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The gunplay is tense because of how slowly Ethan reloads his weapons – understandable, since he’s not a trained cop like some of the series’ old heroes. Resident Evil 7 adopts a first-person perspective, which definitely makes the game feel much more immersive and creepy.
RESIDENT EVIL 3.5 VS THE EVIL WITHIN UPGRADE
When it comes to gameplay, Resident Evil 7 and The Evil Within 2 have some fundamental differences, but both games allow you to find and upgrade weapons that you can use to defend yourself with. Both stories aren’t exactly masterpieces, but The Evil Within 2 gets edged out because its competitor was able to nail its characterization a little better. Winner: Resident Evil 7 wins by a very, very slight margin. This is a result of Sebastian’s damaged psyche, sure, but it definitely doesn’t make the player feel as strongly about her. The Evil Within 2’s depiction of young Lily is often skewed, and she’s mostly presented as a crazy and fiery demonic child. While the story does falter in the final act, Resident Evil 7 actually takes the time to build up our relationship with Mia, and this helps to drive the player forward in the mission to rescue her. I’ve personally found the story twists in Resident Evil 7 to be far more interesting as well, with some cool revelations about Mia and the Baker family, not to mention the enigmatic Zoe. The basic story premise is pretty much the same in both games, but Ethan is a little more relatable because he ends up being the everyman who doesn’t know what he’s gotten himself into, and just wants to escape with all his limbs intact. Protagonist Ethan spent the last three years thinking his wife was dead, only to receive a letter from her asking him to pick her up at the Baker residence in Dulvey. Resident Evil 7 doesn’t really fare very well in the story department either, but it is a little more exciting than The Evil Within 2. I attribute this to the fact that Sebastian himself isn’t a very interesting character either, and that isn’t helped by his hit-or-miss voice acting. There are a few twists thrown into the story here and there, but ultimately it’s not exactly a very engaging plot. A father looking for his daughter is a pretty cliched trope at this point, but at least it gives players a more personal stake in Sebastian’s adventure this time around. I will say that the story and pacing here is handled much better than it was in the first game, which didn’t seem to have any sense of pacing at all. However, Mobius operative Juli Kidman shows up in his life once again to tell him that his daughter is actually still alive, but he needs to enter STEM yet again to rescue her from an experiment gone wrong. After the events of the first game, Sebastian Castellanos leaves the police force and continues to be tormented by the death of his young daughter and the traumatizing incident at Beacon Mental Hospital.
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The Evil Within 2 has a pretty messy story.