I actually just finished playing the demo, and I don't have anything bad to say about this. It's an action-roleplaying game with quite cool features, and the full game is available on PSN for $15, and Xbox Live Arcade for 1200 Microsoft Points.
When it comes to how the gameplay is, it's fairly simple. You use all of the action buttons for attacks. The cool part is that you can assign melee or ranged weapons to different buttons for more customized control.
I didn't pay much to the story as it was loading up. All I got from when I actually started to play was that you control the main, title character, DeathSpank, hero to the downtrodden, looking for a certain "artifact" that a witch has hidden in a cave or something.
The dialogue of this game is all very funny. DeathSpank's character to me is very reminiscent of Johnny Bravo's. They both are very egotistically humorous characters, while everybody sees them as just another idiot.
Copied from the wiki article:
DeathSpank is an action role-playing game by game designer Ron Gilbert, who had been working on getting the game made since 2004; it was announced on January 9, 2008 that Hothead Games would publish the game.[1] The game has been described as "Monkey Island meets Diablo".[2] The game was released on July 13, 2010 on the PlayStation Network and July 14, 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade.
DeathSpank's world is cylinder shaped and is rendered without load screens as the player explores its unique goings-on. Gameplay is similar to Diablo, but with more customization, featuring hundreds of pieces of armor and weapons. Advanced dialog options, similar to LucasArts popular Monkey Island series, also play a large part in unfolding the game's story. The game is being designed to be comfortable to play in short segments, ideal for more casual gamers (three difficulty levels), but also boasts 8 to 12 hours of gameplay. In addition to the 33 main quests, players have the option of performing a total of 79 side quests. The PS3 version includes 12 trophies: 7 bronze, 4 silver and 1 gold (for achieving Experience Level 20, the maximum level available).
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