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Summary: WEAK, WEAK, ...
Review: One word sums this game up. WEAK! disgrace to the trilogy. can't map keys to a controler? Stiff 3D Ash,Can't save the game when you want. I have had more fun using the ash model in quake 3, it is more realistic and not a stiff board, and why diddn't they have the Bruce do voiceovers where you have text written at certain points in the game? Someone sold the license for a quick buck and made a ... game WEll they have my money now. As a die hard Evil dead fan this was dissapointing.
Rating: 
Summary: Deserved Praise
Review: This game has recieved mostly favorable reviews, but a couple have been unfavorable and a little unfair. The main critisisms seem to be in response to the inexuastible amount of re-spawning enemies, and the fact that if you try and face those enemies; 1 after another, you will never win. Gues what, there is a reason for this. You see your not suposed to keep hacking and blasting until you die , you have to run once and a while. Learnning to dodge enemies is the fundemental aspect of the game. Attacking only when faced with 1, or 2 enemies and imediately getting out of there; either backwards, or forwards, while keeping in mind either ammo, fuel, health, and anny combination of them. As far as the graphics, I thought they were done preety well, all the stuff going on, like the blood dripping off of Ash's chain-saw up to about 5 minuites after youve beaten an enemy, the dust rising off of As's feet as you walk, the fog, the nice lighting effects, and the snow, or whattever that starts to fall in the woods every so often. One of the best features is the music, very well orcistrated. Also, though it is not a very long game (thq did that on purpose) the more you play, the funnier Ash's lines get as you finnish an enemy." Chew on this! Say hello to disco for me!" I don't think it is the gratest game, but thq and the respective creative talents did a fine job and deserve there praise. I hope that they creat the sequel that they were planning for one, or more of the next generation systems; now that they have this as their starting point. It will be much better, I'm sure.
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Summary: Stop the Madness
Review: This game is truly horrible. I love Evil Dead. I love video games. Seems like a sure thing, huh? NO. NO IT IS NOT!! I've haven't seen a game this bad since Extreme Paintball. The controls are unmanagable, the enemies respawn so often that I thought it was an error found in games from the NES era, the amount of enemies is completely ridiculous, and it just plain hurts. It seems that whenever they thought they needed more of a challenge, they just added more enemies, which is like taking six extra doses of medication when you feel bad. After playing this game for ten minutes I had to stop because my brain and vital organs informed me they had formed a suicide pact to shut down and end my suffering if I submitted myself to any more of the torture. I honestly cannot find one good thing about this game except for the Evil Dead tie-in. I'm completely dumbstruck and perplexed as how ANYONE could give this a good review, but the other reviewers look like 13 year olds who need to pop a few more pills of Ritalin and turn the rap music down. THQ, I hate you. I truly hate you. I will not purchase any more of your games or even brake when your employees cross the street.
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Summary: Hail to the King Baby!
Review: THIS GAME RULES!!!!!!The only problem was that i had a Voodoo2 3d accelerator, but my parents bought me a Voodoo3, so it all worked out! And let me just say that if you dont like the Resident Evil control style, well than this game isnt for you, but i love Resident Evil (even the control style). So to sum it all up, THIS GAME RULES!ALL HAIL KING ASH!!!!!!
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Summary: Evil Dead: Hail to the King
Review: This was a great game.I had to have it when it first came out.If you like the Evil Dead movies this will be a great game to own.The graphics and sound were both excellent.This game would of been perfect if the controls were better!!
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Summary: I've seen better, but I've also seen worse
Review: To start off with, I will mention something that I have not seen in any of the reviews. This game is a combination of a third person view, but from a single camera angle. Most people are aware that third person is a view from behind the player. This game is similar, except that in most rooms you only have one angle for the ENTIRE room. You see Ash at a distance, but most of the time the camera never moves, unless the room is so big it can't fit all onto one screen. I have never seen a game set up this way before. I rarely play third person, I really only like first person. Anyway, this single view was hard to get used to for me. The opening animations are pretty good. Bruce Campbell does the voice overs, except the animation doesn't look much like him. The default keys are very strange. Usually the keys somehow relate to the weapon. Not in this game. R starts the chainsaw, E turns it off, F uses it. Now who would just think of that?? You can redefine them, but that still is pretty lame. Overall, not a bad game. Good graphics overall, good sound, and fairly good layout. The bad parts is Ash has very strange weapon controls, since the camera angle in each room does not change, it takes time to get used to moving him around. Almost every step you take a deadite pops up. I've never seen a game with enemies coming up so often. The deadites take forever to kill. I hit one of them over 10 times with the axe and finally killed it. I guess you could say the game is a combination of contstantly being attacked along with enemies that are hard to kill. You do need some horsepower to play this. I have a Pentium III 800 with 256 MB of RAM and a 3dfx video card with 16 MB, and even on my machine it runs alright, but it could do better. The loading times take longer than most other games I have played. I don't have much loaded in the background either. My setup is beyond their requirements. So essentially, the game is just alright. The price now is all I feel it is worth. This is coming from a HUGE Evil Dead fan. Unfortunately, the game was a little disappointing to me. Like I said though, I've seen worse. If you have ever played Alien Trilogy for the IBM world, you know what I mean. Finally, I don't know how often you are supposed to be able to save games. During the entire cabin scene I couldn't save, and once I walked outside, I still couldn't. Go figure. Overall, for HUGE fans of the movies, its not too bad. Takes getting used to. For those who love and worship this game, I guess they had less expectations than I did. If I had the chance to buy it again, I probably would, but I wouldn't pay anything more than what I did. It's not *that* good.
