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Great Action + Awesome Characters + Good Story = Brute Force. |
| Andrew S. from Montana, USA says (19/Aug/2003): |
I love Brute Force. I just want people to know that. It is really an excellent game, and in my opinion, its original, even though it takes things from other games, it is still a great game, original in my opinion.
Concept - Take a great Squad Based 3rd person shooter, great graphics and futuristic settings, with amazing enemies. Add a giant lizard man named who runs like a frog named Brutus, and you've got yourself one heck of a game.
Graphics - Smooth, textured. Now heres a good game, with great framerate, and has tons of action going on at the time.
Sound - Brutus sounds like a total pimp when he talks, there isn't much music going on until the guns start a-blazing, but thats ok, the low music adds to the build up to a big fight.
Playability - Controls took me about 3 minutes to figure out, and that is because I had just finished playing Ghost Recon, with an opposite looking feel. Xbox controller totally rocks these controls. Get the Xbox S though...
Entertainment - Definetly the best part of the game. Getting to control a gun blazer Tex ( who by the way can weild a machine gun as well as a shotgun... at the same time ), a Lizard looking beast named Brutus ( who, in his feral or something form, can detect enemies in dark places, and can regenerate health ), a chick named Hawk ( you want to barge into an area full of terrorists? let hawk go in there first with her stealth ability to count them, or make sure its safe, but go fast) and another one named Flint ( who is the best sniper this side of the alps, especially with her Auto-Aim skill ) and you got the coolest characters in a Squad Based shooter for a long while. By the way, the action is fareakin' awesome.
Replay Value - Moderatly High
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Sorry Halo! |
| A gamer from Bryan,TX ,USA says (4/Jun/2003): |
I was sure Brute force would be a good gaming experience, but i was sure it couldnt beat Haloas the best game ever. Man I was wrong! It has toppled all squad based games emerging as the best game in history! The graphics are amazing, nearly everthing is bummped-mapped, and if you add that to the amazing voice acting included, you fell like you are actually in an alien world fighting for your life! The game play experience is well worth the wait everyone endured. Youre squad's special abilitys are fun to pull off and using the ingenus A.I. towork together as a team is an amazing experience. It is a sure fire way to keep you occupied for hours. The system link capabilities, squad death matches, and xbox live capabilities only enrich the fun factor. Lets face it. I don't think anyone thohght this game was going to be amazing. one man one woman one alligator and a cyborg sniper trying to defend earth against mind readers and a bunch of $#< remove me > at !roaches is about as weird as you can get but it turns out to be a very interesting and twisty plot. It may have beat Halo but Brute Force has it's own set of problems. The cooperative play is amazingly frantic and insane! Half the time you are trying to find youre squad rather than fighting with them. Co-op with an inexpeienced player is a death wish, since you will spend more time leaving them in the dust rather than helping them. they really drag you down in campain. Plus the difficulty level of the game can be ridiculas at times, since the enemy A.I. is as smart as youre team's. But if all this can be over looked this is probably going to be the best game an xbox to date, at least until Halo2 arrives. It is well worth the $50 dollar price tag.
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Brute Force to Halo? I'd give it to Halo. |
| Orion Berwanger from Houston, USA says (8/Jun/2003): |
I got Brute Force yesterday and from then on I've been hooked. The graphics are amazing! Each area is fully detailed with little bumps to rocks or twigs! The only thing I dislike about the game is the fact that it's in third pirson view. And when you are in the heat of battle and all of a sudden you can't see the bad guys because your co-op is in the way of your view. I've died tree times because of that! But for those of you who think that this game might compare to Halo your wrong. The weapon detail is much better and I really liked being able to control the diffrent tipes of vihicles. And in Brute Force it becomes a big pain ordering your squad around. First you tell them to run in guns blasting but then you see a groop of guys with mini-guns that are taring them apart by the time you give the order ther're already dead. Another thing that was good about Brute Force though is the great quality of the sound. Hearing the co-ops tald with perfect facial movements is pretty cool! Overall the game is alot of fun! You get to command awesome operatives and use some of coolest weapontry known to man. You also get to play one of the gest multiplayer games of all times. The only major downfall is that if you don't want to really get into the game and give it some thought instead of just running in guns blazzing tring to take down the enemies as if they were little flies, this might not be the game for you. But for me the game was a totally worth my fifty dollors, and if you have Xbox then I recomend it for you!
