What I appreciate is the Brutal Legend bleeds effort. Everywhere you look there's more detail to appreciate. They made a live action menu intro and immersive creative main menu sequence with a wonderful sense of ernestness. You can tell everyone on this project loved being apart of it. Flawed and strange it may be, it has soul in abundance.

Man, remember when the over-abundance of sandboxes was the biggest problem in AAA gaming?

Pretty sure the game makes it clear that those red flowers and that big skull thing with the pipes are motor forges. Also, they are on the map.

My new favourite Yahtzee quote is: _Or he was weakened from not having fed on the blood of a highborn virgin._

Ironheade: heavy/thrash metal Lionwhite forces: glam metal Drowning doom: black/doom metal Tainted coil: industrial/death metal

Brutal Legend has soul. It is refreshingly earnest and original. It manages to feel very genuine while at the same time satirical. Just great all around. Jack Black really brings his A-game in his role, and it shows throughout the entire game. The game has such a great vibe, and the way the characters, environments, and game-play mechanics meld together makes it extremely engaging. Brutal Legend really is one of the most underrated games of its' generation. Good times.

2:59 You can hear his chair creak.

I have to admit that the side missions were utterly pants, and the main battles were confused in their executions, and the world felt like it needed more filling with 'things' to do. Having said that I am a little in love with the world it created, with all it's tongue in cheek metal glory, and an artistic vision deserves that deserves a pat on the back. I found the love story with all it's predictable tropes was rather well done. I would love to see a Brutal Legend 2 with a larger world, side quests which don't suck, and volume turned up to 11, but alas, EA are the devil's own spawn, and because BL never mad trillions, it'll never see the light of day.

2021 and still no other game makes you raise a forge with music because there's flowers nearby

Man I love brutal legend, but it isn't perfect and has some problems, yes

I could be wrong yahtzee, but a sand box game is a game where you can have fun exploring, and honestly, when the world is composed of ingenius landscapes based around heavy metal covers and is populated by incredibly awesome animals, and, if finding, taming and riding a panther that shoots lasers out of its eyes, through the ruins of a lost civilization of amazon metalheads who ride fire breathing Gorillas, isn't fun, then you don't exactly share the same idea of fun as i do! :P

I actually very much enjoyed the whole "figure this out for yourself" aspect of the game. It added a sense of exploration and the suspicion that the game never really ends. It doesn't just present the shit on a silver platter and spoon-feed it to you like some other games I know of.

While it mechanicaly inferior to many games i have played and the overworld seems to fill no purpose besides collectible hunting, sightseeing and comuting, Brutal Legend is possibly one of my favourite games of all time, because it is genuine, original and has so much heart and soul that it bursts from every crack and and opening. It really feels like the product of someone with vision, enthusiasm and passion and i just cant help but love such games and there is just nothing else like it.

*Creaking chair in the background*

"Gather up all your mates and go stomp all over everything that's [a] different colour to you" The EDL manifesto right there...

Having the chance to listen Angel Witch's Angel Witch performed by Angel Witch is just worth the whole game.

I'm just gonna add another *"I actually really liked it"* to the comment sections here...

There is a part of the game where it actively tells you to go to a Motor Forge and uses the camera to point right at it because you need a specific upgrade type (Which is then given free) to do the next mission.

Hearing Yahtzees chair creak always amuses me

I get the feeling this game would be better received if it came out now, post LoL and Dota 2. A lot of the criticism was it doesn't know what it wants to be, but I think with the recent shift in gaming, it might have that other genre to be compared to, and then maybe people wouldn't be so confused by it. For reference, I am a huge metalhead, and enjoyed every second of the single player campaign, and loved the multiplayer as well, when people used to play it.

Didn't even talk about laser panthers.........

Its not a sandbox game. Its open world, but that doesnt make it a sandbox game. Its not an rts. It has rts sections but they're not that long and not that hard. Its like seeing that there are driving segments in Ratchet and Clank and calling it a racing game.

Silence, ground walker!

