StickSkills said, "Legendary game designer Tim Schafer is known for his insane ideas and strong sense of artistic direction. Having left LucasArts after working on the classics The Secret of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango, Schafer formed his latest studio, Double Fine, and released the cult classic Psychonauts, and simultaneously cemented his place in the pantheon of game innovation. Double Fine’s next game, Brutal Legend, was even more ambitious and was met with solid acclaim and admirable sales. Double Fine moved onto smaller projects as an independent developer, but quietly began to port their game to the PC. Over three years later, we’ve got it; it’s just as good as you probably remember it, and good time to give it a shot if you don’t."
Prepare to headbang your way into glory with these metal-infused games. You'll find yourself flipping your hair in pure excitement.
The Humble Day of the Devs Bundle 2022 just launched. It includes sixteen items including Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Broken Age, and more.
The world of Brutal Legend looks like something a 14 year-old metal head would draw on their notebook while not paying attention.
Liked the aesthetic, tone, humor, and action combat.
Didn't care for the RTS elements.
Never cared to finish it.
Yeah they marketed the game like it was a Heavy Metal GTA-ish adventure. And at the beginning of the game that's what it was. The game fell apart when the half-baked RTS stuff came in. I'd be interested in a reboot or sequel, but just go full action adventure and ditch the RTS. There really is something there with the Heavy Metal theme.
PS360 gen was special, then again it was still the mid 2000s. Everything went to shite in the teens
I think that was the breaker for Doublefine's creative ambitions and their mixing of genres (which was getting kinda stale). It was a nice to look at but it was more of a tribute to the many things Tim loves, was influenced by and has great admiration for....but the forced RTS stuff was like a drinking buddy's "great idea" that never should have come to light. The game seemed a lot more vast, but it ended pretty quickly too. And Jack Black. As much as I don't care for him as an actor (annoying and requires constant attention), this was absolutely made with him in mind and it worked. I mean come on, Tenacious D? For as Metal as this game was trying to be, even comically, it did little more than meow.
I really loved the story and characters in this game.
Using some of the best Rock & Roll stars of the 60's and 70's was just fantastic and how they were represented in the game and created into characters in this Rock & Roll world was so much fun.
Every time I look at my library, I just want to grab it and throw it back in....however I just end up grabbing Halo, BF3, NHL or MLB currently. Soon, very soon I will go all the way and actually grab it off the shelf instead of just looking at it and thinking "man I really want to play this again".