GiantBomb Review
32 User Reviews
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a good game
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X360
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this is one of the best games i played this year till borderlands.a great multiplayer real time strategy game.the story is great ,funny for the first part but is not near the end as much.the graphics are good,i like the art style metal all the way.the only part the got ...
Reviewed by ru5tyj on Oct. 14, 2009
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2 out of 39 found this review helpful. |
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Who we ambushin'? BAD GUYS, wanna help?
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X360
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Let's get this out of the way right up front. Brutal Legend is an open world game with heavy real time strategy elements... I know, some of you may not get that feeling thanks to the very linear demo presented but this is much more Giants: Citizen Kabuto than a ...
Reviewed by modeps on Oct. 13, 2009
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31 out of 31 found this review helpful. |
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Command the power of rock!
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X360
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Staring at a heavy metal album cover can muster up many thoughts: why is there a Black Panther shooting laser beams from its eyes? Why do I find that so cool? And what in God’s name does this have to do with the actual music? The answer to the latter ...
Reviewed by ElectricBoogaloo on Oct. 21, 2009
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11 out of 15 found this review helpful. |
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Eddie Riggs' [...] Isn't as Long as People Think it Will Be.
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X360
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Let me start off by saying this. Brutal Legend has one of the better RTS systems on console. I'd rank it just behind EndWar and lightyears ahead of just about everything else. However, that in and of itself isn't saying a whole lot. The open world is standard fare for ...
Reviewed by Chokobo on Oct. 13, 2009
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6 out of 12 found this review helpful. |
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Great if you can accept that this is not an action game!
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X360
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I don't write user reviews, but the pitiful score given by this game's reviewer just forced me to post this. Simpley put, the review is flat out wrong. The controls and gameplay style are perfectly suited for the controller. The RTS combat is very action heavy, but it is still ...
Reviewed by badlogik on Oct. 14, 2009
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1 out of 4 found this review helpful. |
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Brutal Legend is clever, funny, and seriously badass.
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X360
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Headbangers unite! Grab your battle axe and guitar and prepare for some serious, face melting rockin'! The very moment you insert Brutal Legend into your console, you'll notice that Brutal Legend is pretty clever in both its design and writing. After a humorous opening from Jack Black, we are presented ...
Reviewed by FlamingHobo on Oct. 25, 2009
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3 out of 4 found this review helpful. |
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The gods of metal are confused
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PS3
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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 ...
Reviewed by CanuckEh on Oct. 20, 2009
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2 out of 3 found this review helpful. |
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O but a man's reach should exceed his grasp...
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X360
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I really wanted to like this game. Actually, liking it isn't the hard part. Brutal Legend is an amazingly easy game to love; the setting, the music, the writing are all fantastic. Unfortunately, it's not a particularly easy game to like to play. As a hack-and-slash, it compares unfavorably to ...
Reviewed by Gooddoggy on Oct. 17, 2009
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1 out of 3 found this review helpful. |
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Worth a play but not without its problems.
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X360
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Let's get the important part out of the way right up front: Brutal Legend is a funny, funny game. I liked the story a lot and was glad to see how well Double Fine have captured the ridiculousness of Metal music and lyrics without making fun of them at any ...
Reviewed by Shaunage on Oct. 16, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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Worth a rent, wouldn't recommend buying it.
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X360
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Anything I would write here would pretty much be a copy of everything you've read about this game already. I will instead just share a few misses this game makes. The humor is great and I would say the story is amazing but at a crucial plot twist point, characters ...
Reviewed by Scyllz on Oct. 18, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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Funny, enjoyable, and polished
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X360
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Not a masterpiece, and perhaps less than I expected of Tim Shafer, but nevertheless a genuinely enjoyable, sometimes very funny game. The graphics are very good and I haven't noticed any slowdown despite often dozens of units on the screen. The world is a good size, varied and interesting, with ...
Reviewed by neildawson on Oct. 16, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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Activision can't kill the metal.
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X360
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If you've only seen trailers, official gameplay video or even played the demo of Brütal Legend you might think you know exactly how it plays, but as you experience the game it shows itself as a range of gameplay elements rolled into one. Combined with engaging characters voiced by celebrities ...
Reviewed by elektrixxx on Oct. 20, 2009
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0 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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I throw up the horns and salute.
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X360
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Brütal Legend is a great game, and I enjoyed it from start to finish. It's not perfect, but it has the quality you expect from a Double Fine game where it counts. Even if you're not a fan of heavy metal, there's lots to enjoy here. Story: Everybody knows the basic ...
Reviewed by Deusoma on Oct. 21, 2009
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fun but buggy and too easy
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X360
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i wish they spent as much time working on the gameplay as they did on the talent. I had no problem beating this game in 3 days. I don't have all of the achievements but it's not worth the repetition to get them. The art is amazing and voice talent ...
Reviewed by leglescow on Oct. 21, 2009
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Brutal Legend Review
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PS3
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Tim Schafer has an incredible resume of games. Two of my favorite games of all time (Psychonauts and Grim Fandango) were creations of Schafer's unique ability to create humor in games, and satisfying gameplay. Brutal Legend seemed like it would continue Schafer's winning record. Sadly, it does not come ...
Reviewed by choffy21 on Oct. 21, 2009
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Like a porcupine...
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X360
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It's been a long and strange trip to get here, but Brutal Legend, a game about a heavy metal fantasy world created by the master of underappreciated games, Tim Schafer, is here. Between its subject matter, its inherent humor, and the man behind the scenes, there is an overwhelming desire ...
