How Resident Evil 4 Influenced Shinji Mikami's Most Underrated Horror Game

For fans of survival horror games, the name Shinji Mikami is synonymous with the genre. After all, during his long stint at Capcom, Mikami served as director of not just the first game in the series, but also Resident Evil 4, which redefined the genre of not only horror games but third-person action games as well. However, Mikami eventually left the company, choosing to start his own studio, Tango Gameworks, and eventually releasing the return to survival horror that his fans were waiting for, 2014's The Evil Within. The Evil Within was highly anticipated, and although it seemed on the surface that the game was a survival horror purist's dream, in reality, it turned out to be quite a different experience. Instead, it was a title that leaned heavily into action and kept its horror stylings as a secondary feature. In many ways, the first Evil Within is a spiritual successor to Resident Evil 4 masquerading as a more traditional survival horror title. Given Mikami's involvement in both, th...