![]() Gilbert described DeathSpank as being "Act I" in the story, and Thongs of Virtue as being "Acts II and III".Ĭritics received the game with generally positive reviews. The first half of the series, entitled DeathSpank was first released on July 13, 2010. The game is the second of a two-part series, and the story begins immediately after the end of the first title. The Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X versions were released Novemand December 14, 2010, respectively via Steam.ĭeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue follows the titular character DeathSpank as he searches for the six mystical Thongs of Virtue. Thongs of Virtue was released on Septemon the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network and on Septemon the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. The game adds new environments, modernized weapons, increased boss fights, and a new multiplayer character. Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360ĭeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue is an action role-playing game by game designer Ron Gilbert and is the sequel to DeathSpank. It also elevates the game above any peers it might have (I’m not sure it does) and almost (for me, at least) totally eliminates the negatives of the aforementioned repetition.ĭeathspank: Thongs of Virtue is rated T for Teen and is available on Xbox Live Arcade (1200 points) and PlayStation Network ($14.99).Promotional artwork for DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue In fact, I’d wager that the folks at Hothead Games know comedy better than anyone else in the industry. And, thankfully, it’s something we can never get enough of. The single best aspect of the game, the humor, is back in full force. I know it sounds like I’ve been beating up on the game a bit, but here’s where it truly redeems any flaws. These, as with the first game, came in just a few flavors: find something, kill something, collect something, discover something.Īgain, I feel like I need to point out that this isn’t in and of itself a bad thing, but the repetition can get … well, repetitive. In between murdering orques and robots and interrogator chickens, we have our quests. It isn’t bad, but it is essentially hack & slash - and the hack & slash gets tiring after a while. You move with the left thumbstick, and hammer the face buttons to fire different weapons which will (hopefully) kill the baddies before they have a chance to kill you. Though there are guns to be used and abused (and grenades and rocket launchers, too - this is the second main difference between titles), the combat is still basically the same. And while this is one of the game’s strengths, it is also one of its weaknesses. The simple gameplay from the first game is primarily intact. It’s still very impressive visually, and frankly, striking in its bizarre beauty. This time around, we see planes and tanks and vast battlefields and robots and even aliens. The first Deathspank featured a strictly- fairy tale land. ![]() This is one of two main differences between the games. The 2-D popup-book world from the first game is back, but modernized. In another insane adventure from the mind of Ron Gilbert, our goofball hero Deathspank (fresh from his victory over Lord Von Prong) is dispatched to recover the Thongs of Virtue - which entails a silly Lord of the Rings-ish backstory - so that they may be destroyed (since they corrupt all wearers, except, it seems, Deathspank).
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