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A good hold-over until Counterstrike and Halo 2 |
| Gavin from New Jersey, USA says (26/Jun/2003): |
The game is fun, fast-paced, and exciting. The learning curve isn't too steep (although a more reliable radar system would have stopped many pointless deaths) and the graphics are, of course, gorgeous. I never ran into slowdown at any point, even with all 4 of my squad members duking it out in a swamp with over a dozen enemy ferals. The control system is specatacular and completely intuitive (being almost a direct copy of Halo's controls), and of course tactical nuts or your basic 'run-in-and-shoot' player can both have a great deal of fun.
Now for the parts I didn't like too much. Multiplayer is very bare-bones, with just Deathmatch and a fun Squad Deathmatch mode. The game itself was too light on story and filled the gaps with more weapons, more enemies and shinier graphics. For any game to be a true contender for the Halo throne, it needs the same amount of depth that myself and fellow Bungie fans have come to expect from their games. However, the game stands on its own two feet quite well enough. Though the comparisons are bound to come (and in fact, already have) Brute Force is no Halo. It wasn't supposed to be. However, since the games are so similar, the comparisons ARE made. And with that in mind, while Brute Force is a great game and one that I enjoy very much, the folks over at Bungie have nothing to worry about.
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not quite halo but good enough |
| bob twilleger from dublin, ireland says (21/Jun/2003): |
i bought brute force two days ago because i was told it would be the 3rd person shooters halo but it does not come close to matching halo.although the guns are more plentiful and it has 4 person co op mode it cannot match up to halos outstanding graphics excellent gameplay and superb storyline. one plus is that it may be saved between checkpoints instead of levels but these sort of tiny features cannot salvage an over hyped halo wannabe.it has alot of promise for third person shooters but with many others like socom this game does not stand out as much as the developers may have wished it to.in my opinion this game does break some new ground but with most of its best features like squad deathmatch and four player career requiring four players many gamers will be disspointed as computer ai does not come(150) close to a real life player . saying that if yu can get a four player game going you will not be dissapointed as the choice of charatcers is overwhelming as there are over 10 to choose from in the deatmatch and four completely different characters in career which is one major feature which beats its rival halo.overall id say this game is a step in the right direction yet just doesnt break enough ground to satisfy people who have played halo.
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This game is simply DA BEST! |
| Pratik from Lilburn, GA, USA says (24/Jun/2003): |
Whoever said Halo lovers are afraid to admit that Brute Force is beter than Halo is simply by any means absolutely right! Sure Halo was a great game in its era, but Brute Force is the best shooter game EVER!!! This game has grahics that live up to the Xbox's full potential. The sound effects are great. You can sneak up on people from behind and cut them in half with Hawk. This game has even stealth action. The gameplay simply is the best! You can play on one system upto 4 player co-op, and you can do system link. Also, you have deathmatch adn squad deathmatch. Unlike Halo you can control a whole squad and on this game you find DNA and you can unlock other players on deathmatch. Once you get all 4 players on one team you can unlock squads on squad deathmatch. This game has 18 excellent levels. And they keep gettig harder and harder. The fun factor on this game is 6 out of 5! This game is original and very addictive. Brute force doesn't copy and game and in my opinion they should make a sequel. This game is worth every penny. One of my favorite thigs about it is how you can control whole squads and give commands. THIS GAME IS SIMPLY DA BOMB AND CANNOT BE BEATEN! i LIKE HALO, BUT I LOVE brute fORCE
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THis game is DA BOMB! BETR THAN HALO!!! |
| Pratik from Lilburn, GA, USA says (24/Jun/2003): |
This game is simply the best shooter game there is! Sure, Halo was a great game of its time, but Brute Force is just simply so much better! The grahics are excellent! It makes the Xbox live up to its true potential in graphical effects. Also, the sound effects are great, the slower you go the less sound you make which makes it easier to kill opponents. Also, you can sneak up on people with Hawk. The gameplay is awesome! I'd give it a ten out of ten on gameplay, and fun factor. What i really like about Brute Force is you control a whole squad unlike Halo in whcih you have to choose one person. You can do upto 4 player co-op on one system with Brute Force. And you get to give commands and switch around with a whole squad. You can pick up DNA from people you kill and that lets you use them in deathmatch. When you pick up the DNA of 4 characters of a whole group you can even get whole squads on squad deathmatch. The multiplayer is a lot better on Brute Force than Halo. This game is worth every penny of the $50 you pay to buy it. Halo missed out on a lot of stuff that could've made it better. Brute Force is DA bomb! I recommend it to anyone with an Xbox. this game kicks HAlo in the REar end!