While having a game I found kinda cool being smashed by Yahtzee, it's reassuring to know that pretty much EVERYONE in the comment section disagrees with him. And finally my question what Yahtzee has with his German all the time has been answered.

I loved every second of this game. But he's right...

This review made me think he would like the RTS style of Divinity:Dragon Commander. "you could play a very tactical game and defeat your opponents with sheer willpower and creative use of military might OR you could just transform into a dragon and blow everyone up so fast you still have time to go back to your ship, declare weed legal and make your vegetarian wife both abandon her desire to eat plantlife and become a raging alcoholic to boot"

Brutal legand is simple and fun. not complicated

As a gentleman who enjoys a good RTS, Jack Black's brand of comedy, and Psyochonauts, I did enjoy this game quite a bit. That said, Yahtzee is 100% correct. The game is a little buggy, and the game tells you most of what you need to know when you stumble upon it or in cutscenes that most seasoned gamers would skip. I got as far as flying hairman's fortress before I figured out the Motor forges and how to use them. I actually only figured out what the heck to do the dragons when I was stuck fighting Emo Sally and her gang in the spooky abandoned mines. Actually, that is where I discovered you could use the car in the battle of the bands scenario, to great effect, as I had only been investing lighters into my ride so that the "protect the wagon" missions weren't so bad. After grinding through enough side quests and collectables to afford my Jack Black a new axe and a new... axe, I promptly went on a merry stroll through the rest of the game. As far as the RTS aspect is concerned, it isn't great, but there certainly have been worse attempts. I did like how you could go ham if you needed to hold an area while your minions got some objective or simply got to your location, or could go to a "commander" mode where you could look down on the battlefield. I also liked the usage of Metal solos to really dominate the battlefield, but felt like most of them were more or less a cop out for actual RTS controls, and as a result really felt awkward. Overall, the environment and level design were spot on, and blended perfectly with various albums and soundtracks respectively. While I felt that alot of things could have been told to the player, in the end if you explored your sandbox and payed attention to literally everything with an RPG mentality of "collect and search ALL THE THINGS", this game would prove none to challenging, while if you stopped any of that for even a couple missions, you immediately felt the effects. I would say this is probably one of the better itterations of an action RTS RPG that I have seen in a long time, both getting you into the action while controlling a whole battle field, all the while maintaining your character. A good game, but definitely with it's own shortcomings.

You know, I would like to see Yahtzee come back and re-review this, almost as an early nostalgia thing. Something he and a few other reviewers have been on about lately is that games should be fun at their core. They should be an enjoyable experience to play, and Brutal Legend, in my opinion, is one hell of a fun game, even with its flaws. So many people here talk about how much they loved it, even if they arent necessarily fans of heavy metal, and I think that really says something about it. Its just good old fashioned game made for giggles and making you feel like a badass dressed as Jack Black on steroids. Thats something I think a lot of new games are missing, how to make the player really feel the experience. This is one of the few games I can come back and point to and say no matter its flaws, that was a damned fun experience.

Hey, at least it has "Kickstart My Heart".

A lion with an Ozzy Osbourne haircut and glasses is one of the most amazingly metal things I've ever seen.

I am deeply grieved that the first thing yahtzee thinks when he hears RTS is Starcraft. That's like hearing shooter and thinking CoD.

I now feel a strong urge to make a sandbox tetris game.

I almost shat my pants at the unicycle metaphor... LOL

Motor Forges can be found by playing a certain guitar solo at a bed of red flowers. Though it is easy to miss said flowers and if I remember correctly the only time it's ever mentioned is on a loading screen which lead me to believe that there was other secrets under the flowers than just the motor forge.

I love that he pronounces the umlaut every time.

I felt like I want to replay it now.

a few things about this game, i have to agree that the campaign was painfully short, it was like there were only two battles after they finished explaining everything to you in the previous tutorial fights, also motor forges are on the map as well as a lot of other things, frankly without the map id probably have been forced to actually take a glance over at the side quests, tedious and pointless as they may be.

