I really wanted to like this game as an Evil Dead fan. I was so close to beating it too, but the ass targeting controls prevented me from beating the final boss.

Aside from that, the characters in this were just annoying/unlikable. That's saying something when the two main heroes are played by Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi. Everytime you get stuck on a section, it just loops the same dialogue between Sam and Ash. Sam says something annoying, Ash says shut up, rinse and repeat until it gets grating.

While the idea of Ash possessing Sam to get into smaller sections was pretty cool, the escort missions where you have to protect Sam aren't. I find escort missions exhausting and not a lot of fun, especially when you have to repeat them over and over again.

One thing I did enjoy in this game was the combat. Slicing up deadites felt pretty good (aside from the targeting which was required for some sections). I really loved the executions that they implemented, and if you don't want to do an execution, you can just bash them over and over again with the chainsaw. Which I found highly amusing.

But overall, the game was just meh to me. That really hurts as an Evil Dead fan. I do want to play the new Evil Dead game, but I can't afford it.

Reviewed on May 12, 2023


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