Brutal Legend Suffered from Lawsuits

[brunothepig]

Ah damn. I'd still like to get the game though, if only for the massive influence from heavy metal. I do love RTS games, will that make these simple, dumbed down sections better or worse lol?

 

[Echolocating]

On what grounds did Activision sue? Just curious.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Perhaps Yahtzee would've liked it more if it wasn't for those pricks at Activision causing the delays?

Oh well, what's done is done, but at least you can learn from what has happened to you.

Sadly, we'll never know. Another black mark to add to the list of evil Activison has inflicted on us.

Where to put it though? Their signpost is already jet black surrounded by lava and supporting horns.

 

[The DSM]

Did Jack Black run in and decapitate the guys trying to sue them?

That would be awesome.

 

[CD-R]

I'll be the first to tell you that Brutal Legend is not my kind of game. It's loud, it's silly-looking, it's an RTS that tried to rip people off by looking for all the world like an action game in its marketing. Worst of all, it's got the world's unfunniest man performing the voice and (I assume) mo-cap for the lead character.

That said, I don't think I'd wish Activision on my worst enemy. They really are actively going for the title of "World's Most Evil Video Game Corporation". While there are reasons that I have often considered reactivating my WoW account and picking up a Guitar Hero game, I refuse to let my money fund these douchenozzles.

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14210507/brutal-legend/videos/brutallegend_trl_multiplaypt1_81109.html

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/93263-Brutal-Legend-Has-4v4-Multiplayer-Skirmish-Mode

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/brutallegend/news.html?sid=6228671&mode=previews&tag=result;title;0

Yeah they really went out of there way to hide the whole rts aspects.

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

Activation (or should I say Vivendi) is readily becoming the next EA with their tendency to acquire existing studios and run them into the ground. Pandemic Studios is gone. Cryptic Studios is probably next, thanks to being rushed to market. This Brutal Legend interference further encourages me to boycott the brand entirely.

I already have. They don't even bring out good games anymore. COD sucked after COD2 and the only other game is Guitar Hero which is overpriced and has been milked way too much.

 

[Jared]

Does sound like a bit of an excuse to me. But hey, I've not played the game, so I guess I'm in no position to judge. And I don't think I'm likely to be either.

PRetty much same here.

Although this does just sound like an excuse from them to try explain why it was so bad frm what I hear.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I loved Brutal Legend, I don't know how it could have gotten better for me. Everything went smoothly for me. No real annoying parts that couldn't be solved by Double Teaming with a Hextadon.

 

[Darkwolf9]

Sadly we'll never know how awesome Double Fine is because they always seem to catch the shaft somehow when it comes to publishers. Sure BL was as good as it could have been, but I still enjoyed it thoroughly.

 

[ace_of_something]

Here's a thought.
Here's a thought.
Maybe, activision didn't want to release the game because they could tell it wasn't very good. Maybe we all fell for the hype machine and said 'no way could a publisher know such things'?

 

[Wandrecanada]

Here's a thought.
Here's a thought.
Maybe, activision didn't want to release the game because they could tell it wasn't very good. Maybe we all fell for the hype machine and said 'no way could a publisher know such things'?

That doesn't explain them actively blocking the release of the game via a different publisher or that they didn't inform Double Fine about the non release of the game. Those accusations are indefensibly evil and just plain dirty. The out of court settlement likely covered the legal fees only as EA/Double Fine needed to get back to work.

The game took an obvious hit and if you play the game you can tell where the story and gameplay feel like they lose a bit of the flow. It was still a monster fun game for me between the amazing music immersive universe and Tim Curry as the greatest villain of 2009. EA continues to garner my support for releasing more games with flavor and class while Activision continues to arouse my ire.

 

[Lord_Ascendant]

Since Activision spends 50% of its time Persephone-Style in Hades it doesn't surprise me that it sometimes goes loopy.

 

[rex922]

I think that Activision wants to become like EA, EA wants to become more like INSERT_NON-EVIL_PUBLISER_HERE.

A new evil has shown itself to us. And we must fight it.

PS: I have not played brutal legend so i cant comment on that

 

[T'Generalissimo]

"We learned Activision was not going to be publishing Brutal Legend through an official press announcement issued by Activision that listed the games they would be shipping, ours conspicuously absent,"

Wow, that's not just profit-minded, faceless corporation levels of evil; that's straight up, personal, there's-no-reason-to-do-this-other-than-the-fact-I'm-a-terrible-fucking-asshole evil. Sometimes I wonder what's up with these big companies; being heartless and only caring about money I can understand, but sometimes it's like they're just run by complete idiots with almost zero understanding of human beings.

 

[Ocelot GT]

regardless, I enjoyed myself and had fun playing. And that's what's important.

How Piper feels.

:3

 

[Cantido]

MOre time would have given them the ability to use less RTS style battles when fighting a boss and making it one big hack-and-slash fight like it should have been

Agreed. The RTS questions really bring it down.

Go play Nintey Nine Nights. Then go back to BL when you're bored in one hour. Do you really want Brutal Legend to be like THAT?!

It's an amazing Action/RTS, like Sacrifice. It's just people go "lol this game has RTS elements and therefore is a bad game run away!"

It has all the depth and strategy of an RTS game with all the intensity of a brawler, and it's so ridiculously simple that you don't need to micromanage, and you don't need a HUD. I have a 10 year old cousin who loves the stage battles and figured them out.

Play the multiplayer. TRY the multiplayer. It's amazing. Bunch of whiners, good lord.

This game is ahead of it's time and deserves much better. I hope with all the things they had to cut, that EA and DF consider a sequel, or "Brutal Legend Sigma."

 

[scnj]

MOre time would have given them the ability to use less RTS style battles when fighting a boss and making it one big hack-and-slash fight like it should have been

Agreed. The RTS questions really bring it down.

Go play Nintey Nine Nights. Then go back to BL when you're bored in one hour. Do you really want Brutal Legend to be like THAT?!

It's an amazing Action/RTS, like Sacrifice. It's just people go "lol this game has RTS elements and therefore is a bad game run away!"

It has all the depth and strategy of an RTS game with all the intensity of a brawler, and it's so ridiculously simple that you don't need to micromanage, and you don't need a HUD. I have a 10 year old cousin who loves the stage battles and figured them out.

Play the multiplayer. TRY the multiplayer. It's amazing. Bunch of whiners, good lord.

This game is ahead of it's time and deserves much better. I hope with all the things they had to cut, that EA and DF consider a sequel, or "Brutal Legend Sigma."

I didn't think the RTS sections were badly made or anything, I just didn't enjoy them as much as the rest of the game and felt they broke the flow of the game. The main problem I had was that the game was advertised as a free roam/hack and slash game, whereas I think they should have showcase the RTS bits from the beginning.

Also noticed I typed RTS questions rather than sections. Oops.

 

[Snotnarok]

Activison didn't know what they had, it slipped from their hands when they did finally that it was game that would sell really well, so now they're trying to beat whatever they can out of the hands of another company.

You guys are real cool, first you pull a dick move, then follow it up with a bigger one, makes people want to support Activision products huh?