This game had Nigel Thornberry's voice actor as the villian, when Schafer had originally planned the villian to be voiced by DIO. He dropped DIO for Nigel fucking Thornberry. Unforgivable.

Editing is a magical thing

Interesting, i've never seen anyone who didn't find a motorforge right away, but still you are not informed about it ingame, so this is a well reasoned concern

I quite liked brutal legend to be honest.

I actually had a lot of fun with Brutal Legend. I wasn't expecting the RTS elements, and it's interesting to see it follows the Dawn Of War school of thought, i.e. assert dominance on the battlefield and capture more fan geysers to gain more fans (your sole resource in the RTS levels for recruiting units), recruit squads/vehicles/beasts at your own discretion with a cap of 40 squad points, upgrade your stage to gain more powerful units, and (the great unique thing about Brutal Legend) play guitar solos to either help your side or harm the other - e.g. stop the other team from building units, or dispel all negative buffs on friendly squads for a short period of time. Though I do feel that the cooldown on the non-necessary (i.e. not the "capture fan geyser") solos is a bit long, e.g. the "massive damage large A.O.E." solo takes some 7 minutes to cool off.

Your attempts at predicting my responses makes me chuckle. I gave the guy a method to find the answer to his question. And of course I ask stuff of people, but that is when the questions are too complex to google, something subjective or just IRL.

"Guitar Hero classics", I'm sorry, does he mean actual songs that existed without the help of Guitar Hero?

Brutal legend was fucking Awesome and needs a sequel #1 it was funny & violent #2 awesome soundtrack & voice actors #1 it was original idea a heavy metal hack and slash with driving a Hotrod with nitrous and machine guns and missile launchers and lots of customisation for threds axes and the guitar and strategy

thank you for making my day

2:52 on i keep hearing his chair... I CANT STOP NOTICING IT

Brutal Legend was fucking amazing. 8.5/10 for me

My number one favorite game :)

"Mere Crust" Im crying so hard right now.

@Dostwyn Because that hand symbl is often called Horns and you frequently throw said horns in the air.

although i do see the points you've made, i cannot share the same opinion because this game was the most fun I've had in years! I can't even remember any other game I've enjoyed this much, except perhaps Sacrifice. While the game mechanics flaws are obvious even to the casual gamer, it is really fun to play, and that's a good thing, I'd say, isn't this the purpose of a game? To be fun?

i love brutal legend mostly cause if you look at the environment... it's HUGE! it's not a background or some mountain models no it's fucking MOUNTAINS! and in the rts part... it's what rts should have, control a character completely and go berserk like in DK1 but NO! this is to awesome for modern games and a original story? FUCK THAT we need more army stories! not enough? well army in SPACE vs armies from SPACE! and more slow and detailed combat of history. I want more games like brutal legend but SRLY! psychonauts is a better platformer then mario! FUCKING MARIO! buy it and you will understand why.

IT BEGINSSSS

i love LOVE how he pronounces it BrOOtal legend (like it should be lol)

this channel yas been conquered by yatzee

Honestly, I'd still consider Brutal Legend one of my favorite games. Is it perfect? Hell no. But it is just dumb fun of the highest caliber in my opinion, in spite of its flaws. I typically am not a fan of RTS stuff, but the simplified way it's handled in Brutal Legend keeps it from being a sticking point for me over all, since while it is a change from the preferred gameplay, it's not done in a way that completely detracts from it or feels too out of place. At least in my opinion...... Honestly though, particularly given how many games these days are boring cut outs of the same things over and over again, all focusing on who has the prettiest graphics that'll be outdated in a year or which one has the more "in depth" story that's predictable from a mile off and lacks any sense of joy. We need more games like Brutal Legend that exist just for the sake of "we want to do something stylized and fun". It's not perfect, but it's the kind of game I'll be going back to years later, (which I do every few years), while a lot of the games these days I can't really see myself replaying in the future......

That FC2 reference killed me. Take owut uwr frustration on teh zebhraz.

