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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
Good addition.
Posted July 23, 2013
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timppu: 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.
Unless most already have the good classics they want by now and there really isn't anything great to draw from anymore in any real quantity in which case.... oh, oh....
Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: 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.
The bundles are time-limited, there are lots of reasons why many don't buy them at that very point.

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dirtyharry50: 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.
I always presume GOG only tries to sell games they deem profitable. So if selling newer (indie) games is not profitable to GOG, I'd expect them to stop releasing more of them.
Posted July 23, 2013
The Humble Store was pretty much the perfect place to get this in my book. But don't worry gog, I'll make it up to You as soon as Ripper shows up (Kyrandia would fit the bill as well).

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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?
Don't mind him, it's just a bit of butthurt seeping out due to DF 'stealing' the KS spotlight.
Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: 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.
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timppu: The bundles are time-limited, there are lots of reasons why many don't buy them at that very point.

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dirtyharry50: 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.
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timppu: I always presume GOG only tries to sell games they deem profitable. So if selling newer (indie) games is not profitable to GOG, I'd expect them to stop releasing more of them.
Well yeah, I'm sure they do too. The question I wonder about is is this plan going exceedingly well, pretty well, okay for now, not so great, the bills are getting paid late? Who knows? As I said, only they know. We can just speculate is all.
Posted July 23, 2013
I'm a huge fan of heavy metal music (my Michael Jackson avatar is a bit tongue-in-cheek, though I like his older music, too), and would buy this game from GOG, though I already own it through Steam, if GOG would include its licensed music soundtrack. Don't call me naive or stupid for insisting that 107 metal tracks be included with a mere $10 game. If GOG can get Ultima VII with its horrendous Voodoo memory manager to work on modern systems, then there's nothing it can't do, within reason–and including a music soundtrack for a game that features music so prominently is not in my opinion an unreasonable expectation.
Posted July 23, 2013
Posted in wrong thread. D'oh!
Post edited July 23, 2013 by tomdelada
Posted July 23, 2013
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timppu: The bundles are time-limited, there are lots of reasons why many don't buy them at that very point.

I always presume GOG only tries to sell games they deem profitable. So if selling newer (indie) games is not profitable to GOG, I'd expect them to stop releasing more of them.
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dirtyharry50: Well yeah, I'm sure they do too. The question I wonder about is is this plan going exceedingly well, pretty well, okay for now, not so great, the bills are getting paid late? Who knows? As I said, only they know. We can just speculate is all.
There's been posts about GOG profits before. Basically, they've been profitable almost since they started. The last thread had a Polish interview which gave a few hard numbers even. A google search might find it.
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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timppu: 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....
I'm rather worried about what GOG considers old because it sells even quite new games which a lot of us has played not so long ago. Maybe an appropriate name for this site would be a DRM-free game shop. My own definition would be everything that came up before 1995 because I'm mostly looking for those games.
Posted July 23, 2013
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tomdelada: snip
Wrong thread I'd say, it happens.
Posted July 23, 2013
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SangHee: I'm rather worried about what GOG considers old because it sells even quite new games which a lot of us has played not so long ago. Maybe an appropriate name for this site would be a DRM-free game shop. My own definition would be everything that came up before 1995 because I'm mostly looking for those games.
So you basically are interested in DOS-era games? Baldur's Gate, Thief, System Shock 2 etc. are too new for you?

GOG rebranded itself quite a long time ago, distancing itself from being a store only for old games. GOG just means GOG now, not "Good Old Games" specifically, even though GOG is also releasing old classics too.
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Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: 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...
My question is not in defense of this particular release - or releases of indie games in general, for that matter.
It was a genuine question because I really fail to understand the argument that comes up again and again that if GOG had sticked with releasing only old games, we would be seeing more releases of them per week/ month/ year/ whatever.
The way I understand it, reaching an agreement involves (at least) two sides and a number of stages and steps; I wouldn't expect the other side(s) to suddenly do their part differently or faster just because GOG would be having a vacant release slot.

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dirtyharry50: 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.
That's a bit harsh - it's not necessary that people are foolish to skip or don't get wind of the bundles. It's quite possible that people might not be in a position to buy a bundle when it's running, a bundle may have a number of repeats that turn people off and then there are people that prefer to buy just the one game they're interested in than build up a collection of games they don't care for and won't play.
Posted July 23, 2013
Glad to see more hits from this time period on GOG. Not my cup of tea for this particular title, but really glad to see more of this!
Posted July 23, 2013
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Crosmando: 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.
The Lords of Midnight game is and iOS/Android exclusive. There is no PC version sadly, good fun on my phone though.
Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: 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...
I think the complaining bundle buyers on this forum are just a vocal minority. Just look at the sale charts and you can easily see that many of the indies sold much better than most of the classic games that were released about the same time. I think many gamers don't care about the bundles (with the exception of the Humble Indie Bundle) or rebuy the games here, because they bought them in a bundle, enjoyed them and felt that they underpaid the developers with the cheap bundle price (I often do that).
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