Brutal Legend

la mejor parte del juego es el emperador Doviculus

A pretty under talked about gem of a classic, I had a blast melting off faces with a guitar solo and mowing down enemies in a suped up hot rod. The game itself is a love letter to metal as a genre, and it is handcrafted with love and respect to the medium. If you don't mind slightly janky older games with a lot of charm, check out this game. It goes on sale pretty often, and is definitely worth the price point. Despite the overwhelming praise I just gave though, this game is absolutely not without its flaws. The story is definitely a bit corny and tropey, but let's be real, what do you expect from a game with jack black voicing the MC. I will preface this part with saying I played the game the first time through and 100%ed on the hardest difficulty and have not since played weaker difficulties, so my information about spongey enemies may be a bit swayed. The combat is almost TOO simplistic. I enjoy the touch of adding purchasable combos to spice up combat and keep things fresh, but the combos unfortunately fall into the same issue a lot of other upgrades have where it just feels like it's... not enough? A large majority of upgrade categories aside from combos and axe treatments generally only have a few different variants (usually around 3-5) and the story is too short to stagger the unlocks enough to truly feel like its worth it to unlock every upgrade, especially when upgrades that affect combat aside from vehicle upgrades are often only marginally different (with a couple exceptions) For a good half of the game right in the middle, all of your weapons and means of defeating enemies feels underpowered. I was wiping the floor with enemies in the beginning, and when I unlocked the chain lightning axe treatment I could reliably use my axe in combat, but in the middle it feels like the game REALLY doesn't like you facing enemies without allies for a while. This normally wouldn't be a problem, especially when the game tries to incentivize teaming up with troops to conquer combat encounters, but in the story mode these troops are unfortunately VERY weak, often getting one shotted and leaving you to fend for yourself against sixed ranged units and all solos on cooldown. If you're anything like me, you also completed EVERY side quest to unlock all the upgrades. despite being about 60 side quests, there's only REALLY about 5 different types with varying difficulty. If I were to recommend anything to a new player? don't try to get EVERYTHING on first play. just enjoy the story. the game can unfortunately be a slog to 100% everything in just the story mode alone, let alone the various multiplayer achievements. Now this part is a matter of opinion. Some people probably really enjoy them, but I find them to be very much a slog. Stage Battles. In multiplayer? They're... okay. It's not a one sided battle like most stage battles in story mode, but I find the gamemode to be very boring and tedious. In singleplayer? thematically they're VERY cool, and do reflect well on turning points in the game's story, however because of the nature of stage battles they're not really... fun in singleplayer. more often than not I found myself putting up every merch booth possible before the enemy could even react, sitting for a couple minutes letting fans build up, then destroying the stage right away. For the first few it was okay, especially the first one felt like a true battle. After the third stage battle however... I was definitely getting tired of it. Before I forget because it's one of the main staples of this game, the soundtrack is PHENOMENAL. Beit the forced songs played during specific missions like kickstart my heart during the final racing side quest or through the fire and flames while escaping deviculus, or the fun of just blasting through the countrysides of the past, headbanging as you plow through steel porcupines. My final thoughts? An overall good game if not a little dated, but still absolutely worthy of its title as a classic. 8/10.