History YMMV / EvilDeadTheGame

* From the Survivors' perspective, it is ''they'' who arguably aren't nearly as strong as they needed to be. Where the Evil units lacked in durability and cohesion, they make up for these with the ease of which they can be spammed out by the Kandarian Demon, which can turn into ZergRush levels by mid-game and cause a severe drain on the Survivors' resources. Worse still is the rampant Possession spamming that can turn a lowly trash mob into a group-wiping juggernaut that can stun-lock players to death with its fast attacks and long reach, as are the cases with the Warlord and Necromancer, and some boss units are seen as unreasonably strong with the right upgrades that Survivors simply don't have an answer for (e.g. Necromancer's Irreparable Damage).

** ''Army of Darkness'' Ash was widely regarded as one of the best survivors in the game due to his strong, self-sufficient kit, to the point that people rage quit lobbies when someone else picked him first.

** The Crossbow is generally considered to be a very lackluster weapon despite its high stopping power. For one, it's a projectile weapon unlike the other firearms which are hitscan, meaning that the bolts have a noticeable travel time and thus can be easily dodged, further made worse if you happen to have high latency. For two, it's a single-shot weapon with a long reload that's easily interruptible, so missed shots will be even more punishing than with other firearms, and using it in a scuffle can be very frustrating if the enemies are relentless with their attacks. It's not at all uncommon to see players picking lower-tier guns while ignoring even Legendary crossbows completely in matches for these reasons.
** Of the four Ash variants, Support Ash isn't very popular among players due to the wonky gimmicks of his skills compared to Cheryl and Pablo's SimpleYetAwesome kits. His over-reliance on damage for healing was ostensibly meant to encourage an AttackAttackAttack play style among his group, but his abilities are split down the middle in terms of buffing either melee or ranged classes for rather little, instead of focusing strongly on one aspect, making his non-Shemp heals very lackluster regardless of group composition. Worse still is that his Marked Target passives only work if the other people in your group can reliably nail headshots, making half of his kit less than useful a lot of the time, and the weak Fear reduction from Reassuring Presence doesn't help.
** Despite his initially strong impressions, Eligos has been finding himself steadily sliding down the tier list when compared to the sheer broken-ness of Henrietta and Evil Ash. Unlike his fellow Demons, Eligos has little in the way of pressuring Survivors other than rushing them down with units and ramping up their Fear intake, both of which can be quite easily dealt with by a coordinated group. The one big-damage attack he's capable of (Thunderstruck) has a very blatant tell that a reasonably experienced Survivor can react to and cause him to miss. It's rather telling when most of the Demon balance changes have seen Eligos getting straight buffs, and he's still largely ignored in the grand scope of things due to the other two still being significantly stronger than he is despite being hit with the nerf bat.
** On the opposite end of the tier list, Henrietta Knowby is deeply loathed by many players due to how easy it is to turn her into a GameBreaker. Whereas Evil Ash relies on brute force and {{Zerg Rush}}ing to overwhelm Survivors, and Eligos has several gimmicks to utilize, Henrietta and her mooks just hit like a train, on top of their disturbingly high health and survivability due to a bevy of health gain abilities. The basic Deadite minion is deceptively the strongest unit in her employ with its nasty puke attack, which does high damage on top of staggering anyone it hits and disabling their core maneuverability skills for a few seconds, thus all but completely disallowing them to fight back. With the right upgrades, Deadite units boast extremely fast attack spamming that can stun-lock a victim to death, insanely high health pool that puts bosses to shame, and complete NoSell of balance bar damage, allowing them to easily out-damage an entire group of Survivors hacking at them without breaking a sweat. Neither of the other demons can pull off the feat of wiping out a full group of kitted-out, max-level Survivors with a basic mook, just to show how broken she is. [[FromBadToWorse Throwing Henrietta herself into the mix just further ramps up the frustration.]]

