Are The Evil Within 1 and 2 connected?
The Evil Within is a game you’d never expect to have a direct sequel, because of the way it ends. “The connections to the original will be apparent right from the start of The Evil Within 2. The game begins with Sebastian Castellanos still reeling from the events of the first game, now struggling with alcoholism.
Does evil within 2 continue the story?
If you skipped out on The Evil Within, don’t worry. The sequel continues the story of hard-luck now-ex-cop Sebastian Castellanos, but it doesn’t require a knowledge of the original so much as a willingness to give in to the game’s off-the-rails narrative.