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Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick for PlayStation 2
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick for PlayStation 2 is an action game in which Ash Williams once again faces the Deadites. A television broadcast by occult researcher Trisha Petty unleashes a plague in Dearborn. Ash crosses streets, a museum, a harbour and other districts to find the source, armed with his chainsaw, a shotgun and anything else he can obtain along the way.
The areas offer more room than a straight corridor. You search for keys and objects, help survivors and return when a new passage becomes available. Large groups of undead require keeping your distance, managing ammunition and combining weapons. Spells use collected energy for effects such as possession or extra attack power. Ash's dry remarks keep the tone closer to the films' black humour than to serious survival horror.
The campaign is entirely for one player and has no local or online multiplayer. Progress is saved on a PlayStation 2 memory card. This is the standalone 2003 story that follows Evil Dead: Hail to the King; it is not Evil Dead: Regeneration and contains no cooperation from later games. The offered edition is the standard European PS2 disc.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick
VIS Entertainment developed Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick and THQ released the game for PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2003. Bruce Campbell once again voiced Ash Williams. The creators used the film series as a foundation but told a new story after Hail to the King rather than reproducing one of the films scene by scene.
The design replaced the previous game's fixed camera angles with freer city areas. Many Deadites could appear at once, requiring rapid switches between chainsaw and firearms. Keys, spells and returning to earlier streets gave the campaign an adventure structure. Dearborn changed from chapter to chapter through new outbreaks and jumps in time.
After A Fistful of Boomstick, Evil Dead: Regeneration appeared in 2005 with a different story and the companion Sam. That later game is separate from this disc. VIS Entertainment also worked on various racing and action games. A Fistful of Boomstick remained most recognisable for Bruce Campbell's voice, large groups of Deadites and the combination of chainsaw, boomstick and spells in one city. It therefore forms its own chapter in the series without literally copying a film script.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick sends Ash through a city full of Deadites with a chainsaw and firearms. Chaos Bleeds likewise uses humour, undead creatures and familiar characters from a horror series, but spreads the campaign across several heroes and uses more puzzles. Evil Dead emphasises large groups of enemies; Buffy focuses on individual fighting styles, stakes and story-driven character changes.
Resident Evil 4 combines shooting with inventory management and enemies approaching in groups. The camera stays closer behind Leon and aiming demands more precision. Evil Dead lets Ash move more freely through city districts, uses a chainsaw as a permanent tool and deliberately chooses black humour. Both require careful management of ammunition and distance.
The Suffering places a prisoner in a violent supernatural nightmare and alternates firearms with a monstrous form. Evil Dead also uses dark locations and many enemies, but Ash remains the mocking film hero with chainsaw and spells. The Suffering is more psychological; A Fistful of Boomstick builds on horror comedy.
Constantine has its hero fight demons with firearms and occult tools in a linear film adventure. Evil Dead opens larger parts of Dearborn, asks you to search for objects and more often sends entire groups of Deadites at once. Both mix modern weapons with supernatural powers, but Ash responds with jokes where Constantine remains serious.
Hunter: The Reckoning – Wayward uses an overhead view and lets you choose several hunters to fight hordes of supernatural creatures. Evil Dead follows only Ash with a camera closer to the action. Both offer many undead and varied weapons; Hunter supports local cooperation, while A Fistful of Boomstick has only a solo campaign.