** On the opposite end of the tier list, Henrietta Knowby is deeply loathed by many players due to how easy it is to turn her into a GameBreaker. Whereas Evil Ash relies on brute force to overwhelm Survivors, and Eligos has several gimmicks to utilize, Henrietta and her mooks just hit like a train, on top of their disturbingly high health and survivability due to a bevy of health gain abilities. The basic Deadite minion is deceptively the strongest unit in her employ with its nasty puke attack, which does high damage on top of staggering anyone it hits and disabling their core maneuverability skills for a few seconds, thus all but completely disallowing them to fight back. With the right upgrades, Deadite units boast extremely fast attack spamming that can stun-lock a victim to death, insanely high health pool that puts bosses to shame, and complete NoSell of balance bar damage, allowing them to easily out-damage an entire group of Survivors hacking at them without breaking a sweat. Neither of the other demons can pull off the feat of wiping out a full group of kitted-out, max-level Survivors with a basic mook, just to show how broken she is. [[FromBadToWorse Throwing Henrietta herself into the mix just further ramps up the frustration.]]

** On the Evil side, Eligos is far and away the strongest pick for the Kandarian Demon player. Not only can he perform the typical ZergRush strategy like the other Deadite bosses, Eligos' mooks also [[ActionBomb explode]] when they die to anything but a takedown, as well as his insanely hard-hitting and wide-spreading lightning attacks that can cause a TotalPartyKill in short order. Worse still is that everything he does will massively ramp up the fill rate of your Fear meter, allowing him to easily harass the other team with possessions and other such shenanigans, making almost every match against Eligos a CurbStompBattle in his favor.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The game's initial reception was lukewarm at best, given its nature as a tie-in project and not-so-creative name, with its asymmetric multiplayer model being similar to several other such titles like ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame'' or ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', the former of shut down due to a legal dispute, and the latter being considered to be its strongest competitor. This got turned on its head when promotional media were released to herald its publishing, and the game itself received a lot of praise due to the sheer level of fan service it provides, and the surprisingly engaging gameplay that shocked many skeptics, which further boosts ''Evil Dead: The Game'' onto a pedestal due to the popularity of ''Dead by Daylight'' and its other competitors being on the downturn at the same time.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The game's initial reception was lukewarm at best, given its nature as a tie-in project and not-so-creative name, with its asymmetric multiplayer model being similar to several other such titles like ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame'' or ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', the former of which was a massive flop, and the latter being considered to be its strongest competitor. This got turned on its head when promotional media were released to herald its publishing, and the game itself received a lot of praise due to the sheer level of fan service it provides, and the surprisingly engaging gameplay that shocked many skeptics, which further boosts ''Evil Dead: The Game'' onto a pedestal due to the popularity of ''Dead by Daylight'' and its other competitors being on the downturn at the same time.

** On the opposite end of the tier list, Henrietta Knowby is deeply loathed by many players due to how easy it is to turn her into a GameBreaker. Whereas Evil Ash relies on brute force to overwhelm Survivors, and Eligos has several gimmicks to utilize, Henrietta and her mooks just hit like a train, on top of their disturbingly high health and survivability due to a bevy of health gain abilities. The basic Deadite minion is deceptively the strongest unit in her employ with its nasty puke attack, which does high damage on top of staggering anyone it hits and disabling their core maneuverability skills for a few seconds, thus all but completely disallowing them to fight back. With the right upgrades, Deadite units boast extremely fast attack spamming that can stun-lock a victim to death, insanely high health pool that puts bosses to shame, and complete NoSell of balance bar damage, allowing them to easily out-damage an entire group of Survivors hacking at them without breaking a sweat. Neither of the other demons can pull off the feat of wiping out a full group of kitted-out, max-level Survivors with a basic mook, just to show how broken she is. [[FromBadToWorse Throwing Henrietta herself into the mix just further ramps up the frustration.]]

