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Brutal Legend (X360)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Action/Third-person 3D Action

RELEASE DATE

13/OCT/09

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

Double Fine Productions, Inc.

PUBLISHER

Electronic Arts

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation 3

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

Rock God 50
roadie 21

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

demons 30
Evil 26
Friends 3

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

Brütal Legend is an unholy action-adventure, through a surreal world brought to life from heavy metal album cover art. From a trailing third-person perspective, players take the role of Eddie Riggs, a rock & roll roadie extraordinaire, who has been mystically transported through time and space to the Age of Rock. There, among the expanses of impossible Gothic architecture and sky-high mountains of bones, metal-hating demonic overlords seek to enslave the remaining pockets of humanity that resist them. Fulfilling an ancient prophecy, Eddie wields three great weapons in his war against this demonic oppression: A huge, double-bladed battle axe called "The Separator" allows him to perform powered-up combo attacks. His Flying V guitar, named "Clementine," gives Eddie the ability to shoot electricity or shake the earth with special power chords. To get from place to place — and plow down enemies along the way — Eddie rides a customizable hot rod called "The Deuce." He built the car himself, by deciphering hieroglyphics left behind by the Gods of Rock, who created the world eons ago.

The game is played in a large world that is mostly open but full of danger. The story progresses as Eddie completes missions, defeating boss enemies, driving through tricky areas, and solving 3D platform puzzles in set locations. Combat involves powered-up combos, making use of both the axe and the guitar in melee and short-distance attacks. A target-lock feature allows players to move and switch weapons while keeping an enemy in focus. Although most creatures he meets in the Age of Rock try to destroy him on sight, Eddie does make a few human friends in his quest, including Ophelia, who helps introduce him to the strange world, and Lars and Lita, who immediately recognize his rock & roll greatness. He can team up with each ally to perform a different special attack. Eddie can also use the power of rock to control near-mindless minions, which group together in factions aligned to different subgenres of heavy metal music. A competitive online "Battle of the Bands" multiplayer mode involves summoning minions for small-squad, real-time strategy skirmishes.

Musician and actor Jack Black provides the voice for Eddie Riggs, and the character's facial features (though not so much his physique) are based in part on Black's, as well. Other musicians, including Lita Ford, Rob Halford, Lemmy Kilmister, and Ozzy Osbourne also voice characters in the game. The soundtrack includes more than 100 songs from at least 75 different bands, including Black Sabbath, Def Leppard, KMFDM, Ministry. Megadeth, Mötley Crüe, The Scorpions, and Quiet Riot, intended to represent fan favorites and mainstream hits from essentially every subgenre of metal music. The game was developed by Double Fine Productions, led by Tim Schafer. Schafer helped create golden age LucasArts adventure games, such as The Secret of Monkey Island and Full Throttle, before founding Double Fine in 2000 and producing the widely acclaimed Psychonauts in 2005. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide

Brutal Legend (X360)

GENRE/STYLE:

Action/Third-person 3D Action
RELEASE DATE:

13/OCT/09
TOP TRAITS:

Heavy metal, Fantasy world, Rock God
DESCRIPTION:

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players 2,524

followers 31

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POPULARITY: X360 PLATFORM

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EarthboundX earned achievements in Brutal Legend on 26/DEC/09

“Made it to the third area, the Swamps. Found around 80 of the Dragons.”

created 26/DEC/2009

EarthboundX earned achievements in Brutal Legend on 25/DEC/09

“Made it though the Cleave and defeated General Poodle Hair. Up to 69 dragons.”

created 25/DEC/2009

wastelander75 played Brutal Legend on 25/DEC/09

“just getting the hang of it as I roam the land of metal ”

created 25/DEC/2009

Brutal Legend (X360) by: wastelander75

“Gwaaahahahaha!!! I've been wanting this one since it's relase and now it's mine! mine! MIIIINE!!! AHAHAHA! AHAAAHAHA!........... Anyway the RTS aspect I wasn't expecting. Odd. Yet still pleasing to the old noggin. I shall have to delve deeper in...”

created 25/DEC/2009

wastelander75 was the last to comment - 1 day ago... show previous hide previous

“Hmph. dangerous Demonic nun.....

GRARRRARRR!!

...and yet still kind of sexy.....”

EarthboundX earned achievements in Brutal Legend on 23/DEC/09

“Did a few more primary missions, think I'm about to go save the women from the Pleasure Tower. Found about 60 dragons so far.”

created 24/DEC/2009

EarthboundX earned achievements in Brutal Legend on 22/DEC/09

“I'm right before the mission where I meet Lars in the mines. The game is pretty cool so far, you can really tell it's made by the same guy who made Psychonauts, same style of humor. Found 28 of...”

created 22/DEC/2009

Brutal Legend (X360) by: Norikue

“I love the creative world design! It's like running around in 70's - 80's album covers. The storyline is a great mix myths and rock culture. Even though I can see some improvements to be made in game play, I absolutely love this game. The humor and...”

created 18/DEC/2009

Imran earned achievements in Brutal Legend on 13/DEC/09

alphadoque was the last to comment - 11 days ago...

“Nice. I was there when you were broke your RockBand cherry... no - music genre cherry! I feel so honored. I'll never forget you young one (tears of joy)!”

created 14/DEC/2009

Brutal Legend (X360) by: Virtual87

“Usually I wait until I complete a game to write a review but I have played through enough of this to make my decision. This game advertises itself as being action-adventure but it also has strategy and a drop of rpg in it. Although if you don't...”

created 01/DEC/2009

Brutal Legend is awesome by: Virtual87

“I love the storyline and the humor in this game and I was totally surprised how the story turned in the second part of the game, I don't want to spoil it for you guys who didn't make it there yet...”

created 01/DEC/2009

Brutal Legend (X360) by: rawkr

“Great concept, and better than average execution. The soundtrack is killer and for any gamer that loves metal, this is a great time to be had. The so-called strategy elements were a little weak (perhaps even unnecessary), but for the most part this...”

created 27/NOV/2009

Brutal Legend (X360) by: clayben

“the ONLY problem I had with this game was the length, it was too damn short, I want more! it seriously doesn't feel that well closed, it just kind of ends and then lets you roam around the world afterwards, which doesn't suffice. everything else...”

created 20/NOV/2009

oljick earned achievements in Brutal Legend on 13/NOV/09

“Completed. Don't really see any value in replaying in the near future. But a fun game overall. Last Stage Battle was rather rough until I figured it out.”

created 14/NOV/2009

colliny2k earned achievements in Brutal Legend on 08/NOV/09

“Still really enjoying this game. The RTS side of it really hasn't bothered me at all at all and flows nicely with the story. Also, the story...really great and entertaining. A good example of how a...”

created 09/NOV/2009

amedeus8 earned achievements in Brutal Legend on 08/NOV/09

“Got all the concept art for the Tainted Coil. Also, around 11 or so I made Kenny and George play through the whole intro section. George was floored, Kenny was... well, Kenny.”

created 09/NOV/2009