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.
Brütal Legend pulled me in like few games can, thanks in large part to the greatest soundtrack ever and genuinely fun open world gameplay. The flaws? Far too short and an emphasis on RTS-style gameplay in the second-half of the campaign and the multiplayer. It's off-putting, but worth dealing with because there is no other game like Brütal Legend.
This game tries to be a strange blend of many different styles and genres, and binds it all together with an unoriginal, but very well constructed story. Like most things that try to be everything, it doesn't do anything exceptionally well. If your looking for something different, give it a rent, but don't be surprised if you don't really like it.
Overall fun game , good humour and music if your a fan of jack black / 80's hair rock, game looks good but gameplay is somewhat repetitive and gamemechanics clunky. 7/10
Pretty fun game and it has some good laughs. It wasn't compelling enough for me to keep playing so returned it before finishing. Some timed missions are annoying and hard to complete, quickly removes laughs and fun!
