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Recently I did yet another run through on Resident Evil 7, and I kind of took pause. In a couple of months on Halloween, The Evil Within 2 is coming out, and now that I really think on it, Resident Evil 7 seems like the exact opposite game, within the same genre. I guess I just wanted to share my thoughts;
1. Before release The Evil Within was super-hyped due to being directed by Shinji Mikami who many tout as the "Father of Survival-Horror" with Shinji himself even claiming that the game would take the survival-horror, genre back to its roots. Resident Evil 7 by contrast got some flak, before release due to being made by Capcom who people were already annoyed with Resident Evil 5, and 6 about, and some people claiming that RE7 was simply a rip-off of Outlast, or Silent Hills P.T. When they actually came out, many people were disappointed in The Evil Within, while RE7 received high praise.
2. RE7 is a relatively short game, that's not a bad thing, I'm simply pointing out that playing leisurely only takes around 9 hours total. The Evil Within by contrast on a first play through averages 16 hours.
3. RE7's atmosphere is consistent. There are some areas that are creepier than others, but it's not super drastic. Whereas The Evil Within switches from levels that are, I guess nerve-wracking like Chapter 10, to being impossible to find scary, like Chapter 6 where you're outside in broad daylight.
4. Both have villains that mess with your mind, but in different ways. RE7 has Eveline using more psychological mind-tricks, causing hallucinations and such, and she exists in the real world, as RE7 takes place in the real world. Ruvick by contrast aside from a few taunts, seems to prefer a straight-forward, gore fest type of scaring people, and the game takes place inside of The Matrix...I mean STEM.
5. Sebastian is a veteran, homicide detective, who clearly knows how to use a variety of firearms, and is used to seeing messed up things. Ethan's exact job is never told, but he's presumably a white-collar guy, who has barely ever held a firearm. They even contrast in looks, with Sebastian being a black-haired man, with a broad build, over six feet in height, while Ethan is a blonde man, with a trim/fit build, and based on mods where you can see his character model, Ethan is actually pretty small, being dwarfed by Jack, and only a bit taller than Mia.
6. The Evil Within gets some hate for having what people call a convoluted story. RE7 by contrast has a pretty, simple story.
7. The Evil Within has a problem with death-desensitization, after dying 50 times, you stop caring about it. RE7 however manages to have that line, where the game is just challenging enough, to keep you on edge without killing you every 5 minutes.
8. It's easy to make Sebastian OP once you figure out the "tricks" in the game, like how you can trip one enemy, and set a whole group on fire. Or the fact that you can blind a group, and then stab them all to conserve ammo. Ethan can become OP but you have to work for it.
9. The Evil Within will lock you in a room, and force you to fight your way out. RE7 will give you the chance to actually run past the enemies, and to your next objective.
10. RE7 has a small variety of enemies. You're either fighting the Molded of which there are four kinds, or you face off against Jack or Marguerite. The Evil Within by contrast has tons of enemy, there are 11 different kinds of zombies (The Haunted), about 5 mini-boss type enemies, and 7 different boss enemies, unless I miscounted Ruvick then it's 8.
11. Ruvick was born to a normal family, for lack of a better word, and was just a sociopath from an early age. Eveline was born to a research company, and wasn't born evil, she became warped over a sense of wanting to be loved, and have a family.
That's all I can think of right now. I just wanted to share, and I'm happy to hear any compare/contrasts someone else comes up with too, be it from these two games, or another two games.
1. Before release The Evil Within was super-hyped due to being directed by Shinji Mikami who many tout as the "Father of Survival-Horror" with Shinji himself even claiming that the game would take the survival-horror, genre back to its roots. Resident Evil 7 by contrast got some flak, before release due to being made by Capcom who people were already annoyed with Resident Evil 5, and 6 about, and some people claiming that RE7 was simply a rip-off of Outlast, or Silent Hills P.T. When they actually came out, many people were disappointed in The Evil Within, while RE7 received high praise.
2. RE7 is a relatively short game, that's not a bad thing, I'm simply pointing out that playing leisurely only takes around 9 hours total. The Evil Within by contrast on a first play through averages 16 hours.
3. RE7's atmosphere is consistent. There are some areas that are creepier than others, but it's not super drastic. Whereas The Evil Within switches from levels that are, I guess nerve-wracking like Chapter 10, to being impossible to find scary, like Chapter 6 where you're outside in broad daylight.
4. Both have villains that mess with your mind, but in different ways. RE7 has Eveline using more psychological mind-tricks, causing hallucinations and such, and she exists in the real world, as RE7 takes place in the real world. Ruvick by contrast aside from a few taunts, seems to prefer a straight-forward, gore fest type of scaring people, and the game takes place inside of The Matrix...I mean STEM.
5. Sebastian is a veteran, homicide detective, who clearly knows how to use a variety of firearms, and is used to seeing messed up things. Ethan's exact job is never told, but he's presumably a white-collar guy, who has barely ever held a firearm. They even contrast in looks, with Sebastian being a black-haired man, with a broad build, over six feet in height, while Ethan is a blonde man, with a trim/fit build, and based on mods where you can see his character model, Ethan is actually pretty small, being dwarfed by Jack, and only a bit taller than Mia.
6. The Evil Within gets some hate for having what people call a convoluted story. RE7 by contrast has a pretty, simple story.
7. The Evil Within has a problem with death-desensitization, after dying 50 times, you stop caring about it. RE7 however manages to have that line, where the game is just challenging enough, to keep you on edge without killing you every 5 minutes.
8. It's easy to make Sebastian OP once you figure out the "tricks" in the game, like how you can trip one enemy, and set a whole group on fire. Or the fact that you can blind a group, and then stab them all to conserve ammo. Ethan can become OP but you have to work for it.
9. The Evil Within will lock you in a room, and force you to fight your way out. RE7 will give you the chance to actually run past the enemies, and to your next objective.
10. RE7 has a small variety of enemies. You're either fighting the Molded of which there are four kinds, or you face off against Jack or Marguerite. The Evil Within by contrast has tons of enemy, there are 11 different kinds of zombies (The Haunted), about 5 mini-boss type enemies, and 7 different boss enemies, unless I miscounted Ruvick then it's 8.
11. Ruvick was born to a normal family, for lack of a better word, and was just a sociopath from an early age. Eveline was born to a research company, and wasn't born evil, she became warped over a sense of wanting to be loved, and have a family.
That's all I can think of right now. I just wanted to share, and I'm happy to hear any compare/contrasts someone else comes up with too, be it from these two games, or another two games.