Between Rock Band and Guitar Hero, gamers have already spent years in the limelight, living out their fantasies of rock stardom. But mix and match those titles, and you have what Brütal Legend is all about: a Rock Hero. From the genius mind of Tim Schafer comes a game that has been in the making for nearly 20 years. Brütal Legend takes you out of the spotlight, and places backstage as Eddie Riggs, heavy metal roadie extraordinaire.
Tim Schafer is no stranger to the bizarre, having previously helmed projects such as Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, and most recently, Psychonauts. Brütal Legend, however, may be his most peculiar project yet. As a roadie you may not be rocking out alongside the stars, but you live the life nonetheless. Eddie Riggs has a photographic memory of every heavy metal album cover released. He eats, breaths, and sleeps the life of a heavy metal rocker.
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.
sooooooOOOOOOOOO stoked for this game... I hope it's as sweet as I hope.