The Evil Within 2: Classic Mode + No Keys Playthrough (with Anima, Sykes Missions & Slides)

A playthrough of The Evil Within 2 on Classic mode, using no keys either. The playthrough includes all Anima events, the missions of Julian Sykes and finding all the slides.

Classic mode is a hardcore "old-school" challenge which follows the tradition of older games that had neither automatic checkpoints nor weapon / character upgrade system. The Evil Within on Classic is basically Nightmare difficulty on steroids, as apart from the lack of perks, it is significantly harder on its own as well: the enemies can spot you more easily, they can chase you for longer distances, they attack harder, and you can lose more health even with seemingly insignificant hits. Although Classic mode allows you to use locker keys, I decided to not make use of them in this playthrough, so as to make the challenge even more demanding.

On a very positive note, the game offers a cleverly designed stealth system which practically allows you to cover whole areas by sneaking in and out and killing enemies silently without anyone taking notice. Of course this does not work on bosses, but at least it helps preserving ammo as you don't waste it in shooting random enemies, and stock it up instead for the unavoidable grand fights.

Check also:

The Evil Within 2 Classic Mode (2018)
The Evil Within 2 Classic Mode (2017)
The Evil Within 2 Nightmare - No Upgrades - No Keys - No Damage
The Evil Within 2 Nightmare - Handgun Only + No Damage 

The Evil Within 2 悪夢 -AKUMU- Playthrough

A playthrough of The Evil Within 2 in the legendary and insane Akumu mode. Akumu is the hardest difficulty setting of the Evil Within games, where you die in one hit. Practically what the game requires is that you go for a No Damage challenge, so if you have done such runs in the past, this shouldn't be that difficult.

Akumu mode in this game feels like a walk in the park compared to the first Evil Within. You still have to be very careful, of course, but overall you can do a pretty smooth run without much trouble. In fact the only place where I encountered a serious problem was the final boss fight, as Myra would randomly hit me, either with her arms or her slimy white assistants, and it nearly became a pain to defeat her. But up to that point, I almost didn't realize I was playing in such a challenging difficulty.