Brütal Legend was launched in 2009 and featured a massively steel soundtrack. Brütal Legend had everybody from Black Sabbath and Judas Priest to Mastodon and King Diamond, with Children Of Bodom and Dark Tranquillity thrown in for good measure (and that is hardly scratching the floor).
Brütal Legend was an action-adventure sport with some real-time technique, and was created by Double Nice 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 steel.
However will there ever be a Brütal Legend 2? In line with Double Nice Productions director and studio head Tim Schafer, they’re nonetheless torn. The studio published a lengthy blog post commemorating the 15th anniversary of Brütal Legend the place they famous that Double Nice 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 Nice Productions’s Harper within the submit. “Time’s river claims all issues! However for those who’re fortunate, you get to do some stuff which leaves a mark and in terms of our video games right here at Double Nice it is truthful to say Brütal‘s received one hell of a legacy.
“My inbox on social media will get pinged daily and I believe not less than 30% of these messages are request for Brütal Legend 2. Eddie Riggs‘ story of heavy steel derring-do has actually caught with followers through the years, and retains producing new steel heads as time goes on.
They added: “We have spoken about it through the years occasionally. How might we not?”
Harper later added in a quote from Schafer a couple of 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 Struggle with Eddie Riggs. I perceive the logic of constructing the second choice, however I am far more excited in regards to the first.'”
“Chad [Dawson, Lead Programmer] had a couple 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 may very well be performed in some ways,’ he mused. ‘It may very well be an RPG, it may very well 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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