Review: Brutal Legend
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I'll probably do that anyway, if only because I want to support Double Fine. Those guys are awesome.Russ Pitts said:
BRÜTAL LEGEND. Ü. What the fuck. German umlauts? You don't even have German umlauts on your keyboard. I guess, just like Germans think, using english is somewhat cool, so do English people about using German.
Ä, Ö, Ü.........ha, I can do umlauts! (wow, I'm really sorry for that)
Anyways-
Jack Black and Ozzy Osbourne? Wow. What a game. o.o
Usually I like metal, but I'm not *that* big of a fan. Hm. Maybe I'll give the game a try.
Aaaahh, pronouncing "Brütal Legend" like you would pronounce the German umlaut ü sounds so silly. xD
I liked the whole "Rocktober" thing though. Thank you, Escapist.
Ä, Ö, Ü.........ha, I can do umlauts! (wow, I'm really sorry for that)
Anyways-
Jack Black and Ozzy Osbourne? Wow. What a game. o.o
Usually I like metal, but I'm not *that* big of a fan. Hm. Maybe I'll give the game a try.
Aaaahh, pronouncing "Brütal Legend" like you would pronounce the German umlaut ü sounds so silly. xD
I liked the whole "Rocktober" thing though. Thank you, Escapist.
Well, I've played the first few story missions and tooled around in the Deuce for awhile. I like it quite well, but I am a little dissapointed so far.
As I expected, the characters, world, and story are awesome. Great, funny writing, voice acting, and animation make the cut scenes a true pleasure to watch. A metalhead couldn't be more pleased.
The gameplay, on the other hand - it's not really bad or anything, just not really my cup of tea, so to speak. I never play RTS games, and so I don't really like that aspect of BL so much. If I recall correctly, when Brutal Legend was first revealed in Game Informer a good while ago, it was described as a straight-up 3rd-person action game. That's the game I wish I was playing.
Oh well. It's not bad by any means. It's quite fun just exploring, finding bound serpents and legendary artifacts (I absolutely love the myths and legends with the black and white illustrations). Maybe after awhile, I'll get more used to the RTS controls and start to enjoy it more.
As I expected, the characters, world, and story are awesome. Great, funny writing, voice acting, and animation make the cut scenes a true pleasure to watch. A metalhead couldn't be more pleased.
The gameplay, on the other hand - it's not really bad or anything, just not really my cup of tea, so to speak. I never play RTS games, and so I don't really like that aspect of BL so much. If I recall correctly, when Brutal Legend was first revealed in Game Informer a good while ago, it was described as a straight-up 3rd-person action game. That's the game I wish I was playing.
Oh well. It's not bad by any means. It's quite fun just exploring, finding bound serpents and legendary artifacts (I absolutely love the myths and legends with the black and white illustrations). Maybe after awhile, I'll get more used to the RTS controls and start to enjoy it more.
Yeah the Goth Kids are really tough. Especially on the Brutal difficulty.Megacherv said:
The only advice i can give is to make sure to take all the fan booths and try your best to vary your army with a balance of anti-vehicle, anti-infantry, and buffers.
Use the Amazons on the Fire beasts to kill hordes of regular infantry.
Use the bouncers to destroy the enemy vehicles.
The Pyro Bikers are also good against infantry.
The Killmaster bikers stun enemies and heal ur units so make sure you have few of those in each group.
Use the the Hot ROds with the turrets to tear down enemy fan booths.
When you have a lot of infantry around it helps to do your facemelter solo on your guitar.
Try to do as many double teams as possible.
Always try to remove the enemy leader first, THis prevents the enemy from taking undeveloped fan guysers and also keeps them from doing double teams on you(especially that nasty bride double team)
It took me a couple of redo's on Brutal but if I can do it anyone can.
You open those statues by doing the earthshaterer or whatever it's called. I think its A and X at the same time.TsunamiWombat said:
this game was such a blast. i rented it and finished it in 3 sessions, now i try to get as close to 100% as possible. the game has it´s flaws, it seems to be a little buggy here and there(got stuck in walls, in battles the flag magic wouldnt work and my units would often simply not go to the flag, sometimes you have to be incredibly precise if you want to collect those spark-plug jump thingys, sometimes not), far too less combos and (useful!)stuff to buy for you if you compare to similar games. but oh, the game world! i had my fare share of metal in the past but was never a fan or something. the game got me hooked on some bands i only knew the names of. overall, everything besides the actual gameplay gets an a+. this is also one of the most impressive game worlds visually i ever got to play through, there´s so much awesome stuff with insane scale. sometimes it even reminded me of shadow of the colossus, but not that poetic more comical and, eh, brutal. but still incredibly beautiful. i will never forget freelancing to the wall of screams before i actually would have to go there and i´d never would have thought of something awesome like a giant wall of speakerboxes. as you can see, i´m unconditionally in love with this game. i will definetly buy when i have the money(and the price dropped once).
