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Posted July 23, 2013
For those about to ROCK, we salute you!

Brütal Legend, an epic heavy metal tale of one exceptional roadie's way to rocking godhood in the timeless realm of thundering power chords, is available 33% off on GOG.com for Windows and Mac OS X. That's only $9.99 for the first week.

Eddie Riggs wasn't a roadie. He was the roadie. The best there ever was. That thing they say about him, that the elder gods of rock themselves called upon him to embody the spirit of heavy metal, that's probably true. So, how he ended up building stages and carrying guitars for the worst band of nu-emo-rap-metal posers, remains a mystery. They also say, however, that once horned angels leave a mark on a man's soul, he is destined for great things. Terrible, but great. That's why Eddie didn't stay confused long, when by ancient magic he was dragged straight into the middle of the hellish metal realm. With heart full of thunder, head full of raging riffs, and hands full of double-bladed battle axe, he rushed to meet the epic adventure, and probably violently knock out some of its teeth. This is his story: the tale of how the elder realm of rock was changed forever to remain the same.

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Brütal Legend is a mixture of an action-RPG of the hack and slash pedigree, spiked with a serving of real-time strategy unit command. Most importantly, though, it's a tribute to all things heavy metal. It visits many iconic motifs of the true rock aesthetics and sports over a hundred heavy metal hymns from rocking giants as Judas Priest, Motörhead, Black Sabbath, Manowar, and Slayer, among others, in its exceptional in-game soundtrack. The main character is voiced by the Hollywood's hardest rocker Jack Black, and the inhabitants of the elder realm speak with the voices of legends such as Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, and--as the demonic über-villain--Tim Curry. Hell, this game even has Wil Wheaton! That explosive mixture of amazing artists, epic music, brilliant story, and bloody action-packed gameplay was conceived and developed by Tim Schafer and his insanely creative and creatively insane Double Fine team. If you're passionate about any of the mentioned elements, you will instantly fall in love with this awe-inspiring game!

Set off on the highway to hell and pick your heavy metal destiny while the blazing thunders of rock blaze through your skull in Brütal Legend, for only $9.99 on GOG.com. The 33% off offer lasts until Tuesday, July 29, at 9:59AM GMT.

Important notice:
This DRM-free version of the game does not support multi-player features due to circumstances beyond our control.
Post edited July 23, 2013 by G-Doc
Posted July 23, 2013
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Is this so Schafer can actually finish his Kickstarter game, or will he waste this money too?

Also, sad that it seems GOG has now resigned itself to only releasing 2 games a week. Also where is that Lords of Midnight game?! Where is Realms of Arkania remake pre-order?! This site is really slowing down, it's sad.
Posted July 23, 2013
Now I may have to buy it again, through this site
Posted July 23, 2013
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ErekoseDM: my only other Q would be about the 'full soundtrack' but im sure that will be made clearer in the thread as people buy it and compare with other versions out there.

or lack of soundtrack?

Bonus content included for FREE with purchase:
3 wallpapers
8 avatars
The soundtrack that's included in HB and also available on Steam is the game's original soundtrack, which doesn't include any of the licensed tracks. Those are available ingame of course, not really sure if you can grab the files somehow.
Posted July 23, 2013
Glad to see this on here; I don't play multi-player anyway!
Posted July 23, 2013
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Holy shit they cut the multiplayer out on the GOG version?!

DF still are a bunch of scumbags, even when wanting your money
Posted July 23, 2013
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Crosmando: Holy shit they cut the multiplayer out on the GOG version?!

DF still are a bunch of scumbags, even when wanting your money
MP is steamworks. They don't have a different net code handy. That has been known from the Humble Double Fine Bundle. But feel free to believe they did it specifically for the GOG version.
Posted July 23, 2013
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JMich: MP is steamworks. They don't have a different net code handy. That has been known from the Humble Double Fine Bundle. But feel free to believe they did it specifically for the GOG version.
Did they at least have the common decency to remove the multiplayer option from the menu instead of advising the player that "Steam could not be found"? Leaving that in just stank of sloppiness and cash-grabbing.

