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The Assignment

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Chapter 1: An Oath

The Chapter opens up with Marcelo Jimenez's notes from one of his trials. He details the following:

They existed together, but each saw things in their own ways. It was as if each patient's consciousness filled in the blanks, creating their own reality.

- Test notes from Trial 716-AX

Dr. Marcelo Jimenez

Kidman is assigned to take on the mission of retrieving Leslie from the STEM. She enters the machine, and while in the forest she is attacked by Oscar Connelly and falls off a cliff. She then hears Mobius talking to her, and later attempts to use a keypad. The keypad does not recognize her, forcing her to find the computers to get access, dodging Haunted , Cadaver and the Shade on the way.

Ruvik appears later and traps Kidman. She is saved by Sebastian and Joseph, only for her and Joseph to fall through the ground, as in the main game. 

Chapter 2: Crossing Paths

The Shade attacks Kidman while she is trapped by fallen rubble. Joseph then turns into a Haunted and attacks Kidman. After she defeats him, the world changes and Kidman is brought back to a familiar location from her past. After getting past some Haunted and Cadavers, she finally finds Leslie and takes him to the church.

Ruvik appears and attacks Kidman by controlling Leslie. She points her gun at Leslie and both Leslie and Ruvik disappear. The Administrator then asks her what she is doing and tells her they need Leslie alive. Kidman responds that this is not possible and that they don't know what Ruvik is capable of. The Administrator chases her, forcing her to run. Once Kidman has escaped, the game ends.

Gameplay [ ]

The Assignment 's gameplay differs heavily from The Evil Within , as Juli cannot use any firearms throughout the DLC. The only tools at Juli's disposal are the Flashlight , Bottles , and on occasion, Axes . It is impossible to directly engage any enemies, so stealth is crucial to survival and the system has been updated to accommodate for the fact that Juli is unable to engage in open combat with the enemies for most of the DLC. Kidman can take cover and peek around corners, lure enemies by calling out from cover, throw bottles from cover, and open doors while crouching.

The Assignment also introduces a new gameplay mode called KURIYAMI, which disables all light in the DLC besides the flashlight. Enemy placements are still the same as they are on Survivor Difficulty

Enemies [ ]

• The Haunted
• The Shade and Cadaver were originally going to be featured in the main game.
• Kidman shares many animation rigs with Sebastian in the main game, though there were some new ones recorded that are exclusive to her.

Concept Art [ ]

• The Evil Within
• 2 Sebastian Castellanos

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System requirements.

• OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 SP1/Windows 8.1
• Processor: i7 or an equivalent with four plus core processor
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 8 GB available space
• Processor: i7 with four plus cores
• Graphics: GeForce GTX 670 or equivalent with 4GBs of VRAM

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The Assignment’s three-and-a-half-hour story runs concurrently with the main game’s, filling us in on what Juli Kidman – a detective, or perhaps an agent for a sinister agency? – was up to during her mysterious absences. Throughout, you’ll see original protagonist Sebastian and his partner Joseph in familiar situations, which adds to a sense of a much bigger and wonderfully ominous picture.

This story is still as high-concept as it ever was, but it helps that Kidman is a more knowledgeable character than Sebastian from the get-go, and more likable, too. Voiced with confidence by Dexter’s Jennifer Carpenter, she’s a more reactive, and therefore believably realistic, character. Carpenter even sells Kidman’s somewhat cliched backstory, told through audio tapes, with a performance that avoids theatrics.

Physically, Kidman is less powerful than Sebastian. Roughly 95% of the time she is unarmed, and there is no upgrade system in The Assignment. Instead, her skillset focuses on stealth.

Kidman can lure enemies by calling out while taking cover against walls or other objects, throw bottles to distract them, move without running out of puff, and auto-heal rather than use syringes.

These abilities work well – for the most part. The Evil Within’s old-school controls don’t always lend themselves to fluid movements, and occasionally I got stuck to a surface or unintentionally popped out of crouch when trying to turn a corner. The ‘stealth attack’, introduced later into the episode, also feels a bit haphazardly implemented – that became an issue for me when a boss fight relied on it.

But considering how thrilling it was to play a survival horror game with nothing at my disposal but a torch, I didn’t mind much. I spent a lot of the time running blindly with my heart thumping, hoping a distracted enemy wasn’t now in pursuit, or yelling in triumph after locking one in a room. Without a weapon, the tension builds quickly.

Adrenaline is encouraged by The Assignment's sinister environments. Tango has once again done some wonderful things with lighting, with many of its twisted corporate interiors drenched in sickly, flickering fluorescence, and others in dirty, wet shadow. I frequently found myself crouched behind flimsy cover in the dark, terrified to turn on my torch, as footsteps ever so slowly made their way towards me.

Although their A.I. isn’t as sophisticated as, say, Alien: Isolation’s, enemies in The Assignment will pursue and kill you quickly, so you’ll want to avoid confrontation at all cost. While I would have liked a little more variation in enemy design, and perhaps more threatening enemies overall (l died considerably less here than in the main game) there is a particularly vicious recurring enemy in The Assignment that I loved. To describe it at all would spoil, but it’s up there with The Evil Within’s keepers and Resident Evil 4’s regenerators; in other words, a Mikami Special.

• Great stealthy gameplay
• Creepy environments
• New protagonist
• Occasionally sticky controls

The Verdict

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.

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The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC release date

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The Evil Within will be expanded with The Assignment, the first of two DLC episodes, from 10th March in the UK.

That date applies to the DLC's release on PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, as well as PlayStation 3 and PS4 in North America.

In the UK, PS3 and PS4 versions arrive on 11th March instead.

The Assignment stars detective Juli Kidman in a concurrent story that wraps up questions from the main game, including those surrounding the mysterious Mobius group.

It all sounds a little like the interwoven Ada campaign for Resident Evil 4, another title from survival horror master Shinji Mikami.

A second slice of Evil Within DLC, The Consequence, will bring the new storyline to a conclusion "later this spring", before a third DLC, The Executioner, where you get to play bad guy The Keeper.

All add-ons are available as part of a £14.99 season pass, or can be bought for £6.99 separately.

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The Assignment Achievements

The The Assignment Add-on for The Evil Within has 10 achievements worth 250 gamerscore.

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• 10 Offline Mode
• 10 Single Player
• 2 Main Storyline
• 1 Difficulty Specific
• 3 Collectable
• 1 Multiple Playthroughs Required
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Lure an enemy with a phone call and lock them in a room. (Ch. 1)

Use a single trap to kill two or more enemies in The Assignment. (Ch. 2)

Survive the duel without using any electronic devices in the environment. (Ch. 2)

Get a Cadaver to grab and kill a Haunted. (Ch. 2)

Clear Chapter 1, "An Oath."

Clear Chapter 2, "Crossing Paths."

Collect all Research Documents in The Assignment.

Collect all Personnel Files in The Assignment.

Complete the hidden letter in The Assignment.

Clear The Assignment in KURAYAMI Mode.