Brute Force.(Product/Service Evaluation)

Xbox / Also On: None

Publisher: Microsoft

Developer: Digital Anvil

Players: 1-4 splitscreen, 1-8 system link

ESRB: Mature

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CRISPIN: The name is the one thing developer Digital Anvil got right with this summer's biggest Xbox game. It's a giant, dumb, brutish squad-based third-person shooter that slugs you in the gut with a drunken country-boy roundhouse of screen-rocking explosions, platoons of enemies, gorgeous environments, and a man-lizard who runs like a dog--all without a second thought for pesky details like a coherent plot, cool enemies, or interesting level design. In other words, if your summer ambition is to chill in the A/C with some buds, gulp suds, and shoot and shoot and shoot till your index finger burns, …