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DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue -- a full sequel, not an expansion -- hits PlayStation Network on September 21 and Xbox LIVE Arcade on the 22nd for $14.99. Now, I know what you're thinking; I'm thinking the exact same thing: too soon?

As long as the game is good, I don't have a problem. Some people dug DeathSpank, so why not let them have more of what they enjoy? Expect "loads of new creatures, environments, weapons and characters," says Hothead Games director of game development Vlad Ceraldi. Also, humor!

For those who weren't super fond of Sparkles the Wizard, you'll be pleased to know Thongs of Virtue will offer another co-op character: Steve. He knows Kung Fu, apparently. I like him already.








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Popyman's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:10
Popyman
Um...huh?
Mikebot 3000's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:14
Mikebot 3000
April Fools?
Malfegor's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:15
Malfegor
Wait wat?
I mean thats great and all, but wat ... just wat.
tangyrobot's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:16
tangyrobot
deathspank sucked
Corduroy Turtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:17
Corduroy Turtle
Is really that easy to pump those out?
TwinDad's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:17
TwinDad
They said it was in development at the same time as the first game. But it does make you wonder if it was removed from the first game to serve as DLC. What I read made it seem like a 150% more content then the first.
Bacchus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:20
Bacchus
If they do some sort of combo deal, I might pick them both up.
eskimo bob's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:26
eskimo bob
if it's not as poorly designed as the first game (which I'm halfway into), then sign me up.
flea friend's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:27
flea friend
Kinda early for them to be releasing a sequel. If it means a cheaper original, or a nice package deal, though, I'm in.
Draxxlith's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:31
Draxxlith
I'm with Bacchus on this one, if they reduce the first one's price, or offer a double deal, I'll bite, but if not, I'm waiting to see reviews on 2. The demo had me on the fence enough to wait for a price drop, so you can guess what I'm hoping for.
meteorscrap's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:31
meteorscrap
No.

I'm not buying it. Not for $14.99 and not for $4.99.

I've not even finished Deathspank yet. I only picked it up two weeks after it came out, and have been playing it in between other games when I get an hour or two. I refuse to support a developer who'll shit out another game so soon the first hasn't had a chance to dry out, yet.

I don't care if the sequel was in development at the same time or anything like that. Just because it's done doesn't mean you should release it. Wait, work on the thing a little more, add some more dungeons, add a new type of weapon, work on the random generation, add a hardcore mode, WHATEVER.

Delay the game until there's some demand for your sequel.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:32
Darren Nakamura
Wow, it's almost like they were developing one big game but decided to sell it as two smaller games...
EmptySilence's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:34
EmptySilence
I loved Deathspank, but this really feels like a cheap shot. A sequel out only two months later? That's more of an episodic thing to me, and should carry a similar price tag to an episodic game.
meteorscrap's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:45
meteorscrap
@mattrodroid

Huh?

Looking at the comments so far, I don't see a single person who's complained who doesn't have a legitimate complaint.
elmuerte's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:46
elmuerte
Still waiting for a PC release.
Budogenkai's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 15:56
Budogenkai
There goes any chance of me rushing to buy the first one now..
GoggleKnocker's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 16:12
GoggleKnocker
Oh god it's Left 4 Dead 2 all over again....
kidplus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 16:18
kidplus
Didn't the first one come out last month? Wow. I haven't even got around to playing it yet.
Paroxysm's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 16:18
Paroxysm
Well I did want more when I finished the first and it is already set up for a direct sequel. Still it is very fast. I guess that's fine though.
Dr. Atrocious's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 16:30
Dr. Atrocious
Getting this, DeathSpank is awesome. Those of you who say otherwise need Unicorn Poop shoved in your faces.
Gol-D-Roger's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 16:37
Gol-D-Roger
I don't get it, what are those guys thinking. They should have waited, give people time to play first one. Later on lower the price, wait a few months, And then you announce a sequel. Is it just me or would that be a better way to drum up some interest in the sequel.
lastSKYsamurai's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 16:40
lastSKYsamurai
Ugh, fix the weapon problem, at least let us keep a set of each element type someplace dedicated. Then I wouldn't have to go hunting for them later when I needed them. Other then that, fun game. Lol, always had to move my 32' forward so I could see the game better. ,i play from my bed.
KingSigy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 17:18
KingSigy
The achievements are already leaked, too. I think this is way too much too soon, but with such a short development cycle, I guess this was bound to happen.
Ujn Hunter's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 17:37
Ujn Hunter
Lame lame lame. Keep over saturating the market! Quick! Let's grab as much cash as fast as we can before we burn our IP into the ground!
GRiVEN's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 17:52
GRiVEN
I'm almost finished with the first game so I think this is awesome. The game has the best dialogue since the adventure games of the early/mid-ninties.

It's amusing to me that people are bitching about a 15-20 hour long game costing too much at $15. Now a SEQUEL with new monsters and items is coming out still priced at $15... And people complain?

WTF!?

Enjoy your $20 "content" packs from Activision and "premium" online services guys. Christ...
Infamy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 18:00
Infamy
Torchlight coming out on XBLA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Deathspank. I feel so bad I contributed towards it's sales.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 18:06
Mr Andy Dixon
1. Deathspank was great, and had more gameplay than some $60 releases.

