Brutal Legend Game Review
SoHood.com Reviewed by: Mario Diaz
Format: Xbox 360
Game Rating: 4.0/5.0
Brutal legend is a homage to heavy metal, filled with some of the most recognizable rock stars in music, the game is infused with the style and presentation of metal, just everything a rock fan would love. You follow the adventures of Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black), the greatest roadie in the world, as you help the hopeless humans defeat evil in a rock universe through metal theme weapons and music.
Brutal legend features a number of great characters, Ozzy Osbourne does a great performance as the Keeper of Metal, where you get to upgrade your Deuce, guitar and attacks. Motorhead’s lead singer Lemmy, plays The Kill master, which basically functions as a bass player who heals Eddie’s Riggs army. Even The evil General Lionwhyte, which screams hair metal, in his overdone hairstyle, is a fun character to go against. Brian Posehn who many will recognize his voice, plays the character of the hunter, which as a side mission will have you defeating numerous amount of animals that roam the world, in a effort to beat the hunters record.
Eddie Riggs has relying only on his axe for close combat and his guitar for long-range lightning and flaming strikes. His guitar dubbed “Clementine” can kill enemies just by playing a few chords; bring down lighting from the heavens, send a zeppelin crashing down and burning everyone in sight.
Eddie has to control and lead his army while in battle, You can command many units in a mixture of ways, either by using various commands on the D pad (defend, attack, and move). Mid-way in the solo campaign Eddie grows wings after being shot, which lets him fly and survey the combat zone, giving you an eye bird’s view of any incoming forces as well as a faster way to move around. Sadly, you’ll still have to be sensibly near to your units to issue commands.
The voice acting is top notch, just real quality stuff, with humor and nice animations mixed in. The creatures, environments and besides some of the lack of variations in side missions, Brutal legends is a game that I’ve never played before, with so many different aspect of genres mixed in I’m really hoping that a sequel is in the works. It really seemed that Jack Black was completely devoted to his role as Eddie Riggs, at times it made me forget that Jack black is voicing Eddie, as Jack Black didn’t go for the over the top characters he’s known for in his movies, wisely he chose a more mellow character.
About the Game:
Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: Double Fine Productions
Genre: Action
Release Date: US: October 13, 2009
MSRP: $59.99
