Y’all remember Brütal Legend right? The 2009 game was basically the metal version of Tony Hawk Pro Skater when it came to having a soundtrack so indicative of what metalheads are really about. Well, it just had its 15th anniversary and, not to get anyone’s hopes up, but there might be another one. And, if we’re lucky, it might be just as metal-ly awesome as the first.
Double Fine Productions released the real-time strategy action-adventure game back in 2009. Jack Black voiced the main character Eddie Riggs and as part of the adventure, Riggs would run into musicians actually voicing themselves—Rob Halford, Lemmy Kilmister (BIG RIP), and Ozzy Osbourne. It didn’t fall short with the soundtrack either, which featured hella bands from Judas Priest, King Diamond, Sabbath, Children of Bodom, and MANY more. Yeah, I wasn’t kidding when I said it was awesome.
Do we really have hope for a Brütal Legend 2? Tim Schafer, the director and head honcho of Double Fine Productions, isn’t exactly sure yet. Some on the team are in favor of the fuckin opus of life and, for whatever dumb reason, some aren’t. To commemorate the anniversary, Double Fine Productions released a long-ass blog post wherein they mention the messages that occasionally flood employees’ inboxes about bringing the legendary game back.
“Time’s river claims all things! But if you’re lucky, you get to do some stuff which leaves a mark and when it comes to our games here at Double Fine it’s fair to say Brütal’s got one hell of a legacy,” wrote Harper, one of the DFP employees. They go on to say:
“My inbox on social media gets pinged every day and I think at least 30% of those messages are requests for Brütal Legend 2. Eddie Riggs’ tale of heavy metal derring-do has really stuck with fans over the years, and keeps generating new metal heads as time goes on.”
Schafer added this:
“People ask about Brütal Legend 2 all the time and I’m torn about that,’ Tim told me. ‘I know some of them want it with an evolution of the RTS stuff and some of them just want God of War with Eddie Riggs. I understand the logic of making the second option, but I’m much more excited about the first.
“Chad [Dawson, Lead Programmer] had a few ideas, wondering less about player expectations and more about the vast options that might excite the studio. ‘There’s so much of a world to explore that could be done in many ways,’ he mused. ‘It could be an RPG, it could be an RTS. Or even an auto battler!”
We gotta put that good juju out there and make this shit happen. For real.