Brutal Legend surely is brutal, but it ain't even NEAR being a legend.

Tim Schaffer’s own personal twisted world, Brutal Legend tells the story of a roadie, who ends up being transported to a place where everything is based upon Heavy Metal: from mere trees and animals to entire buildings.

THA GUD STUFF: The story...is good! It’s better than you think, with non-cheesy twists and WTF moments, something I was expecting from Psychonauts' writer and director (like Brutal Legend itself. And the game is FUN, in aall senses: It has Schaffer’s mark of humour, it has awesome combat and nice driving stunts, awesome metal to combine with all this action, and primary missions aren’t repetitive.

Kudos to the hack n slash gameplay, whoever did it, did it brilliantly. Not button-mashing, but not overly frustating. Just right.

Heh, I guess even Kal-El participated on the Cold War.

THA BAD STUFF: The side missions suffer from what I call the ASSASSIN CREED EFFECT: There are too many, of the same mission. With the same dialogue. With the same brutal difficulty. Those side missions can be you manning a stationary turret, you driving your car to place where a guy should shoot mortars, ambushing enemy troops and, my personal worst, RACING. Now, racing wouldn’t be so bad if the guy’s LAMBORGHINI wasn’t HEAVIER than my fucking MONSTER TRUCK, AND THE TRACKS WERENT SO THIN.
To put it shortly, he’s faster, stronger, and, even if you start ahead, he can ram you over...
And the upgrades are...avoidable. I, as a upgrade whore, like upgrades, but Brutal Legend is one of those rare games that DO NOT NEED UPGRADES. But if you don’t get them, I doubt you’ll beat the incredibly-short story in one day, even in the easiest difficulty.
And the gameplay? Terrible, at least for cars. The driving mechanics are clumsy and invite you to shoot yourself to the water just to let you through a painfully loading scren just to find out you just lost 4% of the game-completed percentage because the fucking game doesn’t save unless you upgrade something or beat a side mission.
Which comes to another thing I hated: Jack Black (the protagonist) does not know how to jump. Or swim. Have you ever heard of a roadie that can’t jump or swim? Yerk.

Heh, I guess even Kal-El participated on the Cold War.

Now, something I most hated in this game...
Real. Time. Strategy.
Yes, folks, Age of empires-type of strategy. And as we know, consoles aren’t MADE FOR THIS KIND OF GENRE.
Ironically, I think that this aspect in the game would fail, even if it were on the PC. Basically, you have a base (A heavy metal show stage, duh.) and your minions (ranging from basic meelee and basic ranged to a fucking mini-show on wheels with a crusher in its front, and rocket launchers on its side.), and you must destroy the other guy’s stage.
Of course, there are resources (FANS, lmao), and you must create resource-oriented buildings (Merchandising booths, hehe), but so can your enemy.
What can go wrong, you say?
Well...
1- FANS COME TOO SLOWLY.
2- THE NEIGHBOUR’S GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER, AND HIS FANS COMES MORE QUICKLY.
3- LACK OF UNIT COMPETENCY, YOU HAVE TO ISSUE ALL ORDERS, AND THE’RE GONNA GET KILLED BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE ENEMY’S ARMY IS ALWAYS BETTER.
Amongst others. Oh, did I mention it has online multiplayer? It’s this exact RTS. Yeah.

Overall: Nice try, but no. Excellent ideas, and awesome story, but the gameplay fails and the ultimate difficulty makes this game be a rental, at BEST.

Score: 6/10 (And that’s being nice)

Heh, I guess even Kal-El participated on the Cold War.

What’s funny is that I’m turning up the volumem of this game. I just want to listen to the metal and forget about what this game put me through.

Heh, I guess even Kal-El participated on the Cold War.

I’m so glad I skipped out on this game haha. I’ve heard that although fun, definitely not worth 60 bones haha.

When i saw it at E3, i was liek “meh”.

My sig is better than yours.

lol, I’m buying it for my best bud for his birthday in January, and gonna just share it with him. Sorry, I’m a Jack Black fan all the way and can’t let this one slip. haha. And so is he.

Pagemaster wrote: lol, I’m buying it for my best bud for his birthday in January, and gonna just share it with him. Sorry, I’m a Jack Black fan all the way and can’t let this one slip. haha. And so is he.

I has all jack black movies to date, I’m his fan as well, but this game ain’t worth a buy. But definetly rent, the story is one-of-a-kind, and it’s FUN until STAGE BATTLES come up. Guess what? The last mission is a...

Heh, I guess even Kal-El participated on the Cold War.

This game is shit all the way through yea fucking 30$ spent on this horrible waste of time could of got it for 5 fucking dollars what a fucking rip off this game is so fucking low evenm for jack black just fucking idotic BULLSHIT