Brütal Legend
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving…
Brütal Legend is an adventure developed by Double Fine Productions, released 13 October 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and Mac. It currently starts at $2.24 at Steam. The main story takes about 21.8 hrs to finish.
What Brütal Legend is
Brütal Legend is an adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2009. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The vivid and wildly creative world of Brütal Legend is brought to life through a spate of chrome, leather, rocker babes, epic music, fire-breathing/stud-wearing beasts, mountains made of guitar amps, and more. Follow Eddie as he embarks on a tour of epic destruction with an axe, a guitar, and his minions as he commands the power of rock in epic band battles. It’s lighter-flicking awesomeness that will melt your face clean off.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and open world. It supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 59 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Brütal Legend holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 265 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 21.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 51 hrs, roughly 2.3 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $2.24, that works out to about $0.10 per hour of the main story, or $0.04 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz, or AMD Athlon 64 at 2.2 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 512 MB GeForce 220, Radeon 4550, Intel HD 3000 Graphics. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.24 at Steam, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Brütal Legend launched on 13 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Dragon Age: Origins, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition and Bayonetta. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Dragon Age: Origins, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Bayonetta.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Brütal Legend yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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