Brütal Legend
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| Studio | Double Fine Productions | ||
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Electronic Arts Double Fine Productions (PC) |
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| Senior Developer | Tim Schafer | ||
| composer | Peter McConnell | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
PS3, Xbox 360 / October 13, 2009 October 15, 2009 October 16, 2009 Windows February 26, 2013 OSX, Linux May 7, 2013    |
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| platform | Windows , macOS , GNU / Linux , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 | ||
| Game engine | Buddha engine | ||
| genre | Action adventure | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| control | Mouse and keyboard, gamepad | ||
| medium | DVD-ROM , Blu-ray Disc , download | ||
| language | Multilingual | ||
| Current version | 1.01 | ||
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Brütal Legend is one of Double Fine Productions kreiertes and Electronic Arts publicized action-adventure video game for PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 and PC. The console versions were released on October 15, 2009 in Europe and on October 13, 2009 in North America, the PC version on February 26, 2013.
Tim Schafer , the game's creative director , was inspired by his own musical experiences for Brütal Legend . The main character of the game is the roadie Eddie Riggs, voiced by Jack Black , who is transported into a fantasy world that seems to have sprung from the cover of a heavy metal album. In addition to Jack Black, the game features voices from other heavy metal musicians and other celebrities. Lemmy Kilmister , Rob Halford , Ozzy Osbourne , Lita Ford and Tim Curry , among others, were hired and more than a hundred songs of the genre were selected by Tim Schafer and integrated into the game. To promote the game, Jack Black appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 in Brütal Legend costume and a huge plastic ax.
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Brütal Legend follows the story of Eddie Riggs (named after Eddie the Head , Iron Maiden's mascot , and Derek Riggs , the artist who designed Eddie). He's the world's best roadie in the world's worst heavy metal band, Kabbage Boy . The game begins during a performance by the band. When the lead guitarist falls from part of the stage Riggs set up and Eddie catches it, a piece of the backdrop falls down and buries Riggs under himself. His blood drips onto his cursed belt buckle, which is actually an amulet of Ormagöden , the "destroyer of the ancient world". Ormagoden awakens, kills the members of Kabbage Boy and transports Eddie to an alternate Nordic world where demons enslave humanity. Eddie learns that this fantasy world was created long ago by ancient titans who left relics and instructions for generations to come. But neither humans nor demons could decipher the meaning. Only Eddie, due to his skills as a roadie, knows how to interpret the clues and use the wisdom of the titans. Although Eddie is seen as "the chosen one" it is not clear whether he is the savior or the destroyer of the world.
Game principle and technology
Brütal Legend is a third-person action adventure game with real-time strategy elements. The player controls the protagonist Eddie Riggs in an open fantasy heavy metal world. There are 23 main missions and 30 optional side missions available. Eddie uses three weapons or tools: a broad ax , his Flying V guitar , which he can use to do magic, and his hot rod . He can find improvements or new skills for these everywhere in the game world or he can buy them from a dealer. All weapons can be combined with each other. For example, Eddie can use the guitar to throw an opponent into the air with fire and then hit him there with an ax. The interaction of the weapons is essential in some fights against bosses in order to win. Eddie cannot use magic endlessly: after a certain time, the guitar heats up and turns red. It can only be used again after it has cooled down. The player can also find metal songs and play them on the hot rod's radio.
During the game, the player meets numerous allies who can carry out individual and special cooperative combat actions with Eddie. Eddie can also control troops and assign them specific tasks, such as ordering a group of headbangers to use their headbanging skills to attack opponents. He can create an army by creating merchandise stalls with a minigame and summoning his minions there. Either Eddie or his colleagues attack the adversary.
Brütal Legend has a team-based multiplayer mode that is comparable to a simplified real-time strategy game with team sizes ranging from "one against one" to "three against three". Each team chooses one of three factions that determine which resources and troops can be summoned and take over the defense of their own territory. The number and types of troops are limited to prevent a team from becoming too powerful. This game mode can also be played by a single player. The computer then takes on the role of the human players.
The game uses the Buddha engine developed by Double Fine itself, named after the working title of Brütal Legend . The engine was designed with a focus on multi- platform development, the work began after Double Fine's previous project Psychonauts had to be adapted to additional platforms at short notice and with considerable effort after a publisher left.
Production notes
As of May 2009, the game was promoted by Black and Tim Schafer with short online videos called Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black . At the Download Festival 2009 in Donington Park, England, Electronic Arts arranged a Guinness World Record attempt for 440 Brütal Legend fans. The record should carry the greatest number of air guitar players that the song Ace of Spades by Motorhead play can be achieved.
Brütal Legend was originally supposed to be distributed by Vivendi Games , but was removed from the portfolio by Activision after Vivendi's merger with Activision . Electronic Arts only later expressed its interest, which was followed by several lawsuits between Activision and Double Fine. But an agreement was reached out of court.
- At the Comic-Con International in July 2009, the metal bands Gwar , 3 Inches of Blood and Unholy Pink played a promotional concert for the game. Keith Morris, the singer of the Circle Jerks , performed as a DJ .
- Brütal Legend was the official sponsor of the Mastodon and Dethklok Tour 2009.
- Tim Schafer appeared on the Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon on October 2, 2009 to promote the game.
- Jack Black took effect on 14 October 2009, disguised as Eddie Riggs , on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on.
- At Wacken Open Air 2009, the largest heavy metal festival in the world, the game was advertised on the three video screens on the main stages.
- Since November 16, 2009, the German thrash metal band Hatred presented the official Brütal- with the song Mosh Crüe , a version of the title (We are the) Moshcrew from their album Madhouse Symphonies (2008), after a competition held via Myspace . Legend anthem.
