5 video games based on other pop culture media that are actually amazing (and 5 that are not worth the money)

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Video games and pop culture have gone hand in hand for quite a while now, with many games being inspired by successful franchises and spawning their own video game titles. The number of tie-in video games based on some kind of pop culture media is almost endless, starting all the way back since the early 1980s.

While games based on famous pop culture IPs like Star Wars or Marvel and DC offerings tend to resonate with the audience, this is not the case for other media franchises. Games developed for such franchises have a lower budget and thus do not reach the level of AAA releases.

Over the years, these video games have been a mixed bag, where some landed on their feet while others stumbled so hard that they sustained fatal injuries. Here are five video games inspired by other pop culture media, which were actually great to play, and five more that disappointed.

Note: This article reflects the writer's opinions.

Evil Dead is a horror movie franchise that has a TV spin-off featuring protagonist Ash Williams as he deals with various supernatural threats (as well as his own possessed disembodied hand) through the films. The franchise has seen much love from the fans, even spurring other forms of media such as comic books and a musical.

While there have been multiple Evil Dead video games, the most recent one was released on May 13, 2022. Titled simply as Evil Dead: The Game, this offering was a survival horror game, featuring both a multiplayer and a single-player story-based campaign.

This video game is an asymmetrical multiplayer game, wherein up to four people can play as survivors who take the form of Ash and his friends from the movies, while one person plays as the opposing supernatural demonic entity trying to kill them.

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