And to top it off, Eddie's metalhead personality is brought to life by the vocal performance of Tenacious D's Jack Black, which is just crimson-painted icing on a glorious death metal cake. Eddie finds his true calling in Brütal Legend, finding a spot in the limelight after a life as a thankless roadie for faux-rockers. He is an unabashed lover of heavy metal, who immediately sets about undoing the injustice of this strange land. Their appearances are brief but sweet additions that add charm and authenticity to Brütal Legend's world.īut by far, the star of the show for me was Eddie Riggs. These include Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osborne, The Runaway's Lita Ford, Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Kyle Gass from Tenacious D, and the late, great Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead. As mentioned earlier, there are many NPCs in the game voiced by real rockstars. Like the corny but endearingly charismatic Lars, the battle-hardened but mistrusting Lita, and the terrifying leader of the Tainted Coil, Emperor Doviculus (voiced by the legendary Tim Curry). The characters of Brütal Legend are also one of the game's highlights. The world juxtaposes alien landscapes with familiar pop culture, and that extends to its colorful cast of heroes and villains. Each piece of lore is relayed through amazing illustrations and an epic narration provided by Corey Burton (the voice of Disney's Yen Cid and Shockwave from G1 Transformers). From Ormagöden's death shaping the world and giving birth to its races, how the Titans created this world's heavy metal, to how the Tainted Coil came to despise and enslave humanity. There are collectibles scattered throughout the world that tell bits and pieces of the Brütal Land's creation. The depth lore covering how this world came to be is impressive in its own right. It's like an interactive homage to every alternative music subculture, and translates that effortless music industry coolness with confidence and style. And although this was originally a console game, couldn’t someone at Double Fine have come up with a workable mouse-and-keyboard option for the radial menu? A convenience on a gamepad doesn’t have to be a stumbling block for a mouse and keyboard.īut overall Brutal Legend is better than it’s ever been, both as a single-player open-world game unlike any you’ve ever played and as one of the best unique takes on real-time strategy since Sacrifice.Brutal Legend (Image credit: Windows Central)īrütal Legend's world design is still so unique, bursting with imagination and creativity. It’s a shame Brutal Legend won’t run on most of the computers in my house, since this would be a fantastic LAN game. 500MB of videocard memory is a hard lower limit for Brutal Legend and an unreasonable expectation for a three year old game, even one that looks this sweet. Not only does Brutal Legend look nice on the PC, it has the system requirements to prove it. From down low, all the delirious weirdness is weirder than ever. All the imaginative majesty of Tim Schafer’s metal dreamworld in high resolution glory! From up high, the multiplayer maps look glorious. Wasn’t this a Playstation 2 game at one point? That’s nearly two Playstations ago!īut on the PC, one of Brutal Legend’s greatest strengths - its artwork - comes alive with new clarity. But playing Brutal Legend on the PC makes 2009 feel like 2013, which is especially surprising considering how long this game languished in development limbo/publisher hell. When you play games like Crysis 3, Guild Wars 2, Tomb Raider, and Wargame: European Escalation, it feels like 2009 is to 2013 what 1995 was to 2009. 2009 was literally years ago in videogaming.
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