9. Brütal Legend

Every metalhead's wet dream... In digital form

Release date: October 13, 2009

Developer: Double Fine

Genre: Action-adventure, Real-time strategy

The world's best roadie, indeed. Look at those wings!

Brütal Legend takes you on a journey through a fantastic, metal music inspired land that you must save from the tyranny of a tyrant named Daviculus.

While navigating the game's open world, you locate and activate the game's various missions, which take the shape of an action-RTS hybrid with you as the deadliest unit. Eddie can be controlled manually, enabling you to truly feel like a metal god among men as you lay waste to your enemy's armies while your men fight on, inspired by your brütality.

This title bleeds awesome. Although the action and RTS components could have been better integrated, this game is still one of a kind. Add to it the amazing audio and visual jobs, and you've got yourself a winner.