 "Brutal Legend")
If you’re an old school metal head who’s appalled by the state of Heavy Metal in today’s day and age, you’ll totally dig Brutal Legend’s vibe. It takes tons of subtle and not so subtle potshots at the state of the industry today. It’s laced with a high dose of humor and is made by a bunch of people who really know their music. Unfortunately it seems developer Double Fine Productions concentrated all their efforts into the game’s style and setting and forgot all about gameplay.
Brutal Legend puts players in the boots of a roadie called Eddie Riggs who like all noble roadies lives by a code. That code is to stay in the shadows at all times, working 24/7 to make sure performers dish out the concert of the century. Unfortunately in today’s day and age people just don’t respect the roadie as much as they did and he lands up doing a lot of menial stuff. If that wasn’t bad enough Riggs perishes in the line of duty one fateful day only to be resurrected in a heavy metal inspired fantasy world where guitars are capable of electrocuting people (yeah it’s that badass).
Sadly it’s not all fun and games there and he finds himself banding with a group of rebels to kick start the revolution of the century. Like I mentioned earlier the game takes a number of potshots at the industry today and all that humor has been brought to life by Jack Black’s awesome voice acting. He is supported in this noble endeavor by an equally awesome supporting cast that consists of rock legends like Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy Kilmisterm, Rob Halford and more.
You can make out Tim Schafer and his team of metal heads at Double Fine burst an artery in their heads designing the world of Ormag
Nash, as he prefers being called, woke up to the wonders of gaming rather late but don't bring that up around him. It's a touchy subject. A self confessed Battlefield veteran, Nash spent a good part of 2010 on the Steam Battlefield - with Bad Company (see what we did there?). He has a zero tolerance policy towards RTS games but is currently showing an interest by picking up and moving people - who he refers to as units - in the office. Thank God he's not that enthusiastic about Angry Birds or we'd be seeing women flying all over the place. Bali... Bali, put the receptionist down now.