Destructoid writes: "Brütal Legend is the story of Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black), the world's greatest roadie. A heavy metal MacGuyver, Eddie can rig any stage or tune any guitar at a moment's notice. He's an encyclopedia of all things rock, living the heavy metal lifestyle of excess on the road with… one of the worst heavy metal bands of all time. When an accident leaves Eddie's blood dripping into the his belt buckle (the face of Ormagöden, "The FireBeast, Creamator of the Sky, Destroyer of the Ancient World," of course) he's whisked away to an ancient world of metal, seemingly ripped from the cover of an Iron Maiden record."
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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.
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.
Yeah! I can't wait for this. Quirky games FTW!