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Brütal Legend doomed to brilliance!

It's a classic good news/bad news scenario.

Good News: Brütal Legend has a publisher.
Bad News: It's EA. Damn.

http://www.doublefine.com/news.php/p...s/brutallegend

Also: You'd be amazed how popular the phrase "Violated Lemon" is on Google.

I saw. This is quite distressing. But since I’ve owned nothing that could contribute to the gaming industry for over two years, I’m not personally dismayed.

I don't think it will be a problem. EA will most certainly market the shit out of it. It has celebrity voices and is coming out on all sku's (minus Wii, of course). EA did a good job marketing Mirrors Edge which was really more of a long shot than this.

Hey. Maybe Tim Schafer will finally get the money he deserves.

wtf is Brutal Legend?

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wtf is Brutal Legend?

wtf is.....get the fuck out!

It is an age old phrase commonly abbreviated to GTFO.

ooooh, it's affiliated with Psychonauts. you guys will lap that shit up huh, even with Jack Black?

We here at Oddworld Forums should be used to EA fucking creative games up the butt by now, shouldn't we?

I can be no coincidence that we're shielding our old wounds from the hurricane force winds of shit.

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It is an age old phrase commonly abbreviated to GTFO.

I refuse. I always have. I always will. I don't speak internet.

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I refuse. I always have. I always will. I don't speak internet.

lol
Yeah me too

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EA has the power to f*** some games, so, if you got luck, it will be great.

This, possibly written by an EA employee, is slightly reassuring:

Hey, I would like to dimiss any fears people have about Brutal Legend being picked up by EA. In all honesty it is a GREAT thing. For those of who have not been following the development side of games for a while, I would like to note that EA has changed for the better, of not for the AMAZING, in the last two or three years. You see, Activision, has now taking up that hold throne of evil, built on the corpses of employees, wherein EA now tries to cultivate creativity and new ideas, ie Mirror’s Edge and Dead Space.

Also, there is something that EA has made called EA Partners, this is what Brutal Legend is under. What does this mean? It means that Double Fine will have pretty much complete creative control, ALONG WITH, any EA assets that wish to use from. Which includes publishing. And of course, with EA Partners, Double Fine would still own all rights to their games. No Psychonauts cellphones games... which... would be kinda cool actually.

ANYWAY thats all I wanted to say. Be happy its EA, folks. It’s gonna be a great ride.

EA has released this last couple of months:
Dead Space
Left 4 Dead
Mirror's Edge

Those are all great games (I even ordered the 2 last of them)
So I'm not too afraid for Brütal Legend. But I might be worried about the future of Double Fine prod.

I guess we'll see

I could maybe see this being a problem, considering Mirror's Edge bombed hard even though they really tried with it. I doubt it, since they still plan Mirror's Edge 2, Brutal Legend will get publicity.

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wtf is.....

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I don't speak internet.

I thought I knew you...

Anyone else watch the VGAs? They showed a new trailer, looks alot better than when we last saw it.

Just saw it over here:
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/5666.html

can't wait for it.

Extended gameplay video with commentary. For the first time I'm really starting to feel the awesomeness of this game.

http://au.ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/85...pt1_71709.html
(there are four parts to this vid)

That does look pretty damn awesome.

Be assured, those videos have been drooled upon.

The judge in the Doublefine v Activision case has denied Activision's request to stop sales of the game. For now. He will give a final ruling on that particular subject next week. But in his own words: "I can't say there's a likelihood of success here,". Kick ass.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...l-Legend-Delay

It has been settled out of court. Activision has reportedly settled for next to nothing just so that they could save face by not losing in open court. Brutal Legend will be released on schedule.

