So, about 5 hours into Brutal Legend I find myself with mixed feelings about the game.

The presentation, the acting and the style is absolutely amazing. I cannot press how much a joy the game is to look at, listen to and just generally explore. BUT, and this is a big hooty booty sized but, the gameplay …. the weird and wonky RTS and the generally unsatisfying combat just puts a real dampener on the game.

This I think stops the game from being amazing, its just not particularly fun or well implemented and almost feels unnecessary. Could they not have been all AI controlled and this be more of a dynasty warriors kind of affair ?

Honestly my last real experience with an RTS on a console was with Kingdom under fire on the original Xbox and that did it without issue, but then its a much slower affair. With Brutal Legend you are expected to run around and deal with the long range attacks, that you don’t even know are hitting you until you are low on energy and the screen begins to glow red, while trying to get some decent response from your legions of dudes.

I’m sure plenty of people will play it and have no issues with this at all but it just feels a bit sloppy, which is a real shame considering how lovingly the rest of the game is put together!

Hopefully should have some more thoughts over the next few days..

P.S Don’t go into multiplayer before you finish single player, Major Spoiler alert