First 10 minutes or so of Brutal Legend

[Mr. Monday Morning]

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Avec commentary from Tim Schafer

I'm not Jack Black's biggest fan but neither am I down on him as much as some people. This looks like it might be the perfect thing for him. Black + Schafer + metal = WIN

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Track listiiiiiiiiiiiing


* 3 Inches of Blood - Deadly Sinners
* 3 Inches of Blood - Destroy The Orcs
* Accept - Fast As A Shark
* Angel Witch - Angel Witch
* Anthrax - Metal Thrashing Mad
* Anvil - March of the Crabs
* Anvil - Tag Team
* Apostasy - Sulphur Injection
* Bishop of Hexen - A Serpentine Grave
* Bishop of Hexen - The Somber Grounds of Truth
* Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
* Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
* Black Sabbath - Never Say Die
* Brocas Helm - Cry of the Banshee
* Brocas Helm - Drink the Blood of the Priest
* Budgie - Breadfan
* Budgie - Zoom Club
* Candlemass - Witches
* Carcass - No Love Lost
* Cloven Hoof Nightstalker
* Children of Bodom - Angels Don't Kill
* Coroner - Skeleton on your Shoulder
* Cradle of Filth - Her Ghost in the Fog
* Crimson Glory - Queen of the Masquerade
* Dark Fortress - Insomnia
* Dark Tranquility - Cathode Ray Sunshine
* Deathstars - Blitzkrieg
* Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
* Dethklok - Mermaider
* Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
* Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
* Dokken - Mr. Scary
* Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames
* Emperor - Thus Spake The Nightspirit
* Enslaved - Frost
* Enslaved - Loke
* Firehouse - Overnight Sensation
* Girlschool - Bomber
* Iced Earth - When the Night Falls
* Iced Earth - Pure Evil
* In Flames - Goliaths Disarm Their Davids
* Judas Priest - Battle Hymn
* Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye
* Judas Priest - Leather Rebel
* Judas Priest - One Shot At Glory
* Judas Priest - Painkiller
* Kabbage Boy - Girlfriend
* KMFDM - Free Your Hate
* KMFDM - Rip The System
* King Diamond - Cremation
* King Diamond - Welcome Home
* Kiss - God of Thunder
* Lita Ford - Betrayal
* Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
* Manowar - Die For Metal
* Manowar - The Dawn Of Battle
* Mastodon - Crack the Skye
* Mastodon - Oblivion Instrumental
* Megadeth - High Speed Dirt
* Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
* Metal Church - Metal Church
* Michael Schenker - Group Assault Attack
* Ministry - Stigmata
* Ministry - Thieves
* Mirrorthrone - So Frail
* Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
* Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
* Motley Crue - Live Wire
* Motorhead - Back at the Funny Farm
* Motorhead - In the Black
* Motorhead - Marching Off to War
* Motorhead - We Are the Road Crew
* Nitro - Machine Gun Eddie
* Omen - The Axeman
* Ostrogoth - Queen of Desire
* Overkill - World of Hurt
* Ozzy Osbourne - Believer
* Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley
* Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
* Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
* Quiet Riot - The Wild and the Young
* Racer X - Technical Difficulties
* Racer X - Y.R.O.
* Ratt - Lay It Down
* Riot - Road Racin
* Riot - Narita
* Riot - Swords and Tequila
* Rob Zombie - Superbeast
* Rotting Christ - Ad Notics
* Running Wild - Riding the Storm
* Sanctuary - Battle Angels
* Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
* Saxon - Wheels of Steel
* Scorpions - Blackout
* Scorpions - Holiday
* Skeletonwitch - Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery
* Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild
* Slayer - Metal Storm/Face The Slayer
* Slough Feg - Warriors Dawn
* Static-X - Love Dump
* Tenacious D - Master Exploder
* Tenacious D - The Metal
* Testament - For The Glory Of
* Testament - More Than Meets The Eye
* Tvangeste - Birth of the Hero
* UFO - Rock Bottom
* Whitesnake - Still of the Night
* Wrath of Killenstein - Ignisis Dance



Have to say I am very pleasantly surprised with some of these choices

[Kane Knight]

So where's the good part of this game?

