Comments on: Today in Gaming History: 10/13/2013

By: cary

cary — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:39:12 +0000

I really wanted to give the game a try when it first came out, but I’ll admit that a few bad words about from friends kept me away. As a Jack Black fan, I can only imagine that he was wonderful! I might have to pluck it out of a bargain bin one of these days.

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 23:12:09 +0000

I got Brutal Legend on the day it was released for a couple reasons:
– I love Double Fine’s unique game design and their trademark humor.
-Jack Black as a roadie turned literal Heavy Metal hero sounded hilarious. And you know what? It was great.

The game does an excellent job with theming, making memorable characters, and humor of course. It also uses it’s sound track to great effect. I don’t think any sequence in a game has gotten me more pumped and excited than a sequence in Brutal Legend when you have to escape a collapsing fortress (I think it might be in a volcano) in a flame-spewing hot rod, all to the tune of “Through the Fire and Flames”!

Brutal legend does have trouble with it’s RTS element though. As the system gets more and more in depth and you have to handle more units and enemies, it gets borderline unwieldy. Still, it’s definitely worth a try since it’s dirt cheap these days.

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 23:04:07 +0000

Beyond Good and Evil definitely has had a growing following in the years since it released. It had enough to warrant an HD remake on PSN/XBL/Steam, but not enough for a sequel sadly.

It currently stands as one of my all-time favorites. The gameplay was varied, everything it tried to do worked, the premise was interesting (overthrowing an evil force by exposing it to the populace rather than direct action), story, characters, direction…I could go on and on.

By: cary

cary — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:13:41 +0000

I think you’re right about Beyond Good and Evil — everyone loved it, but it didn’t do so well commercially. I’m willing to bet it has something of a following now, as happened with Brutal Legend.

By: renxkyoko

renxkyoko — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:24:59 +0000

There was a game ( I;ve forgotten the title ) that I really liked, and I heard the sale and marketing of this game were really very poor, but I really, really think it was a great game.

Oh, wait, now I remember… it was Beyond Good and Evil ( ? )