#TEW1

[kaksparkz]

‧₊˚ im sooo normal about this game‼️

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haven't posted anything recently cause i've been exclusively using my free time to play tew1 for like a month now. this is a cry for help i just CANT STOP. i love it so much. gnawing at the bars of my enclosure rn ngl i hate that first drawing cause it did NOT turn out how i wanted and i abandoned it like 39894 times but oh well + some kinda old joseph stuff i never properly posted. can u guess who my fav character is😁😁 anyways. this one goes out to the other like 5 people who still care about this game in the year 2024 lmao

pssst! u can check my instagram / twitter if u wanna see some extra stuff (>⩊<) i'm way more active over there ‼

[crimescrimson]

Red's Favourite Game NPCs Of All Time [5/?]: Nurse Tatiana Gutierrez from The Evil Within (2014)

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[dg3zero]

[avidthebored]

Crimson or Adaira suffers from violent thoughts and codependency. She is one of the characters I go into depth a lot about. This is a small scribble art that is probably not going to get finished but hey! It looks cool. ✨

[thefoolwithin]

I love this so much

His birthday passed a few days ago but I forgot to post it on tumblr 🤣

[delborovic]

Happy 10 Years of The Evil Within!!!

[ruvviks]

attention shoppers there is a sickly little victorian twink with homicidal tendencies in the garden supplies department

[antielevator]

@sharpsuite:

   Going foreign wasn’t an experience most in the task force possessed much less in the forensics department – but it had been a request that had intrigued Ann enough for her agreement. After all, being present at the scene or in the same city would be far easier than trying to work on a case from across the world. Which is how Ann found herself in Krimson City and seeking out the former detective.    “  Mr. Castellanos? “  English is strange on her tongue, but her tone is polite and professional.  “ I’m Rizuna Ann, a forensic scientist with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. I was advised to reach out to you from the local police force here. We’ve recently received an anonymous tip about a series of cold cases we had and it’s led back here. But…”  Her lips press together for a moment, serious. “ Forgive me, but it seems someone’s tampered with documents. You were listed as a former detective on the case. I was hoping I might be able to speak with you, if you are willing. “ ( and I also offer this to you for any time you’d like! )

Sebastian's used to all sorts knocking on the door to his private practise: wives worried about cheating husbands, shady people seeking help to find debts owed, parents looking for missing children (that one stings the most). What he isn't used to is forensic scientist types, let alone forensic scientist types from Japan.

He connects the dots almost immediately, and his stomach drops at the conclusion that hovers in the back of his mind. If these "cold cases" in Tokyo are anything like what's been happening in Krimson City for years now, then the only news he has for her is bad.

Still, ever the believer of equal opportunity (and ultimately too helpful for his own fucking good-- the only thing that survived his rookie days), Sebastian gestures for Ann to take a seat across his desk.

"I'm willing." He forgoes the introductions, considering. Sebastian shuts the folder he'd been looking at, then presses his open laptop closed. "But I'll tell you now-- if you need anything from the KCPD, I burnt all my bridges there when I was dismissed.

"And if you plan on working with them later, they probably won't be happy if they find out you talked to me."

[sapphire-weapon]

You're a fan of The Evil Within? Awesome! Who's your favorite character and which game (1 or 2) is your favorite?

so, real talk, i kept this ask open for like an hour trying to answer it, and i just. can't bring myself to talk about TEW, even still. we're six years removed from TEW2, and i still just. ugh.

i will never stop being haunted by the tired expression on john johanas's face and the rueful tone of his voice during the E3 where TEW2 was announced, as he said over and over again to different interviewers: "what i learned as a first time game director is that my job wasn't to see my vision realized. my job was to release a finished game on time."

i knew, in that moment, that he was trying to tell me and mine to temper our expectations -- but what i didn't know was just how bad it was actually going to be.

i talked to johanas several times about TEW1's lore in the aftermath of the assignment & the consequence being released, and i was so deep in there that, when i played TEW2, i could see the seams where content was cut and the story was changed in order to simplify the plot and get the game out on time. i could see exactly what it was that he'd wanted to shoot for, and i can point out the exact moment where he gave up.