2. This sequel puts the total for Deathspank's adventures at half that cost.

3. I will never understand the internet.
Sæglópur's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 18:18
Sæglópur
Whoa, huh? How is this even possible?

I mean, sure, I fucking want it, but I didn't expect it in a month?

This developer is a FUCKING MACHINE!
Sæglópur's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 18:20
Sæglópur
Oh, and BTW, to the bitches complaining -- go fuck yourselves in your almighty asses.
Turbofail's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 18:20
Turbofail
Well I was gonna buy this, but I might as well get the second. But if they are releasing them this fast, I might as well wait for the third.

Fuck it, I'll just play something else.
Darkmessiah24's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 18:24
Darkmessiah24
Still need to get the first one.
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 18:48
DeusPayne
Give me more loots in the first one and i'll be happy. A full sequel can't really be frowned upon though.
brod's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 19:03
brod
Bring it to PC yo.
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 19:12
BattyAdroit
This thread is filled with crybabies. stfuajpds2.
meteorscrap's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 19:15
meteorscrap
My problem is not the fact that the game is great and it's getting a sequel so soon, but the fact the game was decent and is getting a sequel so soon. I'll admit to loving the charm of the first game, the dialogue and the general humor. That, that I enjoyed.

The gameplay? Face it, the gameplay of the game had a fair amount of room for improvement. A two-month gap between the games means that the gameplay is virtually unchanged except for a few small changes and expansions. So it's just going to be more of the same.

Yes, Deathspank is fun, for now. When I get to the end of the game, I doubt I'm going to want to pay fifteen bucks for the same experience all over again, but with new snarky dialogue. Fifteen bucks for a new, upgraded gameplay experience with the same charm I'd pay for.

I don't see myself getting much new value out of the sequel, so no, I'm not going to buy it. If I ever feel like playing more Deathspank, I can always just start a new file on the first game.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 19:25
Los255
LMFAO

Oh videogames...
Azzurus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 19:35
Azzurus
Yeah, this is weird as hell, but if you don't want to buy it so soon, then I have a simple solution. Don't buy it so soon.
The rest of us will be picking it up at launch and enjoying the hell out of it.
meteorscrap's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 19:55
meteorscrap
@Azzurus

Except that it's not going to change the fact that this Deathspank sequel is essentially exactly the same game with some slight changes. The developer hasn't had time to gauge consumer reaction, adjust the things everybody hated and done more of what everybody liked, or done anything that one normally expects out of a sequel except to create more.

And hey, if more Deathspank exactly like what you paid for with slightly different environments is what you want, more power to you. Enjoy, my man. However me? I don't see any real purpose in buying the sequel when I can go back and play the first game a second time. The combat in Deathspank isn't interesting enough that new enemies will change it up, the environments in the game aren't unique enough that I want to slog through new levels, and really, one can only pack in so much ironic humour and lampshade hanging.

In six months, when the developer could have offered some new and improved gameplay to go with the game, I would have said yes to a second offering. In six months when the developer is still trying to offer me this game (or possibly Deathspank 5 at the rate this crap is coming), I'm going to say no just like I have right now.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 20:06
Mr Andy Dixon
@meteorscrap

I'm wondering: how do you feel about the Deathspank sequel?
Stinky's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 20:30
Stinky
I think that you could hand out chocolate coated vaginas and people would still find something to complain about.
GRiVEN's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 22:47
GRiVEN
I'm almost finished with the first game so I think this is awesome. The game has the best dialogue since the adventure games of the early/mid-ninties.

It's amusing to me that people are bitching about a 15-20 hour long game costing too much at $15. Now a SEQUEL with new monsters and items is coming out still priced at $15... And people complain?

WTF!?

Enjoy your $20 "content" packs from Activision and "premium" online services guys. Christ...
Rayray the spy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/23/2010 22:56
Rayray the spy
Sounds awsome, fix the co-op and make it so loot isnt "better" then other loot of the same lv. (im talking about the select best armor option) and keep the funny and i will buy it twice
smerff's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/24/2010 01:45
smerff
*waves goodbye to $14.99*
AkodoRyu's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/24/2010 01:46
AkodoRyu
Lol, who cares it's fast? Don't like it now? Buy it in January or whatever. I personally waited for some kind of continuation to the story, considering how first game ended, and I'm very pleased with this one coming out.

To people who say they should "work on it for some more time and add more content" - one word, no. Because then it development costs wouldn't put it on $15 price tag. Game is still amazing amount of content for the price tag, at least for me.
Shulamm's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/24/2010 09:34
Shulamm
"Now, I know what you're thinking; I'm thinking the exact same thing: too soon?"

No, I'm thinking the same as dexter: "it's almost like they were developing one big game but decided to sell it as two smaller games..."

It's a trend nowadays... But I can't judge, I still have to play deathspank. Got no time though: someone was right saying Puzzle Quest 2 is like crack, yeah, crack straight in vein...
BoomingEchoes's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2010 18:50
BoomingEchoes
I liked Deathspank a lot and all but yeah.. This is REALLY soon.. Maybe TOO soon for its own good.
lv99ron's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/05/2010 05:42
lv99ron
Buying it.
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