The Brutal Legend Demo - anyone play it yet?
- Thread starter ThaBenMan
- Start date
Recommended Videos
I think its pretty smart.. Gets people talking about it earlier. (ex: us bitching about not having it since we didnt preorder)gamegod25 said:
AND its incentive to preorder
AND the people who preorder are already bought in, so when they get the demo and play they're more likely to push the demo on their friends as soon as it comes out.
I finally played through it today. It's great - the gameplay is fun, and the dialogue and setting are awesome and hilarious. The only bit I had trouble with was driving the Deuce, just because I don't usually play driving/racing games, but I'll get used to it. And I couldn't get the hang of combos with that girl you meet up with for some reason, but no big deal.
Can't wait for the full version to drop!
\m/ -_- \m/
Can't wait for the full version to drop!
\m/ -_- \m/
No, it's a stupid idea. Preorder bonus's should be special in game stuff, like custom guitar or something. The purpose of a demo is to give a taste to people who are undecided or never heard of it, so that they will want to preorder the game.Phyroxis said:
Heheh, yeah, I saw that on doublefine.com. Funny stuff. I also love the Tasha comics.wrecker77 said:
And I also saw on there about Tim Schafer's guest spot on the Jimmy Fallon show. I'll definitely check that out, even thought I can't stand Jimmy Fallon.
I really hope they don't focus to much on the Deuce. Although I did better with it than I expected to I really didn't enjoy driving it. And did I miss something or is there a HP bar or damage indicator or something? Can you die in it? I admit I did really bad at the beginning and should have seen a game over screen since they were kicking my ass but I got nothing.ThaBenMan said:
Yeah, I was kind of wondering the same thing myself. I guess it's just pretty hard to die? Tim Schafer's games have always seemed to be kind of easy, having stronger art direction and characters, etc. than combat and gameplay. It's still fun, though - I loved chopping those cultists up with the axe.squid5580 said:
Oh so did I but it takes a bit away if you can't die for this type of game. Ican understand a game like Psychonaughts not being able to die because it still took skill. And I am really starting to think you can't. There was no health orbs or packs in the demo. I got hit a few times by the boss and it just slowed me down. And what is the point of having higher difficulties if it just means it will take you longer to kill the enemies?ThaBenMan said:
Actually, I did die once - it was during the giant worm boss, and it was even on easy. It can one-shot you if it hits you while you're not in the car. I'm sure it'll get harder later in the game, too - like, after you start commanding groups of followers, I'm sure if you don't manage them well, you can get overwhelmed and killed.squid5580 said:
Maybe I was playing the game "wrong," but I found the demo to be CRAP. If anything, this thing has DISsuaded me from wanting to get the game. Yes the voice work and writing was good (as should be expected given the voice talent and writers), but as far as the actual GAME went, it was another story. The control scheme was quite unintuitive (although this may be remedied by a remapping feature later,) Eddie didn't seem able to move in a full 360 degree style, the character cutscenes were a little TOO reminiscent of how they were in "Psychonauts" (Eddie's mouth moved just like Raz's and even the walking movements were the same) and like all demos, it was punishingly short. Yes the game has a nice "style" to it and definitely pays homage to heavy metal, but the gameplay issues seem to be too much for me. Anyone else feel the same way?