[G]

I've heard so much about this game, yet I have no idea of what it is.

[Kane Knight]

I've heard so much about this game, yet I have no idea of what it is.

Metal porn.

I kept hearing people slap it with labels like "brilliant" and "innovative," but the fact is, it appears to be neither. I've been kinda withholding judgement until now, but the video leaves me unable to find anything of merit.

[Sixx]

I only know it's from the makers of Full Throttle which was awesome.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Tim Schafer is awesome

That vid already makes me want to choke Jack Black though. might see if I can get the German version if it has English subtitles.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Metal porn.

I kept hearing people slap it with labels like "brilliant" and "innovative," but the fact is, it appears to be neither. I've been kinda withholding judgement until now, but the video leaves me unable to find anything of merit.

It's the opening of the game. I can't think of many games that show everything they've got in the opening few minutes.

However, anyone calling it innovative is a bit...strange. It will be a mishmash of different free roaming game types. But it'll also be better written than 90% of the games out there thanks to Schafer and co.

[Kane Knight]

It's the opening of the game. Which kind of shows that it's nothing more than a mishmash of old game types. Featuring an annoying twat who can't act (well, maybe he can't, be he hasn't) and what looks like it will be repetitive gameplay.

[D Mac]

Pretty fun game.

[Johnny McNasty]

I agree. Attempted to go through the demo something like three times now before getting interrupted. But have no problems picking back up from the start, and trying again. Definitely give it a rent later on.

[DAMN iNATOR]

IGN VIDEO REVIEW (9.0/10: Outstanding)
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[Skippord]

King Diamond is on it

which kind of makes me want it

[DaveBrawl]

KISS has a song in this? I may actually have to look into what this game is all about.

[Ermaximus]

It's actually a fun game guys. Plus it has 8 player multiplayer so it's pretty kickass. Plus you get to kill emo kids. How can a game get any better??

[DaveBrawl]

More KISS songs on the soundtrack is about all I can think of.

Truthfully, everytime I see a commercial it looks fun, but I just never do the research on it to see what it's about or see what the reviews are. Kind of like with Borderlands, I saw the commercial on it the other day and it looked awesome, but nothing more than that.

[Kane Knight]

KISS has a song in this? I may actually have to look into what this game is all about.

Seriously? You'd get a shitty game based on a single song in the soundtrack? :wtf:

[DaveBrawl]

Nah it was a joke, like I said earlier the commercials made it look semi interesting so I'll look into how good it is.

[D Mac]

It's not a shitty game.

[Shaggy]

I wasnt really sure if I wanted to get the game untill I played the demo a few weeks back. I fell in love with it. Havnt had a chance to play it yet thanks to a new baby and my wifes mom popping in for a few weeks. But hopefully I will be able to sit down with it soon.

[Kane Knight]

It's not a shitty game.

Your word confirms it is.

[D Mac]

lol suck a fat one

[Swiss Ultimate]

Metal porn.

I kept hearing people slap it with labels like "brilliant" and "innovative," but the fact is, it appears to be neither. I've been kinda withholding judgement until now, but the video leaves me unable to find anything of merit.

Same here. It looks glitchy and awkward. My friend swears to me that it's awesome though but, he's in a metal band.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The cast involved (that aren't purely from the metal world) give me hope that it will have a lot of personality. Might give it a rent. It seems like a game one of my mates will pick up, test play for me, and then I can either borrow it or buy it myself.

[Ermaximus]

So far I've recognized Kyle Gass, Tim mother fucking Curry, Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy from Motorhead, and that's it so far. I know I've heard the voice for Lita before but can't figure out where.

[Disturbed316]

Was gonna get this on release but the RTS parts have really put me off, shame as I really enjoyed the demo.

[Kane Knight]

Was gonna get this on release but the RTS parts have really put me off, shame as I really enjoyed the demo.

