Rumor: EA cancels Wii Brutal Legend that might not even have existed [update]

Agreed. I picked up Chop Til You Drop thinking "how bad can it be, it's zombies in a mall?" The cutscenes from the 360 version showing hundreds of zombies moving to real time where there are less than 10... yeah, that was jarring.

Agreed double, I think they really need to make more Wii specific games, not just ports of PS3/360 games

The same thing happened with Psychonauts, came out on PC, xbox and PS2, while very good reviews came from everywhere, gamers didn't seem to care, and had abysmal sales.

Of course, the sad part was that the game was a total fit with the nintendo users who were craving for AAA third party games, and had to spend all their money buying buying million of copies of Resident Evil 4 instead that same year...

"I just bought a 360 for the sole purpose of playing this game"

ROFL

Actually....

"I just bought a 360"

ROFLMAO

Sure, why not. Because everyone in the world needs to have a compulsive gaming habit like you do. Thanks very much for that insight. Btw. I haven't bought a PS3 because I don't need one nor do I own a car because I can get around just fine. I don't own an Iphone, no Guitar Hero guitars, no Rockband instruments, no Twitter account, no touchscreen cellphone, no Microsoft Windows or Mac.

That should keep you amused for a while. Once you're ready take a look at the world which is far larger than what you and your friends think is normal.

ZOMGBBQ

He doesn't have a compulsive gaming habit, as I'm pretty sure he only has a Wii. He's just being a douche as usual, ignore him.

"Judging from Psychonauts, it'll be a very clever, possibly very funny, but dull action game."

What Psychonauts did you play? I played the one where every level was even more weird and creative than the last one and even despite the flaws in the gameplay mechanics every minute was more enjoyable than all other action platformers I had played so far.

"On release, people will pretend to enjoy it, much like the Conduit, but time will slowly reveal the truth, a truth in which tedium is the main characteristic."

Astonishing comparison, Conduit being an underpowered excuse of a generic shooter that is meant to justify the hardcore genre on an underrepresented casual console and an open world action game in a setting which has never been tried before. And people don't need to "pretend" to enjoy things at first. They genuinely do. Many people enjoy screwed up relationships at first but once they start focussing on the bad parts they lose interest. Your view is utterly warped and not very convincing to say the least.

"Plus, the game is about boorish, thrash metal, so it's a straight non-starter. "

OK you lost me there ... Thrash Metal? Have you read ANYTHING about Brutal Legend and the people involved? Megadeth, Sepultura and some of Metallica is Thrash Metal if Wikipedia is to be believed. What this game is supposedly going for is the Glam/Heavy Metal aesthetics of the 1970/80s. You don't like Metal? Fine but at least you might want to differentiate. I'll wait for actual reviewers who've played the actual game, or better yet, my own judgement to decide whether I'll be bored with this game in the near future. Thanks for trying though. Better luck next time. Practice makes perfect trolls.

I played the Pyschonauts with crap gameplay and a bunch of art game bullshit (which I will admit I semi enjoyed).

Someone who has an aversion to a game is instantly a troll. If you weren't German, such authoritarianism would be a slight surprise.

Regardless of that, I played the Psychonauts game with one good level (the milkman one). It was a miracle that I lasted that long. And thrash metal is thrash metal. As long as dudes are wearing eyeliner and there's lots of out of tune guitar, then it's trash metal. I mean, thrash metal.

i thought Psychonauts was on the cube

It wasn't. PS2/Xbox/PC.

Double Fine hasn't even had two games published yet, how have they avoided Nintendo? If it bothers you so much that your favorite devs don't develop on your console of choice, get another console.

Doom was on the SNES...

Wolfenstein 3D was also on the SNES but like Doom, ported by another company and not really supported by ID, just like The Orange Box on the PS3, ported by EA and not really supported by Valve.

Valve didn't port the 360 version either, or that of Left 4 Dead at least. Although they may have supported it, smaller developers actually handled the changes.

But yeah, stuff.

Actually, Schafer loves Nintendo:

http://www.doublefine.com/news.php/about

(just roll down to question nº 8 on the FAQ, or nº 10 if you still have doubts)

I'm still waiting for a 360 and PS3 emulator to hit the PC, I'll be waiting a looooong time I know. : )

I believe there's already a Wii emulator for the PC though.

Cosmo, By the time a PS360 emulator comes to PC, you are going to have to fork over as much cash for compatible hardware as it would have cost you to buy both consoles at launch. PPC emulation on X86/64 is enough of a bitch to completely abandon your plans of EVER loading PS360 code onto any home computer produced between now and 2020.

I know, that's why I said I'd be waiting a loooooooong time. : )

Call me crazy, I have this thing where I want a device that can do everything. Instead of purchasing a separate PS3/360/Wii, etc. I'd like for instance to have a PC hooked up to my HDTV to play PC games and an emulator to play all the console games. But its extremely far-fetched and I spent a lot of $$$ on building my very first own-built PC so I'll be PC-exclusive for a bit.

Though some of the exclusives on the PS3 especially look tempting.

That's the problem with Microsoft's business model. The 360 exclusives are usually release on Games for Windows too and, if you're a purist, a proper gaming computer can look far better than any console version.

No I noticed that too. must have been posted almost at the same time as the dead space article.

Holy shit, I just noticed that now

yeah, what he said!