The Evil Within: The Assignment

IGNLucy O'Brien

8.5/10

The Assignment offers up a thrilling three-and-a-half hours in The Evil Within’s grimy universe. Its stealthy gameplay, beautifully designed environments, and refreshingly grounded protagonist make it stand out from the main game, and a cliffhanger ending suggests there’s much more good stuff to come in part two: The Consequence.

Pure XboxAnthony Bacchus

8/10

Tango Gameworks could've taken the easy route and had The Assignment cover similar ground to The Evil Within. Thankfully, the decision to move the focus from action to stealth has proven to be a smart one. With a more interesting lead character, tighter pacing, and better scares, The Assignment is that rare story add-on that may even be better than the main game.

VideogamerSteven Burns

8/10

The Assignment is a reasonably-sized add-on which fleshes out The Evil Within's story while building on what made it so enjoyable in the first place.

GameWatcherChris Capel

8/10

While it may be only three hours long, The Evil Within: The Assignment is a fine slice of DLC. Survival horror fans bemoaning the action-first approach most games in the genre take these days will be pleased to hear about the scares-first approach The Assignment takes, to the point where stealth is the order of the day and the only lethal weapons are axes that break after one hit. The stealth isn’t perfect and the levels are a bit linear, but there are loads of fun secrets, a cool New Game ...

Gaming NexusMatt Mirkovich

7.4/10

There's nothing horribly wrong with The Assignment, but the instant death rules that I disliked about The Evil Within continue to plague the DLC, making Kidman's story one of frustration and retries.