The Evil Within: The Executioner

Release Date: May 26, 2015

Action, FPP, survival horror, stealth, very brutal, singleplayer

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The third story DLC included in the Season Pass for the dark survival horror The Evil Within released in 2014. Just like the original game, the expansion is set in the ominous asylum in which a brutal massacre takes place. Interestingly, The Executioner tells the story from the perspective of an enemy of The Evil Within’s protagonist.

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[0:55] The Evil Within: The Executioner trailer (PL)

[0:15] The Evil Within: The Executioner teaser

The Evil Within: The Executioner Description

The Executioner is the third official story expansion for The Evil Within, a dark survival horror by Shinji Mikami, released in 2014. It is the last free add-on for the owners of the season pass.

Just like in the previous expansions, The Executioner presents the events from another person’s perspective. This time around, though, it is one of the main protagonist’s adversaries, known only as The Keeper or Boxhead. A curious feature of this character, born in the mind of Ruvik, the main antagonist in The Evil Within, is that he has a safe where his head should be. It is a metaphor of this character’s dark past and secrets kept. The Keeper is a tall humanoid that resembles a butcher, which is also apparent thanks to his primary weapon – a huge chopper.

By letting the players assume the role of The Evil Within’s bad guy, the developers were able to turn around the playing experience. Instead of running and fighting all kinds of monsters, we become the eponymous executioner who cruely murders innocent victims. The dissimilarity of this add-on is also visible thanks to the first-person perspective, contrary to what we have seen in The Evil Within thus far.

Last updated on August 14, 2015