Just checked on Steam by the way, there doesn't seem to be many people playing. Give it a couple of months and the MP will be superfluous anyway.
Post edited July 23, 2013 by jamyskis
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JMich: MP is steamworks. They don't have a different net code handy. That has been known from the Humble Double Fine Bundle. But feel free to believe they did it specifically for the GOG version.
Well, replace DRM-free version with GOG version then. They still ripped the MP out of the DRM-free version because they couldn't be stuffed doing a net code. So not only are they lazy, they are Steamtards who are responsible for the DRM'ed version having an extra gameplay featured than the no-DRM version.

Outrageous that they want to sell a blatantly inferior version of a game. Though not surprising from a fraudulent company that pissed away 3 million dollars of donations from Kickstarter backers.
Posted July 23, 2013
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JMich: MP is steamworks. They don't have a different net code handy. That has been known from the Humble Double Fine Bundle. But feel free to believe they did it specifically for the GOG version.
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jamyskis: Did they at least have the common decency to remove the multiplayer option from the menu instead of advising the player that "Steam could not be found"?
No idea, haven't ran the HB version. I think it had a message along the lines of "Multiplayer requires steam", but not sure if that was the standard message if steam wasn't found or a different one to explain it. Maybe someone else can shed more light.
Posted July 23, 2013
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JMich: No idea, haven't ran the HB version. I think it had a message along the lines of "Multiplayer requires steam", but not sure if that was the standard message if steam wasn't found or a different one to explain it. Maybe someone else can shed more light.
Well, I don't remember what the precise message was, but I do remember the feeling that DF had basically put zero-effort into the DRM-free version of the game. Nobody was expecting them to recraft a non-Steam multiplayer mode, especially as it was stillborn on Steam anyway, but it was such a lazy effort that the DRM-free version ended up being a ZIP archive with the Steam files and a non-CEG executable.

I know it sounds like a silly thing to be angry about, but it genuinely felt like a "fuck you" from DF. It wasn't just DRM-free being ignored - it was actively sending a message that DF considered the DRM-free community was only good to throw scraps to.

I'll check the HIB version again later on to see if it's been changed in the meantime. I was more curious about the GOG version (although at least the GOG version has a decent installer to speak of)

Edit: It hasn't.
Post edited July 23, 2013 by jamyskis
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jamyskis: Well, I don't remember what the precise message was, but I do remember the feeling that DF had basically put zero-effort into the DRM-free version of the game. Nobody was expecting them to recraft a non-Steam multiplayer mode, especially as it was stillborn on Steam anyway, but it was such a lazy effort that the DRM-free version ended up being a ZIP archive with the Steam files and a non-CEG executable.
Yes, that was more or less the reason I didn't try the HB version (plus I already had it on steam). My reason for the message was more or less because I thought the message had been changed to a "If you want multiplayer, play it on steam" kind of message, though can't recall if it was more or less polite than that. It is possible that it has just kept the regular "Steam not found" message, though that was another one I haven't seen at all. I can go look for the Humble Double Fine Bundle thread if you want, to see who had posted what.
Posted July 23, 2013
Nice release, though not something I'm particularly interested in. Was kind of hoping today's release would be The Raven, apparently it's for sale everywhere except GOG.
Posted July 23, 2013
Nice to finally see it in GOG collection. I've already grabbed my copy via HB months ago and while I had fun with the game, I don't feel like buying or playing it again.
Posted July 23, 2013
Sweet! Glad I held off on buying it on Steam.
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Crosmando: They still ripped the MP out of the DRM-free version because they couldn't be stuffed doing a net code. So not only are they lazy, they are Steamtards who are responsible for the DRM'ed version having an extra gameplay featured than the no-DRM version.
A network framework isn't an easy thing to code. It does take ~6 months to be properly functioning, and during that time you still need to pay everyone. So much as I or you may dislike it, using an existing framework does make sense, both financially and timewise. It's more or less the same reason developers use existing engines instead of making their own, especially if all functionalities they may want to use already exists.

And unless you start your work knowing what you will have to support, adding said functionality later is a pain.
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