From The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, to Ash Vs. The Evil Dead, the Evil Dead Saga has special place in my heart ever since I first read Marvel Zombies Vs. Army of Darkness in the 8th grade. Seeing Ash Williams hack away at zombies with his chainsaw hand and gunning down demons with his boomstick had me hooked! Sam Raimi created the perfect formula for combining horror with slapstick comedy when he created the Evil Dead movies, so when I heard that Evil Dead: The Game was being released, I immediately ordered myself a copy. I can’t get enough of this game!
The Gameplay
Evil Dead: The Game is a multiplayer horror game that pits four survivors against the undead horde of deadites led by a Kandarian Demon. The survivors main goal is to find map fragments to learn the locations of the lost pages of the Necromonicon and the Kandarian Dagger, whereas the Kandarian demon’s goal is to kill all the survivors. Once the survivors find the pages and dagger, they must kill the demonic priests guarding the Necromonicon and then hold off the deadites until the book is repaired, only then will the demons be banished.
The gameplay is easy to master, but just because it’s simple doesn’t make each match easy. The best way to win a match is for survivors to stick together and make sure to loot any supplies you find. The maps are large and full of houses and buildings with supplies to loot such as weapons, ammo, health kits, amulets (shields), pink vials to help survivors level-up their skills for that match, and matches to help light fires to reduce your fear meter (lower the fear=less likely to be possessed by a demon player). There are 13 survivors and three Kandarian demons to play as, each with their own skill trees to unlock abilities with your XP, and some characters have alternate costumes if you want to switch things up a bit. All in all, this game is easy to pick up.
My Thoughts
This game is a must get if you’re a fan of The Evil Dead, and I have no complaints about any glitches. There are some single-player game modes for players who like to play solo, but you can’t experience this game to the fullest unless you use multiplayer. Some of my best moments in this game are with myself and other players running like crazy trying to escape a deadite hoard, and I had more fun in the few matches where we spoke to each other over the voice chat. Evil Dead: The Game is the horror game that Dead by Daylight and Friday the 13th: The Game should have been. Dead by Daylight has some amazing monsters to fear, but the survivors wouldn’t put up much of a fight and the maps were kind of small. Friday the 13th: The Game gave survivors the means to fight against Jason, but the map was too big for a slow moving Jason. Evil Dead: The Game on the other hand is the perfect balance of both, having survivors fight back in large maps that contain many enemies to fill up the area. There was never a dull moment anytime I was playing the game, and for that I give the game a 10/10.
Anyway, that’s all I have for you today. Be sure to like and comment your thoughts on the blog. Feel free to tell me your thoughts if you already own the game or if you’re debating on whether to get the game or not, I would love to actually read your thoughts on my posts. This is your friendly neighborhood cosplayer saying goodbye, and see you next time.
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