DeathSpank
This game follows the thong-tastic adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank. Comic fans will recognize DeathSpank as a character that first appeared on writer Ron Gilbert's Grumpy Gamer website in a…
DeathSpank is an adventure developed by Hothead Games, released 13 July 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 15.2 hrs to finish.
What DeathSpank is
DeathSpank is an adventure game developed by Hothead Games and released in 2010. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on PhyreEngine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
For uncounted years, DeathSpank has been a Dispenser of Justice, a Vanquisher of Evil, and a Hero to the Downtrodden. DeathSpank has long searched for a powerful artifact called….The Artifact. Forged by unknown hands for unknown purposes some unknown time in the past, The Artifact is now within DeathSpank’s reach. What is The Artifact?
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
DeathSpank holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15.2 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent with SSE2 support) running at 1.7 GHz or greater, 1 GB of ram, 1.5 GB (Vista and Windows 7) and ATI Radeon X1900 GT 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB cards; Shader 2.0 and 24 bit depth buffer support required. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
DeathSpank launched on 13 July 2010, within three weeks of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, StarCraft II, Limbo and Singularity. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, StarCraft II, Limbo, Singularity.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for DeathSpank yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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