Brutal Legend Unleashed, Rocks Out, Gets Drunk, Pukes Up, Goes To Bed Early

Posted by Nelson Williams | October 13, 2009

Brutal Legend, an epic heavy metal adventure game with a big damn dose of RTS, hits shelves today. We here at Vox have done some coverage of the game, and the demo on Xbox Live was certainly interesting.

Brutal Legend is doing well by reviewers; they like its style and humour, but the controls are not far away from Double Fine’s previous game, Psychonauts. That one came out years ago. Also, the story game is short by some standards, coming in around or under 10 hours. Multiplayer options using the RTS elements fill out the game.

We’re watching this one. By all accounts, it’s a good game, but we’ve yet to see if it’ll sell well, or grasp any sort of longevity in a metallic death grip.

I’m holding out for Korean pro Brutal Legend tournaments.

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Mainstream Media Notices Brutal Legend

Posted by Nelson Williams | September 28, 2009

We’ve spoken a little around the campfire here of Brutal Legend, the upcoming heavy metal tribute game from Tim Schafer and the folks at Double Fine. That’s all well and good, expected even, since this is a gaming site and we’re all basement-dwelling pixel-lickers.

But the kind of star power wrapped up in Brutal Legend; Ozzie, Jack Black, Rob Halford, Lemmy, and others, has forced the celeb-worshiping mainstream media to take notice and report on the game. The sad result is pretty much what you’d expect.

Read it here at ABC News.

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Brutal Legend: Tim Schafer Interview

Posted by Nelson Williams | June 23, 2009

Brutal Legend is an upcoming game from those Double Fine guys, you know, the folks who made Psychonauts. If you haven’t played Psychonauts, by the way, you fail at gaming. Get with it. The mad leader of Double Fine is Tim Schafer, one of those “creative” people who tend to see the dead dog skulls in those ink blot tests. He’s also kind of wacky and interesting, so it’s pretty cool there’s this interview here with him about the Brutal Legend game. Here’s a sample from the interview.

Q: What type of game is Brütal Legend? I watched the vids and I know whatever the hell you guys do will be awesome but what kind of game is it?
Tim Schafer: It’s an action game full of action with a side quest that’s all about action.

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