Soundtrack
Brütal Legend contains 107 songs from the metal genre by 75 different bands, selected by Tim Schafer and the responsible music director Emily Ridgway. Rather than relying on music labels and bands to provide them with a list of possible songs to choose from, the development team contacted the artists whose songs they wanted in-game to get their in-game permission. In some cases, this process turned out to be difficult because the band had already broken up and every single band member had to be visited.
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Voice actor
| character | English speaker | German speaker |
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| Eddie Riggs | Jack Black | Tobias Master |
| Ophelia | Jennifer Hale | Maya Bothe |
| Lars Halford | Zach Hanks | Simon Roden |
| Lita Halford | Kath Soucie | Ilya Welter |
| Lionwhyte / Firebaron | Rob Halford | Richard Hucke |
| Doviculus | Tim Curry | Volker Niederfahrenhorst |
| Kill Master | Lemmy Kilmister | Thomas Balou Martin |
| Guardian of Metal | Ozzy Osbourne | Phil Daub |
| Mangus | Alex Fernandez | Bernd Reheuser |
| Fletus | Robin Atkins Downes | Jürg Löw |
| Rima | Lita Ford | Nicole Engeln |
| Kage | Kyle Gass | Hans Bayer |
| teller | Corey Burton | Rheinhard Schulat |
reception
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Brütal Legend received mostly good reviews. Brütal Legend at Metacritic achieved a Metascore of 84 out of 100 points in both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 version. In GameStats results in a rating of 8.4 for the PlayStation 3 version and 8.3 for the Xbox 360 version.
GamePro gave it a rating of 85 percent. The “exciting mix of different elements” is emphasized, with the action sequences and their “precise combat control” being praised, while the strategy sequences are criticized as “often too confusing” and “too half-baked”. In conclusion, the game is compared to the movie Wayne's World and is described as an “extraordinary cult object with weaknesses for lovers”.
Spieletipps gave it a rating of 83 percent. Above all, the funny main characters, the crazy story, the huge soundtrack and the demanding gameplay are praised.
At the 2010 Interactive Achievement Awards from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences , Brütal Legend was honored in the categories Strategy Game / Simulation of the Year and Best Soundtrack. It was also nominated in the categories Best Character Performance, Best Original Screenplay and Best Game Direction. At the Game Developers Choice Awards 2010 it was nominated in the categories story and audio, but could not win either of the two categories. In 2011, following a public vote, it was chosen to be one of the 80 games the Smithsonian American Art Museum featured in its The Art of Video Games exhibition.
According to Schafers in an interview in February 2011, the game had sold 1.4 million times to date. It thus remained below sales expectations.
See also
Web links
- Official website
- Brütal Legend at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.xboxdynasty.de: Brütal Legend in stores from today . Accessed October 15, 2009.
- ↑ uk.xbox360.ign.com: Interview with Tim Schafer Interview . Accessed October 15, 2009.
- ↑ EA.com: Brütal Legend - Features ( Memento from October 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ www.mtv.de: Jack Black, Leighton Meester Introduce Best Rock Video Nominees . Accessed March 18, 2017.
- ↑ Double Fine's Massive Chalice Hits Funding Goal | GamePolitics. In: gamepolitics.com. ECA, June 4, 2013, accessed June 15, 2013 .
- ^ Cheese talks to: Double Fine (about cross platform game development). In: cheesetalks.twolofbees.com. January 18, 2013, accessed June 15, 2013 .
- ^ Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black . Accessed October 18, 2009.
- ^ EA: attempted world record . Accessed October 18, 2009.
- ↑ www.golem.de: Brütal Legend: litigation settled . Accessed October 15, 2009.
- ↑ GDN9.com: Brutal Legend Metal Meltdown Concert to Comic-Con 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Electronic Arts : 'Brutal Legend' (ALL) Sponsors Dethklok and Mastodon Tour ( English ) In: Official press release . August 4, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ↑ CraveOnline.com: Tim Schafer Talks Brutal Legend on Late Night ( Memento from October 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ MTV.com: Jack Black on Jimmy Kimmel for 'Brutal Legend'. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.myspace.com/bruetallegend, accessed on November 16, 2009.
- ↑ www.gamedaily.com: Selection of the songs . Accessed October 15, 2009.
- ↑ www.shacknews.com: Interview with Tim Schafer: The licensing of the soundtrack . ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed October 15, 2009.
- ↑ 'Brutal Legend' (PS3 / X360) Complete Soundtrack Revealed. Worthplaying, accessed October 15, 2009 .
- ^ Metacritic.com: Brütal Legend. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
- ↑ metacritic.com: Brütal Legend - PS3 version, accessed on October 20, 2009.
- ↑ metacritic.com: Brütal Legend -Xbox 360-Version, accessed October 20, 2009.
- ↑ gamepro.de: Test of Brütal Legend, accessed on October 20, 2009.
- ↑ spieletipps.de: Test of Brütal Legend, accessed on October 20, 2009.
- ^ Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences : 2010 Awards Winner . Official website. Last accessed on March 8, 2012.
- ↑ Game Developers Choice Awards : 2010 Awards Winner . Official website. Last accessed on March 8, 2012.
- ↑ The Art of Video Games Voting Result ( English , PDF; 1.0 MB) Smithsonian Institution . May 5, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ↑ Kris Graft: Smithsonian Art Exhibit Recognizes Games From Pac-Man To Heavy Rain ( English ) In: Gamasutra . UBM plc. May 5, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ↑ Christian Nutt: Schafer Admits Fantasy Of Flatulence On Youth ( English ) In: Gamasutra . UBM plc. February 11, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
