DeathSpank for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By GinaPinaBobina

  Meh...

  The game runs smoothly and is attractive enough, but the actual gameplay is lacking in my opinion. I love questing games (Tomba and, of course, Elder Scrolls are top notch, IMO), but these quests are uninspired and rather boring. There is no puzzle-solving, absolutely no thinking or logic involved--all the quests are just "find x, bring it back" or "kill this monster for me". It gets really, really old, rather quickly. The game also is rather unbalanced with the amount of items that are in the world. There are so many items and weapons to the point that it just just becomes overkill--there is no excitement at finding a new, powerful weapon because there are sooo many in the world that it doesn't really make a difference. Additionally, there is too much money to be acquired with ease in the game and little impetus to purchase the small amount of items available to buy. As far as script...many reviews I have seen have called this a "hilarious" game. I am not at all certain of that one. There are a couple of stale jokes and somewhat amusing characters (the trippy Talking Tree stands out), but I would not call this an entertaining or funny script at all. I found Precipice of Darkness to be a lot more entertaining and satisfying in that regard. Overall, I found myself playing and finishing the game just because I had shelled out $10, not because I was actually "into" the experience. Would not recommend.

  
  
• By MrsLovett

  Listen to what the reivews are saying

  At first I was skeptical to buy this game, but the reivews were so good that I had to try it out. They weren't wrong! This game is super fun, it's like an online game without the lag and other people! There's tons of quests and funny characters, who each have unique personalities and dialog. I would recommend this to anyone, it was well worth my money. It took me a couple days to beat (not playing non stop) and I would always try to sneak in time throughout the day. If you're looking for a game that is worth your money, this game is! The only thing you should know is that you can use the outhouses to travel around the world. I didn't know that until the end, and up until that point I had been running around the world which was taking a while. But not a negative comment, just a heads up! :)

  
  
• By d_arrington

  Fantastic game with one crippling bug...

  Seriously, this game is super entertaining and really fun, but I've run into a HUGE, frustrating problem: For some reason, if I change the screen resolution at all (which I really want to do to take advantage of my Retina display), the next time I run the game I can only see the bottom left corner of the window, zoomed in super close. This means I can't see the menu at all to fix the resolution, and as a result I've had to uninstall and reinstall the game every time I want to play it, losing my save data and having to start over every time. I've played through the beginning several times, but this one issue is seriously terribly crippling for a game this great. I don't think I've ever played a game this genuinely funny, but I've also never been so annoyed and disappointed with a game in my life. If any developers are reading this, please go in and fix this issue. I know I'm not the only one that has this problem (it's documented on various forums), yet no patches or fixes have been released. It'd be a great game if it was playable, but until it is, I feel like I just threw away my money.

  
  
• By 30 000 bullets

  This game is EXTREMELY COOL!

  the game is really like Monkey Islan with Diablo and I would say a little bit of Paper Mario. artstyle of this game is handcrafted, gameplay is full of jokes and slashing and looting... every aspect of this game is pure entertainment - there are no boring parts at all ))) voice acting is a masterpiece too. do not hesitate - if you know who orc is or what does RPG means - then this game is for you! Truly saing no other game nowadays managed to hook me to complete it, but Deathspank kept me wondering what would happen next all the way through. Thumbs up ! this is the first not boring game in many-many years)))))) Runs fine with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, Logiteck and PS3 controllers are both working perfectly.

  
  

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