This should come as little surprise, given the short time between the games’ releases. While the story and world are all brand new, the core of the gameplay remains identical to the original title. Unfortunately, that also means that there’s very little to say about DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue that hasn’t already been said. But a shock though it may be, it’s a welcome one, because Thongs of Virtue is every bit as witty and entertaining as the original. DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue‘s announcement and subsequent release was a shock, especially when it was revealed that the game was actually completed prior to Ron Gilbert’s departure. The last thing I ever expected was to not only be hearing about, but actually playing that sequel less than three months later. With creative mastermind Ron Gilbert departing Hothead Games shortly after development finished, the future of the Dispensor of Justice was precarious. 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).When I reviewed DeathSpank back in July, one of the things that I lamented was the uncertain nature of a sequel. 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.
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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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