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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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JMich: Controller support is also a gameplay feature. You look down on any game that has controller support.
Kinect support is also a gameplay feature. You also look down on any game that has kinect support.
Social media interaction is also a gameplay feature. You try to tear a new one on any game that has social media interaction.
None of those are gameplay features, they do not add anything to the game. How does a controller add anything to the game? The controller button assigns can just be changed to keyboard keys. Same goes for Kinect which is just another controller. It's downright disingenuous of you to talk as if different platform-specific controller schemes are "gameplay" features". The standard control for PC is KB/M, the standard control for console is gamepad.

As for social features, they do not add anything of actual ~substance~ to the game, being able to make the game do a Facebook/Twitter post is no different than Alt+Tab'ing and doing it yourself. It doesn't actually change anything in the game.

Multiplayer on the other hand ~is~ a feature of substance.

As I said in my edit above, yes, it would have been nice if DF has included LAN support. They haven't, for various reasons (which I can guess, but can't claim to know). You say that in this case an excellent gem of a game should be denied entry. I say it's still an excellent game despite that.
My God you are either permanently doped up and unable to show anger or show emotion or you're a robot.

I feel GOG should sell good games, and Spec Ops: The Line is an excellent game. And since (for me) the multiplayer aspect doesn't affect the game, I don't see Spec Ops as an inferior version because it doesn't have multiplayer. If for you (or anyone else) multiplayer is important, then one has to ask if multiplayer is more important than DRM-Free, since some games require one or the other.
How does your personal opinion mean anything? My argument is one on general principle, not my personal preferences on multiplayer or lack thereof.

I wouldn't mind the presence or lack thereof, though I would be annoyed for those wanting to play them and not being able to.
Again, your ~personal~ opinion, are you actually able to form a position of principle or do you live in a bubble?

Same for controller support, social media interaction, kinect, voice chat. Yet you still bring out the torches and pitchforks whenever a game announces it will have optional support for any of the above.
They aren't of any substance. Using a controller, kinect or voice chat doesn't give an extra area in the game with another 5 hours of gameplay content, or anything like that, so it's just gimmicks and not of substance. Refer to my post above.

And here is your beef. You have a problem with Double Fine. I'm not going to tell you whether you should (or shouldn't) have a problem with them, but if your problem is with Double Fine, tell it to Double Fine. Don't tell GOG that they shouldn't deal with Double Fine because you have a problem with Double Fine.
I have a problem with them now? I think their actions are pretty demonstrative that anyone with common sense would have a problem with them. But then again, hipster fanboys gonna hipster fanboy (see my posts which have been cowardly downrepped for evidence of that).

Or make a framework of their own, extra points if it can interact with Steamworks. They are hiring network engineers btw, so who knows, we may see it in a few years.
Lol, "Yeah you might get multiplayer... in a few years". Good luck with that, but more likely DF will be bankrupt and gone before then (I hope).

I think ctrl-w would work wonders then, wouldn't it? Isn't that what people keep telling others in the forum, if you think the quality has been lowered that much, why do you still visit?
I'm considering it. It's a very disappointing forum and community which is mostly made up of console gamings who come here for some kind of hipster cred, not for PC gaming.
Post edited July 23, 2013 by Crosmando
Posted July 23, 2013
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SangHee: I don't really mind the presence of this game here but I still wonder if anybody asked for this. The request page is full of games that would deserve to be here more than this - Kyrandia being my personal favorite.
At least 618 people requested it. I'm also still waiting for Kyrandia :/
Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: I never did like the idea of wasting time on indies here which have generally already been in circulation for some time and sold for dirt in bundles. It takes time and release slots away from good old games which was what distinguished GOG from everybody else.
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HypersomniacLive: What makes you so sure that if GOG hadn't gone into the release indie games business, they would realistically be able to use those release slots for good old games?
Good question and good point. But I don't see how releasing indies everyone already has often times and has obtained for much less money in bundles really helps their cause much.

Just read through this thread and notice the number of posts mentioning they already got the game in a bundle or on Steam, etc. I got this game and the rest of the current Double Fine releases with a bunch of bonuses for I think it was 8 bucks. So did a ton of other people not long ago with the Humble Double Fine Bundle. The train already left the station on this release...
Posted July 23, 2013
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Crosmando: I'm considering it. It's a very disappointing forum and community which is mostly made up of console gamings who come here for some kind of hipster cred, not for PC gaming.
Erm, no. The majority of people here are gamers in general, and don't have any particular affiliation to one platform or another. It has nothing to do with 'hipster cred'. The 'PC-or-bust' crowd are a distinct minority.

Anyone who sticks with one single platform out of nothing more than misguided loyalty and political conviction is an idiot. I really have to laugh when I hear fanboys (the PC master race lot in particular) going on about how people on other platforms aren't 'true gamers' as if it were some badge of honour to be earned.
Post edited July 23, 2013 by jamyskis
Posted July 23, 2013
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SangHee: I don't really mind the presence of this game here but I still wonder if anybody asked for this. The request page is full of games that would deserve to be here more than this - Kyrandia being my personal favorite.
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JMich: At least 618 people requested it. I'm also still waiting for Kyrandia :/
Ok, my bad. I overlooked it in the search.
I was actually playing around with Adventure Game Studio to see if I could make my own adventure game in the same spirit as Kyrandia. Maybe it'd be faster than waiting here for the real thing :)
Posted July 23, 2013
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timppu: Considering that Steam is already selling LucasArts classics, do you really feel it would give any meaningful boost to GOG? You can already get many of the LucasArts classics from Steam, even DRM-free I think.
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dirtyharry50: Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I know Steam has a bundle with 4 LucasArts classic adventures. I was thinking of many more LucasArts classics that might come here if it became possible such as the Star Wars Tie Fighter games, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Outlaws and I'm sure there's more I am forgetting at the moment.
On top of that, they have also e.g. Monkey Island 1-2 remakes, and KOTOR 1-2. Not sure if you consider those as LucasArts classics.