OMG soundtrack time!
http://kotaku.com/5333045/ea-denmark...ete-soundtrack

3 Inches of Blood - Deadly Sinners
3 Inches of Blood - Destroy The Orcs
Accept - Fast As A Shark
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Anthrax - Metal Thrashing Mad
Anvil - March of the Crabs
Anvil - Tag Team
Apostasy - Sulphur Injection
Bishop of Hexen - A Serpentine Grave
Bishop of Hexen - The Somber Grounds of Truth
Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die
Brocas Helm - Cry of the Banshee
Brocas Helm - Drink the Blood of the Priest
Budgie - Breadfan
Budgie - Zoom Club
Candlemass - Witches
Carcass - No Love Lost
Cloven Hoof Nightstalker
Children of Bodom - Angels Don't Kill
Coroner - Skeleton on your Shoulder
Cradle of Filth - Her Ghost in the Fog
Crimson Glory - Queen of the Masquerade
Dark Fortress - Insomnia
Dark Tranquility - Cathode Ray Sunshine
Deathstars - Blitzkrieg
Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
Dethklok - Mermaider
Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
Dokken - Mr. Scary
Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames
Emperor - Thus Spake The Nightspirit
Enslaved - Frost
Enslaved - Loke
Firehouse - Overnight Sensation
Girlschool - Bomber
Iced Earth - When the Night Falls
Iced Earth - Pure Evil
In Flames - Goliaths Disarm Their Davids
Judas Priest - Battle Hymn
Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye
Judas Priest - Leather Rebel
Judas Priest - One Shot At Glory
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Kabbage Boy - Girlfriend
KMFDM - Free Your Hate
KMFDM - Rip The System
King Diamond - Cremation
King Diamond - Welcome Home
Kiss - God of Thunder
Lita Ford - Betrayal
Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
Manowar - Die For Metal
Manowar - The Dawn Of Battle
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Mastodon - Oblivion Instrumental
Megadeath - High Speed Dirt
Megadeath - Tornado of Souls
Metal Church - Metal Church
Michael Schenker - Group Assault Attack
Ministry - Stigmata
Ministry - Thieves
Mirrorthrone - So Frail
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
Motley Crue - Live Wire
Motorhead - Back at the Funny Farm
Motorhead - In the Black
Motorhead - Marching Off to War
Motorhead - We Are the Road Crew
Nitro - Machine Gun Eddie
Omen - The Axeman
Ostrogoth - Queen of Desire
Overkill - World of Hurt
Ozzy Osbourne - Believer
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
Quiet Riot - The Wild and the Young
Racer X - Technical Difficulties
Racer X - Y.R.O.
Ratt - Lay It Down
Riot - Road Racin
Riot - Narita
Riot - Swords and Tequila
Rob Zombie - Superbeast
Rotting Christ - Ad Notics
Running Wild - Riding the Storm
Sanctuary - Battle Angels
Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Scorpions - Blackout
Scorpions - Holiday
Skeletonwitch - Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery
Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild
Slayer - Metal Storm/Face The Slayer
Slough Feg - Warriors Dawn
Static-X - Love Dump
Tenacious D - Master Exploder
Tenacious D - The Metal
Testament - For The Glory Of
Testament - More Than Meets The Eye
Tvangeste - Birth of the Hero
UFO - Rock Bottom
Whitesnake - Still of the Night
Wrath of Killenstein - Ignisis Dance

Pretty decent start but I expected a bit more
(couldn't resist to bold the ones I'm especially happy about)

Sounds pretty fucking ace to me!

I was a huge fan of Ministry when I was in high school. They were actually the first concert that I ever went to.

Ewww death metal. Oh well Black Sabbath anit so bad.

Yes, they are. Really. They are.

Depends who's the lead singer... I really like their work when Ozzy was doing the vocals.

Heh, that's a matter of taste...

I saw Ministry on their last tour, made me wish I knew about them earlier. Now that I think of it I actually saw a whole bunch of the bands on this list live.

I saw them when Filth Pig came out in '95.

Well, I'm officially jealous...

Anyway I've just read a "review" of the song selection and I can't believe how much I disagree with this guy: http://spinelanguage.wordpress.com/2...brutal-legend/

One thing is sure, Double Fine have included enough songs and variation to please almost anybody. I'm quite excited to discover the bands I don't know about, but I'll wait until I hear the songs in the game.

Review of multiplayer, with videos: http://au.ps3.ign.com/articles/101/1013540p1.html

Mr. Crowley is on there.

Freaking awesome.

The demo premiers on Live on Sept. 17th.

