Absolutely phenomenal game. Double Fine did it again! Awesomely inventive storyline, memorable characters, flawless VO and some of the best music I've heard in a game since GTA: Vice City. And what amazing talent to have in the game! Ozzy, Brian Posehn, Tim Curry!!!! And, of course, Jack Black as Himself (basically).

This game is an absolute love letter to Heavy Metal. It has everything it should have, from crazy lore and massive hair to overblown pyrotechnics and badass riffs. I've never been a massive fan of Metal, but after playing this, I'm gonna find some Ozzy CDs and give them another listen. Ozzy Osborne, eh? Absolute LEGEND, RIP you glorious S.O.B, Music will never be the same again without you.

There's a line in the game about what Metal is... and one of the components, it says, is a touch of melancholy... With Ozzy's passing, I hear it now. I never heard it before, but the game's actually made me want to listen to it some more.

I don't know if I want them to make a sequel.. This game was just so good, it's hard to imagine being able to equal-or-better it. About the only part of the game that I felt could do with a little improving was the RTS sections. Clearly designed to be ported to Console, the controls were quite clunky compared to the smoothness of other pure RTS games that use the mouse. But that was just one small part of a phenomenal whole. The rest of the game is a lot of open world searching for collectibles, doing side missions and exploring, all of which is perfection. Double Fine are masters at creating truly innovative games with memorable (and interesting) cartoonish characters.

I think this is still a pretty darn good game 16 years later. Really enjoyed playing it, and sometimes I admit I just left the music playing while I did some work (hence the 33 hours).

Brütal Legend is a game that is consistently screwed by reviewers. This is not an action adventure game with a couple of rts segments. It is an rts game with an action adventure story. If you are coming only for the action adventure aspect, you will leave disappointed. However, if you want to try an incredibly unique and inventive rts, in both gameplay and style, then I couldn't recommend Brütal Legend highly enough. Maybe get some friends to play with you though because there's no one on the servers.

Also, RIP Ozzy

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