The Evil Within 2’s free trial is available to download now. While inside buildings, you can expect the usual noises: creaking floorboards, swinging chains, writhing horrors the next room over, and many more unsettling noises, especially when all you heard a second ago was your own footsteps. Eventually, you’ll learn to differentiate what type of enemy is just around the corner by listening to the moans and gurgling sounds they utter.

Every location in the town of Union has plenty of audio cues to alert you to what is going on. YouTube The Evil Within 2 shines on PS4 - but Xbox One and PC fall short.

The Evil Within 2 continues in that tradition. The first Evil Within featured a perfectly creepy ambiance and jump scares aplenty. Creepy rooms are a regular occurrence, with oddities dangling from the ceiling, or macabre portraits lining the walls of an old, creaky house.Īudio work can make or break a horror game. While the standard monsters Sebastian faces aren’t particularly frightening, it’s the environments in which he finds them that is impressive.

Sub-60 fps or not, The Evil Within 2 is a visual treat. We have a review of The Evil Within 2, as well! If you’re on the fence on even downloading the trial (it does take up hard drive space after all), give it a read:

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