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Very different gameplay compared to the base game, but interesting story.

Experience survival horror from a new perspective with The Evil Within: The Assignment. This is the first of a two-part, story driven experience where players take on the role of detective Juli Kidman, Sebastian Castellanos’ mysterious partner, in a concurrent story that looks to answer some of the questions surrounding her whereabouts during The Evil Within.
Story
You play as Juli Kidman, Sebastian Castellano's mysterious partner from the main game. It takes place both before and during the events of The Evil Within story. This is the first part of two, where you get to know more about Juli Kidman's past, her motives and involvement with Mobius.
Gameplay & Puzzles
The Assignment is like the base game, a third-person survival-horror game, but without the action part. The gameplay in this DLC differs heavily from the main game, and focuses much more on the horror elements. You have to hide and sneak much more since you only have a flashlight, bottles and sometimes axes at your disposal. You can peak around corners and lure enemies by calling out to them while in cover.
You cannot upgrade yourself or any weapon in this DLC. There are no weapons.
There are more puzzles in this DLC compared to the base game. A bit harder than the base game, but still easy enough to figure out.
Enemies & Bosses
Some enemies from the base game make a return here along with some new ones. There is a new enemy, Shade (Light Woman), which is like the counterpart to The Keeper, who you have some stressful and fun encounters with. There are no bosses in this DLC.
Environment & Scares
The environment is varied enough, at least as much as it can be within the 2-3 hours of gameplay of this DLC. The Assignment is much darker than the base game. It focuses on psychological horror and way more panic-inducing encounters since you don’t have a firearm to defend yourself with.
Visual Design & Sound Design
The visuals are pretty much the same as the base game. The sound design was really well made for the Shade. It really creeped me out.
Constructive Criticism
All I can say is that this DLC is very different from the base game, and many will probably not like this approach.
The biggest issue was the stamina, it was a joke, where you could only run for a few seconds before Kidman had to stop and catch her breath for several seconds. Annoying.
The cadaver enemies (the crawlers) were just annoying enemies with boring stealth sequences.
The Verdict
The Assignment is very different in gameplay compared to the base game. I like the base game more, but I liked the story and that you get answers to many questions in this DLC. The encounters with Shade were stressful and fun. Overall, it was an okay DLC.
Rating: 6/10