Ian is a buff skellington who likes fishing and music – he can play a imply bass. Yes, you may see the pun coming a mile off, but it surely nonetheless works. Dan Martin’s webcomic turned daft RPG, Deathbulge: Battle Of The Bands is the story of Ian and his friends Faye and Briff. They meander round a really foolish world, kicking open doorways and battling different bands by way of a music-themed fight system. It’s at the moment crowdfunding on Kickstarter with a demo so that you can attempt proper now, which you need to, as I’ve gotten a number of good giggles from it. No information of the comedian wanted – see a trailer under.
The Deathbulge demo feels a bit like Double Fine’s earlier RPGs like Costume Quest, plus a splash of Brutal Legend and minus any trace of edginess. This is heavy metallic at its silliest, with what little story there’s within the demo feeling like an excuse to bounce you from one set of foolish jokes and characters to the subsequent. Given that the tutorial ended with a duck (who’s so cool that he wears his baseball cap the other way up) telling me that I’m “pretty naff”, I’m okay with this. More cheerful nonsense games, the place no excuse is required for a gag past ‘it seemed funny at the time’, please.
While I might have liked rhythm-based fight, it’s a bit extra of a simple Final Fantasy-ish energetic time dealio, with one intelligent twist. Attacks and spells can apply properties to components of both your or your enemy’s time bar. The first half of it’d trigger fireplace harm (from a face-melting solo), or you possibly can solid haste on the latter half of yours. It’s nothing too advanced or demanding, however there’s some enjoyable concepts and catchy battle themes, and even some chill jams out within the overworld – it’s not all metallic, however it’s all good to hearken to.
After simply at some point on Kickstarter, Deathbulge: Battle Of The Bands is sort of midway funded, with solely two doable stretch targets on the horizon – including a handful of visitor artists first, and a few further fight lessons second. With the demo on the Kickstarter web page feeling properly polished, I really feel this one is a comparatively secure guess on reaching fruition with a minimal of drama. $10 will get you a duplicate of the game when it’s completed. The authentic webcomic is here.