LOL!!!!!! "He's not having any of my zebra tonight that's for fucking certain!" I love this one of zero punctuation and some of his lines just stayed in my head so much!!! ESPECIALLY THAT ONE!!!! MY ZEBRA!!!

I can't believe that back in the day, I let this review deter me from buying Brutal Legend (I also really dislike RTS elements). However, having now played it in 2016, I've been thoroughly impressed. Much more so than fucking Psychonauts. Psychonauts this, Psychonauts that. Sick of hearing that one. Played them both back to back this summer: Brutal Legend outshines Psychonauts because it feels like a new TYPE of game. Psychonauts was just a lousy platformer.

But does it djent?

Appreciate the attempt at proper use of the umlaut

Great game. I loved the art style and environment, the story (especially the legends), driving around in a hotrod while listening to your favourite metal tracks. The one critique I have is the fact that the ending comes a little 'out of nowhere', leaving me with the feeling that the game was supposed to be longer.

A game that had a great premise was mediocre because of the RTS.

I'm still stuck at that car moment with all the demons, I just gave up after that

2:52 Did anyone else hear Yahtzee's chair creaking slightly?

Because it is awesome, I am hoping they make another one.

It all makes sense at the end.

He said zerg rush, I love him even more now

"...which might be a perfectly _good_ unicycle but I don't know how to _RIDE a fucking unicycle!"_

+1 for the Fight Club quote :)

Never heard of this game before, how? This is so over the top that I just have to play it

2:52 yahtzee adjusting his arse on the sofa

hey i lived in Bondi Beach for 2 and a half years :D

You have to admit that the guitar solos and the game's soundtrack are pretty awesome, not to mention that the main villain Emperor Doviculus (Spoilers) is voiced by Tim Curry.

I love the theme song.

yes they do

Actually I had little to know problem finding all the motorforges,and rocktablets, the only thing that was a major chore to do was to find all of the bond serpents and music statues mainly becuse they get harder to find as you find them.

"Brootal legend is about Jack Black starring as Jack Black playing Jack Black" This is the best sentence in the history of Games. Ever.

I have played it. In the RTS part, all it does is lets you buy troops and tell them to stand somewhere. They will, for the most part, do their own thing. i liked it a lot myself, although the campaign does fizzle out a little quickly at the end. After I beat the final boss, I was genuinely suprised that he was the final boss. It's fun though.

At 2:50 you can hear Yahtzee rocking on his chair.

2:53 I can hear his chair creek

Chair squeak at 2:55

loved the gameplay and the soundtrack of this game :D

I'd love to see a remaster of this game, since a sequel is unlikely to give all this game's great personality and character a facelift it greatly deserves.

This review made me want to make a satirical Tetris sandbox.

You should try Herzog Zwei, a rare Sega Genesis game it basically lets you go ahead and straight up shoot the other units, or the enemy.

1:18 this sounds actually pretty damn awesome o.o

2:16 if that’s gratifying Yahtzee should try playing Skaven in total warhy

the soundtrack was flippin awesome, thats about it realy x)

Oddly enough the endless searching of an overworld for storyline was exactly what Psychonauts did. After completing each level in a persons head you have to run around looking for every NPC, sometimes in obscure locations like on rooftops, or else you miss half the game.

There's a cheat code in the Age of Empires III that spawns a monster truck you can use to ploy down the entire British Royal Guard.

Fight club reference. I love this guy

@seepcgaming most of the videos are on the escapist magazine website already so they're more re-uploads

Yes

Ooooh I'll disagree for sure that what a motor forge is and where to find one is 'Left unsaid'. Just before the mission where you escort the tour bus for the first time a cutscene zooms into where you can find the first one, all you need to after that is remember what one looks like.

Open your self to the funny side of Music. Very Fun Game to play

my brain hos now shut down to try to comprehend this

I enjoy strategy games a lot, and I really like brutal legend, im able to preform pretty complicated maneuvers easily in it. I like the story too, I only wanted to know how good the PC version is.