![]() ![]() Simply put, The Baconing doesn't ever really feel fun, just extraordinarily unfair and cheap. Reading is also difficult because the font is just way too small even when playing on a large HDTV. Even the Deathspank character model in the equipment selection screen overlaps the items that you have selected, making it cumbersome just seeing what equipment to wear. The menu system is also crowded and difficult to use. Using hit and run tactics with your long range weapon will usually be your best chance of survival. Learning the ins and outs of blocking will surely prolong your life, but it is still only a matter of time before the horde sends you back to the port-a-potty. The developers added a block feature, which is supposed to extend the life of the player. Playing on the hardest difficultly will just take you longer to complete. But at the same time, this almost makes the difficulty setting moot as the only real penalty for dying is wasted time (you can pick up your lost cash when you return to your corpse). The outhouse checkpoints are still your best friend as you will magically respawn to the nearest one when you perish, but they will always require backtracking especially considering that dying is such a huge part of the game even on the lowest difficulty setting. It is very easy to get overwhelmed by enemies, with death arriving in only a second or two. I got smoked by the first batch of baddies that I encounterd… three times in a row. The Baconing has some of the wildest difficulty spikes I have experienced in quite some time. Players of the original games might feel a little too much déjà vu when playing through this second sequel and combat is the biggest downfall. ![]() Once the humor wears off, it isn't hard to see the blaring flaws with this 3 rd person adventure. The voice acting, dialog, character and even the environment are all based with comedy in mind. Yes, the plot is totally ridiculous, but that is the point. Borrowing gameplay elements from other popular action RPGs like Diablo, the player takes control of Deathspank on his quest to destroy the magical thongs of the second game in bacon fires around the world. The Baconing plays similarly to the previous games in the series. The humorous plot and dialog might be the highlighting feature but it isn't enough to act as the game's saving grace. This third game in the Deathspank series, The Baconing, is a lesson in unbalanced gameplay. ![]()
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