A Legend most Brutal

Rated M for Metal

Brutal Legend is one of those games I feel that this game isn't really known as well as I think it should be. It's an awesome game. It's tactical, comedic, and has Heavy-Metal music and influences throughout the game. What more could you ask for?

Even promoted by Dethklok!

"The game, a hybrid of the action-adventure and real-time strategy genres, includes Stage Battles in both the single-player and multiplayer mode, where the player must command troops to defeat their foes while defending their own stage." -Wikipedia

Gameplay:

"Everything in that general direction must die!"

You play as Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black), "one of the best roadies" for "one of the worst metal bands", who gets transported to another world where trees have exhaust pipes and BDSM-like demons have enslaved humans. (They also have a beer tree).

[...] Much of the game takes place in an unnamed world inspired by heavy metal music, created by, according to the game's mythology, Ormagöden" - wikipedia

Weapons:

You decapitate enemies with his axe "The Seperator", his Flying V guitar can cast magic spells, such as lightning bolts and melting faces, while riding a hot rod that Eddie builds called "The Druid Plow", a.k.a. "The Deuce".

I mainly preffered to battle enemies by either using the cars' upgrades, like the rocket launchers, Guitar solo's like Face Melter (it was one of my favorites), or just maxing the axe's strength and slicing away!

Wanna go for a ride?

Quests:

While not busy slicing enemies and running over porcupines with your hot rod, you can also complete side missions such as racing, helping out an ambush, turning your car into a ballista, and helping a cannon operator shoot targets. There are also these bound dragon statues you can release for more health points and other boosts. You can also perform jumps and look at important landmarks. All of these events help you gain Fire Tributes which are used to upgrade your weapons and armor.

 I found that exploring the world itself was fun, there are a lot of hidden references to Metal all throughout the game. These quests were a main part of my game-play, I always ended up dying for some reason, then I found out how to get more health from releasing bound dragons, so I ended up mostly roaming the map looking for the 100 dragons!

Don't mess with this kitty.

Stage Battles:

The tactical part of the game comes into play in the main story-line. Using real time strategy, you directly control Eddie to defend a giant stage where new allies spawn. Eddie is able to control the entire army to follow, attack, or defend a point, and can use specialized squads of specific units to perform certain task. Until a specific objective is completed, like destroying the enemy stage, you create an army by building merchandise booths on "fan geysers". Once enough fans are collected, you can summon different allies, each using a certain number of fans. Upgrading the stage to allows you to summon more powerful allies.

Before each major battle be sure to talk to each ally, you get to learn more about the characters and maybe have a good laugh.

Sequel?

Often, the best games are always the first ones, and as much as I love this game and hoped for a sequel, unfortunately I am saddened to read this news.

"Double Fine believed they were given the go-ahead to develop a sequel to Brütal Legend after the game's release, and had invested a great deal of development time towards this, but were later told by EA that it was cancelled.^{[52] [...][...]}As of 2013, Schafer is still interested in a sequel to Brütal Legend, but would require appropriate funding and resources to make it happen as an independent developer.^{[51]" - wikipedia}

Overall, the game is great to play for anyone who loves strategy-tactical games, the humor of Jack Black and/or Heavy Metal music. I feel this game needs to be played for it's awesomeness. So let me know what you think. Have you played this game, or want to play now? Leave a comment and follow my blog.
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