Doublefine new title - Brutal Legend.

The_Scarab

Double Fine's new game - Brutal Legend?
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According to the Norwegian web site gamer.no, Tim's new game is going to be unveiled at the Games Convention in Leipzig next week. The page's text has been translated by the fine folks of this Idle Thumbs forum thread and it apparently reads something like this:
Vivendi confirms that Psychonauts creator Tim Schafer will be showing a new project during the game convention Games Convention. Brutal Legend is the name of the game guru Tim Schafer's latest game. It will be shown at Games Convention next week, and Gamer.no will be in Leipzig to cover the event.

According to distributer Vivendi you'll be playing a Rock'n Roll roadie played by actor Jack Black (known from King Kong and School of Rock). Black dies and goes to Hell, and quickly finds it's not that cool to be where the sun never shines.

The goal is to escape to Rock'n Roll heaven. In order to do this the main character has to solve various tasks and puzzles. It's also said that there will be elements of strategy in the game, for example when controlling several characters at once.

Furthermore, Heavy Metal is apparently a big thing in Brutal Legend. We don't have any more information, but we promise to keep a close eye when the game is presented at Games Convention next week.

Schafer has earlier contributed to (or co-created, whatever) games such as Full Throttle, Psychonauts, Grim Fandango and Day of the Tentacle.
As amazing as that sounds, it may be wise to remain skeptical until next week, when the game will supposedly be announced. Still, this does somewhat gel with previously circulated rumors that music would play a significant role in the game, and it also makes Jack Black's recently witnessed garb seem slightly less coincidental. Stay tuned!

Via a Norwegian site, translated here: http://idlethumbs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5380

and here: http://gamer.no/nyhet//legende_med_nytt_spill/42145

First show is at Leipzig.

darleysam

so is this a film tie-in, or they just signed Jack Black up for their game? Either way, interested for more.

The_Scarab

darleysam wrote: »

so is this a film tie-in, or they just signed Jack Black up for their game? Either way, interested for more.

Dont think its a movie tie in, and I think he just likes Doublefine. He has been seen wearing Psychonauts tees at various gigs apparently. We will probably know more at Leipzig if true.

Hopefully they can make a good game this time around. Psychonauts was a broken mess but had the best writing in the industry.

LewieP

Bought'd

Daybreak

Hmm... I'm not interested in the setting at all, but it's Tim Schaefer, so I'm in.

Dirtchamber

The_Scarab wrote: »

darleysam wrote: »

so is this a film tie-in, or they just signed Jack Black up for their game? Either way, interested for more.

Dont think its a movie tie in, and I think he just likes Doublefine. He has been seen wearing Psychonauts tees at various gigs apparently. We will probably know more at Leipzig if true.

Hopefully they can make a good game this time around. Psychonauts was a broken mess but had the best writing in the industry.

What the fuck? Are we talking about the same Psychonauts? Where, exactly, was it a "broken mess"?

Magic Pink

The_Scarab wrote: »

Psychonauts was a broken mess

FAIL

The_Scarab

Dirtchamber wrote: »

The_Scarab wrote: »

darleysam wrote: »

so is this a film tie-in, or they just signed Jack Black up for their game? Either way, interested for more.

Dont think its a movie tie in, and I think he just likes Doublefine. He has been seen wearing Psychonauts tees at various gigs apparently. We will probably know more at Leipzig if true.

Hopefully they can make a good game this time around. Psychonauts was a broken mess but had the best writing in the industry.

What the fuck? Are we talking about the same Psychonauts? Where, exactly, was it a "broken mess"?

Buggy, incomplete code and some gameplay that was stale and derivative. Perhaps broken mess was taken out of context. The game was great, but the ports and unpatched versions were hella problematic. I was talking about the game from a purely technical standpoint, not the game itself.

PiptheFair

Magic Pink wrote: »

The_Scarab wrote: »

Psychonauts was a broken mess

FAIL

yeah uh, what?

It had some bugs, and was a tad rushed, but it was completely playable.

Also, Tim Schaefer WOOOOOOOOO

cloudeagle

Jack Black and Tim Schafer?

This game will be a throbbing mass of awesome.

If any of you haven't ever read Tim Schafer's blog, go to www.doublefine.com and read it. NOW.

For example, here's an entry in which he announces buttons for sale. But he doesn't do it in a normal way, oh no. He does this:

10. Head
9. Legs
8. FBI wire
7. Arms
6. Friendly, advice-giving tick
5. Old piece of Bubblicious
4. Hairs
3. Scent of authority
2. External organs

And the #1 thing I have attached to my body is...

1. My new Double Fine Action Buttons!!!

He also has a pathological fear of the Weinermobile.

LewieP

doesn't show up on Wikipedia, makes me inclined to think it's not a movie tie in.

Houk

love tim schafer, but man...what a lame title for a game. grim fandango and psychonauts are two of my favorite game titles ever, so this is a pretty big let-down by comparison.

but still. love tim schafer

Hoz

As long as Tim Schafer keeps doing what Tim Schafer does everything will be peachy.

brynstar

This sounds like some weird mix up of Grim Fandango and Full Throttle, with a hint of Jack Black.

I'm for it.

etoychest

Houk wrote: »

love tim schafer, but man...what a lame title for a game. grim fandango and psychonauts are two of my favorite game titles ever, so this is a pretty big let-down by comparison.

but still. love tim schafer

I'm with you on the title...it sounds like a made for Sci Fi flick.

darleysam

etoychest wrote: »

Houk wrote: »

love tim schafer, but man...what a lame title for a game. grim fandango and psychonauts are two of my favorite game titles ever, so this is a pretty big let-down by comparison.

but still. love tim schafer

I'm with you on the title...it sounds like a made for Sci Fi flick.

or a 'Steven Seagal must fight the henchmen a local ruthless businessman to save the honour of a nearby orphanage' kind of film.

