I actually thought Brutal Legend was fun. It was a game that didn't take itself seriously. It had a hilarious, unique story and an awesome cast. It was a tribute to all things metal. I never did beat it. It did become unbearably frustrating and difficult. Especially when commanding your metal armies. That was the worst part of the game to me. If only they axed that or made it less frustrating but still challenging and fun. Defiantly not a good RTS game.

Brutal Legend was no fun.. Hated the ''RTS'' elements they jammed in there..

Brutal Legend was great, the so called "RTS" elements weren't a detriment at all to me and worked well with the overall gameplay. If anything the game should've been longer and incorporated that stuff more after it "opens up".

It's a shame they won't be expanding on the idea in a sequel, but I look forward to Double Fine's new projects.

That game-hating Nick Chester. What are we going to do with him?

This is awesome news. Brutal Legend sucked dog balls, so it doesn't need a sequel and Tim Schafer was born to make smaller scale Indie projects rather than big budget AAA stuff, IMHO.

I really enjoyed this game although I could see how the bait and switch could leave people sour. Also, I love metal so all the music and references really enhanced my experience.

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He's a problem alright. And like most problems all it really takes is a team of highly trained assassins, some C4, guns, and a couple one way tickets to France.

Brutal Legend was good nut not as good as it should've been. Certainly not for a Schaefer game either. Some of those issues, like dialog being cut off when scripted events occurred, were really amatuerish mistakes.

In the future someone could pick up the license and do it justice I think because universe was magnificent but the game had faults most of which, the largest isssues of all the issues in fact, were easily avoidable.

*but not

Solid game, but I prefer console games not even try to do anything RTS-like.

I just want Psychonauts 2 and some new stuff.

Also, manasteel88, remember, Psychonauts definitely had somewhat of a hub world with Whispering Rock.

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One of the most underrated games of this generation. People complained about RTS elements and blamed Tim for not explaining how to play the game properly, I mean what the fuck. The game explains that double team attacks are the most effective ones, so if you're flying above the field commanding your units and see them fail, it's pretty logical to get down on the field and use double team attacks with your units. I just don't see how you can get confused with that.
Modern games guide the player through their stories and missions like he's a blind one-legged mental defective kid. Tip: remember to press X button to attack, like we said earlier in the tutorial at the start of the game 8 hours ago.

Anyway, this game doesn't need a sequel, it's good enough as it is.

I agree that it's underrated, and I also agree that those who could not understand the RTS elements are basically dumb as fuck. But I still think having such mechanics wasn't a wise decision for Double Fine.

Anybody defending the RTS elements; they make true RTS fans cry a little bit on the inside.

The whole "get up personal" approach? A total shambles.

I don't even consider the RTS elements as RTS. I have no idea what to label them besides that but they definitely weren't fleshed out enough to properly call them RTS. Maybe thats why I enjoyed the game quite a bit. I approached it like it was some strange beast I had never encountered before and I ended up loving it. I'm planning a second playthrough as soon as I beat some of the games I have lying around my apartment.

All that being said, I don't feel the game needs a sequel. In my opinion, it hit all the marks it was trying to hit and a a sequel wouldn't do much except improve some of the combat elements. Everything else was already damn near perfect, from the writing to the open world.

Take all this with a grain of salt however. It's coming from the guy who greatly enjoys Scribblenauts. I have a knack for ignoring the bad elements of games I like.

Yeah I played the demo and I thought that this was a fuckwin hack and slash with guitar hero minigames in it. Luckily I didn't buy it because my friend did and it was a management sim.

Good. I hope TimmyS never makes another game again.

The only sequel I would have wanted would have been playing Drowning Doom or Tainted Coil single-player, and neither of those would have happened.

It sold tons, though. It cracked a million so it'd be nice to know what its dev costs were. If EA and double fine thought it was a flop, I wonder how much it was supposed to sell?

Of course it would not sell much. RTS still is more successful on PC. Sure, you can cite Halo Wars but the success of this game is not because it is an RTS but because it is a Halo.

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I hope you never make a post again, child.

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I'm not too upset about this. Brutal Legend was fine, but I wouldn't buy a sequel.

This is a shame. It's one of those so-so games that had the potential to produce a great sequel. Like Mirror's Edge. Oh well. I won't lose any sleep over it.