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May’s RPS Game Club pick is… Deathbulge: Battle Of The BandsGet in losers, we’re going music-ing
Get in losers, we’re going music-ing
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deathbulge
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deathbulge
According toour schedule, my pickDeathbulge: Battle Of The Bandsisn’t supposed to be up in theRPS Game Clubuntil June. So why am I here telling you about it? Ollie couldn’t doSid Meier’s Pirates! last month ‘cos he was sick, and this month he’s moving house or some other ridiculous made up thing that grown adults can no longer afford to do, so Deathbulge is stepping up to the plate. And it is kicking that plate into the outer atmosphere and playing a sick guitar riff. If you want to join in you can find Deathbulge onSteam.
Deathbulge is a hella coolRPGbasedon a webcomic. Three friends (representing bass, guitar and drums) enter a battle of the bands competition and find out too late that it is in fact a cursed competition and entrants can - and indeed should - kill each other for realsies. It’s also very funny.
This wood is called the Tone Wood, and all the trees have six pack torsos. The first boss fight in the game is in this wood, against a hench snail with a second phase where its shell uncurls to revealanother fist. It’s just funny, man, and the early side mission where you go between two dudes’ houses discussing cheese (because one of them doesn’t want to have “two active cheeses” remains one of the most indosyncratic and yet relatable moments in a video game that I have yet experienced.
All this to say that I think it’s a worthwhile little gem and more people should play it. I meant to write about it more last year, but ran out of time, so I am forcing my peers to play it and write about it now. And you, too, can play along! As I said, it’s onSteamfor £15/€19/$20, and we’ll reconvene and have a chat about it onFriday May 31stat4PM BST. Be there or be square!
