Evil Dead: Regeneration
Platform: Xbox
Publisher: THQ
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
Fans of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead films should consider themselves lucky. In a world where the smartest TV shows get canceled and the best Beatles die first, who woulda thunk that a trilogy of cult splatter flicks that earned less than $19 million at the box office could have spawned a trilogy of video games?
Even more surprising is that of the three games only the first, Evil Dead: Hail to the King, truly stinks. Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, an actioner built around the State of Emergency engine, was a passable diversion revolving around the Necronomicon, time travel and, of course, shotguns. The latest, Evil Dead: Regeneration is this time suspiciously similar to Midway's The Suffering. Ash finds himself in an asylum overrun with Deadites. Insert cliched line about utilizing brain and brawn to escape the confines of a haunted institution and eventually win the day here.
Evil Dead: Regeneration is significantly funnier than it's predecessors, with a share of good gags being doled out to characters other than Ash. But like its predecesor, it's voice over work from Bruce Campbell kept me motivated to carve my way through my demonic enemies.
My favorite moment of the game is the instructional level, a near pitch-perfect recreation of scenes from The Evil Dead II. The non-canon territory explored in the rest of the game only put a bad taste in my mouth after this tantalizing taste of my all-time favorite movie made interactive.
As a fan of The Evil Dead I've suffered through cinematic stinkers like Maniac Cop and Escape From L.A. for a tiny taste of Bruce Campbell so another palatable video game bow for the series is a welcome respite. And yet, I'm beginning to grow weary. If one day you catch me muttering, "klaatu, barada, nikto," don't be concerned. I'm just attempting to open a portal to the universe where John's still alive, Futurama's still on the air and where somebody at Rockstar has a The Warriors-sized boner for a certain low-budget horror/comedy trilogy. Try to stand clear of the vortex.
Publisher: THQ
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
Fans of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead films should consider themselves lucky. In a world where the smartest TV shows get canceled and the best Beatles die first, who woulda thunk that a trilogy of cult splatter flicks that earned less than $19 million at the box office could have spawned a trilogy of video games?Even more surprising is that of the three games only the first, Evil Dead: Hail to the King, truly stinks. Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, an actioner built around the State of Emergency engine, was a passable diversion revolving around the Necronomicon, time travel and, of course, shotguns. The latest, Evil Dead: Regeneration is this time suspiciously similar to Midway's The Suffering. Ash finds himself in an asylum overrun with Deadites. Insert cliched line about utilizing brain and brawn to escape the confines of a haunted institution and eventually win the day here.
Evil Dead: Regeneration is significantly funnier than it's predecessors, with a share of good gags being doled out to characters other than Ash. But like its predecesor, it's voice over work from Bruce Campbell kept me motivated to carve my way through my demonic enemies.
My favorite moment of the game is the instructional level, a near pitch-perfect recreation of scenes from The Evil Dead II. The non-canon territory explored in the rest of the game only put a bad taste in my mouth after this tantalizing taste of my all-time favorite movie made interactive.
As a fan of The Evil Dead I've suffered through cinematic stinkers like Maniac Cop and Escape From L.A. for a tiny taste of Bruce Campbell so another palatable video game bow for the series is a welcome respite. And yet, I'm beginning to grow weary. If one day you catch me muttering, "klaatu, barada, nikto," don't be concerned. I'm just attempting to open a portal to the universe where John's still alive, Futurama's still on the air and where somebody at Rockstar has a The Warriors-sized boner for a certain low-budget horror/comedy trilogy. Try to stand clear of the vortex.
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