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Brute Power |
| M@chine from Peer,Belgium says (7/Jul/2003): |
Saterdaymorning,I just bought Brute Force at the nearest gameshop and i put it in my xbox.I first noticed the people from Microsoft studios added some demo's to the CD,whats pretty cool,but now the most important thing was brute force itself.
From the start I notticed that BF wouldn't be so easy as Halo was.The enemies were from the start pretty smart and had good equipment.That a good thing.The Controls were pretty much the same as Halo so thats also good.The graphics are good,but not really the strongest part of the game.As the missions passed,I got to know my team and every mission was a real challenge,to use the perfect caracter on the perfect time,to find the DNA,etc.
Except the campaign,you can also play multiplayer.Or you can use one caracter and play against you're friends,or you pick yourself are force to battle your'e friend.The last one is very fun.At the beginning you will only be able to use the Brute Force but as you get the DNA's from all the species you will unlock the forces from enemies that u can use in multiplayer.
My conclusion: Brute Force may not be HALO,but it has his own cool things at that makes it a good game.
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the only game that beats this is the almighty Halo |
| Vaughn Kellerman from Cincinnati,OH,USA says (20/Jun/2003): |
I only started to play Brute Force about one week ago but it is one of the sickest games I have ever played and the only game that beats it out is the almighty Halo. I could play this game forever. It has the coolest characters such as Brutus, which is the coolest in the game. Then they got Tex which kicks butt with his huge guns and his berserk mode. Plus this game can be 4 player cooperative and is only on the Xbox so I can rub it in my friends faces that have GC and PS2. I think the graphics are one of the best I have ever seen on the Xbox or even Ps2. The sound fx are very good, the guns sound real, the enviroments are awesome and the people sound great. I think the fun factor deserves a 10 out of 10 because you can do so many things and there are so many levels. I still have not beat the game. The gameplay is great it never gets boring. One bad thing about Brute Force is the fact that you die so easily, like on Halo you have a shield but on Brute Force you have to be more careful and if you play the game on brutal medkits are hard to come by. This is what I think about one of the best games ever.
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Best 3rd Person Shooter Yet! |
| Steve from North Port ,FL,USA says (3/Jun/2003): |
I don't think any of us should be comparing apples with oranges here. Halo's outstanding single player and co-op modes make it THE Best FPS EVER. But, in it's own right, in my opinion, Brute Force it the best 3rd PS I've played yet. Brute Force was not designed to be a Halo competitor, and is unfairly being rated as one by some gamers. I think that the 4 player mission mode is a fantastic idea that more game makers should take a look at. Also, squad deathmatch was a great idea. Now people who aren't able to participate in those 16 player system link matches can still get the gaming experience of having 16 guys running around a playing field with just 4 people. The AI of your squadmates is suprisingly good and having multiple clans to choose from, each with their own abilities makes it fun. Bottom line is, both games have great graphics, weapons, and level design. Both make great action games and both are given buyers. And while your at EB Games, you might as well pick up a copy of Enter the Matrix too. Another GREAT 3rd PS that has the best movie/game collaboration I have seen yet, Awesome.
