Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: THQ
  • Release Date: May 20, 2003
User Score
8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 48
  3. Negative: 4 out of 48
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  1. rcoberle54
    Nov 19, 2020
    7
    What a difference just a few short years makes. This game feels so incredibly modern compared to its predecessor. It's actually playable and fun and not a completely stressful and frustrating experience. If the first game is the first movie then this game is the second movie. It puts camp and fun first and foremost yet retains the survival horror element. This game is fun enough to hackWhat a difference just a few short years makes. This game feels so incredibly modern compared to its predecessor. It's actually playable and fun and not a completely stressful and frustrating experience. If the first game is the first movie then this game is the second movie. It puts camp and fun first and foremost yet retains the survival horror element. This game is fun enough to hack and slash and blast your way through the enemies. It's not completely linear but straight forward enough. It requires minimal brain power to figure out the levels but the key is that it does in fact require some brain power. Challenging enough but not difficult.

    Sure it gets a little rinse and repeat towards the end but it continues to up the ante just enough to be fun. The bosses felt modern. The final boss while anti climatic and cliche felt inspired and original. You could tell what they were going for even if it wasn't quite polished enough. It was your typical final boss is affixed to the center of the screen trope before I believe that was really a trope.

    This game was pretty much exactly what I wanted out of an Evil Dead game. I can't wait to see what the next one has to offer.    … Expand
  2. The_D4RknesS
    Jul 31, 2023
    5
    I play rum, you can only save from finding Chips, the graphics and colors are so lifeless that it makes you disgusted to play, story so-so, bad and repetitive combat!. What is saved in this game is just the glasses that don't disappear and the graphic violence

Awards & Rankings

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#46 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2003
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#41 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2003

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 25
  3. Negative: 7 out of 25
  1. Into Liquid Sky
    50
    It's just fun enough to look past the mediocre graphics and iffy mission structure. For those not as interested in Bruce Campbell's wit, give it a rent or just pass it all together.
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  2. netjak
    43
    The load times in Boomstick are really bad, taking almost up to 3 minutes to load the game up when I first started playing. It got a little bit faster after that, but not by much and still was about a 1 1/2 - 2 minute load time before getting to play.
  3. GameSpot
    53
    The gameplay is a mix of sloppy third-person action and even sloppier puzzles, putting the weight of the game squarely on Ash's tongue-in-cheek macho colloquialisms.
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