Double Fine published their appropriately loving tribute to their sophomore release last week, so why shouldn’t Mojo get in on the action on this most prestigious anniversary?
For us, the fun was revisiting what it was like to follow the game’s development all those years back, and it was quite the odyssey. In fact, we think it all played out a bit spicier than you may have mellowed it down to in your headcanon, though we should probably speak for ourselves given our well-established signs of mental deterioration. Anyway, join us as we travel back to the Age of Metal and relive the ecstasy and pain of Brütal Legend’s storied forging. Embrace your inner Doviculus, and you may recognize there is no distinction.
The world and lore is so wonderful... but it overshadowed this completely other game that was lurking inside it. Maybe if the RTS stuff had featured more regularly, from the beginning, and had given the opportunity for players to learn the ropes and practice throughout the game, it would have been perfect.
But if you loved the RTS stuff, then there was a big story mode in the way. And if you loved the story mode, there was RTS stuff to content with. It felt like two different games forced together in an incohesive way.
I hope we return to that world someday.