Bandwagon : Deathspank

So this game came out back on Tuesday for the PSN and Wednesday for the Xbox 360. I won't say that this won't be on the Bandwagon or one sided. At least I am honest so if you don't want to read this biased based review of the demo then find another great Bitmob article.

When I found out EA picked up publishing rights to this game I was sad. Don't get me wrong, but EA has let me down a few times over the years. However Hothead Games has my loyalty for there great ideas and games that are great IMO (See I showed my biased there). One of my main concerns would be they would take away some of the fun and or comedic sense that is in the game.

So you know I am a Loot whore hack/slash fan who loves strategy games. This game has the looting and hack and slashing that I crave. Torchlight did this for me as well, but my computer sucked an it is harmful to my addiction.

This is a game you have to read or you will miss what I would call a sly of humor. Now, the humor won't be for every one, but I like the change for humor. Hack and slash with obscure mission humor is for me like cheesecake when eating out. A luxury that doesn't happen every where.

Playing the demo you only get certain things you can use. Once you buy the game things will unlock. Now there may things that will glitch, but then again what game doesn't. Check it out and remember you can use four buttons to attack and two buttons for melee weapons.

So for those of you who bought the game (I am jealous of) and those who only played the demo what are your thoughts?

Tags: EA, DeathSpank, Torchlight, Hothead games, PSN

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Jason Wilson

July 16, 2010

Toby, you aren't "biased"; you just have an opinion. We all do.

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Toby Davis

@Jason have you played this yet? I know you want to ... Looting at it's best ..

I'm still trying to figure out what it is! I thought it was more like the old Maximo games than an action-RPG.

Gotta admit for about 8-10 hour game for 15 dollars ain't bad and better then spending 60 on a game

Bryan Glynn

I've already played for about eight hours, and I'm not even close to finishing the main quest yet. I've just been exploring the huge world, doing a bunch of random side quests, and looting, all while laughing my ass off. I'm having a great time with the game, and recommend it to all. It certainly lives up to its $15 price tag.

@Jason: DeathSpank is more Diablo than Maximo. It has no platforming, and is far more quest and loot-based.

@Bryan ... Do you think it beats a 60 dollar game?

Brett Bates

I am absolutely stoked for a 15-hour RPG... You'll like see more thoughts on this from me next week.

Zac Davis

I'm downloading the demo right now, and honestly don't worry about your bias that much. Everyone knows, or should know that everyone else has bias, and this was a good assesment of the game. You basically told me if I liked Torchlight, I'd like this, so I'm going to check it out.

If there's a bandwagon, I just jumped on it. This is awesome.

Toby Hurtubise

Bought it too. Pretty fun. Like you said, 8-10 hours for 15 bucks aint bad, and if you loot and look around as much as me you can probably stretch it to like 14 hours. It is indeed very funny in that it is self-aware of the genre of game it is. I guess it is similar to 3d Dot Game Heroes or Matt Hazard: Blood, Bath, and Beyond in that respect. Good game though, buy it if you like the downloadables.

July 17, 2010

@Toby: Well, I've played my fair share of crappy $50-$60 games... so, yes, it does beat some full price retail games out there. I think it fits right in in XBLA/PSN. I definitely agree with Brett that a shorter RPG experience like this is far more enticing than the time suck of many RPG's. The game has so much character, too, and I'm loving it.