While his music doesn't really push our buttons, Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell (released in 1977) had a fantastically schlocky album cover – a demonic bat watches as a skull adorned motorbike bursts from the ground, while the grimacing long haired rider hangs on for dear life; it really doesn't get much more unashamedly 'Heavy Metal' than that. It's from this same studded-leather-clad era that Tim Schafer (creator of Psychonauts and Grim Fandango) and Double Fine Productions have drawn upon to unleash the rock'n'roll odyssey that is Brutal Legend. The question is, have they managed to crank the volume all the way up to eleven, or is Brutal Legend merely a scale model of Stonehenge that is in danger of being crushed by a dwarf (if you'll pardon the inevitable Spinal Tap references!)?
Prepare to headbang your way into glory with these metal-infused games. You'll find yourself flipping your hair in pure excitement.
The Humble Day of the Devs Bundle 2022 just launched. It includes sixteen items including Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Broken Age, and more.
The world of Brutal Legend looks like something a 14 year-old metal head would draw on their notebook while not paying attention.
Liked the aesthetic, tone, humor, and action combat.
Didn't care for the RTS elements.
Never cared to finish it.
Yeah they marketed the game like it was a Heavy Metal GTA-ish adventure. And at the beginning of the game that's what it was. The game fell apart when the half-baked RTS stuff came in. I'd be interested in a reboot or sequel, but just go full action adventure and ditch the RTS. There really is something there with the Heavy Metal theme.
PS360 gen was special, then again it was still the mid 2000s. Everything went to shite in the teens
I think that was the breaker for Doublefine's creative ambitions and their mixing of genres (which was getting kinda stale). It was a nice to look at but it was more of a tribute to the many things Tim loves, was influenced by and has great admiration for....but the forced RTS stuff was like a drinking buddy's "great idea" that never should have come to light. The game seemed a lot more vast, but it ended pretty quickly too. And Jack Black. As much as I don't care for him as an actor (annoying and requires constant attention), this was absolutely made with him in mind and it worked. I mean come on, Tenacious D? For as Metal as this game was trying to be, even comically, it did little more than meow.
