I picked up the most recent humble bundle a few days ago, and just finished Brutal Legend. It's an interesting mash up of 3rd person brawling game, real time strategy, and some guitar hero style elements, and it is all nicely tied together with a great heavy metal soundtrack.
The story is surprisingly good, other than a few badly handled moments early on where characters and bits of in-universe history seem to appear out of nowhere, and the mechanics are passable, but somewhat clunky. Overall though, it is a good game, and becomes a brilliant game if you like the music it is based on. Dedicated followers of metal will enjoy characters based on, and even actually voice acted by, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, and of course Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath, three of the most influential people in heavy metal.
Bonus points for using Painkiller, one of Priest's best songs, as the final boss theme.
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