Review: Evil Dead: The Game

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No one would deny that the (once) cult horror franchise that is The Evil Dead is deserving of its legendary status, but it also cannot be denied that its frequent entries into the video game world have certainly left something to be desired. While each movie, from Sam Raimi’s seminal 1983 classic to Fede Álvarez’s great 2013 remake, has brought iconic characters, delirious carnage, and bucketfuls of the red stuff, the video game exploits of franchise star Ash Williams have never quite lived up to the series’ inherent potential.

From the original bland computer game (1984), through the boring and cumbersome Hail to the King (2000), the blah Fistful of Boomstick (2003), and the tepid Evil Dead Regeneration (2005), the horror franchise has struggled to truly deliver the relentless, maddening, tongue-in-cheek chaos of its source material — a pretty stunning feat for a franchise that features a dude with a chainsaw arm. It’s been a long time since a developer took a fresh stab at The Evil Dead but, here in 2022, Saber Interactive is gonna give it another shot.

And thus, today we’re looking at the unceremoniously titled Evil Dead: The Game, an asymmetric multiplayer experience that will pit Ash and his hapless posse of doomed friends and acquaintances against the terrors of the Kandarian Demon and its putrid, decaying soldiers, the Deadites. Will the fanbase, finally get the groovy Evil Dead experience they’ve dreamed of? Or is it just The Ultimate Experience in Grueling Error?

Load up your boomstick and oil that chainsaw. Let’s get in there… and carve ourselves a witch.

Evil Dead: The Game (PlayStation [PS5 reviewed], PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch) Developer: Saber Interactive, Boss Team games Publisher: Saber Interactive