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GAME · 2014 · JAPAN

The Evil Within

Original title
PsychoBreak

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Detective Sebastian Castellanos is investigating a brutal murder when a mysterious, powerful force knocks him unconscious. He wakes to find himself in a distorted world.

11 Interesting Facts About The Evil Within

Interesting Facts (7)

  1. #001

    Tango Gameworks chose idTech 5 as the engine for The Evil Within. idTech was built to deliver 60fps in first-person shooters, yet The Evil Within is a third-person survival horror game targeting 30fps. That mismatch left the game poorly optimized, causing performance and texture streaming problems. Tango most likely picked the engine because Bethesda owns both id and Tango Gameworks, so no licensing fee applied and no time had to go into building an in-house engine. Tango eventually made its own engine, STEM Engine, for The Evil Within 2.

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  2. #002

    The flamethrower can be obtained by defeating a boss who carries one later in the game, but the damage taken during that fight leaves the weapon unusable.

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  3. #003

    A broken flamethrower can be repaired by defeating two of the same bosses in Union City.

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  4. #004

    Striking the soda machines scattered around Union City makes them dispense crafting items and green gel rather than soda.

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  5. #005

    With the Bottle Break skill, bottles found throughout Union City can be smashed over enemies' heads as melee weapons.

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  6. #006

    The Keeper reappears in The Evil Within 2 as a doll in Sebastian's house, the final Bethesda collectible.

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  7. #007

    In The Evil Within 2, some tripwires were replaced by murder cameras attributed to Stefano Valenti.

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Easter Eggs & References (2)

  1. #008

    Several Easter eggs nod to earlier Resident Evil games. Your first sighting of a Haunted (Conelly) unfolds exactly like the first zombie encounter in the original Resident Evil. The mansion, too, closely resembles the original Resident Evil mansion.

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  2. #009

    The Keeper, an antagonist whose head is a safe, pays homage to Pyramid Head from Silent Hill.

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Deeper Meaning (2)

  1. #010

    Many of the Haunted in the game are modeled on asylum patients with particular psychological conditions. The two-headed Haunted, for example, represent people with schizophrenia.

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  2. #011
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    Every boss embodies a different facet of Ruvik's fractured psyche. The Keeper (also called Safe-Head) reflects Ruvik's urge to guard his secret research. The Sadist (the chainsaw boss) channels his murderous rage. The Long-Haired Creature draws on Ruvik's memories of his sister. The camouflaged tentacle creature stands for his wish to hide from the world.

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