The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
The followup to 2009's Dead Samurai, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a combo-fueled, fast-paced, stylistic 2D action platformer that features the series' staple gritty, graphic novel-inspired art style, built…
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Ska Studios, released 6 April 2011 on Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Ska Studios and released in 2011. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on FNA.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up video game. It was developed by Ska Studios and released for the Xbox 360 via XBLA on April 6, 2011, and for the Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS on May 12, 2017. It is the sequel to The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, released in 2009. Players assume the roles of The Dishwasher and his stepsister Yuki, in two separate solo campaigns, as they battle through legions of enemies and try to unravel the secrets of their pasts. The main story revolves around The Dishwasher's quest for universal freedom and Yuki's quest for revenge against the three marks of power that robbed her of her life.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 20 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent, 1 GB RAM and OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile launched on 6 April 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat and World of Tanks. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, World of Tanks.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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