** On the opposite end of the tier list, Henrietta Knowby is deeply loathed by many players due to how easy it is to turn her into a GameBreaker. Whereas Evil Ash relies on brute force to overwhelm Survivors, and Eligos has several gimmicks to utilize, Henrietta and her mooks just hit like a train, on top of their disturbingly high health and survivability due to a bevy of health gain abilities. The basic Deadite minion is deceptively the strongest unit in her employ with its nasty puke attack, which does high damage on top of staggering anyone it hits and disabling their core maneuverability skills for a few seconds, thus all but completely disallowing them to fight back. With the right upgrades, Deadite units boast extremely fast attack spamming that can stun-lock a victim to death, insanely high health pool that puts bosses to shame, and complete NoSell of balance bar damage, allowing them to easily out-damage an entire group of Survivors hacking at them without breaking a sweat. [[FromBadToWorse Throwing Henrietta herself into the mix just further ramps up the frustration.]]

* ThatOneLevel: Where the singleplayer missions are concerned, Homecoming King is definitely this. Due to the scarcity of supplies like Shemp's Cola and Amulets, as well as the awkward weapons that are made available to you (the Crossbow and various melee weaponry), it becomes an exercise in frustration as you trudge your way across the huge map to collect the required items to proceed, and the infinite mook spawns on top of the many scripted fights will bleed you dry of healing supplies if you're not careful due to enemies dealing deceptively high damage. This is not even considering the wall of death that's constantly closing in, putting a time limit on the mission and forcing you to manage all of the above on top of rushing to complete the objectives before you run out of time. As the cherry on top, Homecoming King has ''three'' whopping boss fights to contend with, two of which take place back-to-back, so if you're out of supplies and are on low health by the time you reach the Pit Deadite, you might as well restart. If you're going to unlock Lord Arthur, who is considered to be one of the stronger Survivors in the release roster, you'll have to contend with this mission whether you like it or not.
** However, the mission becomes more manageable if you pick up the Blunderbuss and the Nailed Bat in a house well off the mission's main path, or the Legendary Pistol in the crashed plane.
* TierInducedScrappy: The Crossbow is generally considered to be a very lackluster weapon despite its high stopping power. For one, it's a projectile weapon unlike the other firearms which are hitscan, meaning that the bolts have a noticeable travel time and thus can be easily dodged, further made worse if you happen to have high latency. For two, it's a single-shot weapon with a long reload that's easily interruptible, so missed shots will be even more punishing than with other firearms, and using it in a scuffle can be very frustrating if the enemies are relentless with their attacks. It's not at all uncommon to see players picking lower-tier guns while ignoring even Legendary crossbows completely in matches for these reasons

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome:

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The game's initial reception was lukewarm at best, given its nature as a tie-in project and not-so-creative name, with its asymmetric multiplayer model being similar to several other such titles like ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'' or ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', the latter of which was considered to be its strongest competitor. This got turned on its head when promotional media were released to herald its publishing, and the game itself received a lot of praise due to the sheer level of fan service it provides, and the surprisingly engaging gameplay that shocked many skeptics, which further boosts ''Evil Dead: The Game'' onto a pedestal due to the popularity of ''Dead by Daylight'' and its other competitors being on the downturn at the same time.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The game's initial reception was lukewarm at best, given its nature as a tie-in project and not-so-creative name, with its isometric multiplayer model being similar to several other such titles like ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'' or ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', the latter of which was considered to be its strongest competitor. This got turned on its head when promotional media were released to herald its publishing, and the game itself received a lot of praise due to the sheer level of fan service it provides, and the surprisingly engaging gameplay that shocked many skeptics, which further boosts ''Evil Dead: The Game'' onto a pedestal due to the popularity of ''Dead by Daylight'' and its other competitors being on the downturn at the same time.

** ''Army of Darkness'' Ash was widely regarded as one of the best survivors in the game during the early days, to the point that people rage quit lobbies when someone else picked him first.

