Just got a call with Jack Black's voice recording telling me my pre-order at gamestop will be ready tomorrow and to trade in games if I have to to get the most brutal metal action game ever. Or something similar forgot the exact wording now.

that call must have been bad ass.

i want this game but don´t have the money...but it´s definitely on my christmas gift list.

thats awesome, i wish Jack Black would call me :P hahaha

Finished the game, need to write up my review soon...but I can give short impressions on this site, so:

The graphics are awesome. The art style is unique, badass, and more interesting then every JRPG I've ever played combined. Brutal, metal, desolate landscapes and some of the wackiest enemies ever. Technically, it only has some pop-in. But if you get your love on with uber-realistic graphics, you'll hate every bit of this game's look. Just goes to show that the best graphics aren't neccesarily the most realistic. Tons ofstandoutish environments.

The music is...I mean come on, its a game based on heavy metal, they didn't skimp on anything here. great tracks, great artists, though personally I couldve used some more Rob Zombie in there :P

The story isn't Tim's best. Even then, its still pretty good. The interactions, plotline and decor in the game make you almost forget that they're world is different; its so engrossing that youll think its natural to live in a hellish death-world. Still, the game is short--very, very short, even by action game standards. Lots of side quests to do, but they mostly consist of killing hoards of enemies or racing, not much else.

The gameplay took me a little bit to get entirely used to, but its really something special. You play it like a 3D action beat-em-up, but once you get your stadium it turns into a beat-em-up RTS game. Personally I wouldn't have made the game an RTS based on how it's premise plays out, but it was done exceedingly well. Many classes to choose from (even the broken Fire Barron's class in multiplayer) many ways to use strategy. The controls aren't as intuitive as say Halo Wars, but the game isn't that large of scale either. At the same time the battles feel large enough to feel like...battles. And the Deuce is awesome. Very awesome.

Mmhmm.

Fantastic impressions Shadowblind! My anticipation for this game has reached new levels.

Second review is in Eurogamer gave it 8/10

Stickied by request.

Muchos gracias.

Boxarts added to the OP.

I am buying it tommorrow. Finally the years-long wait is over!

Dooouuubbllleeeee fiiiiiiiiiinnnnee!!!!!

Just got the game will post impressions as I go.