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FUN GAME. Not much more than that....but what do you want??

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: June 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I hate to say it....but I am starting to feel sorry for hardcore gamers. And I am tired of people holding EVERYTHING on the xbox to a higher standard.
This game is FUN. Pure and simple. Its not the next splinter cell....the graphics arent created to be next gen or so real that its not fun anymore....its about killing zombies with a chainsaw...SORRY ITS NOT MORE REALISTIC.
If you liked the movies....or even if you just like a break from most modern games and just want a no brainer killing spree....this is your game. Bruce Campbell is as entertaining as ever....although....sometimes the cheese is a little over the top. But hey. What does he care...its just a video game...not the next movie, right?
but. Yeah. its a solid romp. simple controls. some nice additions...(spells....gatling gun....) and MILLIONS OF DEADITES. Story is average....so is most of the voice acting. But. Like it said. ITS FUN! I dont know why!!! But swinging around a chainsaw and a double barrel in the middle of a hoard of 50 attacking zombies is just fun! Sue me!
For [$$$] brand new....this game is worth every penny.

Kiss My Boomstick (Shotgun goes off)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ten years ago, Ash and couple of friends drove up to a log cabin in the woods hoping to have fun. Then they find this tape that has the readings of the Book of The Dead. When its play, all hell brakes loose(no really all hell those brake out)and everyone dieds within hours of the tape being play, except Ash. That was just the first night, the second night Ash had to fight his hand, deaditys and a wormhole which send him back in time to fight the Army of Darkness. At this point Ash is starting to ask himself is it worth it? Then eight years later after the movies, Ash is send back to the cabin in another Video Game and kick ... again to try to save himself. He makes out alive and now he mostly at his favorite bar. One day while at his favorite bar, a tv reporter plays the tape which brought the dead back at cabin, only its being play on every tv set in town. Now its up to him once again to kick ..., take names, blow .... up, and save the world from a crazy man who wants to take over it. Groovy! So get this game, its great.

I am hopelessly addicted to this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My husband and I totally love the Evil Dead movie series - so when we happened upon this game in the mall the other day we figured why not buy it. I gotta tell you - the humor is great, the action is fantastic and the puzzles are fun. This could not have been done without Bruce Campbell who is the greatest B movie actor of all time. The bonus movie was well done and tells alot about what the game designers attitudes were during the making of the game. Would I have enjoyed this if we didn't see the three movies? Yes! We are also fans of Quake (every version), Unreal Tournament and countless other first person shooters and the graphics and weaponry are right up there. Favorite weapon - chainsaw hands down. However I'm having fun also with the exploding shotgun, sickle and hand cannon. This game is just a ton of fun and I highly recommend it. One thing however - the language is very adult and I would only recommend this for mature audiences. This is not for little kids!

Why did this game ever have to end???

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Let's get a few things straight: I love Ash. I love Evil Dead. And this game is fun. Period. If you don't like slaying realistic evil creatures, then don't buy it. But, if you like to watch blood fly, and if you love Evil Dead, then you will enjoy this game. Now, gimme some sugar, and go buy this game. (If "gimme some sugar" strikes no memories, then you don't need this game)

Loads of fun...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We rented this game first and then immediately went out and bought it. This game has been lots of fun for me and my boys. I laugh at all the corny Ash oneliners and the boys get a thrill out of slashing all the deadites. The graphics are good (sometimes a little dark) but overall it looks better than a lot of...games ... I would suggest this game for anyone who liked the movies. With Bruce Campbell doing the voiceovers for Ash it really can be very funny.

Fellow "Deadites" buy this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I can't stop playing BOOMSTICK! I've played this game so much "... my hand went bad ...".
This game is great fun for Evil Dead fans. The game is challenging but easy to play. My husband is becoming an Evil Dead fan thanks to this game.

Good, Unclean Fun... and Ash is Back!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Video games have been stealing from the "Evil Dead" movies for quite some time now. Take Duke Nukem, for instance - he really wants to be Ashley Williams, when it's all said and done, and that's why he steals the "Evil Dead" hero's quips whenever he spills the entrails of some invading alien. Oh, and what of Caleb, the undead anti-hero of the "Blood" series? Yes, he too owes the majority of his one-liners to Mr. Williams - who we have come to know as `Ash.' Let's face it, "Evil Dead" is the perfect movie-to-game property, and Ash, chainsaw-armed hero of the films, is the perfect gaming bad@$$. When it comes right down to it, it doesn't even matter how well "Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick" plays, provided Bruce Campbell returns to voice Ash. Fortunately for us "Evil Dead" fanatics, Campbell is back, and the game plays pretty darn well too. You're in for some good, unclean fun, you primitive screwheads.

The story picks up sometime after the end of the third film, and we find Ash tilting a few back in his favorite bar in his quaint hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. Naturally, things aren't quaint for very long. A spectacle-toting professor reads an ancient arcane passage from the Deadites' favorite book on a local television broadcast, and it all goes downhill from there. The inhabitants of Dearborn begin to change into slavering undead freaks - and it's up to Ash and his boomstick to save the day.

The storyline is appropriately campy in a fashion that is consistent with the franchise, but otherwise unremarkable. Just the same, it provides all the motivation you will require to dismember hordes upon hordes of Deadites. The game plays out in a way best described as "Tomb Raider" meets "The Thing," and the action, while a little bit on the repetitive side, is slick and bloody. Ash will uncover more ways to dispose of the opposition than you, as the player, will ever have time to use in one play-through, and it's just plain addictive. Some puzzles crop up to offset the mayhem, and they provide some welcome cerebral moments that are rarely illogical.

