Evil Dead: The Game’s character roster is packed to the brim with people taken from across the Evil Dead franchise. From the titular protagonist of the movies, Ash Williams, to newcomers Kelly Maxwell and Pablo Bolivar, Evil Dead: The Game is shaping up to be one of the most ambitious games that old and new fans will enjoy. Moreover, most of the talent from the movies and TV show are reprising their roles, making the game much more immersive.
Developed by Saber Interactive, Evil Dead: The Game is an asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game set across locations and moments from the Evil Dead franchise. A blend of PVP and PVE elements, Evil Dead: The Game pits a specialized team of humans against a player-controlled Kandarian Demon with an arsenal of Deadites and supernatural abilities. Fortunately, players can learn the ropes in Evil Dead: The Game’s single-player mode that acts as training for the multiplayer, breaking down the human’s and demon’s roles and objectives.
Unlike other asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror games, Evil Dead: The Game adds more nuance through a unique four-role system. The Warrior and Hunter are the melee and ranged roles, making the bulk of the human team’s offensive capabilities. The Leader and the Support are relatively similar. The former supports the team with buffs that aid in combat, and the latter through increased healing or reducing the fear debuff that opens players for possession by the demon. According to Evil Dead: The Game’s game preview, players need to know their role and position in-game for success. Fortunately, here’s a list of every character coming to Evil Dead: The Game to give players different contexts when picking a character.
There Are Four Versions Of Ash Williams In Evil Dead: The Game
Ash Williams, played by the illustrious Bruce Campbell, is the main protagonist in the Evil Dead franchise and first appeared in the 1981 film, The Evil Dead, directed by Sam Raimi. One of the most successful cult films to date, The Evil Dead, would spawn two movies, Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness. After a hiatus, the franchise would be rebooted as Evil Dead in 2013 and turned into a television series that followed the narrative from the original trilogy in 2015 titled Ash vs. Evil Dead.
While recently, Ash Williams has become a crossover meme appearing in Resident Evil Village, Evil Dead: The Game takes Ash’s various appearances more seriously. Spread across the four roles in Evil: The Game, Ash Williams’s four variants encompass where he appeared in the movies and show. The Leader role is filled by Ash from Ash vs. Evil Dead and focuses on reducing teammate damage and fear.
Ash from Evil Dead 2 is in the Hunter role with abilities revolving around close-range combat with his shotgun. Army of Darkness Ash takes the Warrior role with a kit that synergizes with his chainsaw. Lastly, Ash from The Evil Dead lands in the support role, buffing allies’ headshot damage with increased damage and life steal.
Cheryl Williams Is The Best Support In Evil Dead: The Game
Ash Williams’ sister, Cheryl Williams, first appeared in The Evil Dead and is also the main character in the Evil Dead reboot of the original film. Unfortunately, Cheryl became possessed in The Evil Dead and subsequently the first Deadite. While Ash was able to survive the onslaught from his sister and possessed friends throughout the film, the death of his sister at his hands would continue to haunt him from thereon. Fortunately, Ash would get some degree of closure when Cheryl returned in Ash vs. Evil Dead. In Evil Dead: The Game, Cheryl takes on the Support role, becoming a mobile healing zone while reducing teammate’s fear when drinking Shemp’s Cola.
Scotty Is A Melee Powerhouse In Evil Dead: The Game
Ash Williams’ friend, Scotty, first appeared in The Evil Dead and was the one who organized the trip to the cabin in the woods. Scotty, along with Ash, would also be the first to discover the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, aka The Book of the Dead. A replica of the Necronomicon comes with the Ultimate Collector’s Edition of Evil Dead: The Game for fans wanting to recreate an experience similar to the film.
While Scotty was the cause of accidentally summoning the Kandarian Demon, he would be the first to fight, helping Ash before a possessed Cheryl stabbed him. Unfortunately, like all of Ash’s friends, Scotty would die and become a Deadite. Scotty fits the Warrior role in Evil Dead: The Game, focusing on heavy melee attacks, especially with an Axe.
