My Brute is a fighting simulation video game with roleplaying elements first released in March 2009.[1] Though an English-language game, it was developed by Motion-Twin, a French online game provider.[1] My Brute originated as a free browser-based Flash game. It was later ported to the iPhone and iPod Touch, with enhanced graphics and added features, by the video game developer Bulkypix.[2]
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The player begins by creating an avatar called a Brute. Players may create as many Brutes as they wish. The Brutes of new users are, by default, public and can be used by anyone to battle. However, a password can be added in the Brute's cell page so that only the person who created the Brute can use it.[3]
The player may customize his or her Brute by giving it a name and tweaking variables such as gender, clothing, hairstyle, accessories, and skin color. The Brute is then randomly assigned ability points (health, strength, agility, and speed[3][4]), skills, weapons, and pets. There are 26 weapons in the game,[5] 28 skills to learn,[6] and 3 pets: dogs, wolves, and bears.[3][7]
The player gains experience points from fighting in the arena and expanding his or her dojo by recruiting other players to be pupils.[8][9] Each time a player levels up, one of the Brute's three statistics (strength, agility, and speed) is increased. There is also a chance that the Brute will gain a new weapon, a new skill, or a new pet.
The arena fights are completely automatic and require no input from the user.[8][9][10] Brutes with higher levels and skills tend to be more successful. Though the player cannot control his or her Brute in a fight, the player can control who the Brute challenges.
Other than fights that result when a pupil is recruited, a Brute is limited to three or five (depending on the version of the game) fights per day.[3][9][10] Six fights are allowed on the first day when the character is created.[3] However, as players are allowed to create as many Brutes as they wish, players may continue to engage in fights using other Brute characters.
There are a total of 28 skills a Brute can gain each time it levels up:[6]
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Reviewers praised the game's sound effects, cute presentation, and cartoonish graphics.[8][9][10][11] Reviewers found the game simple and easy to get into and appreciated that it required little time investment from the player.[8][12] Reviewers also found that the game mechanic of pupil-recruitment contributed to the game by making it a social experience.[12][13] Negative criticism focused on the inability to control the Brutes during the fights, which served to limit the game's depth and replayability.[8][9][10] Reviewers also criticized the cap on the number of fights each Brute could engage in daily.[9][10]
Launched in March 2010, French only
Unlike its predecessor, MyBrute V2.0 does not use the referral system. Each brute is given two choices of weapons/skills/stats upon each level up, resulting in deeper strategic planning. On each day, each brute can fight up to 10 battles (20 battles with payment of 0.25 Euro) or 3 losses, whichever occurs first, as well as enter one tournament.