The game’s ambitions extend to the visuals and its voice cast. This is rather new territory for Schafer and his team at Double Fine, but if it pulls through, it will not only show the range Double Fine as a developer has, but will also be, well, pretty sweet. Well, granted, it may not be as deep as it seems to imply, but it does look to be heavily ingrained into Brutal Legend’s ambitious design. Recruit units, build structures and overlook your rock kingdom in its entirety as you strategize and make decisions based on the tactical outlook. So, the biggest gameplay surprise lies in the game’s Real-Time Strategy segment, which looks like some demented cross between Overlord and practically any base-building strategy game. A simple combat system with different combinations bringing about different results, it’s not rocket science to anyone who has ever played a video game before. The hacking part should be easy enough to grasp. Its gameplay is much, much larger in scope and ambition, combining straightforward Hack-and-Slash gameplay with elements of Real-Time Strategy. The consensus is certainly divided, but from what has been shown, it sounds like he has scaled back the wackiness he is infamous for, and has given Eddie a much more calm and collected personality.īrutal Legend is also a game with much more scope than previous Tim Schafer works. Eddie is going to need all the help he can get: Jack Black, the voice actor for Eddie, isn’t exactly the most well-received actor in this day and age. This might perhaps make him a much more empathetic protagonist to play with. Since Eddie Riggs has only known the life of a roadie and is suddenly being subjected to animated and real versions of the glamorous and gratuitous cover art that have adorned all his Metal records, he needs to get in tune.īoth the player and Eddie are introduced to such a foreign world that it will be a surprising experience, even to Eddie. This is where Brutal Legend shakes things up a bit. So, they are aloof, apathetic to the world around them. While fantastic and unique settings to us, these characters have no need to acclimate to such a strange world. Schafer’s games are also known to be unbearably funny and much of the humor is derived from the characters. His settings have always been known to be bizarre: Between The Land of the Dead in Grim Fandango and the summer camp for neurotic, physic-attuned kids in Psychonauts, Brutal Legend sits comfortably in Schafer’s body of work.
There is a lot going on here, which is completely in line with Schafer’s comfort zone.
Towers are built out of the corpses of many unfortunates and head-bangers who know nothing of Metal are incessantly bashing their heads on anything that can withstand such physical abuse… It is a weird place. Everywhere you look, the Metal ‘universe’ is represented in some shape or another. Something of a cross between pure Rock Metal and medieval fantasy, Brutal Legend follows Eddie Riggs, a roadie who - under cavalcade of circumstances - finds himself in a world that is enamored by the sheer audacity of metal. Of all of Tim Schafer’s games, Brutal Legend looks like it will be the most ambitious and best game yet. Better yet, it also keeps up the tradition of developing memorable, likable characters through tons of humor and sharp wit. You can turn off tracks you don't like as well.Brutal Legend, the offering from the much-revered Tim Schafer, looks to continue his fine tradition of rendering wacked out, surreal and totally awesome settings.
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Some unlock at set points (including an absolutely epic use for Through The Fire and Flames), and many you have to buy at the upgrade shop, or you find them as hidden collectables. The soundtrack is huge and has amazing breadth. The voice actors, Black and Ozzy in particular, aren't afraid to swear, but there's a hilarious censor filter you can add that bleep them out. There's probably some names I'm forgetting. Word is Curry's role was originally going to be voiced by Dio too. There's a good number of familiar voices: Ozzy, Lemmy, Rob Halford, Lita Ford, Jack Black, and Tim Curry. The story is well-done and just silly enough, as you'd expect from DoubleFine, and Jack Black is perfect for his role. Sprawling plains dotted with ruins, giant beasts, bikers, Amazons, demons, skeletons, and plenty of literal metal all over the place. The setting is like a metal cover come to life. It might be easier to handle that part with a keyboard and mouse, which is why I'm considering rebuying. The RTS stuff throws you for a loop if you're not ready for it, which I think was the big gripe about it. It mixes a brawler (think God of War, but a bit lower-key) with a pseudo RTS (which I've heard compared to Overlord).
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