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Evil Dead Regeneration

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an evil dead game to be proud of! this game is $20 but having played through it, i would have gladly paid $50. awesome is every way- juggling deadites a la devil may cry, the harpoon gun (need i say more?!?!?!), and believe it or not- fun, no really FUN bossfights and overall gameplay. i hope cranky pants gets to do a bunch of sequels!!! regeneration is the game worthy of the name EVIL DEAD!
don't think twice. pick up this wonderful action shooter platformer hybrid! all hail the king baby!

This is by far the best of the Evil Dead games. Controls are easy to learn and switching from weapon to weapon is simple. While there are some puzzles to the game, they actually make sense so they aren't nearly as annoying as some other games (the Resident Evil games come to mind). The graphics are excellent and add to overall gameplay significantly. Intended for mature gameplayers, this game has plenty of hack and slash. Camera angles, for once, don't seem to be a problem and the gameplay is fun and not overly difficult. Voice acting is superb and is quite entertaining, especially the cut scenes. Speaking of the cut scenes, they really took time to make this game appear like the original Evil Dead movie. The story line moves along at a quick pace but is not the least bit confusing. The only problem with this game is how short it is. I beat it as a rental in just a couple of days and never played it for more than a couple of hours at a time, leaving the replay value low. However, with most games in the $50 range, this under $20 gem is a must have for anyone interested in action/horror games or a fan of the Evil Dead series.

This is a really good game, great controls, voice acting and graphics. If you're a Evil Dead fan this is a must have. It's fun and it's not extremely difficult or frustrating. This is definately worth $20. I thought it was cool that this one and Fistful of Boomstick were both $20 when they came out. Don't we all wish every game would be like this. Regeneration beats most of the $50 games out there right now.

Since the year 2000, THQ has been making the Evil Dead games. The 1st one wasn't all that and the 2nd one was ok. Evil Dead: Regeneration is just awesome and a great improvement.

Bruce Campbell returns to do the voice of Ash. In this game, he teams up with a half-deadite little man name Sam {Voice by Ted Raimi}, and this time you have to stop a madman from opening the gates of darkness that will destroy the world.

This game is good bloody fun and this game really reminds you of Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn. If you're not a fan of the other Evil Dead games, you will be a fan of this one.

I Just Picked my copy of evil dead regeneration today. I was pretty excited about it because im a huge evil dead fan. I popped this in my x box and it was amazing. The controls are alot easier than the last game, and plus it reminds me a hell of a lot of an evil dead movie. Trust me if you like the movies than this is the game you have been waiting for.

- The Movie/ video game guy

Wow! All I can say is this is a really kick-ass game. I don't know why it's only 20 bucks, I'd say you better grab this one before somebody realized they put the wrong price on it. If you like shooter games and especially if you like the Evil Dead movies GET THIS GAME! This game is right up with some of my other favorite shooters GunGrave and the Devil May Cry games. Great action, great graphics and very Evil Dead, I give it at a 9 out of 10!

I think this game was so much fun mostly because you get to do more things with Ash. He gets to jump and have unlimited bullets, which is nice for once in an Ash game. Plus getting the chance to play two different characters is fun too. Sam is just as funny as Ash and just as fun to play. Also the extras with Bruce and Ted are hilarious!

Three decades ago a little movie was made in a cabin about one man's survival against his demonically posessed friends. Then there was a sequil and a third movie where he went back in time. This game branches off in a tangeant between Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. Half the focus of the movies were horror, the other half was enjoyable comedy that was sometimes cartoonish, and full of one liners from actor Bruce Campbell.

Bruce is back for the roll, but don't worry, you don't need to see any of the movies to know that you are Ash, a man with a chainsaw for a right hand that carries a "boomstick" shotgun to kick some demon tail. The game gives you a quick tutorial on your easy to understand controls. Hold the R trigger to atutomatically lock onto a target enemy, and press the X button to shoot it. Press the B button for the chainsaw. Its really simple. White button to switch guns, black button to switch between arm gadgets (chainsaw, flame thrower, hook shot). A to jump. Its very easy and very enjoyable combat.

