Xbox 360 Review of Brutal Legend
My last review on this site was Brutal Legend Playstation 3 Review, which I hope everyone enjoy it. This is my review of Xbox 360 Brutal Legend.
Hardcore metal fans from way back will love this trip into the early days of metal. It brings to life the bands that you used to only get to discover through Metal Edge magazine and cassette tape covers. If you’ve spent hours browsing through record stores trying to decide which metal tape to spend your hard earned cash on, you will feel right at home playing this game.
The game’s design is straight out of the oversized hard core world of metal rock. Everything is bigger than life and has a palpable edge to it. The soundtrack alone is worth buying the game for with over a hundred old school metal tracks. Voice acting is done by some of the legends of rock ‘n roll – Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford, and Lita Ford to name a few. The storyline is chaotic and reminds me of Grand Theft Auto. Basically you motor through an interactive world and complete random tasks. Your car can do special jumps, you can surprise your enemies and then chop them to pieces with an axe, and help your friends get out of tight spots. It’s different than similar games because you are the leader of a band of metalheads. So you have to create battle strategies as you chop your way through the bad guys. It can take a little getting used to, but once you get it you’ll find that it’s really a fun way to play this kind of game.
If you even remotely like the whole metal genre, this game is exactly perfect for you. It is a legitimate celebration of metal music and history.
This game delivers the music you want without being another blatant copy of Rock Band. Tim Schafer lives up to his reputation with this excellent video game. It’s not so hard that you’ll get frustrated, but it’s not so easy that you’ll feel you’re wasting your time. It has a great story, and will definitely leave you wanting more at the end.
This game is creative and entertaining. It includes elements of adventure and exploration games and mixes things up so you never get bored. The story is pretty bizarre, but it’s interesting and fun to play. The graphics are incredible, it’s really a gorgeous game to look at. The metalhead characters are really well developed and completely likeable, even the secondary characters. If you like metal, you’ll love this game. If you don’t like metal, you might find that this game is fun for you anyway.
The only problem I had with the game was that there was no way to get between locations quickly. Motoring around with the stereo blasting was fun, but it got old when you needed to go to the opposite end of the map.
Double Fine has put together another spectacular game.
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