Quick Look: DeathSpank

If you want you can just mash the buttons, but if you read the tutorials you'll figure our the combo system. Also, once you learn to block, the combat gets pretty deep (for a hack n' slasher). 
 
I love the game, it's super silly and it feels like it might be a good length (ie not 40 hours of dreary trudging).

I like loot so I might check this out.

As someone who has completely finished the game, as in my "Book O' Stats 'N' Stuff" reads percent completed: 100% I can confirm the game is 6 to 8 hours long. 
 
I did ALL the side quests and have all the trophies and my clock times in at 483 minutes, or a bit over 8 hours.  If it takes longer than 10 hours for a single play through, then sad to say, it's you.  I even got a bit stuck a few places and had to do some figuring out of things (fortune cookies expedite this some). 
 
But I did ALL the side quests and got to level 20.  8 Hours.   
 
This is going to go down as a love or hate title.  I played for nonsensical dialog and setting.  I agree on a game play point of view, that I'd probably just go play Torchlight or Titan Quest for loot grind.  I wouldn't play Diablo II because it already owned my life for 4 concurrent years.  
 
Fan of the site, but the quicklook was a bit of a "downer".  
 
Also, don't expect a loot grind like Torchlight, Diablo, Titan Quest, etc. etc. as the loot in here may drop randomly but is anything but random. By the end of the game you will have the best armor and best weapons, it just determines if you are patient enough for it to drop or if you are just going to buy it from a vendor. 

I know it doesn't mean much, but I really like the soundtrack in this game. I'll probably take a look at it once it comes out on PC.

I plan on downloading this, but not sure if I want to do that now or maybe wait for a price drop!

Though I thought this Quick Look was a little unenthusiastic, (and to be fair, I don't expect them to be screaming over every tiny morsel of every game), I still picked it up and enjoy it. The style of the game, (the rolling world, the cut out style foliage, the weapons/armor/effects, the stylized humans and even the messages), builds to make it a step apart from other games. As for the humor, which I love, I could see it getting old- but for a game of this length, I doubt it will. 
 
I'm not terribly far into the game, and I already know that the game can be completed in as little as 8 hours, I still think the $15.00 is worth it. As a downloadable game it still beats out some of the games being released today and even some (most) of the previous downloadable games (castlecrashers). I wonder- could downloadable content for these types of games be possible? If so, this $15 purchase would be supreme. 
 
I wish that the second player drop-in was more than just local, but taken as it is- I love it. I've gotten my wife to jump in with me a couple of times and its pulled her away from Guitar Hero/Rockband long enough to be interested in hack'n'slashes.

Seems fun. I'll definitely try it out, and based just on the QL methinks I'll enjoy it.

" @JessicaBoo: He sounds like either "The Tick" from the live action TV show or Saturday morning cartoon series of yesteryear or like Captain Quark from the Ratchet & Clank series.  The voice actor is neither of those individuals, however.  "

Looks like fun but I don't think I would buy it for $15. I think I would wait for it to go on sale or gameshare it on PSN or see if it can be free to download on PSN+.

yeah i agree with people supporting this game i would say at least play the demo and see how you like it. Jeff started hating the game before he even seen it so he will not give you a fair impression of it. I say the humor is in the same vain as the cartoon the tick if you remember that show. So if that kind of humor is not your thing then i understand but i enjoyed the demo after not thinking much of the game.

Why do the GB staff completely avoid learning how to properly utilize game features?  They hate reading manuals and instructions even more than the youth of this country hate reading books.

" Looks like fun but I don't think I would buy it for $15. I think I would wait for it to go on sale or gameshare it on PSN or see if it can be free to download on PSN+. "

Diablo is a console equivalent.  I played it on Playstation 1.

pssshh Jeff, Deathspank is a great name.

The Good/Bad Slider is such a great stab at morality meters.

Games with Morality meters may as well have you choose whether you want to be Good or Bad at the start of the game.

" @habster3 said:

" Notice how the creators of the game once said this would be approx. 15 hours long when it's more like 6-8? They said the same thing about Brutal Legend; notice a pattern here? "

Hardly a 6-8 hour game, I have already spent 10 hours? They said it was 10-15 not approx 15. "

" I bought this (and beat it) over the weekend. It's pretty decent, although I wish it was longer or had more replay value to it after you finish the game. Once you finish all the sidequests and the main storyline, there's nothing else to do. "