This time around they’ve all got infinite ammunition, and they can all unleash super-powerful attacks if you spend a couple of seconds charging them up. In addition, ranged weapons have yet again gone under the knife. Timing this just as a projectile attack is about to hit you will reflect it straight back at the foe, causing a fair whack of damage and giving a nice buff to the Do-Lots-Of-Damage bar (or the Justice meter, if you want to be exact). DeathSpank’s shield bash – knocking foes away and stunning them briefly – can now be triggered by releasing the block button after giving it a second or two to charge up. (Not that death is more than a slap on the wrist – as ever, the Hero to the Downtrodden simply respawns at the nearest outhouse, minus a chunk of money that’s left on his corpse.)īlocking with the shield is more important than ever, and there are a few new associated moves. How drastically? To my eternal shame, I died in the third battle. In an attempt to add a bit more tactical nuance to the sword-swinging, crossbow-shooting battles, DeathSpank’s health has been drastically reduced. You’d be forgiven for thinking that there’s no change to the combat system, either, but there are a few subtle tweaks that might take long-term players by surprise. You wander the world (either by clicking your destination, using WASD, or – if you want the best experience – with a gamepad) completing quests, hoovering up vast amounts of equipment, and killing vicious monsters. That’s probably the stupidest sentence I’ve ever committed to text, and I wouldn’t be surprised if I top it by the end of this review.Īs with previous DeathSpank games, if you chip away to The Baconing’s crispy core you’ll find a Diablo-alike. As such, DeathSpank’s off on another heroic hike around the world to track down the Bacon Fires, destroy the Thongs of Virtue, and vanquish the AntiSpank. It transpires that DeathSpank has foolishly been wearing all of the Thongs of Virtue (the past game’s macguffins) at the same time, creating an all-powerful doppelganger in the form of the AntiSpank, unkillable until such time as five of the six Thongs of Virtue are destroyed in the mythical Bacon Fires. Our hero’s boredom is almost immediately relieved as a giant… thing… starts rampaging through the city with an army of his old foes the Orques, now mechanically-enhanced into – get ready to groan – Cyborques. He’s vanquished pretty much all the evil there is. Still, it’s not all bad! Following on from what we’ll call (to avoid spoilers) the “canonical ending” of previous title Thongs of Virtue, The Baconing opens with DeathSpank lording it over the city of Thongtopia and lamenting that he’s just too good at his job. It’s certainly true that you don’t need to have played either of the previous two games to get the most out of this, but I can’t help but think that removing the familiar part of the game’s title isn’t going to do wonders for exposure, both to long-term fans and newcomers to the series. I mean, it’s the third game starring DeathSpank, and there’s little in the way of deviation from previous titles in the series. I’m really not sure why this particular game is called The Baconing instead of DeathSpank: The Baconing.
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