DeathSpank

[Korten12]

Watch this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiSourHrvF4], and tell me if it looks good. And by the way, it's made by the same guy that made the original Monkey Island games. Just to let you know.

I can't watch YouTube videos at work, but a new point-and-click from Ron Gilbert might be entertaining. The original Monkey Island, while fantastic when I was a kid, has aged pretty badly. Though a large part of that is probably due to me knowing all the puzzles off by heart...

Ah, well, it's not a point and click, but if it's any help, it's been described as "Diablo meets Monkey Island", which is all well and good, I'm sure, but I'd love to get the opinion of someone who's actually played it. It's got a rockin' art style too

Isn't Diablo pretty much point-and-click? You point at things, you click on them, they die ;-)

It wasn't on the PS1

And I am currently D/Ling it

What, Diablo 1? Yes it was. Or have I missed something here?

Anyway, I'm crazy pumped for this game.

Diablo 1 on the PS1 was a button mashy hack 'n slash. No pointing or clicking involved.

Only because people had controllers and not mice. Regardless, I thought you were saying Diablo 1 wasn't available for the ps1 and I was just chiming in on that. I fondly (no) remember having a dedicated memory card just for the game...because it took the entire goddamn card to save.

I prefered it on the PS1 with the controller. I still think it is a shame 2 never hit the consoles. Sure at the time it wouldn't have worked well but these days there is no reason why it couldn't.

Anymore and you'd be better off with Torchlight being on PSN or XBLA. It's honestly a better game than it's source material. Hell, I'd probably buy it again.

I just want a good hack n slasher. I liked Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 & 2 (except for the endings) and after those the console hack n slasher just dropped off the face of the planet. Sacred 2 tried but unfortunately got bogged down in 400 square miles of the same damn missions. It is sad the only place to find them is on the arcades.

Sacred 2 is still pretty good just repititve missions. The Blind Guardian Quest was epic...

 

[squid5580]

Watch this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiSourHrvF4], and tell me if it looks good. And by the way, it's made by the same guy that made the original Monkey Island games. Just to let you know.

I can't watch YouTube videos at work, but a new point-and-click from Ron Gilbert might be entertaining. The original Monkey Island, while fantastic when I was a kid, has aged pretty badly. Though a large part of that is probably due to me knowing all the puzzles off by heart...

Ah, well, it's not a point and click, but if it's any help, it's been described as "Diablo meets Monkey Island", which is all well and good, I'm sure, but I'd love to get the opinion of someone who's actually played it. It's got a rockin' art style too

Isn't Diablo pretty much point-and-click? You point at things, you click on them, they die ;-)

It wasn't on the PS1

And I am currently D/Ling it

What, Diablo 1? Yes it was. Or have I missed something here?

Anyway, I'm crazy pumped for this game.

Diablo 1 on the PS1 was a button mashy hack 'n slash. No pointing or clicking involved.

Only because people had controllers and not mice. Regardless, I thought you were saying Diablo 1 wasn't available for the ps1 and I was just chiming in on that. I fondly (no) remember having a dedicated memory card just for the game...because it took the entire goddamn card to save.

I prefered it on the PS1 with the controller. I still think it is a shame 2 never hit the consoles. Sure at the time it wouldn't have worked well but these days there is no reason why it couldn't.

Anymore and you'd be better off with Torchlight being on PSN or XBLA. It's honestly a better game than it's source material. Hell, I'd probably buy it again.

I just want a good hack n slasher. I liked Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 & 2 (except for the endings) and after those the console hack n slasher just dropped off the face of the planet. Sacred 2 tried but unfortunately got bogged down in 400 square miles of the same damn missions. It is sad the only place to find them is on the arcades.

Sacred 2 is still pretty good just repititve missions. The Blind Guardian Quest was epic...

The BG quest made the game worthwhile. And for me it wasn't the repetative missions that killed it. It was the sheer size filled with the repetative missions. If they had condensed it down. Made the world smaller and less ambitious it would have been a better game. But when a player is clocking in 300+ completed sidequests all of which can fit into 1 of 3 categories and all play out the same and doesn't even have half the map mapped out that is a problem IMHO.

 

[Korten12]

Watch this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiSourHrvF4], and tell me if it looks good. And by the way, it's made by the same guy that made the original Monkey Island games. Just to let you know.

I can't watch YouTube videos at work, but a new point-and-click from Ron Gilbert might be entertaining. The original Monkey Island, while fantastic when I was a kid, has aged pretty badly. Though a large part of that is probably due to me knowing all the puzzles off by heart...

Ah, well, it's not a point and click, but if it's any help, it's been described as "Diablo meets Monkey Island", which is all well and good, I'm sure, but I'd love to get the opinion of someone who's actually played it. It's got a rockin' art style too

Isn't Diablo pretty much point-and-click? You point at things, you click on them, they die ;-)

It wasn't on the PS1

And I am currently D/Ling it

What, Diablo 1? Yes it was. Or have I missed something here?

Anyway, I'm crazy pumped for this game.

Diablo 1 on the PS1 was a button mashy hack 'n slash. No pointing or clicking involved.

Only because people had controllers and not mice. Regardless, I thought you were saying Diablo 1 wasn't available for the ps1 and I was just chiming in on that. I fondly (no) remember having a dedicated memory card just for the game...because it took the entire goddamn card to save.

I prefered it on the PS1 with the controller. I still think it is a shame 2 never hit the consoles. Sure at the time it wouldn't have worked well but these days there is no reason why it couldn't.

Anymore and you'd be better off with Torchlight being on PSN or XBLA. It's honestly a better game than it's source material. Hell, I'd probably buy it again.

I just want a good hack n slasher. I liked Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 & 2 (except for the endings) and after those the console hack n slasher just dropped off the face of the planet. Sacred 2 tried but unfortunately got bogged down in 400 square miles of the same damn missions. It is sad the only place to find them is on the arcades.

Sacred 2 is still pretty good just repititve missions. The Blind Guardian Quest was epic...

The BG quest made the game worthwhile. And for me it wasn't the repetative missions that killed it. It was the sheer size filled with the repetative missions. If they had condensed it down. Made the world smaller and less ambitious it would have been a better game. But when a player is clocking in 300+ completed sidequests all of which can fit into 1 of 3 categories and all play out the same and doesn't even have half the map mapped out that is a problem IMHO.

I kinda liked the size of the world. I really liked the jungle area which I can't remember the name... but the zone was amazing looking. the art style was really nice.

 

[JayOwnAss]

I am playing Deathspank for a few days now and I have to say that I really like it. The combat-system is not the best, but later in the game you have to do some good itemmanagement, like using special items or making that combo-system work by using different weapons instead of mashing the same button over and over again.
The local coop is fun too, though its a little bit odd that you can not lvl up the 2nd character(it is a nerdy wizard btw).
All in all I think it is a pretty average game, but if you like the penny-arcade style and monkey island humor (such as I do), this is a must have.

 

[squid5580]

I am playing Deathspank for a few days now and I have to say that I really like it. The combat-system is not the best, but later in the game you have to do some good itemmanagement, like using special items or making that combo-system work by using different weapons instead of mashing the same button over and over again.
The local coop is fun too, though its a little bit odd that you can not lvl up the 2nd character(it is a nerdy wizard btw).
All in all I think it is a pretty average game, but if you like the penny-arcade style and monkey island humor (such as I do), this is a must have.

Ya I wish I could play Sparkles. He seems like it would be interesting. And the whole Justice combo thing would have been so much easier if they had given us proper fucking instructions. Find out I have been playing it wrong for the past couple days.