Annie Knowby Is Connected To Evil Dead: The Game
Daughter of Professor Knowby, the archaeologist who first discovered the Necronomicon, Annie Knowby first appeared in Evil Dead 2. Following the first film’s events, Annie would encounter a bloody and seemingly insane Ash Williams at her father’s cabin. While reluctant at first, Annie would eventually assist Ash in fighting the Kandarian Demon at the cost of her life. Annie Knowby fits in the Leader role, which, according to the Evil Dead: The Game’s gameplay trailer, is a role essential to the team’s survival.
Ed Getley Is For Item Focused Players In Evil Dead: The Game
Annie Knowby’s research partner, Ed Getley, first appeared in Evil Dead 2 and worked closely with Annie’s parents. Unfortunately, while well-mannered, Ed would be killed by the Kandarian Demon and turned into a Deadite, forcing Ash to kill him. Ed Getley is a Hunter in Evil Dead: The Game specializing in increasing the drop rate of high-quality items and comes with a unique flashlight that can detect and disarm demon traps.
Lord Arthur Buffs Melee Attacks In Evil Dead: The Game
First introduced in Army of Darkness, Lord Arthur mistook a time-displaced Ash Williams as a soldier of Duke Henry, a noble he was seemingly at war with. Later on, Arthur would be among the soldiers to fight against the armies of darkness along with Ash and his former enemy Duke Henry. Players can try Lord Arthur in the single-player mode added after Evil Dead: The Game was delayed. Lord Arthur is in the Leader role in Evil Dead: The Game, buffing allies’ melee attacks.
Henry The Red Is the Tank In Evil Dead: The Game
Henry the Red first appeared in the Army of Darkness and was captured along with Ash. Henry would be set free by Ash after he killed the Deadites, much to the shock of Arthur and the crowd. Later in the film, an Evil Ash assembled a massive army that even Ash was hesitant to fight.
This led Ash to find Henry for assistance; however, it was left ambiguous if he would help. Fortunately, during the final battle against the army of darkness, Henry would be the defining force that turned the tide of fighting against the Deadites. Henry the Red is found in the Warrior role in Evil Dead: The Game, with abilities that buff his shield and health.
Kelly Maxwell Is For Hybrid Players In Evil Dead: The Game
Kelly Maxwell is among the characters from Ash vs. Evil Dead to appear in Evil Dead: The Game. A ValueStop employee along with Ash, Kelly’s tossed into the conflict with the Deadites after her parents are killed, possessed, and killed again by Ash. While reluctant at first, Kelly would eventually become a pillar in the fight against the Deadites and one of Ash’s most powerful allies. Falling into the Hunter role in Evil Dead: The Game, Ashley’s abilities blend dodging and counterattacking with increased ranged and melee damage.
Amanda Fisher Is The Best Ranged Character In Evil Dead: The Game
Detective Amanda Fisher began as one of the opposing forces to Ash Williams, other than the Deadites in Ash vs. Evil Dead. Blaming Ash for the death of her partner, Amanda is hellbent on bringing Ash in. Fortunately, she would eventually help Ash on various occasions after getting a crash course about the Deadites and the Kandarian Demon, which is playable in Evil Dead: The Game. She would have become one of Ash’s most trusted allies and possible romances if it wasn’t for her death at the hands of an Evil Ash. Like Kelly Maxwell, Amanda Fisher fits into the Hunter role in Evil Dead: The Game with abilities that buff her pistol’s stopping power.
Pablo Simon Bolivar’s Abilities Are From the Show In Evil Dead: The Game
An employee of ValueStop with Kelly Maxwell and Ash Williams, Pablo Bolivar first appeared in Ash vs. Evil Dead. One of Ash’s most innovative members, Pablo, would fashion a prosthetic hand with various applications dubbed the Power Glove for Ash. Moreover, despite his innocent demeanor, Pablo has some ties to the supernatural, being invisible to demons and snapping out of being possessed in the television show. Pablo’s support abilities are similar to characters from Friday the 13th game, but rather than hiding from Jason, Evil Dead: The Game uses the abilities to hide from Demons.
Evil Dead: The Game is becoming one of the most painstakingly accurate games based on a movie franchise. From talent returning to reprise their roles to locations straight from the movies or television show, Evil Dead: The Game is firmly rooted within the Evil Dead experience. Moreover, it’s not a passive game based on moments in the franchise; instead, the game seemingly adds some lore to the Evil Dead canon and continues the Evil Dead narrative. Evil Dead: The Game is one of the best games to play in May 2022.
