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I've seen better, but I've also seen worse

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

To start off with, I will mention something that I have not seen in any of the reviews. This game is a combination of a third person view, but from a single camera angle.

Most people are aware that third person is a view from behind the player. This game is similar, except that in most rooms you only have one angle for the ENTIRE room. You see Ash at a distance, but most of the time the camera never moves, unless the room is so big it can't fit all onto one screen.

I have never seen a game set up this way before. I rarely play third person, I really only like first person. Anyway, this single view was hard to get used to for me.

The opening animations are pretty good. Bruce Campbell does the voice overs, except the animation doesn't look much like him.

The default keys are very strange. Usually the keys somehow relate to the weapon. Not in this game. R starts the chainsaw, E turns it off, F uses it. Now who would just think of that?? You can redefine them, but that still is pretty lame.

Overall, not a bad game. Good graphics overall, good sound, and fairly good layout.

The bad parts is Ash has very strange weapon controls, since the camera angle in each room does not change, it takes time to get used to moving him around. Almost every step you take a deadite pops up. I've never seen a game with enemies coming up so often. The deadites take forever to kill. I hit one of them over 10 times with the axe and finally killed it. I guess you could say the game is a combination of contstantly being attacked along with enemies that are hard to kill.

You do need some horsepower to play this. I have a Pentium III 800 with 256 MB of RAM and a 3dfx video card with 16 MB, and even on my machine it runs alright, but it could do better. The loading times take longer than most other games I have played. I don't have much loaded in the background either. My setup is beyond their requirements.

So essentially, the game is just alright. The price now is all I feel it is worth. This is coming from a HUGE Evil Dead fan. Unfortunately, the game was a little disappointing to me. Like I said though, I've seen worse. If you have ever played Alien Trilogy for the IBM world, you know what I mean.

Finally, I don't know how often you are supposed to be able to save games. During the entire cabin scene I couldn't save, and once I walked outside, I still couldn't. Go figure.

Overall, for HUGE fans of the movies, its not too bad. Takes getting used to. For those who love and worship this game, I guess they had less expectations than I did. If I had the chance to buy it again, I probably would, but I wouldn't pay anything more than what I did. It's not *that* good.

Evil Dead: Hail to the King

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: May 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This was a great game.I had to have it when it first came out.If you like the Evil Dead movies this will be a great game to own.The graphics and sound were both excellent.This game would of been perfect if the controls were better!!

WEAK, WEAK, ...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: April 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

One word sums this game up. WEAK!

disgrace to the trilogy. can't map keys to a controler? Stiff 3D Ash,Can't save the game when you want. I have had more fun using the ash model in quake 3, it is more realistic and not a stiff board, and why diddn't they have the Bruce do voiceovers where you have text written at certain points in the game? Someone sold the license for a quick buck and made a ... game WEll they have my money now. As a die hard Evil dead fan this was dissapointing.

So much potential

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Basically a pathetic rip-off of Resident Evil with a model that looks nothing like Bruce Campbell. It's just no-good. Got it cause Evil Dead movies rule, but this game just sucks, no two ways about it.

What a thud

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: April 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Not only does this game an injustice to the film series, but it's an insult to todays games. Clearly they slapped a license on a box and gameplay was an afterthought... at best.

Heartbreaking.

If you love "Evil Dead" or video games you will HATE this!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: April 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Way to blow a sure thing THQ. I think this game was made in 1988 because it sure plays like it. Worst camera angles ever. In the very beganing of the game when I first got out of the cabin I found myself fighting things behind trees. It sounded like a good battle but who knows since all I could see were branches. The creatures regenerate so many times I thought it might be a glitch in the game. You fight the exact same creatures over and over and over again. When you retrace your steps you have to fight the same monsters even if you just beat them for the tenth time in the exact same spot. If this game was released under a different title nobody would ever by it. Go get the Elite "Evil Dead" DVD instead if you want fun fast paced gore or play checkers against yourself for 8 hours in a row for a fun faced paced game that can really hold your attention span... well when compared to the "Evil Dead" game anyway. Not even a rental option. Yes it has blood and yes it is the "Evil Dead" but if you watched 7 seconds of the movie rewound and watched the same seconds again for an hour it also would get stale. That is the "evil Dead" game, repeating the same stuff forever.

Hail to the King Baby!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME RULES!!!!!!The only problem was that i had a Voodoo2 3d accelerator, but my parents bought me a Voodoo3, so it all worked out! And let me just say that if you dont like the Resident Evil control style, well than this game isnt for you, but i love Resident Evil (even the control style). So to sum it all up, THIS GAME RULES!ALL HAIL KING ASH!!!!!!

Sweeeeeeeet....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: April 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

One word explains this game..."groovy". This game so totally rules! I love this game, if you like Evil Dead, you will love this game!!!

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