** On the Evil side, Eligos is far and away the strongest pick for the Kandarian Demon player. Not only can he perform the typical ZergRush strategy like the other Deadite bosses, Eligos' mooks also [[ActionBomb explode]] when they die to anything but a takedown, as well as his insanely hard-hitting and wide-spreading lightning attacks that can cause a TotalPartyKill in short order. Worse still is that everything he does will massively ramp up the fill rate of your Fear meter, allowing him to easily harass the other team with possessions and other such shenanigans, making almost every matche against Eligos a CurbStompBattle in his favor.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: ''Army of Darkness'' Ash was widely regarded as one of the best survivors in the game during the early days, to the point that people rage quit lobbies when someone else picked him first.

* ThatOneLevel: Where the singleplayer missions are concerned, Homecoming King is definitely this. Due to the scarcity of supplies like Shemp's Cola and Amulets, as well as the awkward weapons that are made available to you (the Crossbow and various melee weaponry), it becomes an exercise in frustration as you trudge your way across the huge map to collect the required items to proceed, and the infinite mook spawns on top of the many scripted fights will bleed you dry of healing supplies if you're not careful due to enemies dealing deceptively high damage. This is not even considering the wall of death that's constantly closing in, putting a time limit on the mission and forcing you to manage all of the above on top of rushing to complete the objectives before you run out of time. As the cherry on top, Homecoming King has ''three'' whopping boss fights to contend with, two of which take place back-to-back, so if you're out of supplies and are on low health by the time you reach the Pit Deadite, you might as well restart. If you're going to unlock Lord Arthur, who is considered to be one of the stronger Survivors in the release roster, you'll have to contend with this mission whether you like it or not.

* FridgeBrilliance: In this game, the WeaponofChoice makes sense for certain characters. Chainsaws as a whole are exclusively available to Ash except for ''The Evil Dead'' Ash. That makes sense as in the first film, Ash brandishes a chainsaw for one scene in an attempt to perform bodily dismemberment on Linda but cannot go through with it, while he TookaLevelinBadass in ''Evil Dead 2'' where it became the most iconic weapon in regards to him. When it comes to Kelly and the Meat Hammer, this is a call back to the scene in Season 1 of ''Ash vs Evil Dead'' where Kelly goes to town on a Deadite using a meat slicer at first and then proceeds using a Meat Hammer after the slicer clogs up. Scotty being proficient with an ax calls back to the first film where he uses it to chop up a possessed Shelly. Amanda's specialty also makes sense, as in the time she was in Season 1 of the show, her primary weapon was her service pistol. Arthur's melee combat makes sense as he not only fought melee in ''Army of Darkness'', but the fact he's also from the medieval period which melee combat was commonly used.

* ThatOneLevel: Where the singleplayer missions are concerned, Homecoming King is definitely this. Due to the scarcity of supplies like Shemp's Cola and Amulets, as well as the awkward weapons that are made available to you (the Crossbow and various melee weaponry), it becomes an exercise in frustration as you trudge your way across the huge map to collect the required items to proceed, and the infinite mook spawns on top of the many scripted fights will bleed you dry of healing supplies if you're not careful due to enemies dealing deceptively high damage. This is not even considering the wall of death that's constantly closing in, putting a time limit on the mission and forcing you to manage all of the above on top of rushing to complete the objectives before you run out of time. As the cherry on top, Homecoming King has ''three'' whopping boss fights to contend with, two of which take place back-to-back, so if you're out of supplies and are on low health by the time you reach the Pit Deadite, you might as well restart.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: ''Army of Darkness'' Ash was widely regarded as one of the best survivors in the game during the early days, to the point that people rage quit lobbies when someone else picked him first.

* BrokenAesop: The survivor upgrades in this game are given by collecting bottles of Pink F (or "Pink Fuck"), which contains ketamine. So... winners do drugs, basically.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: ''Army of Darkness'' Ash was widely regarded as one of the best survivors in the game, to the point that people rage quit lobbies when someone else picked him first.