(Dai note: Battle of the Bands is the RTS metagame <one of many> found in Brutal Legend)


It is unfortunate that Psychonauts didn't sell well, it was a fantastic game and further iconized Tim Schafer as one of the best game developers on the planet. Brutal Legend is shaping up to have more depth and activities than those found in Psychonauts (which had a daunting amount of things to do and side quests) - the more I hear about what Tim's team was able to pack inside Brutal Legend (and the cameos he lined up for this project) the more I want this game ASAP.

I had the pleasure of sitting through an hour-long GDC presentation by Tim Schafer, as he walked a group of journalists through the ins and outs of Brutal Legend. You can read about it here, but feeling I had leaving Double Fine's studio that day was definitely one of anticipation...more anticipation, eve, than I had when I went in.

So it was with that same level of enthusiasm at EA's pre-E3 event that I checked out the game once more, this time delving deeper into some of the major gameplay elements that had just been scratched before. Specifically: A battle of the bands.

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