Brütal Legend
Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Oct 13, 2009
Brütal Legend is a humorous heavy-metal, open-world, action-adventure game with light real-time strategy elements. As Eddie Riggs, lead the people of the Brütal World to rise up against the Tainted Coil demons who rule the world, and their leader, the sinister Emperor Doviculus.
Brütal Legend: Maybe It's Still Cool To Be Metal As Eff
I don't like metal either, but this game is looking great. I'm sure Tim will not disappoint. I'm just hoping for a PC release, else I can't play it.
IGN already gave this game a low score, which i thought was predictable considering the fact that Jack Black is in it.
I can't wait for this game. Psychonauts was my first Tim Schafer game and for it to be followed up by this... Epic.
I hope it does well, I went from completely and utterly excited for this when I first heard about it to meh. Good to hear it is looking good though.
I can not wait. Am i the only one that hopes you have to use the guitar hero controller at some point? or at least have the option to use it
Not completley sure if the hotrod is a nod to Grim Fandango. It looks similar with the flames and the big exhaust pipes, but it isn't exactly the same.
I was unfamiliar with Tim Schafer until Psychonauts, but that was one of my favorite PS2 games.
I don't doubt this game is gonna be good, but HOW good is up in the air.
i don't like metal at all, but this game looks incredible. only tim schafer could make metal culture seem endearing and funny to me.
If for no other reason than a Full Throttle reference, songs from The Gone Jackals. At the very least, "Legacy" should be in this game. Hidden (and not so hidden) references to Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango would also be cool.
Still, it's Schafer, it's metal, it's awesome.
That headline provoked a very unpleasant image. Although metal up your ass was hardly a pleasant image to begin with. Anyhoo 2 comments the first from Brad's article "Is it really still cool to be way into heavy metal?" - it has never been really cool to be way into heavy metal, that's why Jack Black is (or can be when on form) funny, btw this is NOT a dig at metal as anyone who knows what I lokk like should be able to tell. Secondly keyhunter said "As long as Tim Schafer's idea of metal isn't shit like Rise Against and Metallica", now I can't comment on Rise Against cuz I haven't really heard anything by them, but anyone who is even remotely into metal and doesn't like Metallica is a charlatan and a philistine, and should, therefore, be lashed and force to listen to nothing but Master of Puppets (album not song) for a month.
"but anyone who is even remotely into metal and doesn't like Metallica is a charlatan and a philistine, and should, therefore, be lashed and force to listen to nothing but Master of Puppets (album not song) for a month."
I think he's (keyhunter) talking about current-day metallica, or rather, metallica since the black album. And I wholehartedly agree with him. All they have going for them nowadays is that they still give good live performances (at least the 3 I visited).
Secondly there are many kinds of metal, someone could be totally into black/death/doom-metal and not like metallica. I'm not that person but I perceive this as a plausible possibility. But dude seriously, calling people a charlatan and phillistine just because they don't like one band in the genre, especially in Metallica's case, that's messed up. Your live would be a lot easier if you'd refrain from caring so much about what other people think (or worse, what other people feel).
lmao the first time i watched a video for this and i saw the main char i thought to my self " hey that kind of looks like jack black! i loved him in Pick of destiny! they should of so gotten him to do VO/music for the game!Oh well that could never happen" then he spoke and i thought "haha neat that kinda sounds like jack black!" then he spoke again" HOLY FUCK THAT IS JACK BLACK!".
Now after waching the video im interested in the game. For some reason every thing i saw of it b4 was screens of him rideing around the car, so i thought it was gonna be like a twisted metal game. So i just ignored it, but after watching some of the videos for it, i'm def gonna rent this one.
"Is it really still cool to be way into Heavy Metal?" - Yes and if it isn't just call me a dork. Most metalheads won't jump ship if their favorite genre isn't condsidered "cool" anymore. We just usually tell 'em to go fuck themselves.
Anyways, there is actually a lot of metal music with this type of over the top, parody of it self theme. It's pretty awesome.
I hope Glam Rock gets torn to shreds. I can't wait for this game. A 3rd person action/adventure game with a metal theme has to be good, right?
I'm not worried weather or not this game will be awesome. I knew it would be pure epic as soon as I saw the first add all those years ago (2007 I think). Music is my life. I live and breath music. I play guitar, bass, drums, and piano, and want to learn some more. I've been waiting for a game like this to be coming out, and now that it's almost here. I'm about to explode. Thank you Eddie Riggs!
Anyways, there is actually a lot of metal music with this type of over the top, parody of it self theme. It's pretty awesome.
Personally, anything past Sepultura's level of heaviness just turns into self-parody to me, but not a good type of self-parody. It's kind of like the uncanny valley of metal. Once metal gets to a certain level, it stops sounding badass and just sounds silly to me.
Thankfully, this seems like it will focus on classic metal more than anything else, which should be wonderful. Motorhead, Dio, Judas Priest? Yes, please!
This game is shaping up to be awesome in so many ways.
Screw you Brad, I don't know how things are in the US, but over here, not liking metal would be like denying the holocaust ;)
And agreed, All hail Schafer! \m/
This is probably the most I've wanted a game, ever. God of War only with Heavy friggin Metal and Double Fine humour? This game must be after my heart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gu4oRzFnP4
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