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post #101 of 646
8/10/09 at 8:07am
Wow, that tracklist pretty much ensures that this will be the first Tim Schaffer game I actively try to avoid.
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post #102 of 646
8/10/09 at 8:35am
/sigh

I guess I'll have to rent a damn 360 when this comes out anyway. There's no way I'm missing this. Just reading the track listing assures me they have just the right atmosphere in mind for this.
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post #103 of 646
8/10/09 at 12:33pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
Wow, that tracklist pretty much ensures that this will be the first Tim Schaffer game I actively try to avoid.
Do you hate metal? That tracklist shouldn't be anything unexpected.
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post #104 of 646
8/10/09 at 12:45pm
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Do you hate metal? That tracklist shouldn't be anything unexpected.
I'm definitely not a fan. I can deal with the softer, more mainstream, more melodic, metal of Iron Maiden and Metallica but I find the whole screaming vocals, cacophany of sound stuff of more modern acts to be a bit much. From the looks of the game I was thinking they might go for some of the older stuff.
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post #105 of 646
8/10/09 at 2:51pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
I'm definitely not a fan. I can deal with the softer, more mainstream, more melodic, metal of Iron Maiden and Metallica but I find the whole screaming vocals, cacophany of sound stuff of more modern acts to be a bit much. From the looks of the game I was thinking they might go for some of the older stuff.
So you don't care for metal, but you were still interested in the game just because it came from Tim Schafer? That's an awesome recommendation. Imagine that as a box pull quote: "I hate metal, and I still want to play this game! - Spike Marshall"
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post #106 of 646
8/10/09 at 2:53pm
Well Tim Schaffer is amazing and Psychonauts was one of my favourite games of the last generation.
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post #107 of 646
8/10/09 at 4:53pm
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Well Tim Schaffer is amazing and Psychonauts was one of my favourite games of the last generation.
First ALIENS and now this. What did you expect from a game that's set in a heavy metal fantasy world? The tracklist is a great mix of old and new, annnnnd will sound fucking awesome with the volume cranked past 11!
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post #108 of 646
8/10/09 at 5:00pm
There's a difference between a gameworld that has a stylised take on Heavy Metal imagery and a full on hardcore Metal soundtrack. One of them is whimsical and vaguely tongue in cheek, the other is isolating.
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post #109 of 646
8/10/09 at 5:02pm
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"Oh noes my virgin ears can't take all this metal!"
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post #110 of 646
8/10/09 at 5:03pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello View Post
"Oh noes my virgin ears can't take all this metal!"
Yeah, pretty much. You're a far better man than me due to the fact you like Iced Earth and Children of Bodom.
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post #111 of 646
8/10/09 at 5:20pm
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Weren't you about to have another bitch fit and run off the boards crying, or was that just what we were all hoping for?
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post #112 of 646
8/10/09 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello View Post
Weren't you about to have another bitch fit and run off the boards crying, or was that just what we were all hoping for?
No, it takes contextless words attached to the bottom of threads to make me run away.
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post #113 of 646
8/10/09 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
There's a difference between a gameworld that has a stylised take on Heavy Metal imagery and a full on hardcore Metal soundtrack. One of them is whimsical and vaguely tongue in cheek, the other is isolating.
I think the game is just a love letter to metal, and everything I've seen about it indicates that. The track list is full of great metal, and not just the big hit "radio" songs that a passing fan would love (like whoever gets music for the Guitar Hero games). Though I do question the use of latter day KMFDM over some of their older stuff, as I think the band lost something when Günter Schulz & En Esch left, but that's a discussion for another thread. The takeaway is that if you don't like metal, you should probably stay far away from this game.
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post #114 of 646
8/10/09 at 8:07pm
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No, it takes contextless words attached to the bottom of threads to make me run away.
Seriously? You can't handle old man Riviello and his temper spurts on your own terms?
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post #115 of 646
8/10/09 at 8:25pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
There's a difference between a gameworld that has a stylised take on Heavy Metal imagery and a full on hardcore Metal soundtrack. One of them is whimsical and vaguely tongue in cheek, the other is isolating.
Only to wimps and posers, Spike.
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post #116 of 646
8/10/09 at 8:37pm
Or, y'know, people who don't particularly like metal. I don't know what I was expecting from the soundtrack, I just didn't expect the ambient music in the game to be metal. Hell if all of those songs are specifically intergrated into the game in the usual Schaffer way then hell yeah, I'm all over it.
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post #117 of 646
8/10/09 at 8:43pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
Or, y'know, people who don't particularly like metal. I don't know what I was expecting from the soundtrack, I just didn't expect the ambient music in the game to be metal. Hell if all of those songs are specifically intergrated into the game in the usual Schaffer way then hell yeah, I'm all over it.
Just go into the sound controls and turn down the soundtrack volume. Then you can turn on your own stero and listen to Elton John or whatever you think fits
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post #118 of 646
8/10/09 at 8:44pm
Also, that soundtrack is fantastic! DETHKLOK!
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post #119 of 646
8/10/09 at 8:45pm
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The songs play during cutscenes, and there's an in-game radio on your cruiser that lets you flip around to songs you like, not that it should be hard with that soundtrack.

