Evil Dead: The Game was just released for PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and fans of the movie franchise are already getting their hands on axes, chainsaws, and shotguns to kill monsters. The survival horror game has gained the favorable opinion of the few gamers who have played it already, but some others have seen instant flaws and things to improve.
Iconiccharacters such as Ash, Scotty, Lord Arthur, Kelly Maxwell, and Pablo Simon Bolivarmightbe an awesome addition to the game, but Redditors are divided between these unpopular opinions about the Evil Dead'sgameplay.
It's Boring
For some, missions inEvil Dead: The Gameget repetitive and therefore it eventually becomes annoying and tedious. Players have to complete the same objectives all the time and the single-player missions are not fun at all. Overall, after a while, some believe it is boring and doesn't offer much for a worthwhile gaming experience.
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On this issue,Memphisrexjrcommented "Just another one of those games. Fun for a bit but not a real longevity to play. It’s never fun playing as the players vs just being the monster. I’ve seen too many matches where one player just dominates the others over and over."
It Resembles Friday The 13th Too Much
Some fans were waiting for an innovative storyline as there were expectations of something that would add to the franchise's universe or would exploit its plot to make the game an endless source of entertainment, but for some, there are too many other games like Evil Dead. User Sea-Resolution-6291commented "it’s fun enough…but nothing I could play for a long period of time. It’s just a more polished version of that Friday 13th game really."
Co-operative gameplay and player versus player modes can eventually become tedious and that's why it's so important for games based on these kinds of mechanisms to come up with interesting skill trees, maps, or other captivating game details.
Only The Bad Guys Have Fun
As most fans already know, inEvil Dead: The Gameplayers get to choose whether they are survivors or demons. Being survivors can be quite tricky as there are a lot of disadvantages that teams have to resolve in order to defeat evil, such as not knowing where enemies are, and having to carefully plan out the characters of the team, among others.
Again Redditor Memohisrexjr was not happy and pointed out "I still don’t understand that game. You kinda do nothing as the humans and once again the bad guys are the highlight. How exciting skill checking generators then a switch for an exit."
There Is A Constant Lag
Lags and glitches can be as funny as they can be annoying andsome may be turned into game features, but most of the time if they are consistent throughout the game, they can be very frustrating and ruin the whole experience.
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This was the case with EatonUK who said: "this game is pretty fun but my god the lag, cars don't drive they jump around the map, and one match I kept hitting lag walls, the lag needs fixing." It is normal for games to have bugs on their first releases, so it is expected for a few updates to fix them. Meanwhile, these problems can be certainly infuriating.
Maps Are Too Big
There is nothing like the suspense of being one of the remaining survivors on a small map, where the possibility of dying and losing is around every corner. The tension of facing enemies and the hopes of winning are thrilling, so most of the time, when the game takes too long to face those last players because the map is too big, the searching and roaming become boring.
Redditordubmcswagginspointed out "So to me it's fun enough but the map is way too big. It kinda feels boring until the last bit it's very cool." For a lot of players though, it is better to have a bigger map to explore and find weapons or utilities before fighting.
There Are Unbalanced Player Encounters
Co-operative gameplay and player versus player are all about facing other gamers, but sometimes the probabilities of winning or losing are tied up to factors that are not fair and make the game highly unequal. It then becomes a matter of luck or predetermined choices and not skill, and that can be very annoying for some gamers.
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As NightShad0w98 commented, "The game is fun don't get me wrong, but FFS it needs to be rebalanced." Another unpopularly opinionated Redditor added, "yeah, it's really hard to win as survivor, and it doesn't help that apparently demon lvl cap is 45 and survivor is 25 lol."
The Missions Are Too Frustrating
Very few and short missions, bad gameplay, and unhelpful tutorials have irritated players as AgentDieselMuskwho argued, "To be fair the game has 5 'missions' that are extremely frustrating and are not indicative of actual versus gameplay and are only 12 minutes long apiece. I mean extremely frustrating and that teach[es] new players the wrong things."
For such a short game that relies completely on its versus gameplay mechanics, the failure of its basic systems can be a huge turnoff, but that is not the case for most gamers who agree the missions aren't that hard and that once the player gets the hang of it, Evil Dead: The Gamebecomes pretty fun.
It Won't Be Around For Long
For some, it may be one of the best survival horror games of all time, but for other unpopular opinions, such as the one from Chimpbot, "it's like all of the other (failed) asymmetrical online games, this probably won't be around for long." Unlike most players who have foundit very entertaining, it seems some bet the game system won't offer a long-term attractive experience, and it's doomed to fail and exit the market.
A lot of these types of games remain popular for a short amount of time, but the truth is that mostin the gntre are tied to temporal success and commerciality. In the most exceptional cases, versus games become commonly visited spots for many players, but that remains to be seen withEvil Dead: The Game.
ThePlayers Are Annoying
Redditor ExtraToastyCheezitspointed out "I have actually thought that after playing Evil Dead, with the toxic mentality that a lot of the Killers have in DbD between tunneling, face camping, and other disgustingly selfish acts, I would much rather go against a pre-programmed AI Killer than deal with the 15-year-old tryhard behind the screen on the other side."
Although other players' tactics can be frustrating, it is true that the diversity of personalities faced within an online game such as Evil Dead: The Gameis what makes versus gameplay fun and what differentiates it from playing against an AI that follows the same tactics every single time. For most, fighting becomes more complex and engaging.
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