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Killer Sims |
| Albert from Alexandria, USA says (15/Jun/2003): |
I got this game I while back, and just beat it today. The levels are beautifully made. Even in the deathmatch there are tons of things that are interactive: Gas canisters blow up, you can kick chairs and tires around, statues break, lights pop, containers smash (When you shoot them of corse). In the deathmatch levels there are "environmental hazards" eg: lava or toxic slime. This adds a touch of danger that isn't your friends, to the deathmatch. Not to mention that some of the levels are huge, especialy the squad deathmatch levels. Some are indoors some are out. Unlockable characters are great too. By finding DNA canisters in the campaign you unlock players in the deathmatch. Each player has different abilities, things they can and can't pick up, different amounts of health, and different speeds they move at. There are a total of 20 different characters you can play as, making 5 squads for squad deathmatch. Another nice feature is (and I hate to make this comparison) like in Halo once you beat a level you can play it on a different diffuculty. Well I'm off to play some more Brute Force.
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good quality game for xbox |
| James from Long Island NY USA says (3/Jun/2003): |
Brute Force is a very good game. One thing that I noticed right off the bat is the amount of time put into it paid off. The sound effects are terrific. If you have 5.1 surround you feel like your right there in the middle of it all. The graphics for the most part were good but I wasn't blown away. I hate to beat this into the ground but I am yet to see another game graphically be as good as Halo. I was hoping this game would be on that level but it wasn't it had too much of a pc game flavor. But I will say it is as good as I have seen since. As for the game play I give a 9. It is very fun to control all 4 unique characters, but is nothing ground breaking. Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 was doing that about 6 years ago. But the cool thing was, Brute force makes it a lot easier to contol all 4 characters which gives you more time for tactical manuevering. I was a little dissapointed with the weapons as well, aside from the sniper rifles, and a few others. most the weapons are weak. overall good quality game to add to the very small but reputable arsenal of top notch xbox games
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Halo crossed with conflict desert storm |
| Eddy Smith from Leicester, UK says (25/Jun/2003): |
Brute force is the perfect mix between Halo and conflict desert storm, think all the action of halo with all the tactics of CDS. Its backed up by a brilliant control system that is virtually identical to halo's. It does suffer from a curse that no game should have, some unskipable cut scenes. This becomes really annoying when replaying to get medals etc. I espected more from the multiplayer, all you have is ur simple deathmatch and an interesting squad deathmatch where u all get a squad of 4 people. It could have done with some old fashioned CTF or a variation of it. This would work well with ur squads and bring something new to the classic system. I hope with the downloadable content they might add something later on. Single player is what u'd expect if u've played squad based games before. Various missions on different planets, the plot a bit week. Characters special moves work well witch help inforce each characters strenghts, for e.g Tex(heavy weapons)brandishes both his guns at once, this can be devastatingly effective with 2 miniguns
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HALO KILLER |
| CyberJedi from USA says (24/Jun/2003): |
I would have to say that Brute Force is most certainly far better than halo in EVERY aspect. Brute Force has FAR superior GRAPHICS, anyone with EYES can and SHOULD see this. The gameplay is also FAR more extensive. In halo you fight the SAME enemy throughout the entire game and they sound like freakin little kids!!!!! You only have 2 types of grenades in halo and about 6 guns or so. Halo is a good system link game because its an FPS but Brute Force has ALOT more game play appeal simply because there are MORE enemies, MORE guns, MORE worlds to play in and you can be MORE than just ONE charater throughout the entire game. Even the mapping is ALOT bigger on Brute Force than halo. halo is a good game but lets live in the now and all come to see Brute Force for what it is to MOST Xbox gamers, a halo killer....
P.S. Anyone who says the game is easy has played it on STANDARD. Id like to see someone beat it on BRUTAL and come here to say its easy. Anyone who has played the game on BRUTAL would know that person is LYING.
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For the People. |
| Dan from Orr's Island, USA says (8/Jul/2003): |
Ahem. For those who have commented on brute force's 'bad graphics.' you need to get out more. EVERYTHING is done in bump mapping. EVERY thing. Halo had about half of the stuff done as bump mapped. for those who don't know what this is, i'm not wasting time in explaining, but know that it takes time on the developers part, and makes games and lighting more realistic. If you haven't noticed there are severe differences in other games just because the graphics engines are a little more complex, and some are able to contain bump mapping. Multiplayer framerate is iffy, semi scratchy at times with lots of motion. Controls are smooth, and the leadership had been tried before, in games like playstation's rainbow six, but never as smoothly and easy to pick up. Each characters ability makes the game interesting and also forces use of each player, instead of having one guy and the rest trail behind for the whole game. Repetitive levels, no strong plot, and not enough variety in enemies took off three stars.
