The reviews are in, the game is great!
 
I love metal
I love Jack Black
I love Tim Shaefer
 
I should be totally into this right?
A couple of hours ago, i was still suppose to buy Brutal Legend, its right up my alley. But I won't
 
a 5 hour single player story thats mostly a tutorial for the multiplayer? Really?  I played that game already, its  called Chromehounds ( those who played know what i'm talking about ).
 
I'm passing on this, see you in the bargain bin in a couple of years Brutal Legend.

I am into those three things as well, but I also will not be purchasing this game.
 
The soundtrack is killer though! I never thought I would see Iced Earth's music in a video game. Oh well, by the looks of it the game should have a price drop in the near future and that is when I will pick it up.

I was worried as soon as I realized the review embargo wasn't up until the day the game came out. That's not showing a lot of confidence.

" I was worried as soon as I realized the review embargo wasn't up until the day the game came out. That's not showing a lot of confidence. "

Going to wait till I can pick it up for under $20.  So i'll be playing it in 3 years or so.

" @Asurastrike said:

" I was worried as soon as I realized the review embargo wasn't up until the day the game came out. That's not showing a lot of confidence. "

I was thinking the exact same thing earlier. To my knowledge, there has never been a really great game that has had the embargo date on the release date. "

To hell with the review, still buying it in 9 hours. To hell with it.

" @uberpwner93 said:

" @Asurastrike said:

" I was worried as soon as I realized the review embargo wasn't up until the day the game came out. That's not showing a lot of confidence. "

I was thinking the exact same thing earlier. To my knowledge, there has never been a really great game that has had the embargo date on the release date. "

I think you're right. Uncharted 2 and Forza 3 both had embargo dates like 2 weeks before release. "

" @Asurastrike said:

" @uberpwner93 said:

" @Asurastrike said:

" I was worried as soon as I realized the review embargo wasn't up until the day the game came out. That's not showing a lot of confidence. "

I was thinking the exact same thing earlier. To my knowledge, there has never been a really great game that has had the embargo date on the release date. "

I think you're right. Uncharted 2 and Forza 3 both had embargo dates like 2 weeks before release. "

I got Uncharted 2 today, and I tell you what... no lie with the reviews. The game is simply fantastic. "

Yeah, the length just kills me.  I know I'll never even touch the mulitplayer, so to hearing that the single-player is only 4-5 hours long is a real deal-breaker for me.  Kind of depressing; I was really looking forward to this one.

" @uberpwner93 said:

" @Asurastrike said:

" @uberpwner93 said:

" @Asurastrike said:

" I was worried as soon as I realized the review embargo wasn't up until the day the game came out. That's not showing a lot of confidence. "

I was thinking the exact same thing earlier. To my knowledge, there has never been a really great game that has had the embargo date on the release date. "

I think you're right. Uncharted 2 and Forza 3 both had embargo dates like 2 weeks before release. "

I got Uncharted 2 today, and I tell you what... no lie with the reviews. The game is simply fantastic. "

Yeah it's great. I played it for 4 hours in one sitting and had to force myself to quit so I could finish my homework. "

ooooooooh bad new for Brutal Legend

Quality over quantity, dudes.

I've gotten to the point where games longer than five hour quickly lose my interest and rarely get completed. Five hours is like my magic number, not too much, just enough. Satsified.  
 
And really? The game is half a tutorial? Who says this?

" I've gotten to the point where games longer than five hour quickly lose my interest and rarely get completed. Five hours is like my magic number, not too much, just enough. Satsified.   And really? The game is half a tutorial? Who says this? "

" Cool story bro.
 
So why don't you make a thread about it where everyone else can continue to not give a goddamn fuck?  I will continue to play the goodness that is Brutal Legend. "

" Quality over quantity, dudes. "

I'm with the OP.  Cept I am renting it and I don't really like Jack Black.  He almost got Will Smith killed.  Seriously, not cool.  Teaming up with Seth Green and Jamie Kennedy to kill Jason Lee... WTF! 

" @Relys said:

" Cool story bro.
 
So why don't you make a thread about it where everyone else can continue to not give a goddamn fuck?  I will continue to play the goodness that is Brutal Legend. "

I'm soprry man but this thread proves i'm not alone, so this thread is legit, you don't like it? Wow. someone disagrees with someone else on the internet., who knew? Grow up, boy. "

'Kay. The game rocks, but whatever you say.

