But the actual resource stuff is dead simple.
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You can upgrade your base to unlock advanced units and a few of the early units can be upgraded. You then spend the resources to train your faction's units. But Brutal Legend recalls the wild variety of gameplay, units, and powers that made Sacrifice so good.īrutal Legend has three distinct factions (one faction, the demonic Tainted Coil, even has a unique way of recruiting units that would make the tentacle rape loving creators of Muramasa blush). Relic's The Outfit and more famously, Pikmin. In these more recent games, armies other than your single unit fight on the map, but they work best when your unit, a leader, is nearby to give them orders. That's also the premise for Sacrifice and Brutal Legend. So in Herzog Zwei, you controlled one unit with special powers. That game didn't have the usual practice of using a mouse to drag select units, because at that time the mouse was just some new-fangled gee-gaw that didn't work with a Sega Genesis. Sacrifice goes back to the original RTS, a console game called Herzog Zwei. If you're interested, Sacrifice holds up beautifully and it's available here from Good Old Games. It was a critical success, which means too few people bought it for a sequel to get made. None of this will be on the test.) The model for Brutal Legend is a game from 2000 called Sacrifice. Here's your chance to not be afraid of real time strategy games.Ī quick history lesson. This is as good as the genre gets on a console system. Heavy metal listeners, Jack Black lovers, and hot rod appreciators need not fear. Or maybe they're just worried the heavy metal-listening, Jack Black-loving, hot rod-appreciating demographic will be scared away.īut the beauty of Brutal Legend's multiplayer is that it's one of those rare RTSs that works perfectly on a console system. Who can blame them? Electronic Arts is probably still hoping you'll buy their clunky Command & Conquers for all your console RTS needs. It's almost as if Electronic Arts didn't want you to know this rock odyssey contained a real time strategy game built to be played on a console system. Bu there's no such thing as good RTS games on a console! What gives!īefore its release yesterday, one of the best kept secrets about Brutal Legend was the multiplayer. So I heard this was an action game with RTS elements. In multiplayer, the music you hear depends on the army you select. It's magnificent.Īt 105 songs, it's fully customizable in single player. Missions can get repetetive, but you have one hell of a beautiful world to explore and hunt unlockables. The Campaign is not too long, and is meant to teach you the multiplayer. It also has the story ever told.īelieve it or not, this game is multiplayer skewed. The story takes some amazing swings from hilarious and violence, to powerful and sad, and back to the humor. He does an amazing job as our hero Eddie Riggs, who becomes a very different character from what you'd expect from Jack.
Those turned off by Jack Black's presence, don't worry. The story takes some very interesting turns, with voicework by Jack Black, Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy Killmeister, Lita Ford, Rob Halford, Jennifer Hale, Katie Soucie, and Tim Curry. With a divine axe he found where he wakes up, and his own guitar, now a magical weapon, he sets forth in this strange world, which some would find hellish, but he admits, " is kinda badass." Some evil priests have been waiting for him, draw swords and assault him. It resembles covers of metal albums, where demons rule over humanity, the sky's color shifts brilliantly and appears scorched, and everything looks tal. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a different time period. Blood gets on his belt buckle, which summons a massive metallic beast who kills the band while protecting Eddie, with the audience rocking the fuck out in response. An Action/Adventure/RTS, it is like nothing you've ever played before.ĭo you ever feel like you should have been born in a different time period? When the music was.real?Įddie Riggs (Jack Black) is a roadie stuck assisting a shitty rap-metal band Kabbage Boy, when he is nearly killed in an on-stage accident. It is the pounding of Creation's Hammer upon the Anvil of Time!īrutal Legend, Published by EA, Developed by Doublefine is Tim Schafer's latest venture, filled with blood, fire, and sweet blowjobby metal. But I want a sequel, because this game is the only game like Battlezone and Sacrifice I've seen in 10 years. High reviews and slow sales means big savings! Don't worry, Double Fine is used to that.
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