I feel Saber Interactive’s Evil Useless: The Sport caught us all abruptly. In actual fact, we even stated so in our evaluation (opens in new tab), noting that B-movie franchises are typically grist for fast, lazy cash-grabs. Nevertheless it turned out to be actually good: “The sport is completely exhilarating—one of many true left-field sleepers of 2022,” we declared, slapping an excellent 85% rating on it.
It was a pleasant shock for positive, and now here is one other: At the moment’s rollout of the free replace that may ship gamers to Fortress Kandar, the setting for the cult basic zombie flick Military of Darkness.
Military of Darkness—the film, that’s—is numerous enjoyable, though it did not seize me in fairly the identical means as the primary two Evil Useless flicks. It moved away from the “buckets-of-blood” method that epitomized these movies, and as a substitute extra overtly embraced the inherent goofiness of the entire thing. Typically it labored—”That is my boomstick (opens in new tab)” did not grow to be an instantly recognizable one-liner for nothing—and generally it was simply awkward and overlong. The bigger forged and larger premise does look like a extra pure match for a videogame redo, although, if solely as a result of there’s much more to see than only a cabin and a automotive.
Talking of which, different areas from the movie that gamers will have the ability to go to within the new map embody the windmill, the Arthurian Outpost, Fort Gort, and the Fortress Kandar preserve. To assist with the sightseeing, the replace may also add a brand new singleplayer Exploration Mode, which opens up all maps within the sport to free-roaming solo play—though you will nonetheless need to cope with the Deadites in your travels.
Two new weapons might be added with the replace, the gradual, skull-crushing Mace and the Explosive Crossbow, and naturally there might be plenty of new cosmetics obtainable for buy, together with Ash’s S-Mart (opens in new tab) outfit and a group of recent seems for Lord Arthur and Henry the Pink.
Evil Useless: The Sport is obtainable on PC from the Epic Video games Retailer (opens in new tab) for $40.