" There is no legitimacy in this thread. Especially since you base your bullshit opinion on Ryan Davis stating that a strict story mission run will net you four hours (Which is hyperbole anyways, also it is intellectually dishonest as NOBODY hammers through a Tim Schafer game without enjoying the aesthetic presentation). Everyone who agrees with you, in this case, can't read for shit. No offense to that group, but they either don't know how to read, how to play a game, or how to read other reviews stating it isn't four hours long! "

" 'Kay. The game rocks, but whatever you say. "

" @demonbear said: 
There is no legitimacy in this thread. Especially since you base your bullshit opinion on Ryan Davis stating that a strict story mission run will net you four hours (Which is hyperbole anyways, also it is intellectually dishonest as NOBODY hammers through a Tim Schafer game without enjoying the aesthetic presentation). Everyone who agrees with you, in this case, can't read for shit. No offense to that group, but they either don't know how to read, how to play a game, or how to read other reviews stating it isn't four hours long! "

I am not 100% sure if I am going to get it yet. Depends on how much cash I got after Uncharted 2 first because I want to make sure I still have enough to get Borderlands when its out too.

" @Snipzor said:

" There is no legitimacy in this thread. Especially since you base your bullshit opinion on Ryan Davis stating that a strict story mission run will net you four hours (Which is hyperbole anyways, also it is intellectually dishonest as NOBODY hammers through a Tim Schafer game without enjoying the aesthetic presentation). Everyone who agrees with you, in this case, can't read for shit. No offense to that group, but they either don't know how to read, how to play a game, or how to read other reviews stating it isn't four hours long! "

Good for you, really, i'm happy inside. Thanks for that. "

" @Cube said:

" 'Kay. The game rocks, but whatever you say. "

People are so aggressive towards people with different opinions, I love it. "

" @demonbear said:

" @Snipzor said:

" There is no legitimacy in this thread. Especially since you base your bullshit opinion on Ryan Davis stating that a strict story mission run will net you four hours (Which is hyperbole anyways, also it is intellectually dishonest as NOBODY hammers through a Tim Schafer game without enjoying the aesthetic presentation). Everyone who agrees with you, in this case, can't read for shit. No offense to that group, but they either don't know how to read, how to play a game, or how to read other reviews stating it isn't four hours long! "

Good for you, really, i'm happy inside. Thanks for that. "

I'm a little pissed about that one point about length. Mainly because its a crappy point that holds no ground. I'm sure you would understand if I told you that... well what ever you liked was crap because of some irrelevant non-existent problem. "

" @demonbear said:

Good for you, really, i'm happy inside. Thanks for that. "

I'm a little pissed about that one point about length. Mainly because its a crappy point that holds no ground. I'm sure you would understand if I told you that... well what ever you liked was crap because of some irrelevant non-existent problem. "

" @Snipzor said:

" @demonbear said:

" @Snipzor said:

" There is no legitimacy in this thread. Especially since you base your bullshit opinion on Ryan Davis stating that a strict story mission run will net you four hours (Which is hyperbole anyways, also it is intellectually dishonest as NOBODY hammers through a Tim Schafer game without enjoying the aesthetic presentation). Everyone who agrees with you, in this case, can't read for shit. No offense to that group, but they either don't know how to read, how to play a game, or how to read other reviews stating it isn't four hours long! "

Good for you, really, i'm happy inside. Thanks for that. "

I'm a little pissed about that one point about length. Mainly because its a crappy point that holds no ground. I'm sure you would understand if I told you that... well what ever you liked was crap because of some irrelevant non-existent problem. "

Actually he never said it was crappy. Also, game length is a big issue to many people. "

" @Asurastrike said:

" @Snipzor said:

" @demonbear said:

" @Snipzor said:

" There is no legitimacy in this thread. Especially since you base your bullshit opinion on Ryan Davis stating that a strict story mission run will net you four hours (Which is hyperbole anyways, also it is intellectually dishonest as NOBODY hammers through a Tim Schafer game without enjoying the aesthetic presentation). Everyone who agrees with you, in this case, can't read for shit. No offense to that group, but they either don't know how to read, how to play a game, or how to read other reviews stating it isn't four hours long! "

Good for you, really, i'm happy inside. Thanks for that. "

I'm a little pissed about that one point about length. Mainly because its a crappy point that holds no ground. I'm sure you would understand if I told you that... well what ever you liked was crap because of some irrelevant non-existent problem. "

Actually he never said it was crappy. Also, game length is a big issue to many people. "

No no no, I said the point was crappy, and it changed the minds of a lot of people. "

" @Snipzor said:

" @demonbear said:

Good for you, really, i'm happy inside. Thanks for that. "

I'm a little pissed about that one point about length. Mainly because its a crappy point that holds no ground. I'm sure you would understand if I told you that... well what ever you liked was crap because of some irrelevant non-existent problem. "

It is a problem for me. I don't play multiplayer. If i want to play multiplayer games, i'll play Battlefield or an mmo. Theres no way in hell i would see me playing the BL multiplayer ever.  And if I play a Tim Shaefer game i want to play it for his writing. Now if you say to me this game is 5 hours long and it all culminates, gameplaywise, to the multiplayer, im outta there, sorry. 70 canadian bucks is too much to ask for that.  But hey, have fun, enjoy it. In the meantime i'll be playing Uncharted 2. "

" Quality over quantity, dudes. "

" Regardless, I'm going to bed. It's quite nice that you rely on only one review on the entire internet. "

" @demonbear said:

" @Snipzor said:

" @demonbear said:

Good for you, really, i'm happy inside. Thanks for that. "

I'm a little pissed about that one point about length. Mainly because its a crappy point that holds no ground. I'm sure you would understand if I told you that... well what ever you liked was crap because of some irrelevant non-existent problem. "

It is a problem for me. I don't play multiplayer. If i want to play multiplayer games, i'll play Battlefield or an mmo. Theres no way in hell i would see me playing the BL multiplayer ever.  And if I play a Tim Shaefer game i want to play it for his writing. Now if you say to me this game is 5 hours long and it all culminates, gameplaywise, to the multiplayer, im outta there, sorry. 70 canadian bucks is too much to ask for that.  But hey, have fun, enjoy it. In the meantime i'll be playing Uncharted 2. "

5 Hours if you hammer it out, why are you going to hammer a game out (especially a Tim Schafer game) and try to achieve the quickest time? That's what the 5 hour thing is, for those who go through the game as quickly as possible. Other estimates have it 8-10 hours, if you go through it at a regulated pace.  Regardless, I'm going to bed. It's quite nice that you rely on only one review on the entire internet. "

" @TheGreatGuero said:

" Quality over quantity, dudes. "

After such games like Twilight Princess? "

"
 
 

 Here's why I don't want to play it: 

It's not Psychonauts 2.

"

with that attitude there will never be a Psychonauts 2 :P "

" @bonbolapti said:

with that attitude there will never be a Psychonauts 2 :P "

Reality check : if Brutal Legend sales are not great, i'm pretty sure this will be Double Fine's last attempt, and therefore, no Psychonauts 2."

" @bonbolapti said:

with that attitude there will never be a Psychonauts 2 :P "

Reality check : if Brutal Legend sales are not great, i'm pretty sure this will be Double Fine's last attempt, and therefore, no Psychonauts 2. It IS a financial failure, remember?  Plus they release BL head to head about what is most probably the PS3 Game of the Year 2009. I'm concerned about the financial success of BL. " 

" @Asurastrike said:

" I was worried as soon as I realized the review embargo wasn't up until the day the game came out. That's not showing a lot of confidence. "

I was thinking the exact same thing earlier. To my knowledge, there has never been a really great game that has had the embargo date on the release date. "

The majority of reviews have said around 8 hours or 8-10. I don't know where you guys get numbers like 5 if you are looking at more then one review.

" @uberpwner93 said:

" @Asurastrike said:

" I was worried as soon as I realized the review embargo wasn't up until the day the game came out. That's not showing a lot of confidence. "

I was thinking the exact same thing earlier. To my knowledge, there has never been a really great game that has had the embargo date on the release date. "

Isn't the embargo down to EA i.e. not down to Tim Schafer and team? "

Hey, your loss. I have played for about 3 hours now, and I am about 35% in. Every second of that has been pure, epic metal bliss. I cannot wait to totally finish this, then jump into multiplayer with my brother if he get's it, or I'll just play alone against the A.I.
There are a lot of reasons to buy this, and very few not to in my opinion.

" @demonbear: Don't listen to reviews and buy the fucking game . "

" @demonbear said:  So you listened to the haters and now you're not going to buy a quality product? Great.  If you rush the single player it will take you 4 hrs, but if you take you're time and do the side missions and collectibles or u know play the game other than for review purposes it w ill take you anywhere from 8-12 hrs. Then there's the really fun multiplayer, seriously dude at lest rent it, you're missing out. "

Listening to the songs included in the game in an awesome heavy metal fantasy backdrop is enough for me to at least rent for now.