From the mind of Tim Schafer (Psychonauts, Grim Fandango) comes Brutal Legend, the ultimate heavy metal action game starring Jack Black (School of Rock, Tenacious D). You are heavy metal roadie Eddie Riggs, hurled back in time to the mythical Age of Metal when the world was formed and ruled by the power of Rock! Armed with a broadaxe, a guitar, and a big block V8 you set off on an epic quest to assemble an army of headbangers, hotrods, barbarians, demonic dominatrix and the undead. With the wings of a demon and the power of a Rock God, you must lead humanity in an epic war against its barbaric overlords, and carve your name forever into the Brutal Legend. In Brutal Legend, you'll roam through a massive open-world born from the hell fires of heavy metal. In this world you can rev up any vehicle, rock its weapons, and crush the enemies of metal. You'll also learn to devastate with your guitar, playing face-melting solos that actually melt the faces of your enemies, command savage armies, bang skulls in hand-to-hand combat, and rise like a bat out of hell to command blood-drenched action from above. As if that wasn't enough, you can slay your friends and foes online, then play guitar licks on their graves! Of course, Brutal Legend is only complete with the most ultimate heavy metal soundtrack ever assembled in a game.
First things first, the best menu screen I have seen in a game. This game is a mix of many genres in one, you got the GTA free roam driving, you got some button mashing and to top it of you got some tower defense/RTS parts in there. Music is amazing as are the cameos by iconic rockers. Expect a lengthy quest, plus an online portion which is the RTS style only. All in all a pretty solid title.
environnement-graphique 10/10, gameplay 9/10, soundtrack 10/10...
pour ceux qui ont une base en métal les métaphores sont vraiment drôle. Côté négatif il manque une minimap dans le coin de l'écran, 2-3 teleport auraient été bien et c'est bien important d'aller changer les voix pour les mettre en anglais (la traduction française est dégueulasse)
The single player experience can be finished in about 6 hours but offers many side missions. With online play this game offers 20+ hours of play. The story is funny and interesting. The graphics are nice and the art style is all about the 'metal'. There are some load screens. The music is wicked, the voice over's are awesome and the sound effects are hot. The controls could work better. I had fun playing this game until the RTS portion became anoying.
