From Hothead Games, and Electronic Arts comes DeathSpank, the new hilarious download game availible on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Newtwork as of this week. Full of interesting visuals, and hilarity like collect poop from demons and putting orphans in bags.
In DeathSpank, the player controls a heroic character with the same name. In a quest to get "The Artifact" strictly known as "The Artifact" and take down opposing forces who want to stop DeathSpank from achieving his mission. With a very long story in which while talking to characters, however minor or major, the player gets to choose what DeathSpank says. This leads to some hilarious dialogue where you can spend much longer than you anticipated beating around the bush taking to almost completely useless characters.
The game has a very simple feel to it making it extremely easy to play. To attack the vast amount of enemies DeathSpank encounters, all the player has to do is press one of the four buttons on the right side of the controller. With one weapon assigned to each button, Deathspank can have four weapons equipped at all times. The game features an auto-target for casual gamers, and advanced targeting for those of us who play frequently and wanna kick-ass fast! When hurt in the game, it is very easy to regain health with either potions, or random foodstuffs you may encounter. DeathSpank can get drumsticks from killing the millions of chickens that are spread throughout the DeathSpank world. And if you go and let DeathSpank die, don't worry because he will respawn at the last Outhouse that you passed which shouldn't be near enemies!
The visuals in DeathSpank are extremely interesting and pretty unique. The game features a cartoon look, that borderlines being cel-shaded. All attack effects and enemies are very well designed and so are people you encounter throughout the story. Evironmental objects like trees and clouds have spiral looks to them making them pop out of the background. You really notice the detail the game developers put into making the game.
DeathSpank's world is zany and colorful.
The audio in DeathSpank is also quite good. The voice acting, especially in the case of the character DeathSpank, is very well done and for the most part not too over-the-top. The voice of DeathSpank is however is beyond over-the-top, which makes it hilarious whenever he opens his big mouth. Attacking sound effects can tend to get fairly annoying as there isn't much variety, but they are often drowned out by the noises enemies make. But it gets worse. Every type of enemy only has one sound they make while attacking the player... This makes it very hard to deal with when you are facing a swarm of enemies. Especially the demon characters.
The humour in DeathSpank is what really tends to sell the player and make this game so great. When you can start asking people in a town if they have seen any of the lost orphans around and they tell you that they heard some "crying somewhere and it distinctly sounded like orphan tears." You know that you have some funny dialogue in a game. Or when you can run into people by the name of Bong who will sell you magic potions, you know you have some funny little jokes in a game. And when you have to collect some demon poop for a farmer so his cherries can grow big enough to win a contest, you know you have an all around hilarious game on your TV screen.
As for big flaws with DeathSpank. I can only think of one. The advanced targeting system is often times hard to switch between enemies when there are a large amount coming at you at once. But besides that DeathSpank is a perfect experience!
If you are looking for a refreshing game to play for quite some time to keep you busy and you have about 15 dollars lying around, I say you'd best be getting on your Xbox 360 or PS3 to download DeathSpank. Great visuals, easy gameplay, and humor all in one place... You should be institutionalized if you don't buy this game!
- Jeremy M.
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