Retrospecting
6) James Forest - One Evening in May pt. 6
7) Yehezkel Raz - Oval Window
8) Eldad Zitrin - No Answer
9) Nobou - A New Dawn
10) Nobou - A Moment of Peace

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