10 Amazing Stories Trapped In Mediocre Video Games

10. Brutal Legend

The fact that more people don't know about Brutal Legend feels like an anomaly in the universe. Pitch this game's setup and story to a friend and I'll bet you dollars to donuts they'll say that that sounds completely awesome.

The reason it isn't better remembered is that, gameplay-wise, it just couldn't settle on what kind of game it wanted to be. Its controls scream action-adventure hack-n-slash, but its actual gameplay beats say strategy game. And while finding a balance between those two isn't impossible, Brutal Legend never threaded that needle, and so the gameplay comes off like a confused mess.

Which is why no one remembers the game where Jack Black gets transported to a heavy metal dimension and has to fight demons with a giant battleaxe that's also a guitar, alongside a badass goth warrior woman.

One would think that would be harder to forget, but that's what happens when you don't focus your core gameplay loop better.