Worst Job Ever | The Evil Within: The Assignment Review

<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; large">The long awaited DLC for The Evil Within has finally arrived&comma; giving us more twisted and sinister antics to embark upon&period; The Evil Within was met with polarising views that split gamers right down the middle&period; While many enjoyed its strong and intense survival game-play&comma; others where dissatisfied by its bizarre narrative&comma; clunky controls and weak use of stealth&period; The new DLC&comma; <em>The Assignment&comma;<&sol;em> from Tango game-works offers a completely different experience compared to the original game&comma; and focuses more on a high tension experience with a strong emphasis on stealth&period; But does it work&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 828px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;assets&period;vg247&period;com&sol;current&sol;&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;the&lowbar;evil&lowbar;within&lowbar;the&lowbar;assignment&lowbar;launch&lowbar;2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"828" height&equals;"385" &sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The Evil Within&colon; The Assignment has some twisted new foes to encounter<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; large">The Assignment sees players take the role of Julie Kidman&comma; the mysterious character who accompanies both Joseph and Sebastian throughout their horrifying journey&period; We learn more about Kidman&&num;8217&semi;s motives and the reason for her presence in the game&period; It seems that Kidman has been given an &&num;8220&semi;assignment&&num;8221&semi; to infiltrate STEM and rescue Leslie&comma; the troubled young man who everyone wanted a piece of in the main game&period; Kidman begins her journey in an noire inspired office with a faceless man and a cat on her lap&period; The cat allows players to save the game&comma; which is awesome&period; Kidman is plugged into STEM and soon she encounters a bleak and terrifying nightmare she is not ready for&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; large">The nightmare is placed within an impressive and stunning game world&comma; exploring the noire inspired offices of Mobius&comma; to the decaying ruins of the real world&period; Everything looks wonderfully detailed&comma; and is given a highly organic nature with some excellent dynamic lighting&period; These graphical factors set the tone perfectly&comma; and even the darkness that engulfs Kidman at most times works well to create tension&comma; but not become an annoyance&period; Its strange that this DLC takes a less heavy handed method of survival&comma; removing guns and a majority of resources&comma; while focusing more on stealth to survival&period; Armed with only a flashlight that aids in sight&comma; and unlocking hidden doors&comma; Kidman must rely more on her wits and quick thinking to get through the nightmare&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 808px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;icxm&period;net&sol;team&sol;uploads&sol;Horror-Games&sol;theevilwithin-theassignment&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"808" height&equals;"386" &sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Be ready to hide &&num;8230&semi; a lot<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; large">Being able to lure and quietly kill those in her way with disposable weapons makes for an intense experience&period; There is no use of guns through 99&percnt; of the game&comma; except for a nifty little set piece&period; I&&num;8217&semi;d say if you dislike stealth&comma; then you are advised to stay far away from <em>The Assignment<&sol;em>&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a new and refreshing approach&comma; and works well at creating some great set pieces that are more energetic and nerve-racking than most of The Evil Within itself&period; However&comma; the clunky controls and wide screen effect do make the game rather difficult to navigate through&comma; causing more discomfort when engaging in stealth&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; large">The first half of the game is the strongest&comma; a new setting and terrifying new enemies are the high points here&period; Towards the end&comma; the game sadly falls on a flat note&comma; with some rehashed levels from the original game and some brain dead puzzles that are uninspiring&period; However&comma; there are some moments in the sewer level that impress&comma; such as the only time you will use your gun to fight off hoards of enemies&comma; with the cliffhanger ending things on a breathless note&period; I enjoyed the absence of firearms&comma; but would of preferred if Kidman had other skills to make up for it&period; Like how Amanda from Alien Isolation was very good at inventing items that would benefit her survival against the alien&period; The game makes Kidman to be near powerless and at times can be annoying&comma; as she lacks different skills other than just hiding&period;  <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 815px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;onlysp&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;the&lowbar;evil&lowbar;within&lowbar;the&lowbar;assignment-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"815" height&equals;"377" &sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Some more hiding<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; large"><em>The Assignment<&sol;em> is an intense and thrilling survival horror experience&comma; specially for those who love stealth based gameplay&period; There are some cleaver little moments that relate to the golden age of survival horror&period; Such as using a cat to save the game in a safe area&comma; bringing a moment of comfort that was seen in the older Resident Evil games and their &&num;8220&semi;save rooms&&num;8221&semi;&period; The bold set pieces that take place in the game are engaging&comma; and at times brutally exhilarating&period; Thouggh&comma; the stealth gameplay could have been more developed to introduce new skills for Kidman other than hiding&period; The controls don&&num;8217&semi;t help towards comfortable play&comma; and at many times becomes a slight annoyance while trying being stealthy&period; I would of appreciated more means of taking out different enemies&comma; or at least introduce the possibility of melee combat in more of a dynamic way to break up the intensive stealth segments&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; large">For replay value&comma; there are some great little secrets in the game&comma; with various hidden items lurking in the game world&comma; along with a few of the Keeper&&num;8217&semi;s safes needing to be cracked open by solving the riddles they present to you&period; Each unlocks a letter fragment that reveals some hidden truths&comma; a reason to replay and discover what more <em>The Assignment<&sol;em> is hiding&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 782px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nuzco&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;the-assignment-dlc-the-evil-within&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"782" height&equals;"396" &sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Looks familiar &&num;8230&semi; Very Slender and manly he is<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; large">I highly enjoyed the Evil Within and appreciated the choice of either using stealth or action to progress&period; <em>The Assignment<&sol;em> does well in its set pieces&comma; atmosphere and extra content to unlock&comma; but falls short on its clunky controls&comma; annoying wide screen view and lacking any dynamic or original stealth gameplay&period; This is definitely worth checking out if you enjoyed the Evil Within&comma; but only for those who are ready to take on a game with mostly stealth based gameplay&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;