HereForTheBeer: Just started, last night, playing Brutal Legend. Is it the most polished game? Nope. Could it use a little bit of explanation of some concepts? Sure, a couple more hints here and there wouldn't hurt. Is it the first game in a long time that repeatedly had me laughing out loud? Absolutely! The wife was starting to give me funny looks...
Really looking forward to see what's next in this game, The ridiculousness is perfect, the music is great, the character art couldn't be better, and it simply would not work with anyone else but Jack Black playing the main role.
Yeah, I'm gushing after only a couple hours in.
I'm sorta curious, I'm interested in Brutal Legend (and I love me some metal) but I don't really like Jack Black at all. Is he actually acting or is he just sorta playing himself? I mean if he's actually in character then that would be okay to me.
Edit: I started playing Alpha Prime earlier today and got just past where the demo ended. My initial reaction is that this game is definitely worth the 49 cents and I'm not really noticing any glaring flaws. Enemies are tough (they're accurate and fairly intelligent) and you can't just stand in the middle of a room aiming, and I appreciate that. Graphically it's a generic space station but the textures are clean and everything looks good overall (like a Sci-Fi Doom 3, aka Doom 3 with the lights turned on). Sound-wise it's okay, voice acting is fine, if a bit cheesy, weapons sound good, the action theme is pretty terrible though.