Alright so after a hectic day at work yesterday, I began the post-work stress buster activity (read gaming) by installing Brutal Legend on the PS3. And boy, this game just blew me away completely! I wonder how it skipped my list!
For starters, this game is a third-person action-adventure-RTS hybrid, wherein you step into the boots of Eddie Riggs (coined from Eddie the mascot for Iron Maiden and Derek Riggs who had created him), a roadie who is transported into a fantasy heavy metal world inspired by the genre's artwork found on album covers. The game is based on the real life experience of it's creative director - Tim Schafer, popular for creating the much acclaimed title - Pyschonauts and the Monkey Island series. Eddie is modeled after Jack Black who also lends his voice for the character. The results are those witty one-liners that puts Serious Sam and Duke to shame! Trust me when I say this, but he actually does!
Start the game and you have an amazing intro from Jack Black himself. Watch it here -
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Post the intro cinematic, we are greeted with an amazing interactive menu unlike those usual boring types like Campaign, Multiplayer, Options, Credits, Exit. An album art titled Brutal Legend is presented, and the guy (presumably Jack Black himself) flips the covers as we press the start button, further ahead he takes the LP out of the cover, flips it and so forth. Pretty neat!
In the game, Eddie faces the foes from the other side who works for General Lionwhyte, who has slaves aka headbangers working for him. Eddie teams up with a small group of resistance fighters to free them from the clutches of the General. While exploring the map, there are several side missions that can be undertaken with the help of the wandering headbangers. For combat, Eddie has a broad axe called 'The Separator' and the Flying-V guitar called 'Clementine'. Clementine can cast a bunch of magical spells and she gets hot after continuos usage and needs to cool down. For transportation, Eddie uses a hot-rod called 'The Druid Plow' aka 'The Deuce'. She can be spawned anywhere from the world by playing a track by matching the notes - Eddie needs to press the combination correctly, more like the QTE. Deuce and other abilities for Eddie can be upgraded from Mangus, another guy who worships Heavy Metal. There are those occasional boss fights with some bad mutha with bad ass gauntlets guarding the area, watching over those slaves and we may have to beat him/her to progress further.
As for the OSTs, credits go to Megadeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Static-X, Marilyn Manson, Black Sabbath, Mastodon, Slayer, 3 inches of Blood among others for the 107 Heavy Metal tracks in the game.
This game is the perfect idea of TP, fun and awesomeness. Gamers who love the Heavy Metal genre will definitely appreciate the game. Much more than the rest. I think my weekend is set.
hyeah:
For starters, this game is a third-person action-adventure-RTS hybrid, wherein you step into the boots of Eddie Riggs (coined from Eddie the mascot for Iron Maiden and Derek Riggs who had created him), a roadie who is transported into a fantasy heavy metal world inspired by the genre's artwork found on album covers. The game is based on the real life experience of it's creative director - Tim Schafer, popular for creating the much acclaimed title - Pyschonauts and the Monkey Island series. Eddie is modeled after Jack Black who also lends his voice for the character. The results are those witty one-liners that puts Serious Sam and Duke to shame! Trust me when I say this, but he actually does!
Start the game and you have an amazing intro from Jack Black himself. Watch it here -
[youtube]6rNQDj_5UJE[/youtube]
Post the intro cinematic, we are greeted with an amazing interactive menu unlike those usual boring types like Campaign, Multiplayer, Options, Credits, Exit. An album art titled Brutal Legend is presented, and the guy (presumably Jack Black himself) flips the covers as we press the start button, further ahead he takes the LP out of the cover, flips it and so forth. Pretty neat!
In the game, Eddie faces the foes from the other side who works for General Lionwhyte, who has slaves aka headbangers working for him. Eddie teams up with a small group of resistance fighters to free them from the clutches of the General. While exploring the map, there are several side missions that can be undertaken with the help of the wandering headbangers. For combat, Eddie has a broad axe called 'The Separator' and the Flying-V guitar called 'Clementine'. Clementine can cast a bunch of magical spells and she gets hot after continuos usage and needs to cool down. For transportation, Eddie uses a hot-rod called 'The Druid Plow' aka 'The Deuce'. She can be spawned anywhere from the world by playing a track by matching the notes - Eddie needs to press the combination correctly, more like the QTE. Deuce and other abilities for Eddie can be upgraded from Mangus, another guy who worships Heavy Metal. There are those occasional boss fights with some bad mutha with bad ass gauntlets guarding the area, watching over those slaves and we may have to beat him/her to progress further.
As for the OSTs, credits go to Megadeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Static-X, Marilyn Manson, Black Sabbath, Mastodon, Slayer, 3 inches of Blood among others for the 107 Heavy Metal tracks in the game.
This game is the perfect idea of TP, fun and awesomeness. Gamers who love the Heavy Metal genre will definitely appreciate the game. Much more than the rest. I think my weekend is set.
hyeah:
