Same here!

It is? I did not realize that. He has definitely made a name for himself, so he’ll be missed.

When comparing The Evil Within to MGS and The Last of Us, I would say it’s more like The Last of Us (although I’ve only played a little bit of it).

And I think Survival Horror games are the trickiest to recommend. Many developers purposely design the gameplay–most likely the controls–to be awkward so the player is limited and feels helpless. For instance, I have a friend who enjoys Silent Hill 2 as long as someone else is playing because he can’t get used to the awkward controls.

I have no doubt you’ll be able to adapt to this game’s difficulty, but I’d say you should try and hunt down Mikami’s previous work–if you haven’t already–to best prepare for The Evil Within.

I can’t wait for the demo to come out so I can make more accurate comparisons.

In that case, I’m definitely getting this game when it releases. I recently beat The Last of Us on easy, easy + and then on Survivor and survivor + and even MGS 4 on The Boss Extreme, which was its hardest difficulty so I think I will enjoy this game and it will be the first pure survival horror experience I truly enjoy as I didn’t really like dead space 1’s gameplay too much. Though I am sad that this will be Shinji Mikami’s very last game ever.

From what I’ve seen and heard, Dead Space 1 counts as survival horror; but no matter what your survival horror background is, I think this game will be for you.