I'm not really understanding how someone would possibly expect the soundtrack to be any different, especially if you've seen what the world and characters of the game look like.
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post #120 of 646
8/10/09 at 8:49pm
I was expecting it to be a symphonic metal soundtrack, something like Black Aria by Glenn Danzig rather than straight up metal. Like I said, the look of the game made me think tongue in cheek, guess I was wrong.
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post #121 of 646
8/10/09 at 10:28pm
The overall size of the soundtrack alone gets a thumbs up from me.
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post #122 of 646
8/11/09 at 5:07am
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello View Post
I'm not really understanding how someone would possibly expect the soundtrack to be any different, especially if you've seen what the world and characters of the game look like.
Apart from that, it's not even that extreme. There's a couple of black metal bands on there, but on the whole it's pretty digestible, with the occasional cheese. Only thing I'd like to see added are a couple of stoner bands though. Something like Cathedral or Kyuss would've fit in nicely. Ah well, there'll be DLC.
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post #123 of 646
8/11/09 at 8:18am
Extra awesomeness: The official tracklist announcement video. Otherwise titled: 'Why Tim Schafer is better than you.'
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post #124 of 646
8/11/09 at 8:49am
"This soundtrack took years to put together as we wanted to represent every genre of Metal, and also have the perfect music for every epic moment in the game," says Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions development studio. "It's designed to be loved by Metal fans, and for those who are not, it will either convert them or make their heads explode ... or both."

"What can I say?," Emily Ridgeway Brutal Legend's music director adds. "It's metal. It's the best. It'll kick your f***ing teeth in."

From http://www.gamedaily.com/games/bruta...ed/8475/23724/


This game has shot to the top of my anticpation list.
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post #125 of 646
8/11/09 at 8:51am
Spike Marshall : Big faggot, or the biggest faggot?

I shall leave that for the tribunal to decide.
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post #126 of 646
8/11/09 at 2:24pm
I don't know what's funnier, the idea that metal is somehow the anti-gay, or the idea that a grown man would think calling someone a fag was remotely insulting.
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post #127 of 646
8/11/09 at 2:49pm
Looking forward to this game. The last boss in the game should be Bobby Kotick!
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post #128 of 646
8/11/09 at 2:51pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
From the looks of the game I was thinking they might go for some of the older stuff.
Who in the Metal genre did you want older than Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Sabbath, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Motorhead, etc???


METAL!!!

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post #129 of 646
8/11/09 at 2:56pm
I think by Older, I was meaning more radiofriendly. The Motorhead stuff is awesome, it's just the stuff like Iced Earth/Cradle of Filth which put me off. I'm still shocked at the lack of Iron Maiden though.
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post #130 of 646
8/11/09 at 3:05pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Who in the Metal genre did you want older than Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Sabbath, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Motorhead, etc???


METAL!!!
There's no Dio on there and he's 67!

Complaining about a metal-centric game having metal on the soundtrack is kind of daft, but I hope there's some new music in there as well. The great original soundtracks were another part of what made Schafer and co's previous games stand out so.
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post #131 of 646
8/11/09 at 3:51pm
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Originally Posted by spike marshall View Post
i think by older, i was meaning more radiofriendly.
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radiofriendly.
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radio-fucking-friendly.
wut
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post #132 of 646
8/11/09 at 3:53pm
I'm not going to win this am I, but you can have radio friendly metal. About a quarter of those songs are songs I've heard either on MTV or on commercial Radio at some point, hence being radio friendly.
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post #133 of 646
8/11/09 at 3:58pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
I'm not going to win this am I, but you can have radio friendly metal. About a quarter of those songs are songs I've heard either on MTV or on commercial Radio at some point, hence being radio friendly.
But there's other kinds of metal out there. And for a game that's supposed to be championing metal, why would they ONLY pick radio-friendly stuff?

