The original Evil Within was Shinji Mikami’s storied return to straight-up survival horror but, despite being an excellent game, was riddled with performance issues on consoles, wonky pacing, and middling reviews. Which brings us to… The Evil Within 2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) Absolutely masterful pacing and some of the best horror setpieces this side of The Evil Within 2. You explore a spooky mansion trying to look for your missing girlfriend while trying to survive the onslaught from a creepy and dangerous family of crazed rednecks who might just have a lot more going on than it seems. Those who did play RE7 found not only an excellent first-person survival horror game, but an absolutely faithful and appropriately bonkers entry into the Resident Evil franchise that, for all the things it did differently (and possibly because of them) is probably the closest any videogame has ever come to Shinji Mikami’s original vision for Resident Evil. This was easily one of the finest games of 2017 but I think it got buried between some of the mid to late year bangers like Persona 5 and Horizon Zero Dawn. Resident Evil VII: Biohazard (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
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