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    Brütal Legend

    Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Oct 13, 2009

    Brütal Legend is a humorous heavy-metal, open-world, action-adventure game with light real-time strategy elements. As Eddie Riggs, lead the people of the Brütal World to rise up against the Tainted Coil demons who rule the world, and their leader, the sinister Emperor Doviculus.

    warfather's Brütal Legend (PlayStation 3) review

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    The Most Metal Game Ever

    Just to clearly depict my extreme bias towards this game I will preface my review by stating that Brütal Legend is my game of the year for 09. Yeah, it's like that.
     So why no perfect 5 star rating? Because if it were that good I would still be playing it right now rather than writing about it. No, seriously, the game isn't perfect, but I consider any quibbles with the game to be just that, quibbles. Screw quibbles, screw them to a rotting wall of flesh with a massive rusty screw through each eye and out the back of the skull with another in the mouth which has grated through the spinal column. The only real problem with the game? There isn't enough of it. The main story can  be completed in 6 hours and a number of the main characters are left only slightly fleshed out.
    So what sets the game atop the pile of corpses of all those who appose it? Metal. The entire experience of the game is so awesomely, unabashedly soul consumingly Metal. From the various opening screens featuring one of the many voice talents featured in the game (Ozzy, JB, Lemmy, etc...) belting out "Double Fine" to the final decapitation, every angry inch of the world is drenched in the attitude, sounds and aesthetic of Metal. 
    Speaking of sounds, this game has the best soundtrack of all time. It's your right to dissent so go ahead... now shut up. Best soundtrack ever.
    Last point of contention, multiplayer. Playing on PS3 it can be tough to find a game, as in it takes like 15 minutes. Once you get in a game there's a 70% chance you're opponent will immediatly surrender and then send you a message asking to boost to 50 wins for the trophy. Pansies. If you find a game where the other player actually wants to play there will be a war. You will have to develop a strategy based around units you will not have a complete understanding of. Wicked. 
    In summation, this game is damn near perfect for anyone who appreciates metal, loves bloodletting and has a sense of humor. Glory to Succoria.

    Other reviews for Brütal Legend (PlayStation 3)

      The gods of metal are confused 0

        There is something powerfully ironic about Tim Shaffer’s Brutal Legend, a game designed to be a love letter to heavy metal…a letter which would likely include a parcel containing a still-beating human heart. After all, it got published by the biggest third party developer and subsequently sued over by the second-biggest company over publishing rights. Maybe it’s that “selling out” is the anti-thesis of metal-ideologies (ideologies that  I guess include “don’t sell out” and “get fookin’ smash...

      10 out of 11 found this review helpful.

      Decapitatioooooooooooooooon! 0

      “Brütal Legend” is a really difficult game for me to review, on one hand I love all the characters, the setting and the humor. Yes this is actually one of the very few games that are legitimately funny, which is not something I experience very often. Games that try to be funny often try to hard or else the humor is pretty stupid and not funny at all like “Death Spank”. But “Brutal Legend” just gets it right on that account. The dialogue is well written and delivered by a talented cast consisting...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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