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Brutal Legend Will Rock Your Face

by Alice O'Connor, Apr 03, 2009 4:32am PDT

Hello Shacknews! Are you ready to rock? This... is Brutal Legend.

New screenshots of Tim Schafer and Double Fine Productions' action heavy metal fantasy show all we could hope for--hot rods, roadies, demons, axes, and Flying V axes.

If the screenshots don't have you throwing devil horns, this rocking artwork should.

Published by EA, Brutal Legend moshes onto Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this fall.

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Excited about it, but I have such a huge dislike of Jack Black, hope he doesn't ruin it for me.

Apr 03, 2009 9:33am PDT

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Excited about it, but I have such a huge dislike of Jack Black, hope he doesn't ruin it for me. : whore
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Br_tal Legend - Türkisch Glücksrad! Gib mir ein ü!

Apr 05, 2009 3:57am PDT

Br_tal Legend - Türkisch Glücksrad! Gib mir ein ü! : Lukiopimp

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I`m in love with the art direction in this game... just oozes quality, style and ironic deviations of heavy metal icons

Apr 04, 2009 2:15am PDT

I`m in love with the art direction in this game... just oozes quality, style and ironic deviations of hea... : electric_wizard

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I don't see how this couldn't be awesome.

Apr 03, 2009 4:34am PDT

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I don't see how this couldn't be awesome. : jayacheess
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- Totally. Other than Diablo 3, this is the only game I'm actually looking forward to! : frib

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Interesting point from Variety:

http://weblogs.variety.com/the_cut_scene/2009/04/brutal-legend-is-coming-to-the-wii-double-fines-not-making-it.html

Schafer has "carefully" said that that DF is only bringing the game to 360 and PS3, but this states that another dev studio will port it to the Wii.

(No no PC version mentioned, sorry)

Apr 03, 2009 7:29am PDT

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From the 1up preview, here's some example dialog that Eddie states early on in the game. (Remember that Eddie is voiced by Jack Black):

"Dear evil messed-up demon powers of darkness and unimaginable evil. Please transport me off of this awesome corpse pile, for I am but a visitor to your strange world, which some would call hellish, but, I have to admit, is kind of badass. And full of gross leathery things in S&M-type wear. You know you guys really have style. That Battle Nun? I think she was hot, bro. Sorry about killing her, but you're evil, right? So we're cool. And by your good graces, uh oh, I meant evil, evil graces! Ah, son of a --"

oh..my.. JIZZ IN MY PANTS!

Apr 03, 2009 8:46am PDT

From the 1up preview, here's some example dialog that Eddie states early on in the game. (Remember that E... : Masem

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1) The rumor that Brütal Legend's manual was printed with the blood of children is not true -- we only used the children's tears.

2) Jack Black contributed enormously to the character of Eddie Riggs, improvising many dialog lines, and also suggesting that we mirror Eddie's UVs and introduce secondary diffuse and normal textures with independent tile rates to improve his pixel density.

5) The rendering engine in Brütal Legend has been optimized down to two lines of code. One of those lines is a comment.

If this game looks as funny as it seems I must have it!

Apr 03, 2009 7:27am PDT

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1) The rumor that Brütal Legend's manual was printed with the blood of children is not true -- we only u... : Snipergen
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  lol, where are they from? : node
  - http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3173537 : Masem
- Thats awesome : Johnnsen

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In case people didn't see it, 1up's week long cover story has been about Brutal Legend -- though save for Monday there really hasn't been any real meat yet, but today's going to be their indepth preview (not yet posted as I type this, probably closer to midday)

http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3173479

Apr 03, 2009 6:41am PDT

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  wow this is a great read, thanks for posting! : marmite
  - 3) Instead of reflective ping-pong balls, Double Fine's motion capture studio uses Russian Tea Cookies be... : marmite
- Ohhh, and the feature for Friday is now up: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3173567 : Masem

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These look great, I can't wait for this game I'm really looking forward to it.

Apr 03, 2009 7:01am PDT

These look great, I can't wait for this game I'm really looking forward to it. : Begawkiness

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First shot coulda used a bit more Bone Wagon

Apr 03, 2009 4:41am PDT

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First shot coulda used a bit more Bone Wagon : swimteampie
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  - Oh, that's awesome. I saw the similarity to his work, and thought that the bone wagon was a nod to Roth, ... : jet-poop

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When this comes out, I'm going to lock myself in my room with a bottle of whiskey, a catheter, and a case of beef jerky and not come out until I'm sated or the army comes for me.

Apr 03, 2009 6:54am PDT

When this comes out, I'm going to lock myself in my room with a bottle of whiskey, a catheter, and a case... : afroninja

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I, for one, look forward to playing this. If not to just laugh my ass off.

Apr 03, 2009 6:49am PDT

I, for one, look forward to playing this. If not to just laugh my ass off. : gohan2518

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I don't really feel it yet with this game, but as I loved Psychonauts, I trust them in knowing how to add fun into gameplay.
Bring it on !

Apr 03, 2009 4:35am PDT

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  The theme and artwork and promotional material from Psychonauts didn't do much for me but the game was ab... : Xevo
  - same here, I got Psychonauts per recommendation and that was such a great game, fun yet challenging enoug... : BigT

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\m/ \m/

Bring it!

Apr 03, 2009 5:44am PDT

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\m/ \m/ Bring it! : Legolas5
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- Too much metal for one hand! \mm/ : Xevo

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Lemme tell ya there's no end to the things I'd let Double Fine do to my face...

Apr 03, 2009 4:43am PDT

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Lemme tell ya there's no end to the things I'd let Double Fine do to my face... : SpaecKow
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  Amen to that. God I love the art in this, I hope it sells like crazy. : node
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    Yeah the art, oh man does it ever kick ass. I was looking through these and I just kept thinking "ok this... : SpaecKow
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      I think the demon designs are badassest for me. They have a wonderful smoothness and flow and an awesome ... : Alice O'Connor
      
      Those demons are sick \m/ I want this NOW! : voodooraze

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Now release it for the PC already..

Apr 03, 2009 5:17am PDT

Now release it for the PC already.. : ClawHammR

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Mmmm.. Full Throttle'ish.. :) Tim is the only designer around that still makes original kick ass stuff

Apr 03, 2009 5:07am PDT

Mmmm.. Full Throttle'ish.. :) Tim is the only designer around that still makes original kick ass stuff : shad0w1979

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