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The force is weak in this title!! |
| Chrisdawg from fayetteville, N.C., USA says (31/May/2003): |
First, the quality of review for this game on this site is horrible! Second, THIS GAME IS NOT HALO!!! Do not assume this game is at all the same. Do not compare the two games at all! The single player, and even the two player co-op game is acceptable--the four player co-op and deathmatch however are not. The characters in third person perspective take up too much of the already limited viewing area. Brute force is not a bad game, though I feel the game would work better on-line than it does off. The main problem is that all four players must be willing to play a particular role and use an individuals characteristics to its potential. The weapons each person can carry is limited--specific weapons for specific characters. The special abilities for each character are nice, but proves unbalanced in deathmatch. Aside from these problems the game is well designed and plays quite nice. I would recommend renting it first but if you feel you have what it takes, then by all means chech it out.
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| Ridgers from Ewloe,Wales says (18/Jul/2003): |
First we will get the bad points out of the way (as there is only two of them):
Lack of gameplay after you have found all DNA canisters and have no body to play two-player with.
Female players have really short life spans.
Now for all the good points in the game (meaning I am going to contradict Halo):
You can give orders to your team (unlike Halo).
Variety of characters (unlike Halo).
More realistic weapons than Halo.
More enemy types than Halo.
Variety of special techniques (None in Halo).
Now onto a description of the game, the graphics are increadably affective if not realistic, exactly the right music is played at exactly the right time. With the ability to pick a squad and lead it against another player. Or pick a character and lead it against another players character. With the ability for 1-4 players or 1-8 over system link this game is how you say, top?
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Stop Comparing Halo to Brute Force-Diff game play, diff makers. |
| Miles says (5/Jun/2003): |
I own Brute Force and have been playing it almost non-stop since I've gotten it. This game is a good, fun challenging game, even on Standard-Shadoon gave me a run for my money. The unlockable enemies that you can get through Unique DNA canisters was ingenious, not only giving you a character to play with that has certain abilites from the main core group of 4 people, but as well as being able to unlock certain squads really brought it out for me. The campaigns my brother and I played were varied and on a number of beautifully done worlds. Stop comparing it to Halo- Not only was it not made to challenge Halo, the people AT Halo sent the lead tester from their company to check out Brute Force's controls. They're not contenders- Don't treat them as if they were. Anyone who is contemplating buying this game who has not already, do so. It is well worth your money.
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Awesome....Need I say more? |
| Bill from Tucson, Arizona, USA says (28/May/2003): |
Well, I've been playing B.F. for about a couple hours, and I've already been drawn into its world. The graphics and sound were definitely the first thing that I noticed. Much work has obviously been put into this game. The detail really is innovative and life like with fluid movements. The sound is also great with dolby surround. Wow, what a difference.
Gameplay I really like. Controls are like Halo, but team based and 3rd person perspective to give you a full view of whats going on. It really works well. Each character has special abilities which creates many different strategies on approaching enemies. Warning, this game is very addictive on multiplayer co-op and deathmatch. I'm sick of writing about it. If you own a x-box, you need to buy this game. If you don't own a x-box, you have my sympathy.
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There is no comparing brute force to Halo. |
| SJMOON from Fort Bragg, NC , USA says (4/Jun/2003): |
I bought Brute Force a few days ago and let me tell you there is no comparing Halo with Brute Force. Yes they are both shooters but both diffrent in their own right. Halo is a one player shooter with great graphics, and great all around weaponry and an endless story line. But on the Brute Force side you have a great shooter with good weapons and a four player cooperative mode or a single player with the use of all the attributes of the team. Having the use of four team members adds to the excitement and overall enjoyment of a multiple player game. The biggest indifference I have with Brute Force is that at times the control is clunky and your view point is garbled a bit by your own translucent body near rocks or rounding corners, which makes it harder to target upcoming opponents.
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