Brütal Legend Review

posted to Love is Brütal by Bobby (12:00 a.m., October 19, 2009)

By the Titans! What an amazing game! I wish I had more time to write more stuff about it, but it's already past my bed time, so I'll keep it brief for now.

Honestly, my favorite part about the whole game, along with the humor, is the ONE HUNDRED AND SIX* metal songs that make up the game's soundtrack. Honestly, It's so well done, I really never get bored of it (frustrated at times, but not bored). Most games that allow you to free roam get dull after a while, but with Brütal Legend, I can cruise throughout the entire world and really never get bored, because every time a new song comes on Eddie's radio, I get pumped.

For those of you who aren't Chance, Joe, or me, here's how it went down. I traded in my 2 most favorite games (Modern Warfare and L4D) to get Brütal Legend on the cheap. My reasoning for this was that both those games have better sequels coming out in one month, so I can survive the wait. I bought this at midnight, Rocktober 13th. I stopped playing at 4:30am, did home, went to class at 9, took a test, went home and slept. Then I went to my night class, came home way early (easy ass midterm I didn't know about) and beat it. I spent all of today after work collecting Statues, Viewpoints, Buried Metal, Jump Plugs, Legends, and trading achievements with Chance. All that's left to do is beat the AI on Brütal difficulty in a stage battle, spend 250,000 fans (I'm about halfway there), beat the game on Brütal difficulty, and win 50 matchmaking stage battles (there's another achievement for 10 wins as well. This will probably be the first game I get every achievement in.

I cannot wait for DLC. Seriously, this game is amazing. If you have any doubts about it, throw caution to the wind and just go for it. Especially if you love metal.

That was longer than I anticipated... I hate when I do that.


*I say 106 because there is one song on the track list called "Girlfriend" by Kabbage Boy, the band Eddie Riggs works for as a roadie and the song they play during the opening cinematic. It is not metal, except for the brief intro. Rather, it is a cross of metal, pop, hip hop, and rap directed at the "tween demographic."