tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post5974246391955856817..comments2020-05-11T19:30:14.785-07:00Comments on Above 49: DeathSpank Reflections ... of Justice!Nels Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06484436433023780229noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-26067215764021135992010-09-20T22:16:39.587-07:002010-09-20T22:16:39.587-07:00@juv3nal Yeah, it's not a problem per se, it&#...@juv3nal Yeah, it's not a problem per se, it's more of an aesthetic thing. Our artists really knocked some of the armour sets out of the park and you don't necessarily get the full effect until it's all put together. Just wish that had been more likely to occur is all.<br /><br />And I wasn't trying to dodge anything on Michael's post or be misleading =) It's just a complicated scenario and as Michael said talking about his inclusion of <i>Portal</i> in that intro class, stories can really quickly mutate and turn into something that's not accurate at all. Figured it was better to just not try to explain it, forget something and get burned later. And believe me, I felt like a total toolbag.<br /><br />@Deirdra Huzzah! It was the "tanzen schnurrbart" one that jogged my memory. And yeah, there are rumblings about [REDACTED], hopefully soon too.Nels Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484436433023780229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-32079589986975078792010-09-20T22:11:40.761-07:002010-09-20T22:11:40.761-07:00@Padraig The animation was so glorious, I had to a...@Padraig The animation was so glorious, I had to avert my eyes and play via a mirror with a cloth draped over it.<br /><br />@Joe Heh, I should have had my wife come help me out in the pip village! Yeah, the flow there wasn't perfect. The unicorns were supposed to be really difficult, but if you stayed on the path, they wouldn't attack you. Then you could come back much later and give them what for.<br /><br />Let me know what you think of <i>Thongs</i> once you have a chance to dig into it, definitely curious to hear your thoughts.<br /><br />@Darius Heh, I had the exact same realization. Block wasn't quite vital enough that most folks used it enough to really remember it (myself included) but when you did need it, it was basically vital. Definitely could have done some better training with respect to that.<br /><br />And yeah, also true about the spinning blade. The only "balance" concern is people neglecting other fun things to do the unfun thing because it's the only way to win. I don't think that was the case though. And if you liked the spinning blade, there's a good allotment of explosives in <i>Thongs</i> that have similarly potential qualities ;)Nels Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484436433023780229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-79962679297056870052010-09-20T16:29:19.447-07:002010-09-20T16:29:19.447-07:00Ha! Just listening to Brainygamer podcast. Totally...Ha! Just listening to Brainygamer podcast. Totally non-awkward dodging the bullet regarding Deathspank's "staggered release." ;Pjuv3nalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204391038960550321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-6009031603109563712010-09-20T11:48:28.087-07:002010-09-20T11:48:28.087-07:00Yes, it was I who wrote the names of all the opera...Yes, it was I who wrote the names of all the opera songs. Those were fun. :)<br /><br />Still haven't played the whole game yet, sadly. I'm waiting for the [REDACTED] version.Squinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712037687677932338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-89558535297526484422010-09-20T11:10:11.899-07:002010-09-20T11:10:11.899-07:00"Our loot is distributed more regularly, whic..."Our loot is distributed more regularly, which works better for the game as a whole, but it means you likely won't get all the pieces of a set unless you're trying quite hard."<br /><br />I didn't find this to be a problem (and relative to other games, like the aforementioned torchlight, I don't think I was trying that hard), but what happened was that I found myself rarely ever *wearing* a full set at once because by the time the last piece of a set turned up, I had already found an upgrade on one of the pieces.juv3nalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204391038960550321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-65853449952907569902010-09-20T10:49:33.169-07:002010-09-20T10:49:33.169-07:00The Pip area totally destroyed me until I remember...The Pip area totally destroyed me until I remembered/realized the whole "block with the right timing and get an instant special move" thing. So on the one hand, the area taught me how to block, something I hadn't been doing in the game up to that point. On the other hand, it was very frustrating. If there had been an NPC or a sign or something saying "Remember to block!" that would have been for the best.<br /><br />And I love the spinning blade sword. I don't think it's a bad idea to have a pretty-damn-overpowered weapon like that in a game like Deathspank: it's not competitive multiplayer, so really all the spinning blades do is make your players smile more and have more fun getting through the game.Darius Kazemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646249933207430061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-87173595428787404092010-09-20T10:46:47.633-07:002010-09-20T10:46:47.633-07:00My wife and I struggled with that Pip area because...My wife and I struggled with that Pip area because we felt like the story was pulling us that way. We gave up halfway through after discovering another area more level-appropriate. (We played it through entirely co-op, I'm not sure I'd have lasted as long in Pip without her helping)<br /><br />That was one of my few complaints about the game, that we had quests for areas that were arguably too hard (by the time I got past the Unicorns the quests behind them were trivially easy, for instance). But we had great fun, and will probably be buying a couple of copies of Thongs, just like we did with the first.Joe Tortugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07923324732095485803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-29996599195663080582010-09-20T10:37:53.889-07:002010-09-20T10:37:53.889-07:00You failed to mention the awesome animation throug...You failed to mention the awesome animation throughout.Padraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077040869911229074noreply@blogger.com