Reviewed by ImperiousRix on Oct. 22, 2009
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Dishonesty May Be the Best Policy
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X360
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People who've seen Brütal Legend in ads or are interested by the heavy metal aesthetic of the game may find themselves confused and perhaps alienated by what it actually is. The thing about Brütal Legend that's most likely to alienate players is the bait-and-switch that occurs as you're playing the ...
Reviewed by Paperlink on Oct. 23, 2009
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Damn you RTS elements!
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X360
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I need to admit, I have a huge man-crush on Tim Schafer. This probably came to a head for me with the release of "Psychonauts," easily the best action-adventure game on the xbox system and generally one of my favourite games of all time. Schafer has an amazing talent for ...
Reviewed by Systemlink on Oct. 24, 2009
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Brutal Legend review
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X360
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A lot has been made of Brutal Legend not being what it is supposed to be. Many people thought it would be nothing but a hack and slash game. It turns out that Brutal Legend is much more than that and has some RTS elements in it as well. Brutal ...
Reviewed by Appleflip99 on Oct. 26, 2009
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Mortals, Take Heed...
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X360
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Let’s make no mistake of it; Tim Schafer is an undisputed god of game design. As heralded as Shigeru Miyamoto and Sid Meier, Schafer is known for his great humor, strong storylines, fantastic new worlds and oozing production values in the games he has created. His last opus, “Psychonauts”, was ...
Reviewed by LinksOcarina on Nov. 1, 2009
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Heavy Metal Dream
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X360
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Brutal Legend is a Heavy Metal dream come true for real music fans for that type of genre. Jack Black Stars as the main character and he does a great job but does he save this game from total failure. Positive: Funny comments and scriptGood gameplay and combosGreat ...
Reviewed by ChunkyBubb on Oct. 29, 2009
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A New Age of Metal!
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X360
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It is the age of metal ladies and gentleman! Brutal Legend is here and it makes a fine addition to this Fall’s epic game lineup. Head-splitting metal music, funny witty dialogue, and fantastic creative landscaping makes Brutal Legend not just fun to play, but fun to look at and enjoy ...
Reviewed by darthincredible25 on Nov. 2, 2009
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You'll laugh and have fun at the same time. What a odd concept.
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X360
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I found out about this game based purely on hype. Sure we've spoken about this on the podcast but alas my memory is not like the old days. I'm glad the hype machine worked on this one. Now I cant recant to you the process why this game was developed ...
Reviewed by MasterControl on Nov. 9, 2009
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Brtual Legend Review -- All Metal, No Glam!
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X360
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Brutal Legend Review BRUTAL LEGEND REVIEW XBOX 360, PS3 There are not a lot of times when you can say there’s no good comparison to a game. If media ages, then gaming is probably in its teens, or at least coming up to it, and there’s been sufficient enough time to ...
Reviewed by NumbThumb on Nov. 16, 2009
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(Long) On Tim Schafer, Apotheosis, and Video Game Rockstars
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X360
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Originally posted on my blog. Apotheosis - 1. The fact or action of becoming a god; deification 2. Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone with extraordinary power or status. Do you know who Tim Schafer is? When I still lived at home, my dad used to ask me, "When are you gonna ...
Reviewed by el33tcapitan on Nov. 20, 2009
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Compelling, but spread a touch too thin.
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X360
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Aside from a list of memorable titles logged away somewhere in the back of my mind, I don’t have any sort of connection to Tim Schafer. The attention he’s received in the past for being one of the few minds in game development to successfully incorporate humor into the medium ...
Reviewed by Kombat on Nov. 24, 2009
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Sort of a New Genre of Game
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X360
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Apart from its hilarious plot and awesome soundtrack, Brutal Legend combines the fun simplicity of a hack n' slash with the strategy of a RTS, and to top it off it contains small doses of RPG here and there. Simply this is almost a new genre of game. Anyone trying ...
Reviewed by Chuckster on Oct. 17, 2009
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Not quite the Tim Schafer Experience.
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X360
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Tim Schafer is a developer where you just can't help but to root for, he makes some of the most funniest and clever characters and the same could be said about the writing. So how does he follow up what I thought was an incredible platformer that was Psyconauts? ...
Reviewed by pissedoffthewitch on Oct. 18, 2009
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A blast of a mash up game
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X360
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I went into Brutal Legend with high exspectations. It was, in fact, the reason I bought a 360 a few weeks ago. While it won me over with the story and diolague in the demo, the RTS and advnture mash up really intrigued me, and it did not disapoint. No, ...
Reviewed by SamDrugbringer on Oct. 19, 2009
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Brutal Victory
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PS3
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Intro Brutal Legends is the new game from the mind of Tim Schafer that stars Jack Black. This leads to two important questions, first, douse it live up to Tim Schafer's masterpiece Psychonauts? And Is this just another Tenacious D but in game form? the answer to both is no Story ...
Reviewed by ThePsychoGamer on Oct. 19, 2009
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| Game Name | Brütal Legend |
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| Original US Release |
Oct. 13, 2009
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| Original US Release |
Q3 2009 know the real date? |
| Aliases | Brutal Legend |
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OFLC: MA15+
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| BBFC |
BBFC: 18
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| ESRB |
ESRB: M
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We don't have any info about Brütal Legend's franchise games.
