r/videogames • u/HatingGeoffry • 9h ago
News / Trailers / Articles Double Fine promises to make Brutal Legend 2 if their Kickstarter reaches an eye-watering $100 million
https://frvr.com/blog/news/double-fine-promises-to-make-brutal-legend-2-if-their-kickstarter-reaches-an-eye-watering-100-million/23
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u/Zikari82 9h ago
Maybe Jack Black chimes in half of that...
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u/Hearthhull_Enjoyer 8h ago
He's definitely the type of famous person to do that too if fans are asking for it and he has an interest in it. I wouldn't get too optimistic if I were someone who wants to see this happen though.
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u/Hearthhull_Enjoyer 8h ago
I'll pledge five bucks just to support a studio who created one of my favorite cult classics, but I'll be shocked if they get even close to their goal.
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u/Howling_Mad_Man 8h ago
Please do so while so many legends are still alive. Get Bruce Dickinson in there for a voice.
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u/UL-07 9h ago
Maybe they should have asked Microsoft for the money when they had the chance instead of wasting the money on trash no one wanted.
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u/HatingGeoffry 8h ago
Keeper was fucking awesome, actually
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u/The_Grunge_Sage 8h ago
I’m not sure why you’re getting downvoted because Keeper was genuinely a special game. You can beat it in a sitting but it’s a beautiful ride from start to finish
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u/HatingGeoffry 8h ago
Considering no one played it, a lot of people have opinions about it
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u/The_Grunge_Sage 7h ago
I was sick on the couch one day last year and just gave it a shot. One of the best experiences I had in gaming last year. GOTY worthy? Not really, but just really special.
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u/Icy-Astronomer-8202 8h ago
Shame very few people played it. I really enjoyed it myself. I never picked up Kiln
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u/RATGUT1996 9h ago
Its my favorite game of all time. Now i am finally faced with a choice and I do not know what to do. Its been so long and things have changed, ive changed.
Highly unlikely this will happen but I feel its just never gonna happen anyway. Tim still has an Idea and wants to do it but eh.
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u/Darth_Vaper883 7h ago
$100M? Bro.
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u/Caius_Drake 3h ago
Most likely for the music licenses to be able to use metal and hard rock songs like they did for the first game. And yes that is 100% going to be were most of the cost ends up.
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u/Min_sora 6h ago
I will also make Brutal Legend 2 if someone gives me $100 million.
Edit: A bunch of people seem to think Double Fine might genuinely believe this could happen?
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u/Many_Leading1730 6h ago
If there is one thing I remember from the early years of Kickstarter and Tim Schafer in particular.
Its that Tim Schafer wouldnt be able to make this game even with a hundred million.
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u/TheDiabeT1c 6h ago
I appreciate what Double Fine does. They support their artist and make games that are very clever. Sadly, none of their games ever clicked with me but Brutal Legend, and even then I wish the second half that's all RTS was removed and was more just Eddie exploring the lands.
Let's be real though, Brutal Legend was a VERY expensive game for this team, the licensing alone probably ate 90% of the budget. $100 million sounds fair nowadays with all that would be involved to make a proper sequel.
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u/Grizzlywillis 1h ago
Everyone here judging Double Fine over two sentences in a small-novella-sized Kickstarter for a game jam that's asking for 0.4% of that. It's clear that there's a market there, they already raised $324k and all of the $1k+ limited backer tiers are sold out.
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u/MrXuiryus 9h ago
I'm not sure I have the energy for more of Jack Black just being Jack Black... I've kinda had my fill of him for this lifetime. Chicken Jockey.
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u/shoegazeweedbed 8h ago edited 8h ago
I’ve been a hater of his since a friend tried way too hard to get me into unfunny ass Tenacious D in high school and I look forward to the day the pendulum swings
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u/Many_Leading1730 6h ago
Feels weird to wish ruin on someone just because you find them kinda cringe but go off I guess.
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u/Stairway_toEvan 8h ago
As much as loved that game, it really doesn't feel like it needs a sequel. It's a game that is very "of it's time" and not sure how it would translate almost 20 years later.
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u/Schmenza 9h ago
So they needed $10million to make Psychonauts 2 and $100million to make Brutal Legend 2? What are they even doing?
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u/HatingGeoffry 8h ago
Well Brutal Legends' entire schtick is licensed music and high-profile metal stars they'd have to bring in and pay
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u/DaereonLive 8h ago
Yeah... all those artists are gonna be expensive, and I imagine Jack Black coats a whole lot more now than he did when Brütal Legend 1 came out... back in 2009.
(Fuck I'm getting old)
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u/HatingGeoffry 8h ago
The original game also cost $25 million. Scaling with other games' budgets, it's not crazy to ask for $100 mil
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u/TypicallyThomas 7h ago
Adjusted for inflation the budget for the first one was closer to $39 million so a bigger and better sequel being $100 million isn't too crazy
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u/Seraphayel 8h ago
Cost of living has increased and just one yacht or mansion isn’t feasible anymore
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u/shoegazeweedbed 9h ago edited 8h ago
I thought I literally could not care less about a Double Fine game. Then they told me there might be another Double Fine game starring Jack Black
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u/WorldPhysical7646 9h ago
Microsoft should have shutdown this studio cause they are a waste of resources (I know about them becoming indie just spelling the better option)
If you need $100m to make slop then you deserve no $100m
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u/MaxProwes 9h ago
Not gonna happen then.