Zero Punctuation: Brutal Legend
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I understand his criticisms, but I personally thought unlocking the story elements of the age of metal made more sense for the game. Part of the point of this game was to feel like driving around a heavy metal album cover and Brutal Legend fulfills that pretty perfectly. I liked the exploring.
I wish there were more adventure elements in the game (like more dungeons maybe), but I enjoyed the game and don't at all regret the $60 I put down for it. What I really want now is a concept art book.
I wish there were more adventure elements in the game (like more dungeons maybe), but I enjoyed the game and don't at all regret the $60 I put down for it. What I really want now is a concept art book.
That or Uncharted 2.ARKSgtAlpha said:
I've decided not to get this game because 1. everyone says it's an RTS and not a hack and slash game. Penny Arcade, Zero Punctuation, the Escapist... 2. I'm not much of a music fan. 3. I don't think I can stand many more single player games except those from Nintendo.
I agree that the game sucks at telling you what to do. If the creator has to go out public and tell people how to play it there has got to be something missing (although, the game does get better if you play it less like an RTS...). Didn't get the Hornthrower either until I looked it up.
Aside from that, it's a pretty good game.
Aside from that, it's a pretty good game.
The whole Jack Black, heavy metal, axe guitar thing didn't appeal to me much in the first place, but up until now I thought it had some potential. But the fact that it's an RTS in disguise completly ruins what fun could have been had from this game. Game developers need to learn how to pick a genre and stick to it. Awesome video though.
Yet again a good solid funny review with some good points.
I havent seen a review that makes me collapse in a heap and laugh 'til I wet meself for a while but they do come round and the interim always brightens up my Wednesday before Lunch
I havent seen a review that makes me collapse in a heap and laugh 'til I wet meself for a while but they do come round and the interim always brightens up my Wednesday before Lunch
The counterpoint could be made that a game should be made and played without the developer having to tell you what to do to make it 'play right'.Darrkon Fearlock said:
Brutal Legend to me was amazing. Infact it took the position of favorite game to me. I personally hate RTS but that hardly effected my opinion. The story and the theme is why it is as good as it is to me. The hack and slash aspect is fun to me when you take on about 6 demons and you expect to die, but through clever blocking and attacks you manage to live. The game did however lack, what Yahtzee said, good directions. Overall a funny, but only decent review.
I think I will buy this game at some time... Maybe when it's cheaper.
Anyway, good review.
Yahtzee studied German?
Sehr interessant.
Anyway, good review.
Yahtzee studied German?
Sehr interessant.
You really studied German? Wie lange denn, wenn ich fragen darf? Endlich jemand, der das Ü wirklich würdigt 
Finally someone who doesn't praise the game only because it's made by Tim The God Schafer (I hate that they stole the ä in Schafer :/) I loved it the first 2 hours and then I just played through it for the hell of it. And yeah, for achievements, too.
Finally someone who doesn't praise the game only because it's made by Tim The God Schafer (I hate that they stole the ä in Schafer :/) I loved it the first 2 hours and then I just played through it for the hell of it. And yeah, for achievements, too.
aaaaahhh i feel much better now that you've atoned all the flaws in this game that i've been over looking for the last week. I still love the game, but I'm always happy to see you give any game a proper ribbing. Now do me a favor, please go into Tim Grim's thread about this game and tell him to stuff it. He's going on about "the guys who stand next to the stage wearing t-shirts with slogans on them" somehow being reason enough to not even play the game, he's completely whacked out on drugs and we need a professional to take care of him.
That might work if you didnt get killed in 2 seconds...Darrkon Fearlock said:
I barely had time to fly in play a solo and then die right after.
Brutal Legend has a prerequisite that isn't mentioned on the box. You have to LOVE Heavy Metal. If you do, you will enjoy the game, flaws and all. If you have a passing interest or if you kinda like it or if you listen to it on occasion then Brutal Legend is going to leave you with this kind of feeling as Yahtzee described. A resounding "MEH" as you play through an in-joke that you are on the outside of.
