Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick
 

Anyone else a fan of Evil Dead?

Well, the new game for PS2 just came out, and it's a steal at $20. It's apparently based on the State of Emergency engine, and it's worlds better than the crappy Resident Evil ripoff "Evil Dead: Hail to the King" that came out a couple years back.

Anyone else play this one yet, or planning to? I recommend it definitely. Can't beat mindless shotgun-blasting, chainsaw-slashing bloodshed. Especially when Bruce Campbell once again provided Ash's voice, this time with a ton of all-new quips and one-liners!

Some of my favorites so far:

"...I'm gonna shove this chainsaw so far up your ass you'll be whistling Dixie through a hole in your head!"

"I'd like to buy a vowel. How about Ahhhhhh-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

"Some are born to wield chainsaws, others have chainsaws thrust upon them."

"Now where'd I put those shells? Ah, there they are! In your skull!"

"Butt and Ugly decided to have a kid... and you're the end result."

"If I wanted your opinion I'd scoop up your brains and put them back in your skull."

Classic. I hear they're already talking about a sequel, maybe a fourth movie too. That'd be awesome.

Lmao sounds interesting, what type of game is it Leo? Like an RPG type game or something? BTW - thats a kickass signature banner you got tehre :D

It's based on the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness movies starring Bruce Campbell. For the unfamiliar, an ancient incantation from The Necronomicon causes hordes of demons (The Deadites) to rise from the grave, and our hero Ash is left to fight them off, spitting out snappy quips all the way. His main weapons are his trusty shotgun (his "boomstick"), and the gas-powered chainsaw attached to the stump on his wrist where his hand used to be before he lopped it off in Evil Dead 2.

Basically the game is your standard run-hack-slash-shoot-kill kind of game, actually not all that different from something like Gauntlet I guess, where you're forced to fight your way through hordes of enemies. There's some limited puzzle-solving, like how to open certain areas, where to find certain keys, but mostly it's a gorefest as you carve up Deadites with your chainsaw or blow them literally into pieces with your shotgun. There are also clever combo attacks, such as impaling enemies with your chainsaw and blowing their heads off with the shotgun, or impaling them, sticking some dynamite in their mouth and watching them go kablooey.

Not a whole lot of thought involved, but if you love Evil Dead and wanna kill a couple hours, this game is damn fun.

"I've secretly replaced this Deadite's head with a chainsaw blade. Let's see if he notices."

Oh, and thanks about the sig, GK made it. :D

Is that kind of like the Dino Crisis 2 game for PS1? You got your gun and you gotta get keys and stuff, while fending off dinosaurs? That game was ok, but it was so hard for me lmao, I havent played it for a long time. Ill see if I can rent this game your talking about, sounds interesting. thanks for the info :)

I'm not to big on those types of games, but as long as Ash and thus Bruce Campbell has work I'm all for it

Hail to the King!!

It got horrible reviews...*shrug* never played any of the other ones....but yeah it bombed.

The new one? "Fistful of Boomstick"? Funny, most reviews I read for it gave it decent-to-good reviews. It's not a classic, but it's hella-fun and it'll kill a few hours, which is all some people need.

The FIRST Evil Dead game, "Hail to the King"... THAT was lousy. Poor controls, mediocre Ash one-liners... bleh. The new Evil Dead game is like State of Emergency meets Night of the Living Dead. Imagine being chased through the forest by an army of the undead, literally about 30 or so Deadites chasing you, when suddenly you whip around and blast them all to dog food with the gaitlin gun mounted to your wrist (upgrade for the chainsaw). Truly, it's the simple pleasures that make up life.

"Stop, collaborate and listen... Ash is back with a brand new edition..." :lol:

Fan of the movies, not games.

heh. mm not sure what mag, but im guessing EGM cuz thats the one i get delivered but I could be wrong

I read EGM religiously, they didn't pan it, they just called it like it is: It's a decent and fun game that's a million times better than the first Evil Dead game, but it's not a game in the same league as Zelda or MGS or anything. Basically it's just a fun game to play when you wanna just cut loose and kill things for a couple hours. Stuffing dynamite into a zombie's mouth and watching him run around briefly before finally blowing up is just something that never gets old.

I LOVE "Fistful of Boomstick!"

I'm up to Evil Dearborn now and I'm having a great time. Its not so difficult that it frustrates me, the killing is fun ("I may not know much, but I know killing"), and Bruce's dialog is a riot!

My fave line: "So, tell me about yourself; is there a Mrs. Ugly to keep you cold at night?"

The one liners alone are worth the $20. Bruce Campbell truly is the greatest living Oregonian! *Insert bragging here* If you haven't seen it already, there's a photo of Roger and I with Bruce on www.ossifiles.com :D

*bows* my apologies. I must have mis-read. :goofygri:

For the record, the Gump quote is: "I'm not a smart man... but I know what killin' is!" :evilgrin:

The whole game is full of some of the funniest Ash lines ever. The whole experience is just great fun. I swear it's about as good as an Evil Dead game could ever get.

Thanks for the correction Leo! I've never been good with quotes. My brain is really good at grasping the general idea of something, but it doesn't tend to retain details. Which is funny, because I can be a rather detail oriented person when it comes to noticing certain things.

So have you beaten the game yet? I'm still working on Evil Dearborn.

Incidentally, I lived about half of my life near where Bruce grew up...and near Dearborn. :D

Yeah I beat it. The ending is hilarious.

Excellent. I can't wait! :evilgrin:

Ash is the King. Anything to do with Bruce is either B-Rate and hilarious or fun. How can you go wrong with smartass guy with a chainsaw for a hand?

I wish they'd make it for Game Cube.

Leave it to me to come in way too late on this thread... but meh. The best line in that whole game is when Ash saves Trisha the second time, from the vortex, and she is like, what can I do to repay you, and Ash is all "You ever hear of a movie called 'Deep Throat?'"
Now if I could only get past colonial Deerborne.... damn it all!

Gaitlin gun, baby, gaitlin gun. You don't have a prayer without it.

There's also a decent walkthrough on gamefaqs.com if you don't mind "help".

Re: Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick
 

I played it at a party recently and i thought it kicked arse!
"You know Happy Hour is over when you just put a load of buckshot through your favorite bartender"