Evil Below Review (PlayStation 4)

by Jim Smale · March 23, 2023

For our Evil Below Review, where Take the role of a mother searching for her child in a mysterious world filled with dark creatures blinded by faith and greed. Prepare to run, hide, kill, and survive. The game centers around a mother searching for her son in a semi-open-world landscape filled with never-ending forests, abandoned villages, and claustrophobic caverns. In this world, several creatures made these lands their territory, and you are their prey.

Evil Below Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
13.59GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Works on Playstation 5.
Uses the controller microphone.
Performance mode option.
Can Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
Aim assist option.
Three difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
Accessible options – reusable resting places, and endless posture breaks.
Health regenerates when not in combat.
Checkpoints can be found and activated, by default they can only be used once.
First-person horror adventure gameplay.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Stamina-based system for running, jumping, and attacking.
Breakable and Interactive points flash to let you know.
Photo mode.
Uses the controller speaker.
Play how you want.
A very intriguing game as you awaken from a car accident in a church with no idea what’s going on and strange people talking about passageways and other Realms.
Find health and stamina upgrades.
13 weapons to find.
Inventory upgrades.
You get descriptions of items picked up.
Emission swords come in three colors with each enhancing either health, stamina, or inventory space.
Find handwritten notes.
The world you explore looks fantastic.
You can store a couple of found weapons.
Each weapon gets stronger which means breaking and killing are quicker.
In-game cutscenes.

Evil Below Review Cons:

Physics goes crazy like walking into a barrel can cause a lot of weird situations.
The breaking of objects is very unruly and weak.
Cannot rebind controls.
No field of view slider.
Can make you feel a bit nauseated because of no sliders or comfort settings.
The combat is very hit-and-miss.
The game gave me a headache and I felt rough after a while.
You spend a lot of time just smashing crates and barrels for ammo of guns you don’t get for a while.
No help with guidance.
The inventory and storing system are messy.
The camera when fighting is not great and very floaty.

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Evil Below:

Official website.

Developer: Fire Raven Studios

Publisher: Fire Raven Studios

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7/10

Graphics - 7/10
7/10

Sound - 7/10
6/10

Accessibility - 6/10
7/10

Length - 7/10
6/10

Fun Factor - 6/10

6.6/10

Summary

Evil Below is a first-person game about exploration and slight horror elements. You play a mum who wakes up in a strange place after a car crash with your son missing. It’s all played in the first person is fine but unfortunately, they don’t have any comfort or field-of-view slider options so you land up getting motion sickness or at least a headache. The combat is very swishy and with that, the camera goes full boat in a storm so prepare yourself. I was enjoying the game to be honest as it’s an open world and you have no pressure to find the way forward and instead can concentrate on exploring and finding the many weapons and upgrades hidden within the lands. I found cool new areas and little houses hidden within the fog. Enemies are not that fantastic or unique, They are meant to help bring the horror but you hear them from a mile off and with the camera swaying I always try to avoid conflict or I fight with my eyes closed. Overall Evil Below has a lot of promise but they just made a few rookie mistakes when making games in the first person. Evil Below, it is alright until it made me feel rough.