Electronic Arts has upped their game over the past several years, breaking out of their proverbial professional sports franchise cage and publishing a series of high profile, underrated material that has only served to strengthen their market share. Branching out into "BIG"--their arcade sports titles--and now Black Box (where the skateboard powerhouse Skate franchise is housed), their expansion teams have identified EA as a definitive innovator in the video game medium.
With Brutal Legend, they intend to defy boundaries again, uniting the action-RPG with the personality of Jack Black enveloped in a masterful heavy metal universe, against a backdrop of Nordic mythology and elements of other gaming genres.
Their newest publishing collaboration is with former LucasArts developer Tim Schafer's new company Double Fine who started their console game catalog with "Psychonauts" a few years ago and is mostly known for their web content. This surprising teamwork has yielded their salivating public with Brutal Legend, an action-RPG with a heavy metal soundtrack--and the attitude to match.
Known for its wailing guitars and distortion effects, heavy metal music carries a dark tone in its entire catalog. Likewise, a metal show is typically more of a collective experience than a staged performance of capable musicians.
Combining the raucous energy of a heavy metal show, a hot rod demolition derby, and a classic dungeon crawler, Double Fine has tweaked some fresh ideas and thrown them into the mix, providing a once-of-a-kind gaming experience.
The game begins backstage at a rap-metal-emo show where career roadie Eddie Riggs comments on the lost art of metal (which is later than the 70's, like maybe the late 70's). Take a look at his big-guitar-wielding, floppy-haired, turn-table-backed performers, and it's easy to appreciate his frustration. When one of them ignores his warning and climbs the big statue, he falls and though Eddie saves him, he can't save himself from the crumbling colossus.
When he awakes, he must fight--what appears to be--evil skeleton priests with an axe, as well as his "Axe", Clementine--and her power-chorded fury.
Fans of Double Fine--and more specifically Tim Schafer--and their action comics and web-based games will be well prepared for the infusion of humor and action. The game captures the spirit of Tenacious D (Jack Black's musical-comedy duo) with the classic hero-in-a-strange-land legend. It's a hack'n'slash rock'n'roll action-RPG extravaganza in world that has sadly lost its ability to 'Rock, ' and it is up to Eddie to bring it back to life. - 29852
With Brutal Legend, they intend to defy boundaries again, uniting the action-RPG with the personality of Jack Black enveloped in a masterful heavy metal universe, against a backdrop of Nordic mythology and elements of other gaming genres.
Their newest publishing collaboration is with former LucasArts developer Tim Schafer's new company Double Fine who started their console game catalog with "Psychonauts" a few years ago and is mostly known for their web content. This surprising teamwork has yielded their salivating public with Brutal Legend, an action-RPG with a heavy metal soundtrack--and the attitude to match.
Known for its wailing guitars and distortion effects, heavy metal music carries a dark tone in its entire catalog. Likewise, a metal show is typically more of a collective experience than a staged performance of capable musicians.
Combining the raucous energy of a heavy metal show, a hot rod demolition derby, and a classic dungeon crawler, Double Fine has tweaked some fresh ideas and thrown them into the mix, providing a once-of-a-kind gaming experience.
The game begins backstage at a rap-metal-emo show where career roadie Eddie Riggs comments on the lost art of metal (which is later than the 70's, like maybe the late 70's). Take a look at his big-guitar-wielding, floppy-haired, turn-table-backed performers, and it's easy to appreciate his frustration. When one of them ignores his warning and climbs the big statue, he falls and though Eddie saves him, he can't save himself from the crumbling colossus.
When he awakes, he must fight--what appears to be--evil skeleton priests with an axe, as well as his "Axe", Clementine--and her power-chorded fury.
Fans of Double Fine--and more specifically Tim Schafer--and their action comics and web-based games will be well prepared for the infusion of humor and action. The game captures the spirit of Tenacious D (Jack Black's musical-comedy duo) with the classic hero-in-a-strange-land legend. It's a hack'n'slash rock'n'roll action-RPG extravaganza in world that has sadly lost its ability to 'Rock, ' and it is up to Eddie to bring it back to life. - 29852
About the Author:
You're going to love playing Brutal Legend. If you are not sure you will enjoy it, you could always Rent Brutal Legend to see if you like it or not. Get the latest video game information and find out how to rent games online information at GameRentalCentral.