I'm only a few hours in, but this is already a great game. The intro, though unskippable, was fun to watch (and play). I really appreciated the way it slowly introduced new concepts without forcing you through a step-by-step tutorial.
Even if this isn't an 80 hour game, it promises to be 20 hours of great fun. The Deuce is a pleasure to drive (rare for any vehicle in a video game) and Eddie's attacks are gratuitously satisfying.
Rock on!
Even if this isn't an 80 hour game, it promises to be 20 hours of great fun. The Deuce is a pleasure to drive (rare for any vehicle in a video game) and Eddie's attacks are gratuitously satisfying.
Rock on!
I'm lovin the game so far. I am concerned about the RTS elements, I've only had the first battle, and it seemed to be a bit of a cluster fuck... I had no idea what was going on.
I'm reserving my complete judgement until I've played further through.
I'm reserving my complete judgement until I've played further through.
Bought this...beat it...play it often while online because the tracks are awesome...11/10.... just that metal. Everything from tracks from Tenacious D to Dethklok, this game screams METAL! Even my friend was surprised... was funny coming from him.
I must admit I don't really get the complaints about the 'RTS' sections. To me, they play more like something like Dynasty Warriors than a full-blown RTS, and it's more about picking where and how to commit your Avatar and when to double-team than it is about any high-faluting tactical plan. Of course if you try to play it as a pure RTS you'll lose, because you'll be keeping one of your most important weapons out of the fight. It feels like one person trying to lead an army by shouting and waving their arms about- which is exactly what's happening, after all 
Of course, in multiplayer you could play it 'pure' RTS if both players agreed not to use their Avatar in combat, and there's a trophy in it IIRC.
One more thing I must mention- the cleverest trophy I've ever seen. "Six Degrees of Shafer". You get it by playing multiplayer with or against someone who already has it. Think about it
Of course, in multiplayer you could play it 'pure' RTS if both players agreed not to use their Avatar in combat, and there's a trophy in it IIRC.
One more thing I must mention- the cleverest trophy I've ever seen. "Six Degrees of Shafer". You get it by playing multiplayer with or against someone who already has it. Think about it
I hate RTS games, and Brutal Legend is the first Console RTS that I really like. Why can I figure out the controls and Yathzee can't?
I play the multiplayer more than Call of Duty...it's THAT good. And I hope more RTS games take on this direction. Halo Wars would be so much more awesome if I could build a Scorpion, drive it myself, let the AI take over when I'm done, and build another if it gets destroyed.
This game deserves a lot more love than it's getting, and I'm very dissapointed in people going "THIS HAS RTS ELEMENTS AND THEREFORE IS A BAD GAME RAGE RAGE RAGE!" This is the first Console RTS that doesn't suck. The multiplayer is the best part of this game.
Would the game honestly have been better if it were just a slasher like Nintey Nine Nights? Because I'm pretty sure people would have been complaining "Oh, Brutal Legend is just a boring slasher!"
This game keeps the strategy stuff so simple I don't even need a HUD, it's amazing simple, but the game becomes as deep and complex as the RTS games I once found overwhelming. It makes me want to try Starcraft 2 when it comes out, but I do hope more RTS games take on the Action direction that Brutal Legend does.
I play the multiplayer more than Call of Duty...it's THAT good. And I hope more RTS games take on this direction. Halo Wars would be so much more awesome if I could build a Scorpion, drive it myself, let the AI take over when I'm done, and build another if it gets destroyed.
This game deserves a lot more love than it's getting, and I'm very dissapointed in people going "THIS HAS RTS ELEMENTS AND THEREFORE IS A BAD GAME RAGE RAGE RAGE!" This is the first Console RTS that doesn't suck. The multiplayer is the best part of this game.
Would the game honestly have been better if it were just a slasher like Nintey Nine Nights? Because I'm pretty sure people would have been complaining "Oh, Brutal Legend is just a boring slasher!"
This game keeps the strategy stuff so simple I don't even need a HUD, it's amazing simple, but the game becomes as deep and complex as the RTS games I once found overwhelming. It makes me want to try Starcraft 2 when it comes out, but I do hope more RTS games take on the Action direction that Brutal Legend does.
