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Brutal Legend Reviews Up

IGN's timed exclusive with massive ad buys = not trustworthy to me.

In the forum thread over at ArsTechnica Ben Kuchera hints that the Ars review won't be as glowing.
 
I really liked the story driving the game and the humor. I'll probably rent it. It doesn't seem that it would have alot of replay value.
 
The demo seemed entertaining and funny, but I would not pay top $$$. maybe whe its used for 17.99.
 
I liked the demo. Had a certain "Full Throttle" feel to it. Who's behind the game?

edit: Ah ha! I knew it. I've liked pretty much everything Tim Schafer has done. Grim Fandango remains in my top 5 games of all time.
 
I'm probably like 15% through this game.

It is a ton of fun IMO. It is very story driven and has a lot of dialog in it. I really like the dialog as well. I've had quite a few LOL parts, but I also do like Jack Black.

I think I've finished the first 6 or so missions as well as 1 of the side missions.

I had no clue this was kind of an open world game either.

So far I'm really digging it. I kind of hope uncharted 2 doesn't come today and comes tomorrow so I can spend more time w/Brutal Legends tonight, because if I get U2, this game may take a back seat.
 
Giant Bomb gave it a 3/5. Not great, sounds like a buy when it's $20 less to me.

I do like Tim Schafer, I don't think he's any sort of gaming god, but Psychonauts was fun.
 
Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx
Giant Bomb gave it a 3/5. Not great, sounds like a buy when it's $20 less to me.

I do like Tim Schafer, I don't think he's any sort of gaming god, but Psychonauts was fun.
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I'll play this game eventually, but for now this is all I needed to know:

In a way, the single-player game--which, if you stick strictly to the story missions, can be knocked out in around four hours--almost feels like a lengthy tutorial for the multiplayer, which breaks the RTS element out onto its own.
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I mostly played Uncharted 2 last night but I did play this for like 40 minutes. Experience is great. Story/cutscenes are awesome. Didn't get very much farther than the demo but enough to see how cool the world looks and to meet a few unique characters.

If mp isn't that fun, I could see myself trading this in fairly quick.
 
I'm not much of a metal music fan so I haven't even thought twice about downloading the demo. Well that and I think Jack Black is annoying. Looking forward to seeing more initial impression of the game though but looks like I may pass on this game anyway.
 
Originally posted by: Phobic9
I'm not much of a metal music fan so I haven't even thought twice about downloading the demo. Well that and I think Jack Black is annoying. Looking forward to seeing more initial impression of the game though but looks like I may pass on this game anyway.
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Totally agree, he's way too over the top for his own good. Love Tim Schafer, thought Psychonauts and Monkey Island were awesome, but I dunno how much Jack Black I can listen to in a 4-6 hours period, especially if he keeps saying the same thing over and over again.
 
I don't base my games on achievment points, and I'm not a real achievment whore,.. but are they pretty easy to get?
I found the demo fun and enjoying, but anymore it all needs to come in a nice deal with achievments coming fairly easy for me to keep playing.
 
I was thinking about getting this game and watched the IGN review of it which was good except for one thing, you can't jump. I found it odd to be a game this massive with interactions galore and yet you can't jump. If someone could tell me how this works with no jumping I would be grateful.
 
Originally posted by: Adrenaline
I was thinking about getting this game and watched the IGN review of it which was good except for one thing, you can't jump. I found it odd to be a game this massive with interactions galore and yet you can't jump. If someone could tell me how this works with no jumping I would be grateful.
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Not every character in every game has to travel around jumping like a rabbit hooked up to a caffeine IV
 
Originally posted by: Adrenaline
I was thinking about getting this game and watched the IGN review of it which was good except for one thing, you can't jump. I found it odd to be a game this massive with interactions galore and yet you can't jump. If someone could tell me how this works with no jumping I would be grateful.
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You can jump. But, it's called earthsmash, and it tends to destroy your surroundings and damage/knockdown your opponents 😛

I've actually only gotten far enough in the game to meet Lars (less than an hour in or so) so I can't really say how not having a jump would actually affect anything.
 
Originally posted by: Adrenaline
I was thinking about getting this game and watched the IGN review of it which was good except for one thing, you can't jump. I found it odd to be a game this massive with interactions galore and yet you can't jump. If someone could tell me how this works with no jumping I would be grateful.
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i'm about 3 hours into the game and not jumping is not an issue.


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however you DO learn to fly at one point, but you can't always use it. infact i've only done it once so far.
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Originally posted by: Adrenaline
I was thinking about getting this game and watched the IGN review of it which was good except for one thing, you can't jump. I found it odd to be a game this massive with interactions galore and yet you can't jump. If someone could tell me how this works with no jumping I would be grateful.
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This may actually make me buy this game. I hate jumping games.
 
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