PS Now for something completely different
Of PS Now’s new additions, which includes Cities: Skylines and Lego Worlds, it’s survival horror adventure The Evil Within from Resident Evil’s original creator Shinji Mikami that caught my attention. It’s a perfect PS Now release, an often overlooked cult classic…
When the creative mind behind Resident Evil returned with The
Evil Within there was a buzz about this Resilike horror adventure but it never gained the traction of Capcom’s series. Added to PS Now this month it drew me in as I remembered how I chewed through its cheesy dialogue and unsettling atmosphere. Replaying it now, some of the game’s faults can be overlooked. The redundant story and technical shortfalls fall away as I find myself just loving the spectacle of its Resi-meets-Silent Hill schlock horror. A genuine cult classic, on PS Now this is a welcome double-dipper.
Replaying The Evil Within had me yearning for more old-fashioned survival horror, and while the UK’s PS Now roster lacks Resident
Evil 4 (available on the US service), it does have Resident Evil Code
Veronica X, another often-overlooked classic. Billed as the true sequel to Resident Evil 2, this is another Mikami masterpiece that shines on Sony’s streaming service. It feels more modern than it should, as the series’ pre-rendered scenery is replaced by 3D environments, albeit still with a defined camera view.
From here the only PS Now game to replay is Dead
Space 3. Maligned at launch due to its microtransactions and co-op focus, hindsight reveals a solid horror shooter. While certainly not as composed as the original Dead Space
(sadly not on PS Now) untethered from its money-hungry DLC this deserves a second chance. Thankfully PS Now is here to enable us to give it one.