Video games based on movies. I bet that sentence just sent shivers up some peoples spines. But this is one movie based game I'm sure everyone wanted to play or were really curious about. This is based on a movie many of us saw for the first time when we were really young, and introduced one of the greatest movie badasses ever, even though his name is Ashley. This game was released on the Dreamcast as well as PC, but I decided to review on the Playstation cause that's what I played it on. There was also 2 sequels to the game. But anyway, Dtoiders, I give you EVIL DEAD:HAIL TO THE KING



First let's put the ongoing debate to an end. Evil Dead is NOT a zombie movie. It's about Candarian demons who posses the living. On to the game, So playing as chainsaw armed Ash is like a dream come true for any movie fan (Yoj1mbo's probably nodding his head right now agreeing). A bloody-gory horror game is always tons of fun, but when I found out THQ was making this game, I got nervous. I don't like THQ. And after I played this game, my disliked THQ even more. How they ruined something that had so much potential is beyond me, but they did. However, it's still forgiveable, only because it IS an Evil Dead game. The storyline of the game goes like this: ). The "Deadites" (bad guys for non-fans of the movie, or zombies for the stubborn) have come back and kidnapped your girlfriend, made an evil duplicate of you, and possessed the local townsfolk. The only way to stop them is to collect the scattered pages of the book (Necronomicon) that summoned them and then "send the evil back."



As soon as the game starts I felt so pumped. Se ready to get some sick blood all over the place. Instead I got nosebleed cause I got so angry when I moved the analog and realized how fucking slow, choppy, and unresponsive Ash was. But wiping the blood away, I kept playing hoping I'd get use to it. Getting the controls out of the way (not for long though), I realized the game was ALOT like the Resident Evil games. You even have a "box" to store things you have no room to carry. When I headed outside the cabin to get some action going, fucking ay! Like 5 damn "Deadites" all at once rushing at you. I started yelling at the top of my lungs getting ready to saw and shotgun away some demons. Instead I found myself shooting the opposite direction while I got pummeled and hammered by those things. The deadites were so fast that when I tried using the saw it would be so fucking slow I'd get hit before I can even use it. Seriously, the controls are complete GARBAGE in this game. To make matters worse, this game is like a fucking RPG. So many damn random deadite battles come at you non-stop. Imagine running down a path and having a Deadite appear in front of you. You dodge it, but it still knocks you off your feet. You get up and try to keep running past it, only to get stuck on a spot of bad collision detection in the environment and get the back of your head pummeled in. I'm not even going to get started on the camera angles either. Fuck you THQ!



However all that set aside, If you have some sick amount of patience for games you really hope are going to get good even if you already halfway through the game, you might enjoy this! If you're also a fan of the Evil Dead trilogy, you might be forgiving and actually pay this uber frustrating game all the way through. This game could be fun if you play it in the right mood. If you play it after watching the movie, you'll really like it and have a good time with it. I know it sounds like I don't have much to back this game up as actually being fun, but like I said, play it in the perfect mood and time, and it's enjoyable. Maybe this game is only good for fans of the movie, but it should still be given a shot. Believe you me, watching the blood effects drip down your chainsaw after each deadite kill is always satisfying. Especially if you killed about 4 deadites and screamed your lungs out yelling profanities at the game. Good times.