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Summary: If you love "Evil Dead" or video games you will HATE this!
Review: Way to blow a sure thing THQ. I think this game was made in 1988 because it sure plays like it. Worst camera angles ever. In the very beganing of the game when I first got out of the cabin I found myself fighting things behind trees. It sounded like a good battle but who knows since all I could see were branches. The creatures regenerate so many times I thought it might be a glitch in the game. You fight the exact same creatures over and over and over again. When you retrace your steps you have to fight the same monsters even if you just beat them for the tenth time in the exact same spot. If this game was released under a different title nobody would ever by it. Go get the Elite "Evil Dead" DVD instead if you want fun fast paced gore or play checkers against yourself for 8 hours in a row for a fun faced paced game that can really hold your attention span... well when compared to the "Evil Dead" game anyway. Not even a rental option. Yes it has blood and yes it is the "Evil Dead" but if you watched 7 seconds of the movie rewound and watched the same seconds again for an hour it also would get stale. That is the "evil Dead" game, repeating the same stuff forever.
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Summary: Hail To the Mediocre
Review: When I first heard about this game, I couldn't wait to get it. Now that I own it, I feel like going skeet shooting with the discs. The movie aspects of the game are really cool, but thats about it. Ash is extremely difficult to control. Weapon selection is very limited. The graphics look like something from the mid 90s and the number of deadites become annoying after about five minutes. I can't believe Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi actually allowed themselves to be associated with this [game]. If you've never seen the Evil Dead Trilogy, do yourself a favor and watch it, just stay clear of Hail To the King. BTW, I gave this one star, but seriously, it's really not even that good.
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Summary: So much potential
Review: Wow! If it wasn't for the Evil Dead licence, this would be the worst videogame ever created. It is basically Resident Evil lite, with all of RE's faults and none of its strengths. In place of slow moving zombies which need to be dispatched before they can reach the player's throat, Hail to the King provides endlessly spawning floating zombie demon things that get really annoying after playing for longer than five minutes. In the end, the game boils down to mindlessly slashing enemies over and over and over again. Even the concept of health and ammo conservation is eliminated due to the fact that enemies conveniently drop items exactly when you need them. The only challenge left in the game is figuring out how to move ash around while fighting multiple deadites on either side. While Evil Dead: Hail to the King is not the absolute worst game ever conceived and produced by the human race, I strongly advise you not to buy or rent this game unless you really love Evil Dead. You might even want to avoid it if you do love the movies, as the story is clumsy and Bruce Campbell's voice work is sub-par. Just stay far far away.
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Summary: Diehard fans only
Review: Wow! If it wasn't for the Evil Dead licence, this would be the worst videogame ever created. It is basically Resident Evil lite, with all of RE's faults and none of its strengths. In place of slow moving zombies which need to be dispatched before they can reach the player's throat, Hail to the King provides endlessly spawning floating zombie demon things that get really annoying after playing for longer than five minutes. In the end, the game boils down to mindlessly slashing enemies over and over and over again. Even the concept of health and ammo conservation is eliminated due to the fact that enemies conveniently drop items exactly when you need them. The only challenge left in the game is figuring out how to move ash around while fighting multiple deadites on either side. While Evil Dead: Hail to the King is not the absolute worst game ever conceived and produced by the human race, I strongly advise you not to buy or rent this game unless you really love Evil Dead. You might even want to avoid it if you do love the movies, as the story is clumsy and Bruce Campbell's voice work is sub-par. Just stay far far away.
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