“X SLAMS Y over (random bullshit).”

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Fuck articles like these.

Outsourced marketing agency working for EA.

They provided us with the videos and screenshots, early review copies and whatnot, but we weren’t privy to the full breadth of the game.

I personally played the demo on the PS3 and was taken aback when the game turned into an RTS as well upon playing the full game.

The gaming landscape was MUCH different then. People wanted serious, gritty games because they were cool. This was the MW2 era and everyone was chasing that. Brutal Legend being a quirky love letter to metal music wasn’t exactly going to sell gangbusters in hindsight.

Edward Norton once winked at me while I was standing in line for Pinks hot dogs in LA.

I am gay for Edward Norton.

Hey, I actually worked on the marketing campaign for the game. We were the ones who shipped out review copies, handed out press kits and whatnot.

I still have an Eddie Riggs statue proudly sitting in my closet.

Ask me anything, I suppose.

And to answer the obvious question, we kind of knew about the RTS elements in the game, but not the full extent of them. So when the reviews came in blasting the game for being a bait and switch, that was fully justified.