An empty Tokyo is a great setting. That feeling of isolation and the creepy noises that enemies make to keep you alert and tense make for an engaging world to explore. There's also plenty of verticality as you can jump and climb up buildings and glide around. It leads to some fun platforming challenges to get to where you need to go. The combat is good except in boss fights. Mixing different types of magic projectiles, bow and arrows, and talismans makes it fun to go up against groups of enemies. When in boss fights, talismans and sometimes arrows don't work against them making combat much less fun. The skill tree is boring. It's mostly dedicated to increasing your effectiveness in combat and traversal instead of giving you new abilities. Over time, I lost interest in upgrading my abilities. The banter between Akito and KK is good, and their relationship changes over time during the story as they warm to each other more. The story is about saving Akito's sister, but they don't really develop that relationship until the end. The back story of Akito and Mari's relationship is still emotionally effective once it's revealed though. The world is full of ghost stories that serve as side missions which is really cool. Some are based around urban legends, yokai, and some of them even make refences to horror movies. I enjoyed this much more than The Evil Within 2. The Evil Within 1 is still my favorite from this developer though.