![]() The addictive nature of leveling up and looting treasure chests and fallen enemies is here in spades, not to be missed by fans of the genre. As Sparkles, you’ll be annoyed that your role is so limited as DeathSpank, you’ll be thankful for the restorative benefits, but mostly wishing the pesky wizard would stay out of your way.Īs a single-player game, though, DeathSpank really shines. You’re basically just a tag-along, and it’s not particularly fun. As Sparkles you can’t pick up loot, you can’t equip the countless items scattered throughout the world, and you can’t interact with NPCs or quest items in the environment. As Sparkles, players can use basic attacks to help dispatch enemies, as well as provide healing to DeathSpank when battles get too heated. Local-only cooperative gameplay is also included as a feature in DeathSpank, with a second player able to drop-in and drop-out at any time to fight alongside a partner as the magician, Sparkles. I had trouble figuring out whether or not an item in my sack was better than one I was currently holding selecting it would tell me the items properties, but in order to compare, I’d have to navigate away from that item to check on what was currently equipped. The game’s inventory screen is cluttered with information, much of it necessary, but not all of it in the right place at the right time. For one, in a game where picking up the “Next Best Thing” in weaponry is key, I found it tough to figure out whether or not I had actually done just that. While DeathSpank is mostly quality across the board, from its visuals to its voice acting to the sheer number of things to see and do, it’s not without a few niggling issues. The only way to procure said dung is to (literally) knock the shit out of the fiends using the “Demon Poop Hammer.” High brow humor this isn’t, but like Monkey Island, DeathSpank’s laughs span from sophomoric and subtle, with plenty of laughs in between. As an example, one quest has you gathering demon dung for a farmer. ![]() It’s how the quests are presented - gift-wrapped, with a cheeky Ron Gilbert bow on top of it - that sets DeathSpank apart. They’re classic quests of standard role-playing game variety - find this, get that, bring that here, kill stuff. Outside of the main quest (“Important Things I Need to Do”), with objectives spread across a sprawling world map, there’s no lack of optional side quests (“Unimportant Things I Need To Do”). DeathSpank is also a rather expansive game, especially for an digital download release.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |