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[Pctx]

I would have liked this game a lot more if I didn't pay $60 for it when it first came out. Oh well.

 

[Neuromancer]

Game needed auto-battle. I'd have loved to see the game through but I hated the RTS stuff.

 

[Struct09]

Loved the atmosphere, characters, dialogue, animation, and story. Wish I liked the gameplay

I'm glad I played it, but despite wanting to completely love it I didn't have much fun with it.

 

[ElNarez]

I was playing on Hard, by the way.

Lower down the difficulty. The key to win stage battles in Brütal Legend is to not think about it too much and do whatever sounds the most awesome. If you're not pulling awesome double-team moves, playing solos left and right and kicking as much ass as possible, you're going to fail. It's all about melting faces and dropping flaming zeppelins on the enemy.

 

[SlasherJPC]

For some reason, everytime I think of this game I get "Angel Witch" in my head.

"Your an angel witch... YOUR AN ANGEL WITCH!!!"

 

[Brazil]

Lower down the difficulty. The key to win stage battles in Brütal Legend is to not think about it too much and do whatever sounds the most awesome. If you're not pulling awesome double-team moves, playing solos left and right and kicking as much ass as possible, you're going to fail. It's all about melting faces and dropping flaming zeppelins on the enemy.

I'm a Trophy whore, man. :lol

But, yeah. When I go back to it I'll probably just lower the difficulty and try again on Hard later.

 

[jmdajr]

my friend lent me this game and it's still sitting on the shelf....

in that time I have beat killzone2,ressitence2,batman arkham asylum, dead space, bioshock, halo reach, and I even started alan wake.

 

[MNC]

Did the PS3 version get the sound patched? I love Tim Schafer's work, I think I'll buy this after I finish Psychonauts on Steam.

 

[SturokBGD]

The key to win stage battles in Brütal Legend is to not think about it too much and do whatever sounds the most awesome.

I honestly wish all games were designed this way. I hate when I stop seeing a game and start seeing a spreadsheet in my head. More games need a HELL YEAH.

 

[Sinatar]

It's amazing how many people went to the store, dropped $60 on an RTS and got home and were all "What... a STRATEGY GAME!? WHAT IS THIS SHIT!?"

Did you guys react the same when IGN told you to buy Starcraft 2, and the TV commercials were all "LOOK GAME AWESOME YOU BUY NOW" so you did and got all pissed at all that base building shit?

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

This game introduced me to Budgie, it's $60 well spent.

Spoiler

\m/ >_< \m/

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Fucking love this game all the way through.

A true lost gem.

 

[Persona7]

I had an absolute blast playing this game, easily the most charming game of 2009.

I did have an issue on brutal difficulty near the end, I just got steamrolled over and over again and I had to switch the difficulty down a notch to finally beat that part.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Loved everything except the later RTS battles.



Best characters this gen, best use of soundtrack this gen. Some of the lines Ozzy had fucking slayed me. Such good, funny writing.

Gotta agree. Had it not been for those RTS segments I think this game would have been praised instead of the mild/negative reactions most have.

Oh and driving to the final stage battle with Ophelia's monologue over "Through the Fire and the Flames" was an AWESOME moment that was purely accidental.

 

[BobsRevenge]

my friend lent me this game and it's still sitting on the shelf....

in that time I have beat killzone2,ressitence2,batman arkham asylum, dead space, bioshock, halo reach, and I even started alan wake.

... why are you borrowing it then?

 

[Haunted]

The first time I played this solo I actually said "what... WHAT" and "holy shit" out loud in front my my televison.

That rarely happens. :lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCkt5iY5ULc#t=38s So good.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Question about the RTS section of the single player.

When does it start showing up and how much of it makes up the game? And is it more than half of the game?

I'm not there yet and I'm giving this game one more try because of this thread.

 

[SapientWolf]

Gotta agree. Had it not been for those RTS segments I think this game would have been praised instead of the mild/negative reactions most have.

Oh and driving to the final stage battle with Ophelia's monologue over "Through the Fire and the Flames" was an AWESOME moment that was purely accidental.

That's possible. Psychonauts fared better because the pedestrian platforming was typically only used as a vehicle to deliver some really inventive level design and great dialogue. But the stage battle segments put the spotlight on the gameplay and sort of push those other elements aside. So you basically have to take your medicine without any of the sugar.

 

[Buckethead]

I think the RTS elements weren't well recieved because of:

1.) How the game was presented, as you've mentioned
2.) The RTS system is very stressful to manage

I played on hard and brutal. I think? And the problem with the RTS sections is that
it's all RTS all the time. It's very stressful and difficult managing. And on lower difficulties,
memory serves that it was too easy. There was no balance.

You can't really do a little RTS, jump in the deuce kill some homies, then hack n' slash. It's not blended together like other portions are.

Shortcomings aside, I still think people need to nut up and play the game though. One of the best on this gen in multiple areas.

 

[Everdred]

While I did end up enjoying the RTS stuff, I think the whole demo thing was quite deceiving. I was expecting an action adventure game.

 

[ToyMachine228]

I picked this up for $5 at Best Buy this week. I'm not a fan of Jack Black but I actually find him tolerable in this. I recently played Trenched and discovered Double Fine's awesome-sauce so when I saw Brutal Legend on sale for $5, I had to pick it up.

Not very far in yet. One thing that I don't really like is managing the "dudes". They just make combat chaotic. Sometimes you can't really tell what's going on.

Speaking of Double Fine...Go get Trenched! And Stacking is on sale for 600 MS Points on Xbox Live right now. And I still have to buy Psychonauts on Xbox Originals. God damn!

 

[Skellig Gra]

I didn't even realize you could upgrade your troops until the final battle.

 

[profit]

This game introduced me to Budgie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htHzVG4F20U&feature=fvwrel ??

 

[jergrah]

I loved this game and I dont enjoy RTS at all. Outside of randomly calling in troops when the gauge filled in, I played all of the major battles as hack and slash and rarely ever managed my troops and had no problems with any of the battles.

I would typically fly around, land in a mass of dudes and hack away. Then call in my hot rod, drive around shooting and running over guys to protect areas, then hop out and go hack and slash some more.

One of my sons ended up playing the game and each time I watched him play, he used the same style as me (limited management or control of troops) and he also finished the game without any real issues.

 

[JumpingTheGun]

Bought it on a whim after exchanging Infamous 2 for it. The fact Cole cant walk and the lack of an auto-center for the cam was an immediate turnoff. Anyway, so far Im finding Brutal Legend to be incredbly refreshing in a Summer full of duds and a beat personal backlog.The world reminds me of something ripped from the mind of Lorne Lanning and Oddworld, yet its completely Schaefer. Very reminiscent of Full Throttle at times too and Im surprised Schaefer didnt include a track from Gone Jackals, who provided the soundtrack to FT.

I havent reached the RTS battle segments yet as the side quests and exploration for gagged serpents, song relics and legends have taken up alot of time, but so far Im findng the combat very enjoyable and as a non-player of RTS games Im really looking forward to the shift in gameplay.

Soundtrack is also one of the best Ive heard and has already made me a Motorhead fan.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I get the hang of the RTS stuff, but it isn't helping me through the brutal final battle.

As soon as

Spoiler

the tank drops both towers, Ophelia's army mutilates mine.

Any advice?


Also, I love the cutscenes. I wish Schafer'd make a film in this style.

 

[ScreenSplitter]

No it isn't. It got so much hate because it was a boring game. It wasn't that it turned out to be a RTS. It was that it turned out to be an awful RTS.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

it gets so much hate because it tried and failed to blend a bunch of mediocre gameplay concepts instead of actually polishing at least one of them to the point where it wasn't shit

 

[legacyzero]

DECAPITATIOOOOOOON

Oh, and LOL at the Zombie Bump.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Yeah, the ending was awesome. The RTS stuff was janky, but it did have its charms.


Story was definitely the highlight, and that god-tier soundtrack.
(My favorite song was Her Ghost in The Fog, for some reason.)

 

[guitarhero]

It's amazing how many people went to the store, dropped $60 on an RTS and got home and were all "What... a STRATEGY GAME!? WHAT IS THIS SHIT!?"

Except that the demo (which probably was what got people interested in the first place) DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE RTS THING IN IT.

 

[cj_iwakura]

There's maybe four mandatory RTS stages in the game. A good 80% of it is all kinds of other stuff.