Revolution in their minds, the children start to mosh…”
- Black Sabbath – Children of the Grave
Brutal Legend - stylised Brütal Legend because that makes it more metal – is the 2009 action-adventure game by Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions, the studio behind the cult classic Psychonauts. The game comes with a pretty big disclaimer: this is a metal game about metal in a world where metal is not as metal as metal should be. If you don’t like metal, jump ship now.
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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.
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.
Such a letdown. That amazing demo got me to buy what I thought was an open world action adventure game. What I got was a really bad rts game. I loved the enthusiasm but it wasn't the game I hoped for.
One of the most underrated games of all time. I don't understand why people hate it so much just because of the RTS elements.