THE BARDS TALE BLIND GUARDIAN PC

But meeting myself in a game? I'm thrilled! I'm not so thrilled about doing the motion capture, putting on those suits is not nice!

Marcus Siepen: I've been playing video games since I was like 10 or 11 years old, and obviously if you play a good game you identify with the character you're playing. GS UK: You're all big fantasy fans and some of you are avid gamers how do you feel about being in a game like this?Īndre Olbrich: We've always wanted to do music for a video game, but now that we have the chance to actually appear in a game, it's like a player's dream come true. We're here today to do motion capture for that performance, so it's a big challenge, and the first time we've ever done anything like this. We perform in the game as a kind of prize after a quest which our characters are involved in. Later on, the Ascaron guys came up with the splendid idea of having us as resident in the world of Ancaria. HK: At first we were only asked to do a song which would be used in the game. GS UK: What exactly can we expect from Blind Guardian in Sacred 2? The reason for that is quite simple: Blind Guardian's music and the world of Ancaria perfectly blend together. So far the whole thing has been great fun for us. Fact is, when we were finally contacted by Ascaron, asking if we were interested in doing a song for the game, we immediately agreed to do so. Coincidence or predestination? We'll never know. Because of their passion for Blind Guardian, some of the people at Ascaron in charge of Sacred 2 saw it as an opportunity to have us in the game musically. Having three very active fantasy computer game nerds in the band, it's easy to imagine the big impact Sacred 1 has had on us. Hansi Kursch: That's quite an interesting story. GameSpot UK: How did Blind Guardian get involved with Sacred 2? In between filming, the band members talked about their music in Sacred 2, being in the game, and their opinion on music-based games. GameSpot UK caught up with Blind Guardian vocalist Hansi Kursch, and the band's guitarists, Andre Olbrich and Marcus Siepen, during their motion-capture session for Sacred 2 in Hungary last week. In keeping with Blind Guardian's fantasy style, the group's members are even called bards by their fans, thanks to an early definitive track called 'The Bard's Song,' inspired by the 1985 game, The Bard's Tale. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, and Stephen King. The German band has been around since the mid-'80s, and is famous for lyrics and album covers inspired by its favourite fantasy and horror authors such as J.R.R.

That's exactly what fans of the German fantasy-metal band Blind Guardian will get to do in the hack-and-slash action RPG Sacred 2, planned for release on PC and Xbox 360 in late 2008. While there's a good chance you'll hear your favourite rock band's music in a game these days, it isn't every day that you get to go questing for the band in-game.

THE BARDS TALE BLIND GUARDIAN PC

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