Electronic Arts and Double Fine have announced the release date of the action adventure game Brutal Legend. EA will release Brutal Legend for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platform on Oct. 13 in North America and Oct. 16 in Europe. We expect the game to hit Indian shores within a fortnight after that. Brain child of Tim Schafer, the game features lead character Eddie Riggs who has been voice-acted by Hollywood actor Jack Black.
Brutal Legend is a third person action adventure game full of imagery, classic action combat, and engraving storyline. Eddie Riggs is an ultimate roadie who loves hot rods and ardent Heavy Metal album covers lover with the respective album lyrics. Eddie is first preference for guitar tuning or rigging stages and his quest is to build rockers army with broad axe, big block V8 and his guitar.
Here are few tidbits about key features of Brutal Legend:
- Apart from Jack Black's voice for Eddie Riggs, the game features Metal Music's big game like Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Lita Ford, Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead and many more.
-Gameplay features some classic action with The Separator, blood soaked broad axe; the demon-slaying Clementine Guitar; Vehicular attacks using The Duece, hot rod.
- Featuring Metal Music's iconic album art and lyrics, an open world rich bearing guitar amps-like mountains with big block V8 engines rising from ground.
- Game features fully licensed soundtrack featuring greatest Metal, Rock and Roll songs in an album.
- The Separator, Clementine and The Deuce can be upgraded to make them more powerful by visiting the Motorforge. Through out the world, Eddie can gain 'Lighter Tributes'.
Eddie commands the barbaric hot-rod force, leather, chrome and Marshall stacks for bringing the ancient era into the Metal age.