Posted by: Owen Jan 17 2008, 06:17 PM
New game from Tim Schaffer of Monkey Island fame.
Brütal Legend
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Brütal Legend follows the story of Eddie Riggs, who is living as a roadie for a Heavy Metal band. The game begins one night before a gig. As Riggs is tuning a guitar, an accident happens and he starts to bleed, his blood dripping onto his cursed belt buckle, which bears a strong resemblance to Motörhead's Snaggletooth emblem. Before he knows it, the beast on his buckle has come alive and transported him into a Heavy Metal and Nordic fantasy inspired alternate history where demons have enslaved humanity.
After escaping the Temple of Ormagöden, where he first appears in the Heavy Metal past, Eddie meets Ophelia, a love interest likened to the same character from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Ophelia is soon severely injured and Riggs must climb a mystical mountain to do battle with a motorcycle driving bass guitarist (voiced by Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister), called the Kill Master -- an ironic name for a guy whose riffs are said to heal wounds. Eddie will also meet Lita Halford and her younger brother, Lars, who help Eddie and Ophelia start a resistance movement against Lord Dolivicus, his Hair Metal minion, General Lionwhyte (voiced by Rob Halford), whose hair is so luscious, he uses it to fly (maybe an ironic reference to Halford's baldness), and their legions of demons to free the world. Eddie will also encounter the local wildlife, including half boar/half motorcycle "Razorfires", a giant three-tongued lamprey (that gets its tongues run over by the Deuce), and giant chrome spiders that spin silk which can be made into magical bass strings.
After the first act of the game, Eddie will deal with a community of humans who willingly fight alongside the demons. They wear black and "drink from a sea of black tears. It gives them great power but also makes them look dead." These humans are obvious parodies of Goth and Emo, or, indeed, Metal itself. These enemies include "Grave Diggers", "Brides" and "Reapers" that wear bondage gear.
In the game's first trailer, a goofy-looking pink demon tells Eddie that his belt buckle is a "mask forged from the metal flesh of the fire beast", and that it was meant for "a god", "not a roadie". Eddie then snaps the demon's neck and charges into battle with the Headbangers. The trailer also shows that Eddie has the ability to sprout wings so he can fly. According to the Game Informer article, "his blood hides a dark secret and his wings are the proof".
Eddie's voiced by Jack Black, more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutal_Legend
Sorry If I look like I'm pumping this up, but any game where you can shred off the faces of your foes has instant MEGA <3 from me.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yov344ma5ic
Hell I may just buy a 360 just to play this....
Posted by: Smells Jan 17 2008, 06:24 PM
you got me all excited with the title its not available for the PC is it?
Looks amazing! I want want want!
Posted by: Owen Jan 17 2008, 06:28 PM
QUOTE (Smells @ Jan 17 2008, 09:24 AM)
you got me all excited with the title its not available for the PC is it?
Looks amazing! I want want want!
Unusual for Schaffer - all of his previous titles have been for pc, so I dont see why this ones not been announced, maybe it will be eventually
Posted by: SLASH91 Jan 17 2008, 06:38 PM
Oh yeah, I all ready read an article on this one. Sounds awesome; and it's for 360
Posted by: Muris Jan 18 2008, 02:17 AM
Isn't Eddie's look based on Jack as well?
I mean,it looks like him a lot.
Nice trailer tho
Posted by: Hemlok Jan 18 2008, 02:34 AM
Looks great, but not on PC I will never play it then. Unless I go and buy a PS3 right now.... hmmm.
Posted by: Juan M. Valero Jan 18 2008, 07:58 AM
Yeah, looks really cool, but I prefer spend my time in my guitar !!
Posted by: MickeM Jan 18 2008, 08:42 AM
A trailer that includes the words "steel", "flesh" and "beast " already in the first sentence must be great!
Then comes "summon", "warrior", "brutal" and "victory"... classic I'd say
Is the Sabbath tune in the game or just added on top of the trailer?
This games of pure slaughter looks like a no brainer, I love that since I hate to spend time thinking. Well, I care for Oblivion but I rather play FPS since that's more relaxing that way. Don't have to think, just cause mayhem.
By the looks of it now, I'm getting this game!!!! *nods*
Posted by: Hemlok Jan 18 2008, 08:51 AM
I am now going to have to make a decision on whether to buy a ps3 or an xbox 360 i think there are a few threads on GMC that will help me decide.