Demo Play: Brutal Legend (PS3)

I'll probably keep this short, as Legend is deserving of a full review when possible, but the demo that dropped last week is highly recommended. Schafer? Black? It's quite a team. The demo feels tightly written and funny and Jack Black is in true form here (all of that voice acting with Kung Fu Panda I guess). I remember outings like XIII where it seemed like a cell shaded shooter and David Duchovny voicing seemed an excellent match, and then Duchovny comes across with all the emotion one gets from reading a cereal box.

Not here. But as much as it works as a story, the gameplay feels just as solid. It's more or less a button masher, feeling a lot like a good variant of the God of War model with potentially more variety to the core and I think they've tossed out the QTE scenes, at least from the demo, for action which is more tightly integrated into the normal controls. Which if that holds out for the whole game, is something other designers should ponder.

Oh, and of course it rocks - as in an awesome homage to all things metal. Stop reading, go download, wait the release with baited breath.

Brutal Legend Demothon Live Stream

The Brutal Legend demo drops today for PSN and Xbox Live users (because clearly with Fallout, Katamari, Marvel Alliance and the Uncharted 2 multiplayer demo ... I didn't have enough to play with right now). Double Fine is having a live demothon at 12PM PST today (Oct 1st) to coincide, with the following lineup:

· Welcome to the Dem-o-thon!

· A Message from Tim’s Bunker

· Drew shows how to make Brütal VFX

· Emily shares her 10 Least Metal Albums

· Lee reports from the field and share’s little known facts from the world of Brütal Legend

· Colin show’s how Eddie’s power grows in the Open World of Brutal Legend

· Erik reveals the Depth of the World of Brütal Legend

· Brad walks you through Multiplayer Stage Battles

· Levi draws a Brutal Caricature of one lucky fan while discussing Character design

· Nathan, Pete, Anna, Dan and Jon talk about programming Brütal Legend and crunch time at Double Fine

· Tasha and Dave take you inside white box animation

· Steve gives an Axe Lesson

· Forbidden Questions answered by a Special Guest

You can watch the livestream from the offical site, or check it out below:



I'm willing to bet that special guest threatens someone with swine flu...

Get Brutal With Tim Schafer

EA is holding a Twitter event with Tim Schafer, the man behind the potentially most awesomest game Brutal Legend (if not the most awesome, most likely to have the biggest hair at least).

The event coincides with E3 and EA has a site online (http://e3.brutallegend.com) with details on how to get in the action.