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The Good: Action, action, action. Deadites are everywhere, constantly on the attack. Bruce Campbell has a number of great one-liners, and his vocal work and self-deprecating humor makes the more tedious parts of the game pass more easily. The game has an Mature rating, and with good reason: Ash hacks Deadites apart with his chainsaw, sending limbs and heads flying everywhere and blood spurting ten feet into the air. He blasts them into a fine red mist with his shotgun, and cooks them with his flamethrower. Definitely not a game for the kiddies. Controls are decent, though Ash seems to have trouble outrunning Deadites, who shamble and shuffle along. I especially like the two-handed attacks Ash can execute, such as using the chainsaw and shotgun simultaneously. You can also cast spells, such as "Possess Deadite" and a great lightning spell that add to your arsenal and allow you to work through some areas more easily.

The Bad: Constant Deadite regeneration. Just when you think you've cleared an area of Deadites, they respawn. This makes backtracking very, very difficult, as enemies keep respawning every time you pass through an area. This makes game progression difficult at times. Also, there never seems to enough health. I've killed literally dozens of Deadites and only been rewarded with one or two bits of health.

There are also too many cutscenes, and most of them cannot be skipped. it's annoying to face a boss character, get killed, and have to sit through the introductory clip again and again without being able to skip it. There are also too few save points. Constantly replaying the same areas again and again gets old after a while.

Graphics are subpar, but Ash at least LOOKS like Bruce Campbell, and the blood and atmospheric effects are adequate. The camera angle can be a real aggravation at times. I had to rotate it way too often to get my bearings, a problem commonly found in third-person games.

The Ugly: The Deadites. Nuff said.

A tip or two: Save devastating weapons, such as explosive shells, armor-piercing bullets, or the flamethrower for crowds of Deadites. When faced with that many enemies, your trusty chainsaw won't be able to mow them down fast enough to keep you from being surrounded. Single Deadites are usually best dispatched with your chainsaw. Also, when the music begins to quicken, that's a hint that Deadites are approaching. The game also has some good unlockable arcade levels, usually accessed by killing X number of Deadites in X amount of time.

Not a perfect game by any means, but for twenty bucks or so, a pretty worthy purchase.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Above AverageAug 23, 2003

This was the 3rd game I purchased for XBox, I got an XBox on the 4th of July, wanted to wait until some fun games came out.

Anyway, the main problem I have with this game is the ... cutscenes. Some you can skip, and some you can't. BIG turnoff. I don't want to sit through a 2 minute cutscene again after a boss kills me.

Second of all, no cheats. Don't get me wrong. This game wasn't extremly difficult. It would just be fun if you could go back and have infinite ammo or something. Not to mention picking certain levels. I loved the Civil War level, I'd love to go back with infinite gatling gun ammo. But sadly, no level select either.

The arcade mode is probably the most difficult part of the game, too many damn deadites!

All in all, it's a fun game. Not much replay value (unless you wait and forget how to solve some puzzles) but it's incredibly fun, ...! Stop being so stingy!

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Kiss My Boomstick (Shotgun goes off)Jun 22, 2003

Ten years ago, Ash and couple of friends drove up to a log cabin in the woods hoping to have fun. Then they find this tape that has the readings of the Book of The Dead. When its play, all hell brakes loose(no really all hell those brake out)and everyone dieds within hours of the tape being play, except Ash. That was just the first night, the second night Ash had to fight his hand, deaditys and a wormhole which send him back in time to fight the Army of Darkness. At this point Ash is starting to ask himself is it worth it? Then eight years later after the movies, Ash is send back to the cabin in another Video Game and kick ... again to try to save himself. He makes out alive and now he mostly at his favorite bar. One day while at his favorite bar, a tv reporter plays the tape which brought the dead back at cabin, only its being play on every tv set in town. Now its up to him once again to kick ..., take names, blow .... up, and save the world from a crazy man who wants to take over it. Groovy! So get this game, its great.

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

I am hopelessly addicted to this game!Aug 13, 2003
By Toxictoy
My husband and I totally love the Evil Dead movie series - so when we happened upon this game in the mall the other day we figured why not buy it. I gotta tell you - the humor is great, the action is fantastic and the puzzles are fun. This could not have been done without Bruce Campbell who is the greatest B movie actor of all time. The bonus movie was well done and tells alot about what the game designers attitudes were during the making of the game. Would I have enjoyed this if we didn't see the three movies? Yes! We are also fans of Quake (every version), Unreal Tournament and countless other first person shooters and the graphics and weaponry are right up there. Favorite weapon - chainsaw hands down. However I'm having fun also with the exploding shotgun, sickle and hand cannon. This game is just a ton of fun and I highly recommend it. One thing however - the language is very adult and I would only recommend this for mature audiences. This is not for little kids!

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