Brutal Legend Suffered from Lawsuits
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Really? You will try to make me believe that it's all Activision's fault that Tim Schafer decided to go on and make a console RTS while promoting it as an action game. Schafer is an amazing storyteller but this game did not deliver on the gameplay, and that's entirely the developer's fault.
Yay! It all makes sense now! Brütal Legend was found a little lacking because of Bobby Kotick's progressive insipidity! Whoo, scapegoat at last!
So let me get this straight. Activision bumped them from the list of games they were willing to publish, without saying anything, then when the designers found a new publisher, activision kicked up a fuss and sued them? Am I understanding that correctly?
And that is why the modern-day way of making games will suffer a slow, painful death over the next years until video games as a media are almost unrecognizable from what they are today. Awesome!
Yes. You are. Activision said they were "in talks" for a publishing deal, and that EA took unfair advantage of Double Fine's situation.Icecoldcynic said:
I doubt the game would've been any better had the lawsuits not existed. Perhapsthe game would've been made faster, but it's unlikely the game would've had extra modes, levels and better gameplay because of it. I think this is partially an excuse for some awkward gameplay decisions probably made right from the start.
Good on the guys for making the game, the world is better with it around, but having suffered a major blow by Activision, personally, I think not.
Good on the guys for making the game, the world is better with it around, but having suffered a major blow by Activision, personally, I think not.
And Activision got nailed in an Out of Court Settlement as fast as you'd expect, too.orannis62 said:
Its so awesome that as soon as the so called "messiah of game development" turns out a less than stellar game, gamers are split into either calling Schafer a washed-up has been, or roped into making ridiculous excuses for him.
I love Brutal Legend (Without Assassins Creed 2 it would be my GOTY) and I hate Activision. So my stand on this is pretty easy to figure out. And it does actually sound plausible. The ending isn't as polished as the rest of the game, and it feels kinda rushed.
And why do everyone cry about the "hidden" RTS aspect? It was advertised again and again. When I first started hearing about this game they said it whould have some sort of RTS. I almost seem like most gamers don't research the games they buy. Which frankly baffles me.
And why do everyone cry about the "hidden" RTS aspect? It was advertised again and again. When I first started hearing about this game they said it whould have some sort of RTS. I almost seem like most gamers don't research the games they buy. Which frankly baffles me.