Evil Dead: Hail to the King

This game was great for the time period it was released. The intro movie and story to it is amazing, and picks up after where Army of Darkness left off, but once you start actually playing the game, it's basically like playing through the whole Evil Dead trilogy. Just about everything that happens in the movies you have to play through. (Even when you think the game is about to end, you go back in time like in AOD) The game has a perfect sense of eeriness to it and also throws in Bruce Campbell's signature humor. It is one of the few games that held my attention all the way through until I beat it. (Of course I am a huge Evil Dead fan though!) I own this for the Dreamcast and have always found that the games that were released on Dreamcast as well as Playstation 2 always played and controlled in a much cleaner fashion on the Dreamcast. Simply put, if you are a fan of Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell and horror games, you will enjoy this game!

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 have to say that this is a wonderful game for Evil Dead fans! This game has all the humor and gore the films had. Bruce Campbell does a great job reprising his role (in voice-over form) of Ash. The game plays almost exactly like the Resident Evil games, so play should'nt be hard if you've had experience with those. Definetly one of the best purks of this game is that you get a button devoted to Ash's one-liners. You also get two weapons, your trusty chainsaw on one arm, and three other weapons in the other hand including: an axe, your boomstick(shotgun), or a rifle. The sounds are really creepy in the woods, but whenever you kill a deadite and Ash delivers "say hello to disco for me" things get a little brighter. The only problem that I do have to point out is that the floating deadites do respawn and are a pain to kill, and continuously fighting them gets tireing. I would recommend this game to all ED fans, it is a very good, funny, and at times challenging game.

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.

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.