10 Video Games That Overstayed Their Welcome

When horror video game legend Shinji Mikami created The Evil Within, new studio Tango Game Works crafted a devilishly imaginative survival horror experience filled with visceral gore, disturbing enemies, and nerve-shredding encounters where every resource mattered. It was a welcome return to horror roots, though the tension would dissipate long before players made it to the final boss.

The game begins with gruff detective and player-character Sebestian Castellanos arriving at a psychiatric hospital where a gruesome massacre has just taken place.

From here, it doesn’t take long for the detective to be thrown into a nightmarish hellscape where he must fight for his life and work to solve the grander mystery of what’s going on. Throughout the course of the next 20 hours, this investigation covers repressed trauma, a shady organisation, and a machine that enables people to experience a shared consciousness.

There’s a lot to take within the narrative. As a result, the intriguing tension established at the start gradually gets worn away as The Evil Within buckles under its own grand ideas and ambition.

A bigger issue lies in the dullness of the protagonist. Sebastian's emotionless responses to the mounting horrors aren’t enough to sympathise with his plight.