Evil Dead: The Gameis a perfect love-letter to die-hardEvil Deadpurists, and has garnered the interest of gamers who long for a new asymmetrical horror title to dethroneDead by Daylight. Though it is nothing similar toDead by Daylight, it does fit that genre and pits survivor characters against a killer character who attempts to thwart them from completing objectives.Evil Dead: The Game’s only map so far is surprisingly extensive, but it is unknown when its next map,Castle Kandar fromArmy of Darkness, will make its debut.
It was previously announced from developer Saber Interactive thatEvil Dead: The Gamewill feature four DLC updates packaged into its first Season Pass, which fans will already have secured if they hadpre-ordered the Deluxe Edition or the Collector’s Edition. While it is clear that Saber intends to add DLC at some point, when these updates will be released is a mystery, and may be why players have decided not to purchase the game in its early condition. As such,Evil Dead: The Gamecould entice players if it were to appear on PlayStation Plus as one of its monthly incentives.
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IfEvil Dead: The Gamebecame available as part of one ofPlayStation Plus’ monthly downloadable titles, fans who are interested in it but are not sure what the state of its longevity will be like could be introduced to it. It is understandable that fans might be wary about purchasing another asymmetrical horror title when little has been acknowledged or announced about its potential future content. No matter how successful, popular, or funEvil Dead: The Gameis, it may be difficult for some fans to justify purchasing it if details about its significant content updates have not yet been disclosed.
Evil Dead: The Gamehas a lot of moving parts in its base content, but fans who have already purchased it have likely purchased it because of their love for the IP in particular. The game honors its source material with deep-cut characters and lore, and gamers who are uninitiated with theEvil Deadfranchise may feel too distanced from the game as a result from a third-party perspective.Evil Dead: The Gamethankfully features crossplay, with icons next to the survivor players’ character avatars that indicate which platform they are playing on.
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Even if PlayStation Plus would only open it up to PlayStation users, this could still potentially spike its player-base on PS4 and PS5. In the meantime, there is nothing to suggest that this will happen down the line.Evil Dead: The Gamejust came out last weekend, so it is likely that it will not appear as a free title on the PlayStation Plus program for quite some time, even if it was indeed planned for the future.
However, it would make sense forEvil Dead: The Gameto arrive as one of the two monthly downloadable titles for PlayStation Plus, as it would expand the player-base further. Moreover, onceEvil Dead: The Gamehas more DLCs included in it, it may be even more likely that it could appear on PlayStation Plus in a complete or ultimate edition with that content already packaged into it. This would perhaps irritate fans who decided to purchase the game back when it originally released, but at the same time, the Season Pass is included for players who had pre-ordered certain editions and each DLC will come at no extra cost. For now, players can continue to enjoy the base game and eagerly await whatever arrives in its first Season Pass DLC.
Evil Dead: The Gameis available now on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
