Globe & Mail looks at Too Human and Bionic Commando Rearmed, says the hyped Xbox 360 exclusive turns out to be a lacklustre dungeon crawler starring a frustratingly death-prone Norse god while the remake of Capcom's classic is just as satisfying now as the original was 20 years ago. From the story:
"...My biggest beef is that my hero-supposedly a god-dies much too frequently for my liking. A combination of unintuitive controls and unfair enemy tactics (I was constantly, frustratingly under attack by both long range weaponry and melee warriors) led my protagonist to perish some 59 times in the game's first two dungeons. That's about once every six minutes of battle, according to the game's exhaustive statistics page. And every time he died I was forced to sit through a 15 second animation showing him being raised into the heavens by a valkyrie before being resurrected someplace nearby to re-enter the fray, as though nothing had happened.
In other words, death is an annoyingly regular occurrence with no real consequences. Which made me wonder: What purpose was my god's excessive mortality supposed to serve? Battle drama would have been heightened had he been apt to kick the bucket less frequently but with more serious repercussions-like having to restart at a save point...."
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.
This is a blog. Not news, but someones opinion. If you need even further proof, he makes a whole paragraph about Bionic Commando and why he much rather enjoy that. If that doesn't spell rookie, I don't know what does.
Games under-deliver,this isn't the first time a game was ill received by the gaming journalists...
I do however believe,this is one of the biggest disappointments of gaming in a long long while,the only other game that was ever hyped up so much and failed to deliver was Daikatana.
Hilarious title.
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Who cares. Do we have to hear about this game every 5 minutes? PS3 fanboys need to stop acting like this makes PS3 better or something. It doesn't.
Atleast XBOX 360 has a game to review this week.
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You're crazy
XBOX 360 sells the most software. 360 has the most games that become hits sales wise.
Every PS3 game flops, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet & Clank, Lair, PS3 having 2 flops? What a joke
PS3 fans are seriously delusional. Every exclusive PS3 game flops because the install base isn't there. It's getting better, but what your saying is just obsurd. Use your common logic.