Since Steam is already selling other LucasArts classics, I see no reason why the aforementioned classics wouldn't appear there as well, unless there is something blocking re-releasing them, _both_ on Steam and GOG. Like, Disney acquiring LucasArts and the Star Wars franchise.
Posted July 23, 2013
The game looks interesting, but I don't like metal and playing a game with said soundtrack isn't my cup of tea.
Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: Just read through this thread and notice the number of posts mentioning they already got the game in a bundle or on Steam, etc. I got this game and the rest of the current Double Fine releases with a bunch of bonuses for I think it was 8 bucks. So did a ton of other people not long ago with the Humble Double Fine Bundle. The train already left the station on this release...
But you can't buy that bundle now. How about those who didn't know about the bundle, and didn't get it then? Or do you believe that whenever there is certain bundle, everyone who could ever be interested in it buys it at that very point?
Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: Just read through this thread and notice the number of posts mentioning they already got the game in a bundle or on Steam, etc. I got this game and the rest of the current Double Fine releases with a bunch of bonuses for I think it was 8 bucks. So did a ton of other people not long ago with the Humble Double Fine Bundle. The train already left the station on this release...
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timppu: But you can't buy that bundle now. How about those who didn't know about the bundle, and didn't get it then? Or do you believe that whenever there is certain bundle, everyone who could ever be interested in it buys it at that very point?
Yes. That is how it works and those foolish enough to skip the bundle or living under rocks and not know about the bundle are not deserving of the discount nor of the games themselves.

But, I guess they can get them here and not all is lost. I still have to wonder though how many are these folks in number and how much is really gained for GOG but only they will ever know that for sure.
Posted July 23, 2013
I have only recently noticed that Crosmando is quite loud and offensive.

Has he been like that for a while and I have only just noticed, or is this a new thing?
Posted July 23, 2013
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DoctorGOGgles: Humble Bundle version has a partial soundtrack included... Also a Linux version...

Really, I'm starting to be a bit disappointed with GOG. They've used to release definitive/complete versions of games with all extras included...
that's the problem with "newer" games - the rights to them are still hot and the chance to make some extra cash on the "merch" still possible...

and with the old ones there might be problems with forgotten rights and/or burnt houses that held the only copies of those extras etc. etc.

but why am I explaining this, you all know that obviously :D
Posted July 23, 2013
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htown1980: I have only recently noticed that Crosmando is quite loud and offensive.

Has he been like that for a while and I have only just noticed, or is this a new thing?
I'm actually very fragile, gentle, kawaii and not at all offensive.

Here's some Japanese emoticons to prove my current relaxed disposition ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ (*≧▽≦) ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
Posted July 23, 2013
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SangHee: I don't really mind the presence of this game here but I still wonder if anybody asked for this. The request page is full of games that would deserve to be here more than this - Kyrandia being my personal favorite.
Could be two things (combination of both):

- There are problems acquiring rights for releasing Kyrandia games here. Maybe even some slight technical issues that GOG would have to rectify themselves.

- GOG believes that selling Brutal Legend now gives them more profit than postponing or even rejecting it just because some people believe that only by not releasing Brutal Legend on GOG, Kyrandia games or other classics get released in GOG. :)

I personally think that releasing older classics which need lots of IP rights detective work, legal work and Q&A work from GOG, and newer games where there are no IP rights issues and all support calls can be directed to the original publisher/developer, are not directly competing from the same resources and release slots.

After all, if releasing newer games is not profitable to GOG as many suggest (everyone already has them on Steam and so on and so forth), then there is nothing to fret about as GOG has no other option but to release also the old hard-to-obtain classics that no other store wants to sell, just to stay profitable.
Posted July 23, 2013
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htown1980: I have only recently noticed that Crosmando is quite loud and offensive.

Has he been like that for a while and I have only just noticed, or is this a new thing?
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Crosmando: I'm actually very fragile, gentle, kawaii and not at all offensive.

Here's some Japanese emoticons to prove my current relaxed disposition ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ (*≧▽≦) ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
I thought you were just passionate, maybe on top having sex while typing on a laptop above her head.
Posted July 23, 2013
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htown1980: I have only recently noticed that Crosmando is quite loud and offensive.

Has he been like that for a while and I have only just noticed, or is this a new thing?
He's always been fairly forthright with his opinions and is fairly fundamentalist when it comes to DRM, but the insults are a relatively new thing.

In a way I can empathise, because you read some really stupid shit from people defending Steam and DRM here and eventually just end up bursting an artery. I too have very little time or patience for certain people on this board (which is why I don't post as often as I used to), but Crosmando's mistake has been that he ends up going on the offensive against anyone who even slightly disagrees with him (like JMich).

Perhaps, like me, he just doesn't give a fuck anymore.
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