Did I tell you guys I played it?

Because I did

at Gamescom

and it was awesome...

Achievements have been revealed:

360 PS3   Name

15 Bronze Got a Car and a Date Completed "Welcome to the Age of Metal"

15 Bronze Start a Revolution Completed "Exploited in the Bowels of Hell"

15 Bronze Thick as a Baby's Arm Completed "Lair of the Metal Queen"

15 Bronze Hair Remover Completed "Battle for Bladehenge"

15 Bronze French Kiss Instructor Completed "Pilgrimage of Screams"

15 Bronze Chicks n' Booze n' Stuff Completed "Sanctuary of Sin"

15 Bronze Ran to the Hills Completed "It's Raining Death"

15 Bronze Fistfull of Fog Completed "Dry Ice, Wet Graves"

15 Bronze No More Tears Completed "Sea of Black Tears"

25 Silver Groupie Completed Campaign mode on Easy

25 Silver Roadie Completed Campaign mode on Normal

25 Silver Legend Completed Campaign mode on Brutal

20 Bronze Overkill Completed all hunting secondary missions

20 Bronze Squeal Like a Chicken Completed all racing secondary missions

20 Bronze Protector Completed 20 ambush, outpost defense, or mortar secondary missions

50 Gold   Metal God Achieved 100% completion on the stats screen

10 Bronze Serpent Samaritan Freed 40 Bound Serpents

15 Bronze Serpent Spanker Freed 80 Bound Serpents

25 Silver Serpent Savior Freed all 120 Bound Serpents

05 Bronze One Hit Wonder Purchased 1 upgrade in the Motor Forge

25 Silver Loyal Customer Purchased all upgrades in the Motor Forge

20 Bronze Virtuoso Learned all guitar solos

20 Bronze Tourist Viewed all vistas

20 Bronze Now You Must Tell the Tale Viewed all Legends

20 Bronze Voices From Beyond Unlocked all songs in the Mouth of Metal

20 Bronze Flowerslave Summoned all Motor Forges

10 Bronze Practice Bloody Practice Won an AI Stage Battle - any difficulty

20 Bronze Iron Fist Won an AI Stage Battle - Brütal difficulty

10 Bronze Victör Won a ranked multiplayer match

20 Silver Subjügator Won 10 ranked multiplayer matches

50 Gold   Cönquerer Won 50 ranked multiplayer matches

20 Bronze Master of the Flame Double Teamed with every Ironheade unit

20 Bronze Master of the Tear Double Teamed with every Drowning Doom unit

20 Bronze Master of the Blood Double Teamed with every Tainted Coil unit

20 Bronze Armchair General Won a Stage Battle by yourself against the AI without attacking

30 Silver Favored Acquired 3,000 Fire Tributes

30 Silver Sellout Spent 250,000 fans - any mode

20 Bronze Some Demon Flesh on your Bumper Slayed 150 enemies with the Deuce - any mode

30 Silver I've never touched an axe before Personally smote 300 enemies - any mode

10 Bronze Silence, groundwalker! Gained 5 or more seconds of hang time in a single jump - any mode

15 Bronze Six Degrees of Schafer*** Played with or against another player who has this Achievement

15 Bronze Ringleader Trapped 15 enemies in one ring of fire with the Fire Baron's Double Team

15 Bronze Painkiller Killed 25 enemies with the grinder of one Rock Crusher

15 Bronze Dollpocalypse Hit 6 enemies with the explosion from a Brood's Double Team

15 Bronze Euthanasia Hit 15 enemies with one Agony Ball using the Pain Lifter's Double Team

15 Bronze Death From Above Killed 20 enemies with one Bleeding Death

15 Bronze Coolest Thing Ever Jumped over a Hextadon in the Deuce

15 Bronze Beast Master Rode every animal in the world

50 Silver Boar Bather Rode a Razorfire Boar into the Sea of Black Tears and live to tell the tale.

20 Bronze Quill Tosser Killed a Tollusk using only Ground Urchins

http://kotaku.com/5346965/brutal-leg...eavy-metal-flu

Very nice. I can't wait.