and it's just

hundreds of hours of playtime

hundreds of thousands of words written

entire folders filled with screencaps and files and scans

all of it dedicated to putting together the full picture of the lore as it was told in TEW1

worthless

all of it, worthless in the end

and now i'm just kind of watching john johanas go full tetsuya nomura in the sense of "square enix stole ff versus from me, so i'm just going to put my ideas for it in kingdom hearts instead AND NO ONE'S GOING TO FUCKING STOP ME"

because that's what johanas fuckin did with hi-fi rush LMAO

[kaksparkz]

TEW1 10TH ANNIVERSARY SKETCH DUMP‼️‼️‼️

happy anniversary to one of my fav games ever (only second to og re4 actually) u guys seriously have no idea how much i love it hhhh

sooo tiny tew1 sketch dump to celebrate!! wanted to make smth more ellaborated but. i didn't have the time :[ this will have to do 😩😩😩

pssst! u can check my instagram / twitter if u wanna see some extra stuff (>⩊<) i'm way more active over there ❤️

[crimescrimson]

Red's Favourite Pairing In The Evil Within (2014): Joseph Oda & Sebastian Castellanos

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[antielevator]

He sighs, looking at the stack of manila folders he'd left at his desk before napping. "No."

Sebastian's doing his best not to feel particularly self-conscious about Spencer's humongous pile of read folders. He has to remind himself the man's got the brain of a machine as far as reading goes-- that's a huge reason he's allowing him to help with his investigation to begin with.

The issue about trying to make connections is having to track all the related cases down, and nobody reads through old case files quicker than Spencer Reid. Typically one crazed testimony about the cult that lived in the outskirts of the city wouldn't warrant such passionate research, but God-- Sebastian's grasping so desperately at anything that even remotely resembles Mobius he can't just let it go.

Spencer, for whatever reason, doesn't think he's crazy trying to seek Mobius out. Considering that makes him the only one in the entire KCPD, Sebastian would be a fool to deny his help (never mind the potential ramifications of having the guy writing his psych profile spending this much time with him-- honestly, at least he knows Spencer would base it on fact instead of feeling, as he has for decades now).

"...fuck." He rubs the heels of his palms against his eyes, rising from his couch to sit instead of lay on it. "I didn't mean to sleep all night, though. You were supposed to wake me up after an hour."

(But if Spencer thought it best for Sebastian's deteriorating health to get a good night's sleep, he'd most certainly be in the right.)

[ @antielevator sent in :: Jesus, have you been awake the entire night? ]

Despite the bags under Spencer's eyes, there was a certain fix of energy coursing through his veins. The insane amount of coffee he had consumed was most concerning yet, here he was, looking more alive than he has in weeks. The cases piled up and eased the doctor's mind like no other.

"Hm?" He said, his head turning to meet Sebastian's gaze. "Oh. Yeah."

Spencer turned his gaze back to the manila folder in his hand as he read through the ivory pages. It was no doubt his brain was on overdrive at this point. He was almost finished reading through everything, he will sleep when he is finished.

"I actually have two more files to go through." He closed the manila folder, placing it upon the desk before grabbing another one. "One more, now." His tight lipped smile and his bright yet tired gaze met Sebastian's once more.

"Have you found anything?"

[ddosq]

Annual sacrifice of Sil to Vincent

My boi fought and won, then made a run

(hopped like Seb in tew1)

[agentperezbian]

Name a game franchise more cursed than The Evil Within. First game negatively reviewed. Second game more positively received (and I have feelings about that) but flopped financially. 2 also had a major shift in writing/directing and Shinji Mikami was no longer as involved in the project. Voice actors strike resulted in most of the important characters from the first game being completely absent. Lead artist left the company (multiple times?) and afaik wasn't involved as much if at all in 2. Threequel in a permanent state of speculation. Shinji Mikami leaving Tango. TEW3 has realistically been dead for years if it ever existed to begin with (and leaks suggested at one point it did.) But man, what a depressing end to a series that started with a great game and tons of potential. This series and its fandom were fumbled at every possible turn. Now we're left with the questions from TEW1 completely unanswered because of the direction TEW2 had to take and no hope of resolution for any of it. The Evil Within truly went out with a whimper.