In fact it becomes quite apparent from the offset that Tim Schafer – the man behind Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts and practically anything worth playing – is more than passionate about the music of the early seventies.
On the surface Brutal Legend looks to profit from similar exploits, and in a way it does, but for the most part it delivers a far more satirical look at the music industry in general, whilst all along preaching a certain respect for the heavy metal sub-culture. They exist solely to poke fun at the genre, and its surrounding ideologies, highlighting stereotypes and pointing and laughing. The likes of Spinal Tap and Metalocalypse base their entire premise on this notion. To the average Joe, the very nature of the culture of metal is something to be mocked, a reliable source for parody. The game is filled with dark humor and heavy metal references.Heavy metal is funny, isn’t it? All those forty-something year old blokes with their leather pants and their long hair, wailing to the sound of twenty minute guitar solos followed by another twenty minutes of break-neck drums. Eddie is voiced by Jack Black, the leader of Tenacious D and a comic actor.
The player can hear songs of artists like Judas Priest, Candlemass, Black Sabbath and KISS. The game features a very unusual soundtrack, filled with metal sounds. It is also possible to accompany units and lead them to victory. Players can build units, take over fan geysers (they represent resources) and lead army to victory. Fighting other players is similar to a combination of real-time strategy game and action game. Online mode, in which all skills learned during the solo campaign can be used, is a strong advantage of Brutal Legend for PC, X360 and PS3. The player can decide where to send his or hers followers and when should they attack the enemy. Each group features different skills and is efficient in different situations.
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When new areas are freed from the control of demons, the now free groups are eager to join the player. In addition to fighting directly, players in Brutal Legend can recruit his or her own small army.
He can also use an electric guitar, the sounds of which can eliminate even a whole squadron. In addition to fighting with the giant axe, he can drive Mad Max-like vehicles and float in the air on membrane wings. In the PC, X360 and PS3 version of Brutal Legend player can eliminate enemies by using Eddie’s skills. The new game created by Tim Schafer is focused mostly on fighting monsters encountered while traveling through the fully three-dimensional world. Equipped with a giant, two-handed axe, he starts forging his own legend. Unexpectedly, Eddie is revealed to be a pretender to that title. According to the legend, only a true god of metal can clear the place. While they were absent, the realm became flooded by demons. The gods of music lefts their territory and started a journey through time and space – it’s how they reached Earth.
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