The story isn't all that important, but basically a book called the Necromonicon has been stolen by Ash's psychiatric doctor that intends to do evil things with it. He also kidnaps Bruce's beautiful laywer (the princess to rescue). Basically, the plot has been done before, so has the game.

The game itself seems very much like a 3D Castlevania. As Ash, you will break boxes for health (instead of candles), find secret unlockables (like behind the scenes videos), secret health upgrades, get new weapons, new abilities like the ability to go berserk, all while facing undead enemies and posessed people. There is a nice puzzle element to the game too that will have you using your smarts to figure out things.

It has a very nice flow to it and there is a good dynamic with Ash's sidekick Sam that he finds along the way. Sam (voiced by Ted Rami) is an undead little person, and because of this, he dies in several hilarious ways only to respawn. Ash can boot him flying, Ash can posess him for a change of pace and a different dynamic (along with some cool music), but most importantly the two will banter back and forth. This is where the game shines, the comedy both of these two ooze between the two of them and even alone.

Many might critisize the game for using Sam to pad play time of the game. Such as Ash will posess Sam, who will then crawl through an area only he can get to, battle enemies, solve a puzzle, flip a switch, then Ash will have to go into the area to do something else. Ash will then need to defend Sam as they go back to a previous area. Even though there is plenty of that, it never seems tedious or monotonous, because Sam and Ash play completely different.

In all, this is a really enjoyable game! Plenty of secret unlockables, differing gameplay, puzzles, great quirky comedy, and some very fun combat that includes some brutal fatalities. Rent this game, buy this game, you will find something to love about it.

I love the Evil Dead movies, and I even like the games, something that can rarely be said about licensed games. This is another one of those licensed games that didn't get as much attention as it truly deserved.
WHAT THE GAME IS: The protagonist Ash finds himself in a mental hospital still ranting and raving about the Book of the Dead and the evils within, and once again someone has read from the book and legions of demons/zombies called Deadites have been set free to roam the Earth. So Ash and his half Deadite sidekick Sam must stop this evil force, save the world, and uncover the secrets behind this outbreak in this really gory and really fun game.
GRAPHICS: Textures are sloppy but the environments and character and creature designs look good. The gore could have been better, but what's here is pretty good.
MUSIC: The music is pretty good, but it could have better. It knows how to set the mood, but it's nothing spectacular.
SOUND: Shooting, chainsaws, voice-actors like Bruce Campbell (The protagonist from the movies and games who plays Ash), Sam Raimi's brother Ted Raimi stars in this game as your ally Sam, and the other actors are pretty good.
GAMEPLAY: I'll get the bad parts out of the way, this game can get repetitive at times and save points shouldn't be spread out that far. Now the good parts. In this game you only start out with a revolver in the beginning, then you get your trademark shotgun and chainsaw which adds more fun and gore, then eventually you get a device that shoots out a cable that pulls an enemy to you so you can shoot them as they are impaled on the cable. Chopping and shooting the Deadites is good gory fun that's difficult to put down. This game also perhaps contains one of the best allies you'll have in a game, Sam. He maybe annoying as hell sometimes, but he can get killed numerous times and he'll just respawn. You won't fail at all, he just gets killed and comes back in hilarious ways. You can kick him onto an enemy, and he'll pull off their head or keep them distracted while shoot them because some enemies can't get killed without Sam attacking them. You can also possess Sam so he can help you open certain doors and other obstacles. Puzzles are also interesting and can be difficult to solve at times. Boss battles are nothing special though.
OVERALL: This game is definitely worth a look, especially if you're a fan of the movies. This is the ultimate Evil Dead game and it plays great.
THE GOOD: Funny characters, good graphics, decent music, lots of gore, interesting weapons, unlimited ammo, and an interesting storyline.
THE BAD: Gameplay can be a bit repetitive, save points are sometimes too far apart, sometimes characters are annoying.

Hail to the King, this game was fun! Something you can play over and over again and I love that there's infinite ammo! And of course having Bruce Campbell voicing Ash makes it even better!