Noray

Concept sounds... strange but intriguing. Psychonauts was all kinds of awesome, so here's hoping Tim's still got it!

drhazard

darleysam wrote: »

etoychest wrote: »

Houk wrote: »

love tim schafer, but man...what a lame title for a game. grim fandango and psychonauts are two of my favorite game titles ever, so this is a pretty big let-down by comparison.

but still. love tim schafer

I'm with you on the title...it sounds like a made for Sci Fi flick.

or a 'Steven Seagal must fight the henchmen a local ruthless businessman to save the honour of a nearby orphanage' kind of film.

Man, that's exactly the cheesiness that typifies what The D goes for anyway. This is entirely within character, I feel.

Gork

LewieP wrote: »

Bought'd

Although Psychonauts demands a sequel, what with the way it ended.

Wienke

Tim Schafer is a god amongst men.

His only fault is that he is a slow god who needs to hurry up and make more games!

Peewi

This sounds very interesting to say the least.

Pej

The concept sounds real appealing to me. I've got high hopes for this one. I'm actually currently playing through Psychonauts for the first time but I've played plenty of his older games.

Lave II

Co-wink-a-dink?



I think not!

piL

Hoz wrote: »

As long as Tim Schafer keeps doing what Tim Schafer does everything will be Tim Schafer.

Fix'd

Evander

From the other thread:

DesertChicken wrote: »

The rumor is a game starring Jack Black trying to make his way from rock and roll hell to rock and roll heaven.

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My hatred for this man knows no bounds.

This news/rumor is like telling me that Carlos Mencia is going to play the lead role in the next Kevin Smith movie.

Houk

drhazard wrote: »

darleysam wrote: »

etoychest wrote: »

Houk wrote: »

love tim schafer, but man...what a lame title for a game. grim fandango and psychonauts are two of my favorite game titles ever, so this is a pretty big let-down by comparison.

but still. love tim schafer

I'm with you on the title...it sounds like a made for Sci Fi flick.

or a 'Steven Seagal must fight the henchmen a local ruthless businessman to save the honour of a nearby orphanage' kind of film.

Man, that's exactly the cheesiness that typifies what The D goes for anyway. This is entirely within character, I feel.

i wouldn't call it cheesy so much as painfully generic and not in line with the concept at all. oh well. the game's what really matters.

drhazard

Houk wrote: »

i wouldn't call it cheesy so much as painfully generic and not in line with the concept at all. oh well. the game's what really matters.

What's not in line with the concept? It's rock, ergo brutal, and you have to be pretty legendary to out-rock Hell.

Anyway, yeah, game. Should be fun to watch its production.

anable

Someone posted this in the other Doublefine thread that closed shop:

"The whole thing was a lie. What I'm really working on is Zak McKracken 2 for the PSP."--Tim Schafer, speaking to International House of Mojo.

"There have been some rumors lately. Some stuff was true. Like the stuff about me being a good kisser. But a lot of it was false. I would love to tell everybody about the Monkey Island first-person shooter that we're working on, but I can't yet. Not at Leipzig either. But in a couple of months I can. In fact, you will be hearing so much about Monkey Shooter that you will get sick of it and you'll probably want to curl up in the back of your closet just to get away from it for a while."--Tim Schafer, speaking to GameSpot.

So...I'm not sure what this man is up to.

Xagarath

Whatever game he makes, I shall probably be buying it, even if it is Monkey Shooter.

Evander

monkey shooter

The Super Monkey Ball game for the Wii has an FPS mini-game in it.



The fact that a Super Monkey Ball FPS exists fills me with both horror and joy simultaniously.

Alfred J. Kwak

None of those game concepts sounds more believeable then the others really

LewieP

hehe, Timesplitters 2 - "Monkey Fight!"

Veevee

I sometimes wonder what would happen if Tim Schafer and Robin Williams did something together.

And I don't care what Tim works on, it will be bought so hard. He could make a game based on Disney's Its a Small World ride and I would buy it.

The_Scarab

LewieP wrote: »

hehe, Timesplitters 2 - "Monkey Fight!"

ts2 is my deus ex.

everytime someone mentions it i have to break out the gamecube and play it all over again.

LewieP

The_Scarab wrote: »

LewieP wrote: »

hehe, Timesplitters 2 - "Monkey Fight!"

ts2 is my deus ex.

everytime someone mentions it i have to break out the gamecube and play it all over again.

Dammit! now I need to play Deus Ex.

It's like my Grim Fandango

brynstar

anable wrote: »

Someone posted this in the other Doublefine thread that closed shop:

"The whole thing was a lie. What I'm really working on is Zak McKracken 2 for the PSP."--Tim Schafer, speaking to International House of Mojo.

"There have been some rumors lately. Some stuff was true. Like the stuff about me being a good kisser. But a lot of it was false. I would love to tell everybody about the Monkey Island first-person shooter that we're working on, but I can't yet. Not at Leipzig either. But in a couple of months I can. In fact, you will be hearing so much about Monkey Shooter that you will get sick of it and you'll probably want to curl up in the back of your closet just to get away from it for a while."--Tim Schafer, speaking to GameSpot.

So...I'm not sure what this man is up to.

I would buy 5 copies of a Zak McKracken 2. I played that fan made sequel and it just made me hungry for more.

Evander

Veevee wrote: »

game based on Disney's Its a Small World ride

Why not? They've already done Pirates of the Carribean, and Tomorrowland (what did you think "Meet the Robinsons was? It was a Tomorrowland movie co-mingled with elements from the book A Day With Wilbur Robinson.)