Being born in the early 70s and living through Metal's highs, lows, big hair, and eventual death, I enjoyed this game. It's like a love letter to a time I lived through and that makes it special. But I certainly don't expect everyone to get into it. I've even found myself telling certain friends to skip it. It's short and it's not for everyone. Don't think I'm making excuses for it though. It definately has issues and the RTS stuff was the weakest part of the game. I found myself putting off those sections to go and explore. To see what album cover I could drive through next.
And I hold special contempt for Lita Ford's performance as the leader of the Xalia. If she was paid a dime more than $18 for that performance then Double Fine got ripped off and should seek litigation.
Being born in the early 70s and living through Metal's highs, lows, big hair, and eventual death, I enjoyed this game. It's like a love letter to a time I lived through and that makes it special. But I certainly don't expect everyone to get into it. I've even found myself telling certain friends to skip it. It's short and it's not for everyone. Don't think I'm making excuses for it though. It definately has issues and the RTS stuff was the weakest part of the game. I found myself putting off those sections to go and explore. To see what album cover I could drive through next.
And I hold special contempt for Lita Ford's performance as the leader of the Xalia. If she was paid a dime more than $18 for that performance then Double Fine got ripped off and should seek litigation.
I played it for about ten minutes yesterday at the Eurogamer Expo in Leeds (well, played for about half that time, rest was unskippable cut scenes ) and all i have to say is:
"holy crap there's an RTS under there?"
It started like some bad platformer slowly teaching you what button does what for the guitar and axe (not to be mistaken for being the same thing ) because you know gamers are too dumb these days to either work it out for themselves or rtfm?
Then I ended up for no apparent reason driving around in some american hot rod car fighting what looks like Audrey II which apparently can be knocked out by simply hitting it's split tongue a few times.
Maybe the humour would've plastered over this weak platform style game until I got to the good bit but the volume on the booth next to me was way higher so I only heard everything with a two minute delay.
Suffice to say it's nice to see someone else not like this game much either as I'd thought half the internet had gone mental (to, you know, join the other half).
) and all i have to say is:"holy crap there's an RTS under there?"
It started like some bad platformer slowly teaching you what button does what for the guitar and axe (not to be mistaken for being the same thing
) because you know gamers are too dumb these days to either work it out for themselves or rtfm?Then I ended up for no apparent reason driving around in some american hot rod car fighting what looks like Audrey II which apparently can be knocked out by simply hitting it's split tongue a few times.
Maybe the humour would've plastered over this weak platform style game until I got to the good bit but the volume on the booth next to me was way higher so I only heard everything with a two minute delay.
Suffice to say it's nice to see someone else not like this game much either as I'd thought half the internet had gone mental (to, you know, join the other half).
I was relieved to see him not verbally fellate the game based on Schafer's presence behind it.
I'm a bit confused about the humour element. The humour in the demo was the exact kind of trite B-Movie crap that I would expect from Jack Black in pretty much every movie he's ever done, and that seems woefully insufficient to fuel an entire game. The world seems "imaginative" enough, I guess, but only in the sense that Queen: The Eye just wasn't popular enough to accuse BL of plagiarism. And the gameplay we sampled struck me as bloody awful, even by the standards of the 900 Dynasty Warrior clones I've waded through looking for a good one.
I'm a bit confused about the humour element. The humour in the demo was the exact kind of trite B-Movie crap that I would expect from Jack Black in pretty much every movie he's ever done, and that seems woefully insufficient to fuel an entire game. The world seems "imaginative" enough, I guess, but only in the sense that Queen: The Eye just wasn't popular enough to accuse BL of plagiarism. And the gameplay we sampled struck me as bloody awful, even by the standards of the 900 Dynasty Warrior clones I've waded through looking for a good one.