Brutal Legend

I would really like to give this game a recommendation, because it's charming, funny, has a lot of heart and I love Double Fine. I would be willing to forgive it it's boring fighting mechanic and pretty empty strategy mechanic (which doesn't have any real strategy to it). If this game only required you to complete one of these two chores (or a less bad "guitar solo" mini game) every now and then to move on to the next funny scene, I would give it 3 stars because that would be an overall fun experience. Jack Black and all his guest stars are just that fun, story is funny and the graphics are very pretty. Sadly, there is also driving. Terrible, TERRIBLE driving. Don't trust the other reviews when they describe driving as "not great". Driving a Yugo is "not great". Driving in this game leaves the impression that it has been designed by a race of ethereal beings from a non-physical plane of existence who tried and failed to imagine the experience of driving based on reading comics and studying photographs. Your car has no inertia and steering...I honestly never had a RL or virtual experience that is comparable to this steering. The closest thing that I can imagine would be driving a tank with super-traction tires on Jupiter. There are few missions that try to spice up the driving with shooting, but the aiming and shooting is, out of necessity, made very easy because keeping the car on course is challenge enough, unless that course is a straight line. I finally quit the game when a mission (won't spoil the story with background) required me to use the to escape a pursuer. There was couple of U turns on the track and...I just don't know. Maybe one of those genius kids who figure out surgery on their own at the age of 6, without ever going to school, maybe one of them could figure out how to complete a semi-challenging driving course in this game without their hearts overflowing with hate and despair, but I couldn't, so I had to quit and delete the game without completing it.

Amazing game. Unique world, humorous and over the top experience. Kind of short if you skip side quests, but for me that's actually a plus. Ran very well on an old 2013 Macbook pro.

Cool music, cool scenes, characters, and enemies - all of these are cool. On the one hand, the main storyline was too short (8 hours), and it ended before it was fully integrated, wasting a lot of music stored in the car radio and a vast open map. Every place is just a shallow taste

first played brutal legend when it got released on the PS3 back then on a big HD screen. playing through it every other year just for the druid plow radio set. oh the game is good, too.

Excellent game with an outstanding soundtrack. Solid RPG mechanics and a unique, fun world to explore.