Tim Schaefer has been a widely regarded and critically acclaimed game designer for his work on games such as Hell on Wheels, Grim Fandango and Psychonauts. What is unfortunate is that ever since he had left Lucasarts, he has not had a game that one could probably call a commercial success. However, his newest game ‘Brütal Legend’ set for release October 13th.
The game focuses on the world’s best roadie, Eddie Riggs. One night after an accident at a “heavy metal” (the music the band that he works for plays is hardly heavy metal at all) He gets transported to some odd fantasy world. The opening scene is embedded below, censored for your protection.
The story will be revealed as you go along in the game, but I don’t want to focus on that right now, what I DO want to focus on is what my impressions were playing the Demo that was made available on Xbox Live. To put it bluntly, at its core, Brutal Legend is a hack and slash game, and plus there was a pretty cool driving stage with it as well.
While that may not seem too original at first, the environment that it takes place in as well as the performance of actor/Tenacious D frontman Jack Black make this game one of the most intriguing games coming out this fall. The control of the game is very responsive and easy to pick up and just start slashing up whatever enemies there are.
What also should be mentioned…is the MASSIVE metal soundtrack being offered in this game, bands such as Black Sabbath, Def Leppard, Dragonforce, and Dethklok all have songs that will be on the soundtrack of the game.
So in all if you want a new spin on a hack and slash game, check out Brutal Legend when it comes out on October 13.
Monday, October 5, 2009
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