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Sights and Sounds
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There are a couple things for which Heavy Metal is known - both the film and the magazine - and those things tend to raise more than a few eyebrows. Judging by the early artwork, audiences can expect to get an eyeful in the movie, which will likely get a PG-13 rating. Nudity in games, however, is a sensitive matter, given the availability of games to minors. Developers are often caught in the middle between their desire to build visually interesting games and their need to sell those games to large retailers. What does the team from Ritual plan to do?
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Art director Rob Atkins says, "We are going to make a fun game based around an adult movie/magazine with a sexy female hero. If we sneak in a nipple or two here or there, I doubt that anyone will give a shit. Wal-Mart and the other retailers are more concerned with what the box looks like on their shelves than the content."
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Heavy Metal is also known for its hard-driving soundtrack. Since Ritual has full access to use the characters, voices, art, and music from the movie sequel, it's likely the game will have a kick-ass soundtrack. At press time we were unable to obtain a complete list of songs, but Kevin Eastman has been talking with a number of music groups, including U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Metallica, KISS, Sammy Hagar, Alice in Chains, and Aerosmith.
With all the assets of the movie at its disposal, plus the Quake III engine, Ritual has a very good chance of producing a standout game. Whether the company will or not depends on many factors, not the least of which is learning from the mistakes it made with SiN. To their credit, the designers have changed the way they work and affirm that they will perform whatever bug testing is necessary in the future to ensure quality products. We sure hope so, because if they get it right, this game will rock in more ways than one.
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