![]() ![]() Is any of this sordid background necessary knowledge to play the game? Well, no, but at least now you know why the heroine chooses to reveal so much flesh. Quick fact: The lead character was inspired by B-movie actress/Penthouse playmate, Julie Strain. It became quite a cult hit - enough to approve funding for the raunchy 1981 animated movie based on stories from the magazines, a sort of westernized anime full of aliens, action and "naked chicks." Roll on the new century, and Heavy Metal has already met a strong revival with its recent home video/DVD release now a new Heavy Metal movie has just been completed (dubbed "Heavy Metal 2000") based on the F.A.K.K.2 stories and this game is all part of the franchise. Actually, it does make a good lead-in to a brief background on the "Heavy Metal" reference in the title - for those not in the know (and many of us aren't), Heavy Metal is an adult sci-fi/fantasy comic magazine started in the glorious age of the politically incorrect seventies. ![]() The header above has nothing to do with what I am about to write, but I just had to get that out now. It's just a shame the end is so much closer than you think. ![]() I am very thankful I did, though - rarely do I play a game that I absolutely want to play until the very end. Being an FPS-only sort of gamer, I generally lost interest, but by the time the game rolled around I had completely forgotten about the fixed perspective and ignorantly requested a copy to review. ![]() I couldn't get much of a description of the game from the guys except "it's gonna be way cool" and that it would be played from the 3rd-person perspective. I had no idea then that the concept art I was looking at would develop into something so special. 2 when I visited the Ritual offices two years ago. ![]()
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