Evil Dead: Hail to the King

This game continues the Evil Dead series in true fashion it is one hell of a good game! Bruce Campbell is just as funny as he was eight years ago. This is perfect for any Evil Dead fan and a great survival horror for any gamer! Not only does it continue traditions it continues the story which means you need to watch the films to make complete sense of it but is is still good to play even if your not sure what is going on. The only fault I could find the fact it rips off Resident Evil graphics and he moves badly but everything from the deadites to one-liners will entertain until the credits have rolled. Evil Dead Hail to the King is just like Sam Raimi has directed it.

I can't believe that THQ got the license to one of the greatest film series of all time, got THE MAN to reprise his role in voice-over form, and they still churned out a pile of crap such as this. Right off the bat, I must point out that Bruce Campbell is awesome as far as the voice acting is concerned. Some of the other characters are weak, but Bruce is spot on Ash at all times. If only THQ did their part, and made a decent game to complement it. The backgrounds are blurry looping fmvs, and are acceptable, though pretty blurry. The enemies respawn as soon as they are killed, which makes it pointless to get in any fights. The character models are laughable. The FMVs are really sad. They don't even have the characters' lips move. The story is actually interesting, and integrates the Evil Dead mythos with some real history (The Mad Poet Aziz, the Book of Dead Names), but the game just stinks. Many fans of the game claim that people who don't like it aren't true fans of the films, but they are in some sort of strange denial over the lack of quality found in this game. Maybe THQ will take to heart the criticisms the game has received, as the game does show some potential, but then again, who are we kidding? It's THQ.

Me and my buddies are avid Evil Dead fans. We have all seen the three films numerous times. When we heard the made a video game, we went nuts. After buying it we were a little disappointed. The game starts inside the cabin, and it is exactly like it is in the movies! the graphics are good, but it is very hard to play. Killing deadites becomes redundant and the angles are absurd. It's not very fun to play, but it does portray a great story and what else can I say about Bruce Campbell supplying the voice of Ash, a classic. Evil Dead fans should check out, other gamers should avoid.

The game is cool just like the Resident Evil games. Bruce Campbell got his lines from the movies. If you press triangle on the controller he say "come get some", "yo", "let's go", "bring it on". I heard those lines he says in the game from Army of Darkness.

The fact that this game played as an RE clone really bother me, especially considering that it was based off of a B-movie series. I'd expect a bit of a knock-off (especially from THQ) but all the originality was there where it counted. The first disc was really just a re-encounter with the movie series. The major problem with this half was the re-appearing deadites. The second half got much better, however, and gave us the unique side of this title.

And just as the films took their opportunities to poke fun at B-movies, the game gave us a few jokes about the survival horror genre. Truly a flawed masterpiece, meant only for those who enjoy B-games as much as they enjoy B-movies.