The Evil Within 2+3

In the treacherously haunted house of a young girl's brain, every door hides gut-wrenching horrors and nerve-jangling chills, all torn from the world of Bethesda Software's new survival horror game, The Evil Within! Dana, a young student, is desperately searching for her missing friend, but the hunt leads her down a path where every street corner hides devastation, dark secrets and deadly creatures spawned from the deepest depths of the most demented minds!

With the opening issue setting the stage for a horrifying comic adaptation of the game, I couldn’t wait to see more.  Granted, this means diving headfirst into more frightening scenes that are bound to give heart palpitations.  Regardless, I was ready for more of The Evil Within comics from Titan, and sat down prepared for another scare.  That is, right after I made sure to turn the lights on.

Our first look at this prequel series introduced us to two of our survivors in the nightmare world they find themselves in.  Issues 2 and 3 bring more unfortunate souls into the mix, along with even more terrifying traps for them to get out of.  Along the way, the group also runs into more of the terrible foes from the game that players will face.  The only thing I’m not too keen on is how these enemies are introduced, almost forcing one new one into each issue.

All of the dark, dreary and even bloody illustrations carry on in these next two books.  With even more troubles surrounding them almost every step of the way, we need to feel that in the visuals.  That is definitely no problem here, pulling you into the awful situation these strangers are stuck in.  The transition between current events and some of the flashbacks is nicely done as well.

With the exception of the previously mentioned approach to bringing in new bad guys, I’ve really enjoyed these books so far.  I’ve sadly not had the chance to play the game, and this only makes my desire to do so even greater.  If you have played the game, this should be a nice companion to it.  If not, then this will serve as a good scare.  Both should be good reasons to continue picking up this title.

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Geek-o-Rama received a copy of this comic for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions are those of the individual reviewer.