Which makes me wonder: is there a person who exists in reality who's refusing to buy Brutal Legend because there's no crabcore? And if that person does indeed exist, would it be a crime to kill them?
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post #134 of 646
8/11/09 at 4:04pm
A guy on another forum I frequent put together this awesome Brutal Legend Spotify list :http://open.spotify.com/user/andiher...sphx0Ur5JaPOv6

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Death/Black metal, but it could be used to great effect in a game like this.
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post #135 of 646
8/11/09 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by Master Shake View Post
Which makes me wonder: is there a person who exists in reality who's refusing to buy Brutal Legend because there's no crabcore? And if that person does indeed exist, would it be a crime to kill them?
I hate you so much for linking to that song. I'm guessing they're trying to sound like Thirty Seconds to Mars? Would you even classify that as metal?

And I love Tim Schafer for not using any of that.
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post #136 of 646
8/11/09 at 6:06pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
I think by Older, I was meaning more radiofriendly.
So you wanted a Greatest Hits. That's so un-Metal. And lazy. And probably more expensive, licensing-wise.
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post #137 of 646
8/11/09 at 6:18pm
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Originally Posted by Master Shake View Post
But there's other kinds of metal out there. And for a game that's supposed to be championing metal, why would they ONLY pick radio-friendly stuff?

Which makes me wonder: is there a person who exists in reality who's refusing to buy Brutal Legend because there's no crabcore? And if that person does indeed exist, would it be a crime to kill them?
Yea, they are basically just metal's version of a boy band. That video is painful to watch.

And bitching about a heavy metal themed video game having a metal soundtrack? Of all the petty and ridiculous complaints I have seen on my years of reading internet message boards, I think this one takes the cake.
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post #138 of 646
8/11/09 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
Yeah, pretty much. You're a far better man than me due to the fact you like Iced Earth and Children of Bodom.
Iced Earth is practically in the same genre (nowhere near as good) as Iron Maiden, a band you claim to like (or can at least deal with).

This soundtrack is amazing, I can't wait for the game.
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post #139 of 646
8/12/09 at 12:05am
Although to be fair, Cradle of Filth are fucking terrible.

But shitty, teenage girl black metal aside, that soundtrack is great.
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post #140 of 646
8/12/09 at 12:08am
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Originally Posted by capinkevey View Post
Although to be fair, Cradle of Filth are fucking terrible.

But shitty, teenage girl black metal aside, that soundtrack is great.
I liked their first 4 albums, I also like most early Dimmu Borgir, at least through Spiritual Black Dimensions. I was really psyched to see Emperor on there.

Also, any soundtrack that features Angel Witch and Diamond Head is good in my book.
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post #141 of 646
8/12/09 at 12:14pm

Gwar?

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Originally Posted by Zeroillusion View Post
I liked their first 4 albums, I also like most early Dimmu Borgir, at least through Spiritual Black Dimensions. I was really psyched to see Emperor on there.

Also, any soundtrack that features Angel Witch and Diamond Head is good in my book.
It just occurred to me that GWAR was not on this soundtrack. I don't know what anyone else thinks, but just the look of this game makes me want GWAR on the soundtrack.
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post #142 of 646
8/12/09 at 12:23pm
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Originally Posted by Zeroillusion View Post
It just occurred to me that GWAR was not on this soundtrack. I don't know what anyone else thinks, but just the look of this game makes me want GWAR on the soundtrack.
Yeah, I was surprised by that too, but I trust Tim Schafer.
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post #143 of 646
8/12/09 at 2:37pm
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An alternate soundtrack- http://chud.com/articles/articles/20...YOU/Page1.html
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post #144 of 646
8/12/09 at 2:43pm
Belle and Sebastian in with Brokencyde? Really?
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post #145 of 646
8/12/09 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello View Post
You're working a little too hard to insult Spike tbh.
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post #146 of 646
8/12/09 at 2:48pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
Belle and Sebastian in with Brokencyde? Really?
Really?



(That was.. well, brutal, Alex. And hilarious. I also like at least two of those bands.)
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post #147 of 646
8/12/09 at 2:52pm
Yes Belle and Sebastian are a perfectly worthwhile band. Why not throw Nick Drake or Elliott Smith in there for a random slagging while you're at it?
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post #148 of 646
8/12/09 at 3:02pm
Alex, if you're ever around my part of the world, drop me a line. I owe you a drink.
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post #149 of 646
8/12/09 at 3:03pm
I think what Alex was going for is 'Belle and Sebastian are kind of soulful and peaceful sounding, ie they're a band for women and fags ergo people who don't like Metal are women or fags' I think Nick Drake and Elliott Smith would probably fit that description too.
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post #150 of 646
8/12/09 at 3:06pm
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Spike, are you still trying to convince everyone that you're a humorless twat? We get it, already.

Also, the article wasn't solely directed at you- I've seen a lot of silly comments about the soundtrack everywhere and wanted a swipe at it. Relax, you weepy Belle and Sebastian fans.
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