During the course of the game, Ash will venture through present day (but Deadite-infested) Dearborn, colonial Dearborn, Civil War era Dearborn, and post-apocalyptic Dearborn. This time travel scenario provides some much-appreciated variety in the locales, and an "Army of Darkness" ambience besides. It all looks pretty nice too - crisp and colorful, and fraught with detail. Only the segments of the game that take place in the forests around Dearborn are unattractive, point of fact, and that's saying something when you consider that this is a budge title retailing at about $20. What's more, the character models, while not bursting with detail, are very well animated, and usually quite convincing.

Any "Evil Dead" fan looking forward to this game is probably asking: "So, how are Ash's one-liners?" The answer to that is this: not bad, but not half as well-written as the ones from the films (which is to be expected). Even so, Bruce Campbell's delivery compensates for even the worst of them, and his vocal presence alone is worth the price of admission. Besides, there are some hidden gems scattered here and there that will tickle Deadite aficionados in all the right places. Add to that some well-made cut-scenes (and a BRILLIANT finale), and you've got the closest thing to "Evil Dead 4" you're going to see... at least for quite some time.

It's not all unbridled joy, though. The game is a bit on the short side, and requires a lot of backtracking and errand running. Boss battles are not very intense, and the solutions to defeating them are all but spelled out for you in a most unsubtle fashion. As an "Evil Dead" fan myself, I was also a bit disappointed by some of the enemies in the game, which don't really fit in the "Evil Dead" universe, and seem to have come instead from an entirely different game.

As a game, without any other considerations, "Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick" is good. It plays well, offers a few scares and a few laughs, and a whole lot of M-rated action. As an "Evil Dead" fanatic, the game delivers all of the above and the added delight of revisiting Ashley Williams and watching him kick all kinds of Deadite @$$. Finally, as a budget title, this game represents pure excellence. In a rare twist of fate, just because you're paying less doesn't mean you're getting less. Hail to the king, baby.

Final Score (with an "Evil Dead" fanboy bias): A- [or 5 stars]

Great game for a great price

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After all the other games based on the Evil Dead movies, this one has finally appeared and is worth the title. Complete with trademark Ash quips and laden with cheesy deadite threats "I'll swallow your soul" this game is a great value. The only complaint I have about it is that the bosses are really easy, once you figure out how to beat them. But you can't have everything, and seeing Ash's ancestors more than make up for it.

With the great gameplay, I was more than satisfied when the game was over, but the ending sequence was one of the best i have seen in any game! Definetly something to look forward to.

Ash Goes Xbox

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: May 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Lots of people said Evil Dead: Hail To The King sucked. As a hardcore Evil Dead fan, I love it. As a gamer, I think it's average. Yes, it was a little below our expectations. But now it's Evil Dead: A Fistful Of Boomstick, boys and girls, the Xbox version.
Let's start this review with a single question... Is the Xbox version better than the PS2 version? Yes, it is. Believe me, I completed the game in both consoles. Graphically, you can see a significant difference in some places. Obviously, this isn't any Panzer Dragoon Orta, graphically... But it does it job well, with nice scenaries and characters. There are some slowdowns here and there, but nothing big. Sound is better on Xbox too, it's clearer. The soundtrack in this game is simple, but also does its job to tell you when trouble (like... a deadite) is close and this kind of thing. The voice acting for the main character, Ash, was made by Bruce Campbell (for those who don't know him, he played the character in the movie trilogy, he's also the best actor in the world and wrote a wonderful book called "If Chins Could Kill", a book I highly recommend, but that's another story). Ash has lots of awesome quotes, hilarious ones, you'll see, I won't spoil your surprise. Playing the game feels great, no problem with the controls.
Well, the main game is great. Great levels at different centuries in the town of Dearborn, Michigan... But when you beat the game, is that it? Nope! There are some extras too, pal. For each level you beat, you unlock some Arcade Levels (you get scores from A to C for doing a certain task like "kill all the deadites" in a limited time... believe me, it's highly entertaining) and a Photo Gallery, plus there is a Bonus Video featuring Bruce Campbell and the crew who made this game. And, obviously, you can play the game again if, just like me, you enjoyed it. And, as you can see, the game is totally cheap.
Overall, if you like this kind of game (horror games with lots of blood, gore and violence), it's alteast worth a rent (c'mon, buy it now, it's cheap!), and if you're an Evil Dead fan, just grab your copy right now. If you can choose between the two versions (Xbox and PS2), choose the Xbox one. Being said all that, I hope you enjoy this game, just as I did. If you aren't convinced yet to buy this title for your Xbox (or PS2), there's nothing I can do, except pity you. Just another note: I highly recommend that you watch the whole movie trilogy, and, if possible, beat Hail To The King before playing this title... If you do it, you'll enjoy this game a thousand times more.

Above Average

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This was the 3rd game I purchased for XBox, I got an XBox on the 4th of July, wanted to wait until some fun games came out.

Anyway, the main problem I have with this game is the ... cutscenes. Some you can skip, and some you can't. BIG turnoff. I don't want to sit through a 2 minute cutscene again after a boss kills me.

Second of all, no cheats. Don't get me wrong. This game wasn't extremly difficult. It would just be fun if you could go back and have infinite ammo or something. Not to mention picking certain levels. I loved the Civil War level, I'd love to go back with infinite gatling gun ammo. But sadly, no level select either.

The arcade mode is probably the most difficult part of the game, too many damn deadites!

All in all, it's a fun game. Not much replay value (unless you wait and forget how to solve some puzzles) but it's incredibly fun, ...! Stop being so stingy!

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