God, don't you know anything? It's not a RTS! Tim Schafer said so!

[Mr. Monday Morning]

God, don't you know anything? It's not a RTS! Tim Schafer said so!

Link pls

I'm not really huge into RTS but they don't play that big a part. I think there's about 5-6 of them through the course of the story. I ended up missing some of the unlocks that give your team stat buffs/opposition team debuffs i.e. made it stupidly hard for myself, managed to make it through them though. Plus you can actually get involved on the ground yourself if you're so inclined, it's a minor thing but it helps.

[Ermaximus]

It's not an RTS in itself, but it does include RTS elements called stage battles. So in truth, it's an action game with RTS segments, only a few of them at that. Granted the online is only an RTS, but still.

[Ermaximus]

Link pls

I'm not really huge into RTS but they don't play that big a part. I think there's about 5-6 of them through the course of the story. I ended up missing some of the unlocks that give your team stat buffs/opposition team debuffs i.e. made it stupidly hard for myself, managed to make it through them though. Plus you can actually get involved on the ground yourself if you're so inclined, it's a minor thing but it helps.

Did you team-up with your stage?? Most people overlook that one. BTW, Drowning Doom is a bunch of cock-fags. I can't stand those rat barfing bastards and those ranged hair bitches.

[Kane Knight]

Link pls

I'm not really huge into RTS but they don't play that big a part. I think there's about 5-6 of them through the course of the story. I ended up missing some of the unlocks that give your team stat buffs/opposition team debuffs i.e. made it stupidly hard for myself, managed to make it through them though. Plus you can actually get involved on the ground yourself if you're so inclined, it's a minor thing but it helps.
http://kotaku.com/5382233/tim-schafer-explains-how-to-play-brutal-legend

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Did you team-up with your stage?? Most people overlook that one. BTW, Drowning Doom is a bunch of cock-fags. I can't stand those rat barfing bastards and those ranged hair bitches.

Yeah I had to heal it a few times, and the fog and speakers came in handy a couple times. The stage lights, not so much. DD the first few times I ended up getting swamped because after a while there were like 10 vehicles all coming at once, both the lightning ones and the debuffer ones (whose effects stack). Nightmare.

To pull a chunk from that Schafer letter

First, a note on the differences: In an RTS game you float high above the action, making one split-second strategic decision after another. You often command individual units to position them based on their heath and context. In Brütal Legend, you make strategic choices once in a while, but then you jump into the battle and slug it out in person. You can fly, but it's mostly for quick scouting and transportation. You will spend a few seconds every once in a while popping into a menu to build troops or pick a guitar solo, but then you should be right back in the action. To play the game most effectively you need to be on the ground with your army most of the time, mixing it up with your axe, and your guitar, but most of all-using your Double Team attacks.


I don't see why not calling it an RTS game is that outrageous. I don't remember driving around and beheading things being part of the Command & Conquer series. Can understand why though because calling it that would maybe put some people off. I hate RTS stuff normally but this is relaxed and involved enough that it doesn't really feel like that. If people aren't sure they can always rent, although I don't know that the replayability is too great.

[G]

I gotta say, through the fire and flames is perfectly used in the part driving through the crashing colosseum

[Boomer]

Probably my least favorite Tim Schafer game. Wasn't a big fan of the combat, and I don't plan on playing any multiplayer. But I was definitely missing some guitar solos and did very few double team attacks, so I wasn't playing the game very well either.

But after Act I, I lost most sense of the humor. My only real exceptions would be the characters you met through the side missions (which, unfortunately, were the same four or five side missions over and over).

[G]

I only have 2 missions left, and I am not looking forward to playing them. I absolutely HATE the RTS aspect. :n:

[Shaggy]

I have still yet to play this. Been playing Infamous and was going to go to this next but since then Ive picked up Smackdown. This may be one of those games that stay in the wrapping for a good half a year before I play it.

Atleast its not one of the few games ive had that ive had for over 2 years and never opened.