Evil Dead: The Gamehas now been available for two weeks. That’s enough time for players to get the hang of playing the asymmetric multiplayer game and all of its eccentricities. Unfortunately, that’s also true for less ethically soundEvil Dead: The Gameplayers, too. Cheating, exploits, and mid-match cheeses have grown in use. Developer Saber Interactive is responding, though. The latest patch forEvil Dead: The Gameaddresses a number of issues, including one particularly frustrating exploit.
SomeEvil Dead: The Gameplayers likely confronted thisexploitand never realized it. There was a simple method that allowed players to cancel animations, but still allowed them to complete the action they were taking.Evil Dead: The Gamepatch 1.0.5 fixes this exploit, so players shouldn’t have to worry that their opponent has an innate advantage over them.
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A variety of other quality-of-life changes have also been made toEvil Dead: The Gameto prevent more egregious cheating in the game. Cheats allowing players to speed hack, have rapid health generation, and even to change their character model have all been addressed. Further,Saber Interactivesays it’s working on a more substantial anti-cheat update that should take a more active role in preventing cheating inEvil Dead: The Gamerather than waiting on Saber to address problems via updates.
The patch also makes some small but significant balance changes toEvil Dead: The Game. Players may notice that both Cheryl andAsh from the firstEvil Deadhave had their healing attributes rebalanced. Further, Amanda’s Weapon Master: Pistol skill has also been adjusted. Saber Interactive is clearly watching trends and making balance changes based on what the gameplay meta demands.
ForEvil Dead: The Gameplayers, this is an encouraging effort from Saber Interactive. Successful live-service games, likeEvil Dead: The Gamehopes to be, demand constant oversight as the multiplayer meta shifts week to week and month to month, as new content is added and old content falls out of popularity. Patch 1.0.5 isEvil Dead: The Game’s first update, but more is certain to come.
There remain important questions regardingEvil Dead: The Game’s ability to maintain its player base in the months to come. Since the new game isn’t on Steam, it isn’t easy to track its popularity, but Twitch viewership has fallen since launch significantly. The asymmetrical horror game genre is competitive. It’s currently dominated byDead by Daylight, which has big plans through the rest of 2022. This patch won’t maintainEvil Dead: The Game’s audience, but it certainly won’t hurt it, either.
Evil Dead: The Gameis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, with a Switch release in the works.
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