Is it worth playing this without playing EW1?

[OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi]

I revently finished playing the 2014 RE4 which I really enjoyed and was looking for similar games. However, I noticed that both user and critic reviews for The Evil Within 2 are much better than that of the original "The Evil Within 1". Given this, do you think it is worth skipping the first game?

Thanks!

[Harris]

If you're here for gameplay and the whole open world survival horror thingy with doing quests and finding weapons and shooting stuff - jump right in. You likely won't understand much about the story rather than there's a guy looking for a girl, but at least there will be a lady in tight jeans to look at.

And if you care about story, characters and their motivations - eh, why would you care about that in Resident Evil-esque "B movie" survival horror game? In any event, you can always watch one of the many plot-related videos before playing. Here's literally the first one I stumbled upon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CkeCI2srAU

[OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi]

Originally posted by Harris:

If you're here for gameplay and the whole open world survival horror thingy with doing quests and finding weapons and shooting stuff - jump right in. You likely won't understand much about the story rather than there's a guy looking for a girl, but at least there will be a lady in tight jeans to look at.

And if you care about story, characters and their motivations - eh, why would you care about that in Resident Evil-esque "B movie" survival horror game? In any event, you can always watch one of the many plot-related videos before playing. Here's literally the first one I stumbled upon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CkeCI2srAU

True I guess, when I played RE4 I found the story and actions of the various characters was err, somewhat convoluted at times...

[Door Into Summer]

The Evil Within 1 is more linear and 2 has open world aspects to it. They are two different games.

[Singh]

Originally posted by OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi:

I revently finished playing the 2014 RE4 which I really enjoyed and was looking for similar games. However, I noticed that both user and critic reviews for The Evil Within 2 are much better than that of the original "The Evil Within 1". Given this, do you think it is worth skipping the first game?

Thanks!

If you're a masochist and like the punishment of instant death for not performing the right action at exactly the right time or just like playing a painfully slow moving character then the first Evil Within is where you want to be.

However if you like character progression and explorable environments as well as a tool kit that lets you work through the obstacles of the game at your own pace (for the most part) then the second Evil Within would be more appropriate.

[Bullett00th]

It's absolutely worth playing through the first game - both to have context for the sequel, and to experience its weird convoluted story.

That said, you may or may not want to do it, and that depends on your tolerance to jank. Evil Within 1 is VERY janky. If you can let that go and just enjoy the insanely creative setpieces, definitely go for it. Maybe tune the difficulty down to avoid frustration.


I initially hated TEW1, dropped it after 3 hours or so, went for the sequel but felt like I'm missing out on context despite the story being relatively new. So I came back, forced myself through the slow annoying intro, and eventually it clicked.

[OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi]

Thanks for the feedback :)

[R A Z E R]

You can skip the first one if you don't mind the story that's spread out over the 2 games considering the second game has flashbacks and scenes/area's/even some characters from the first one..

However, i do recommend playing the first one as well as it's a overall good game and worth the price if you can get it on sale or full price if you don't mind that.. Both games also go on sale every now and then.

[CarcarÁ]

Play the first one.

It's not as bad as many people say. It's quirky, yes, but it's really original (don't let the first levels fool you).

Also, easy games ruin our experiences as gamers overall. I found that after I played somerather challenging games, easier ones just felt like the were treating me like a severely mentally challenged person.

Go all in for it!

[Zanaki]

The evil within hasn't aged amazingly, the combat is clunky and the progression is a bit weird, but the atmosphere is still great, the horror/gross factor is still one of the best, and the story is honestly as good if not better than the RE series (which doesn't mean much, but its serviceable!) I'm biased, but having just watched a friend play through it I can say its definitely worth playing, especially if you wanna enjoy 2 more.

[Michel Baie]

As someone who couldn't stomach much of the first game and just finished the second, I'd say you can skip the first one.
While you won't get a complete recap of the first game's event, there's more than enough to understand the story here, even if you won't get all the implications of everything.

[Jason rifleman]

You want more scarier scenes, go for the first game. You love exploration? choose the second one. Both games are scary in a certain level compared to RE4 or Alan wake.