Posted January 09, 2015
Brutal Legend. Such a misunderstood game. I so often read comments on the game along the lines of "I thought I was getting a hack-and-slash game and instead found myself playing an RTS with really bad controls! If only they could remake this in such a way that the first part of the game just keeps going and we never have to do the stage battles." The truth of it is that the game never stops being a hack-and-slash - you have to play it by diving into the fray as often as possible and using all the hack-and-slash moves the game has taught you (attack, block, magic attack, guitar solos, double-team attacks, etc.), BUT it also adds the wrinkle that you have to do all this and capture resource points that will let you bring new units into battle. So there are RTS aspects but it always remains primarily a game about beating the hell out of enemies up close instead of flying overhead and commanding secondary units. Far from being a very hard game, it's actually very easy even on hardest difficulty, especially if you take the time to explore the open world and get all the guitar solos to power up your guy.