Evil Dead: The Game Reviews
An essential purchase for fans of Ash Williams and the unique blend of gore and comedy that the Evil Dead series has created, this asymmetrical horror game builds on the foundation that games like Dead by Daylight have laid. It might not innovate but there’s a surprising amount of content and replayability in Evil Dead: The Game that raids 40 years of film and television for ideas and puts them to excellent use.
For fans of the Evil Dead Franchise, this is a no-brainer and totally worth it. The amount of fan service is excessive, well done, and enjoyable. If you have never watched Evil Dead, there is still a fair amount of fun gameplay here. But will I still be playing this game next year? I'll need some more game modes, characters, and tweaks. In the meantime, it is a groovy good time.
A riot of love for fans of Evil Dead, a fun multiplayer but that needs several improvements and considerable post-launch support to be able to impose itself.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Whether you're playing with your friends or alone, Evil Dead: The Game will give you a short but entertaining action-survival experience. Carrying some friends along is a good idea – Ash is still one of the best characters in the horror universe but he can't do everything on his own! As always with multiplayer games, playerbase retention and developer support are going to be crucial aspects in the coming weeks and months.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Evil Dead: The Game is mostly everything I hoped it would be. It’s a fun, logical next step in the asymmetrical multiplayer horror genre. Sure, it doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it did enough to reinvigorate my passion for this type of experience. I’ll be keeping a close eye on Evil Dead: The Game over the next few years. It’s a few maps and some solid single-content away from being truly great.
Despite its faults, I think I’ll be coming back to Evil Dead: The Game quite often. It’s got a solid foundation for asymmetrical multiplayer that doesn’t tread on the toes of its competitors, while also remaining a fun and cohesive adaptation of the source material.
Evil Dead: The Game has a ton of appeal to fans of the horror franchise, while also offering up a good deal of gameplay for players who may not be so familiar with it. The resource management aspect to playing as a demon is intriguing, and for those who aren’t so good at strategizing, playing against AI is always an option to hone your skills. Occasional glitches take some of the shine off, and no checkpoints in the single player missions is a baffling decision. Can such a game grow long enough legs with the ever-popular games as a service model? Only time will tell. But for an asking price of $39.99, there is enough content at launch to appease most fans.
Being enveloped by the atmosphere of Evil Dead: The Game, the cold of dismay and the warmth of blood is a real pleasure: the beauty of terror is more evident than ever and allows the franchise to get out of that vortex of negativity that has overwhelmed its videogame incarnations.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Evil Dead: The Game pays an interesting homage to the saga, with an improvable and yet enjoyable assymetric gameplay that can be a good start for a game that surely needs long-time support from the developers, in order to find its place in this niche.
Review in Italian | Read full review
If you’re happy to ignore its single-player mode, Evil Dead: The Game is a well-balanced and fun asymmetric horror title that stands above all other games in this growing sub-genre.
Light on content, but high on entertainment value, Evil Dead: The Game is an asymmetrical multiplayer experience that brings the humor, gore, and high-octane thrill of slaying deadites to fans of both mediums.
Playing as the Kandarian Demon isn't as fun as it should be and the single-player experience is somewhat lacking, but if you want to team up with three friends and show a bunch'a deadites just how deadly a prosthetic chainsaw can be, this is the game for you.
Evil Dead: The Game can be very entertaining as long as you play it with a bunch of friends or you are huge Ash Williams fan, or even better, both.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Surprisingly good 4in1 game, which has a bit long matches and an unnecessarily large map, but in terms of gameplay it is good. It has depth, an impressive atmosphere and additional singleplayer content.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Evil Dead: The Game shows remarkable potential and incredible fidelity to Sam Raimi's work, with engaging PvP and PvE dynamics especially when played with friends. There is no lack of flaws such as overly repetitive content, some technical problems and an underdeveloped single player mode, but Saber Interactive's title remains an enjoyable act of love for Sam Raimi's work that every fan should try.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Overall, Evil Dead: The Game is a solid attempt at the asymmetrical PVP multiplayer genre that utilizes the movie license extremely well. If you are a fan, you’ll be happy. However, if you are looking for an amazing multiplayer experience, then sadly the game doesn’t quite hit the mark. The repetitive nature of the gameplay loop in every match, whether you are a survivor or a Kardavian demon, hurts my enjoyment of the game.
Evil Dead: The Game brings a lot to the table within the realm of asymmetrical multiplayer horror experiences, with its cast of iconic characters, locations, and dialogue. It is an absolute blast to play as Ash Williams - voiced by Bruce Campbell himself - against the Forces of Darkness. There's even a solo mission mode that pays homage to famous scenes from the movies and tv series. Unfortunately, there's a slight lack of content due to repetitive objectives, and many quality of life concerns that the developers need to address if they want to prolong the longevity of their passion project.
Evil Dead: The Game is clunky but loveable. It's a very good movie-to-video game adaptation, and it's likely as close as we're going to get to a proper and decent "Evil Dead" video game. I had a good deal of fun with it, both as a fan of the movies and as a gamer. It twists a familiar game concept just enough and bolsters it with additional mechanics so that it feels fresh again. Longevity is definitely a concern in terms of content, but at least console cross-play ensures that its player base will stay healthy for a little while.
Evil Dead: The Game is a great asymmetrical game. It's fun in both roles and has a lot of content, but it still has to correct several problems.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Solid and definitely have an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.