Brütal Legend was launched in 2009 and featured a massively metallic soundtrack. Brütal Legend had everybody from Black Sabbath and Judas Priest to Mastodon and King Diamond, with Youngsters Of Bodom and Darkish Tranquillity thrown in for good measure (and that is hardly scratching the floor).
Brütal Legend was an action-adventure recreation with some real-time technique, and was created by Double Fantastic Productions. The sport follows Eddie Riggs, voiced by and modeled after Jack Black, who runs into musicians voiced by Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, Ozzy Osbourne. So yeah, Brütal Legend was metallic.
However will there ever be a Brütal Legend 2? In line with Double Fantastic Productions director and studio head Tim Schafer, they’re nonetheless torn. The studio revealed a prolonged weblog publish commemorating the 15th anniversary of Brütal Legend the place they famous that Double Fantastic Productions remains to be on the fence.
“This Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of Brütal Legend, a size of time which actually alarms the entire people right here who labored on it,” wrote Double Fantastic Productions’s Harper within the publish. “Time’s river claims all issues! However in the event you’re fortunate, you get to do some stuff which leaves a mark and in terms of our video games right here at Double Fantastic it is truthful to say Brütal‘s received one hell of a legacy.
“My inbox on social media will get pinged on daily basis and I believe not less than 30% of these messages are request for Brütal Legend 2. Eddie Riggs‘ story of heavy metallic derring-do has actually caught with followers over time, and retains producing new metallic heads as time goes on.
They added: “We have spoken about it over time sometimes. How might we not?”
Harper later added in a quote from Schafer a few attainable sequel, writing: “‘Folks ask about Brütal Legend 2 on a regular basis and I am torn about that,’ Tim informed me. ‘I do know a few of them need it with an evolution of the RTS stuff and a few of them simply need God of Warfare with Eddie Riggs. I perceive the logic of constructing the second possibility, however I am way more excited in regards to the first.'”
“Chad [Dawson, Lead Programmer] had a number of concepts, questioning much less about participant expectations and extra in regards to the huge choices which may excite the studio. ‘There’s a lot of a world to discover that could possibly be finished in some ways,’ he mused. ‘It could possibly be an RPG, it could possibly be an RTS. And even an auto battler!'”
So it sounds extra like a “when” than an “if” Brütal Legend 2 is occurring, proper?
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