Has anyone picked this up yet? It's an open world hack and slash adventure game with RTS elements by Tim Schafer, who has been responsible for writing and/or designing several major LucasArts adventure games as well as Psychonauts.

 

You play Eddie Riggs, the best roadie in the world, who gets transported to a heavy metal-themed world after some blood spills on his magical belt buckle. He soon finds an axe (melee attacks), guitar (pyro effects) and car (transportation), and finds out he has the power to restore artefacts left in the world by the titans of metal. He uses his powers to rally the human resistance against Emperor Dovilicus and his right hand man General Lionwhyte.

 

There are basically two kinds of storyline missions: straight hack and slash, where you control Eddie and a limited number of units (Headbangers, Razor Girls, Bouncers, etc.) and Stage Battles, where you build and defend a stage while flying over the battlefield giving orders, gathering resources by building merchandise booths over fan geysers and converting those fans into units. There's also a bunch of different optional missions (guiding a mortar cannon, killing a herd of diseased animals, leading an ambush, winning a race, etc.).

 

The world is just gorgeously designed, and everything about the game screams "metal", from the demon horn statues randomly popping up out of the ground to trees that have exhaust pipes growing out of them. The voice acting is also brilliant, with Jack Black voicing the protagonist, Mötorhead's Lemmie voicing The Killmaster, a healer who uses a base guitar to restore your units, and Ozzie Osbourne as the Guardian of Metal, who sells you upgrades in return for fire tributes, which can be earned by completing the aforementioned missions or discovering new areas. The game also features a soundtrack with over 70 licensed songs from various genres of metal.

 

The soundtrack really disappointed me.

I'll rent it sometimes, I heard that the gameplay was disappointing.

I can't wait for this. I should get this "within 4 weeks". Ever since I played the demo I can't wait lol.

DLC coming soon, and it's gonna be free on the PS3 for a week or two.

This is the kind of game I've been waiting for. It's not to be taken too seriously, it's just for the lulz and epic win.

VERY VERY VERY DISSAPOINTING

 

I pre-ordered in March very excited. I beat all the side missions, completed the game twice, and got maxed gamerscore in 6 days. After that, it SUCKS. Good music though. :thumbup:

I watched some game-play videos and it looks pretty interesting in online play though. I like the concept of mixing an action game with RTS, you get your basic range/melee, and then the healers, building upgrades, resource control, micro, etc etc with a hero/leader unit. Has anybody tried that yet?

Yahtzee didn't really care for it.

Yeah, but when does he really? The only games I can recall him genuinely liking are Portal and Saints Row 2.

According to his wiki he also liked everything else by Valve, and Prototype and Infamous.

Received the game in the mail today :D

 

Went ahead and played through the single player, got stuck on this part

[spoiler=Spoiler]After you repair the bridge, and Ophelia attacks you (you know, after both of you set up a stage). That battle is hard, any tips?

 

 

Anyway, I like it so far, the RTS/action combo worked out well and this is probably the first time I played an escort mission and enjoyed it (the AI on the vehicle I needed to escort was decent, but the way you fight off the enemies was fun IMO). Good story (so far), good voice acting and the game looks great.

It's a really cool game, but as Yahtzee said, it seems more like Jack Black's thing than Tim Schafer's. (sp?)

Went ahead and played through the single player, got stuck on this part

[spoiler=Spoiler]After you repair the bridge, and Ophelia attacks you (you know, after both of you set up a stage). That battle is hard, any tips?

[spoiler=Spoiler]I assume this is the dry ice level.

 

Stick to the right path, the left path does have a fan geyser but it's closer to her stage and too much trouble to hold.

 

My strategy was to take the unoccupied fan geyser closest to your stage. Put out two or three groups of headbangers and a single thunderhog. When you see Ophelia's troops heading towards you, send them over, taking out the brides quickly with the Facemelter.

 

Once you've established your foothold around the three geysers, upgrade your stage to the next level and fill out your troop limit with Fire Barons. Take what's left of your starting force back to your stage and hold them there, while leading the fire barons in a charge around the right path.

 

The fire barons are great against vehicles, and too fast to get hurt by the grave diggers, unless they are severely outnumbered. Your main focus should still be the brides, taking them out with facemelters. The speed reduction from brides stacks, and if your fire barons get bogged down they'll get torn apart.

 

Once your fire barons have done their thing against Ophelia's troops, rebuild all the fire barons you've lost while having the remaining group hold ground nearby, taking out any new units she builds. You can take out her fan geysers if you want, but it's not necessary as the firebarons should be able to take out anything she builds.

 

Once you've maxed out on fire barons, send the new ones to back up the ones holding ground near Ophelia's stage for the final push.

 

Alright, thanks, it worked out :)

Yahtzee didn't really care for it.

who the bloody hell is this yahtzee cat?

thanks :D

Yahtzee didn't really care for it.

who the bloody hell is this yahtzee cat?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation