Brute Force Longplay (Arcade) [4K]

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Published on October 13, 2024 9:26:24 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJjA2CPcjHU

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Brute Force (2003)

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Game Info
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Developer: Leland Corporation
Publisher: Leland Corporation
Year of Release: 1991

Game Review & Impressions
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The only game produced by Leland I'd ever played prior to this video was Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road, and I'd definitely never even heard of Brute Force, let alone played it. That alone was sufficient to spark curiosity about this game, and it proved to be quite fascinating

On the surface, this beat 'em up looks and feels a lot like Konami's Crime Fighters. The locales, graphics, and much of the action seems to be inspired by that particular title. You fight your way through seedy city streets, slums, subways and other places you wouldn't want to walk alone at night, taking out bad dudes with fists, feet, pipes, sticks, trash cans and more. The environments feature destructible elements, often hiding power-ups and other weapons, and the game is so much more interesting as a result.

Another game which Brute Force reminded me of was New York Warriors. This was released on the Amiga in 1990, but also in arcades under the Arcadia brand, which was an offshoot of Mastertronic, which made the ill-advised decision to try and release coin-ops based on the Amiga hardware. New York Warriors is itself heavily inspired by The Warriors movie, plus any number of classic 80s action flicks.

The parallels don't stop there. It struck me as I played through Brutal Force the similarities between this and the original Postal, released on PC in 1997. The perspective from which the action takes place, art style and gameplay, especially once you get hold of ranged weapons, felt oddly similar. Both games are based on the premise of reodculously over-the-top violence, although Brute Force isn't weighed down by the morale baggage with Postal saddled itself.

All the similarities between Brute Force and the games which came before and after are probably coincidence, but it's cool to wonder whether one influenced the other. As to whether Brute Force is a decent game, it was actually a lot better than I was expecting; things become a lot easier once you arm yourself with a weapon, and things start to make sense once you get to grips with the controls. For those of you who've never even heard of this before, go check it out - it's pretty cool.

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Chapters
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00:00 Attract mode
01:05 Stage 1
06:07 Stage 2
09:34 Stage 3
16:53 Stage 4
21:37 Stage 5
28:09 Stage 6
33:23 Stage 7
28:23 Stage 8