▷▷▷ PS3 Role-Playing: April 2010

Brutal Legend
by Electronic Arts
Platform:

PLAYSTATION 3

(57)

Buy new: $19.99
81 used & new from $6.89

(Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in Role-Playing list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)

Product Images

Review & Description

Brutal Legend PS3

Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes. Featuring the talents of comedian, actor and musician, Jack Black as super roadie Eddie Riggs, as well as cameos by some of the biggest names in metal music it's a wild ride in the belly of the beast that is not to be missed by gamers and Metalheads alike.

Eddie battling death rocker zombie types in 'Brütal Legend'

Classic action slasher gameplay with a comic twist.
View larger.

Eddie unleshing the power of Metal on enemies from atop a huge guitar amp stack in 'Brütal Legend'

Unleashable Heavy metal powers.
View larger.

Side-by-side vehicular combat in 'Brütal Legend'

Over-the-top vehicular combat.
View larger.

Eddie carrying his love interest Ophelia and surrounded by allies in 'Brütal Legend'

8-player multiplayer support.
View larger.

Eddie about to engage a mounted grim reaper with his battle axe in 'Brütal Legend'

Challenging bosses & baddies.
View larger.

Eddie taking out mounted reapers with his hot rod in 'Brütal Legend'

A driving 108-tune Metal soundtrack.
View larger.

Story
The vivid and wildly creative world of Brütal Legend is brought to life through a spate of chrome, leather, rocker babes, epic music, fire-breathing/stud-wearing beasts, mountains made of guitar amps, and more. Follow Eddie as he embarks on a tour of epic destruction with an axe, a guitar, and his minions as he commands the power of rock in epic band battles. It’s lighter-flicking awesomeness that will melt your face clean off.

Action Combat
Brütal Legend’s core gameplay is classic action slasher, but with a twist: ranged combat comes from your demon-slaying, electricity-creating guitar. Add that 1-2 punch to a guitar solo mechanic that can summon objects, buff your teammates, or cripple your opponents, and you have a deep, gratifying core gameplay combat loop that is fun for the hardcore and accessible for the casual.

A Streaming Open World
Brütal Legend gives you the freedom to walk, drive, or fly anywhere in a fully streaming open world whose art style is inspired by some of the most iconic and hilariously rad metal album covers ever created. Every vista in the beautiful universe of Brütal Legend looks like it was pulled from a Frank Frazetta painting.

Packed with Cameos and Voice Talent
Brütal Legend is full of cameos from gods of Metal like Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, Lita Ford, and many, many others. It has a MASSIVE metal soundtrack from every era of metal music: 1970’s classic metal to 1980’s hair metal to the scarier cousins of 1990’s metal. And of course, Jack Black pays the ultimate homage to metal as Eddie the Roadie, continuing the theme from the work of his band, Tenacious D and his previous films like School of Rock and High Fidelity.

Multiplayer Mayhem
4v4 “skirmish” multiplayer marries action combat with a strategic unit-control mechanic. As the leader of one of the factions in the game, the player will direct his armies in a Battle of the Bands where the trophy is survival. Brütal Legend’s multiplayer is online-enabled, so you can conquer your friends online via PlayStation Network (broadband connection required for online play).

Soundtrack
The soundtrack of Brütal Legend is truly massive. Made up of 108 of the most rocking tracks from 75 different bands representing every sub-genre of metal, it is something to experience in and of itself. The complete track list includes: