X360 recently had the pleasure, or lack of, of playing Too Human. For an entire day. Before they continue, they would like to point out that the code was incomplete. X360 offer this as a caveat, because what they are about to say about the game itself isn't particularly kind, because frankly, kindness is not a quality it deserves.
Initially ugly and onwardly dull, Too Human, in its present form doesn't so much suffer an identity crisis as give a knowing nod that it's simply not very entertaining. What other reason could there be for the poor script, laugh-a-minute voice-acting, and protagonists so poorly modelled and lip-synced as to be singularly unable to imbue its plot with any degree of weight.
The action-RPG by now-defunct Silicon Knights is now free for Xbox gamers! Check out the Too Human free direct download link with armor sets here.
Fun fact: I'm one of five people to have completed Too Human and actually liked it. It should be noted that the other four ended up in mental institutions....sadly.
I completed it and kinda liked it. Controls were iffy but overall, I dug it. Shame Dyack was crazy. xD
I have never played this, mostly because I didn't own an Xbox prior to a few months ago Def. will check this out
It certainly has a cool story and its a good game. it was just marred by long development time and kind of egotistical creator.
i really liked this one too. Always wished for a sequel, but sadly i don’t see it in the cards
Yeah, it had a solid story and game mechanics. I remember the controls weren't smartly implemented, and every time you respawned, the animation was so long.
I can't count the number of times I finished this game gridding for gear. Weird control but I liked it
Me and my friend beat it so many times. I got the best armor mathematically possible in it. Great game imo but their needed to be more tutorials on how runes work. The one that spawns singularities upon hitting someone was cash.
I beat it too. The controls were weird, but once I got use to them it was okay. I found the story to be actually half decent. Too bad there wasn't a sequel because I really believe if they have fixed the issues the first game had(controls, camera, etc), it could have been a great series.
I remember that I played the 1st stage. The control was so bad that I couldn't force myself to continue.
Fun fact...you're actually one of six :) That game was the reason I kept an Xbox 360 running until they released the very last B/C titles and it was among them.
I thought the game was ok, clunky but ok. Every time I go back to play it though it takes 20 minutes for the controls to 'click' again. Pity most of the advanced combos and controls aren't listed anywhere in the game.
Liked not loved. It's like a cheap dominos pizza it's not great but it's serviceable if your starving
I liked this game. It has it's flaws but the story and mechanics are pretty good. It still holds up today.
i really enjoyed it when it came out.
It was free recently on xbox through BC. Id love to see this revived but sadly i think the legal issues would stop that
He worked in the game industry since the early ‘90s
Oh sad to say not that familiar with this man's work but RIP to this individual, his music must have been amazing.
Very sad news, I really enjoy the Eternal Darkness and Blood Omen soundtracks, masterpieces.
Anddddd now we got a hate preview.
Whoever said it first, I agree. This game is going to be a love/hate affair.
Wow, even EDGE's negative previews aren't this hateful. I haven't played the game but so far, it doesn't seem as bad as this previewer says. Kotaku's preview wasn't really positive but at least not too hateful.
a few more of these scathing previews should end the comparisons to Diablo 3... at least until some crackpot gives that a bad preview.
ouch!!!!
"Too Human is, sadly, not looking promising. But then, in a game that was originally designed for the PSone, what were we all expecting?"
This is what really stuck out to me. I think he's just a Xbox fanboy who considers Too Human to be a Play Station port that is coming to the 360.
Also, a lot the features he's talking about sound almost as if he watched one the recent Silicon Knights devblog videos on IGN (the developers were talking about how the enemies level with you) and just wrote out what the developers said but put his own negative twist on it.
"Initially ugly and onwardly dull, Too Human, in its present form doesn’t so much suffer an identity crisis as give a knowing nod that it’s simply not very entertaining."
Is the guy even playing the same game? If you've seen the recent Too Human game play videos I think you can tell that it's a very beautiful game with a very neat cyberpunk Norse mythology art direction.