Keyboard and mouse controls leave something to be desired
Short campaign
Expert reviews and ratings
80
A rough launch is still being met with almost daily patches at the time of this writing, and the overall product is very smooth. At its core, this is still Brutal Legend. It’s still hilarious, it’s still a blast, and it still kicks a ton of heavy metal ass.
I so wanted to like this game. I had heard about it for quite a while, it has been available on consoles for a few years, and it had elements that I love. Combine a computer game with heavy metal and this should be a winner. In fact, however, it is...
The £13.99 price point is just right for Brutal Legend, so if you want to wade into a world of blood, guts, metal and comedy, the time has never been better.
As a straight port it’s actually pretty awful, but the core game is such a unique and fantastic experience that I’m willing to forgive quite a lot just to have had the opportunity to experience it.
CommentOn paper, the combination of Jack Black and Tim Schafer in a Metal-inspired action-adventure game seems too perfect to be true. When it comes to Tim Schafer games, I either love them or merely just appreciate them. Full Throttle and...
With Brutal Legend's new graphics options and its budget-friendly price point, Double Fine seems to have done most things right in bringing the game to the PC--effective mouse and keyboard controls being the obvious exception. Plug in a gamepad, though, and you have a fine version of what remains...
A moderate but divisive hit on console a few years back, rock-obsessed action-strategy-open-world curio Brutal Legend now gets a spit'n'polished PC version. It's the best version of the game yet, and it's also a chance to set the record straight after...
But overall Brutal Legend is better than it’s ever been, both as a single-player open-world game unlike any you’ve ever played and as one of the best unique takes on real-time strategy since Sacrifice.
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