Ok I said I wasn’t going to talk about Too Human but I had to mention the host of G4s Attack of the Show, Kevin Pereira and his Too Human rant. Kevin goes off for 5 minutes and defends the game and I think makes a lot of valid points. I like that Kevin is bucking the curve and called Gamespot out because frankly someone had to, the reviews for the game are all over the place and really do not give a clear view of what the game offers. I have to admit that I was not a Kevin fan, but after his rant I give him some respect and I like his last bit about the bass. Again I am looking forward to this game and unfortunately probably wont be getting my hands on it until I get back from traveling in a week so expect my ramblings then.
Too Human: Screw the HatersMy two pennies concerning the negative reviews Too Human has been receiving. Relax: The game is FUN!
When you think great trilogies, you think Star Wars or LOTR. Let’s just clear one thing up there is only one Return, and it ain’t of the fucking King. Anyway, Too Human, almost a decade in development, has been released with more varied scrutiny of Assassins’ Creed. MS will promote their ideas to the very death. Here is what they think of Too Human:
This game will begin the saga of the god Baldur in the narrative tradition of classic trilogies, such as Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings. We will talk about the full trilogy and we are very excited about its potential.
I can guarantee you that no one will have a Too Human themed wedding this fall. No way.
As Confucius once said, “the photoshop cat juggles a ball of yarn, and unravels it all over his face.” You are Baldur, Denis. You’re the poorly animated bald Norse technogod, the Übermensch with a thousand pointless book references misunderstood by the dirty proles who aren’t worthy enough to judge you.
Your favorite Nietzsche quote, “he who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster,” is one you’ve fallen victim to yourself, if your opinion of this site is to be taken to heart. In these pitiable confrontations with us you’ve proven to be the monster of gaming development, a sore on the industry and a squanderer of your subordinates’ time and effort. Through all this, through this self-inflicted PR nightmare, you’ve conquered vast new frontiers of unwarranted hyperbole and desperate pseudo-intellectual grasping. Buy an unaccredited doctorate, change your given name to Derek, and take up the reins; Derek Smart would eagerly defer to the greatness of Dr. Dyack.
What is an appropriate action to take in response to the man who continues to post here? I won’t be tolerating a second retconned “social experiment,” a second call for NeoGAF’s closing, or a second “worst forum” insult. You decided to ignore the option for real terms for your pointless tag bet, so with the majority of reviews condemning your magnum opus to mediocrity I’ll claim a suitable prize by telling you to get the hell off NeoGAF.
Wow. That’s what I call pwnage right there. Dyack runs his mouth then won’t back it up, then NeoGAF goes and bans him for calling them out. Pwnage on both sides.
I caught myself just now in a bit of a conundrum, you may ask what that might be and it is that I was excited about playing Too Human for quite some time now, but there has been so much press and fanfare that it is getting to the point of annoying. Too Human first came out to huge acclaim and then people pooped all over it once they got their hands on it. There was talk of the game being too short and not having any replay value. Some have even gone as far to cal it the Haze of the Xbox 360. (Now that is just hurtful)
Denis Dyack also continues to throws his two cents in the mix and now there are countless numbers of reviews for the game and discussion. Too Human for me will be an interesting game and I have chosen to not play the demo and not read any reviews, it is a game that I want to experience for myself. I want to review it for everyone, but I may even refrain from that as well seeing as the reviews out now are all over the place, there is no consensus on the title and now it is just a virtual pissing contest. Read More »
Apparently Denis Dyack decided in his infinite wisdom to take on an entire forum and defend his already controversial Too Human title. So far it has gotten quite a beating but that does not stop Dyack form publicly going out and pushing his product and slamming anyone who disagrees. I don’t mind him standing up for his title but I think calling out an entire forum is childish and I know it creates publicity for his title and may even make people by it, but is uncalled for. Plus I happen to like NeoGAF.
When asked why he chose to shout out NeoGAF he had this to say:
NeoGAF is considered to be the worst, and I would say is probably the worst forum. And so, you might as well pick the worst one. Why not? So, that was the idea of that. Forums in general… The US military has really stopped using text because it resulted in too many instances of insubordination, so forums in general are just negative. There are some positive ones, but in general they’re negative, and people need to understand that, because there’s a very vocal minority that is generally negative and you’ve just got to let that stuff go. That was the reason why.
Dennis Dyack’s oft delayed, oft controversial hack and slash action RPG, Too Human, is finally done. As of yesterday, the game has gone gold. It’ll be on retail shelves August 19th.
Microsoft also announced that the demo has been downloaded over 900,000 times. I played the demo, not exactly sure how I feel about it. I think I need to see more in the full game before I make a final decision. We’ll see later this month. Stay tuned for our review when the game ships.
Microsoft announced today that it will be providing some serious E3 coverage and in this coverage was the announcement that Too Human will be getting a demo.
Microsoft has announced that its “Bringing it Home” E3 initiative will start up this year on July 14. Through Xbox Live, gamers will be able to download various content from E3, including game trailers, news from the show floor, interviews, gamerpics, themes and demos.
This will include the long awaited Too Human demo that Silicon Knights has promised would come out before the game’s launch this August. Keep your Xbox 360 hooked up to a high-speed internet connection and be on the lookout for your first chance to try out Too Human.
Seems that Microsoft is really pressing this game and getting it out into the light as much as possible, good move from their marketing people considering that it has gotten hammered lately. Will the upcoming demo help vindicate the already slandered Too Human or will it help finish it off even before it hits stores in August. I will be downloading the demo to tell fact from fiction, will you?
Too Human isn’t getting the best press right now with the previews running around. They’re ranging from “meh” to “worst game ever”. Yikes. We’re going to save our judgement until we get our hands on the final product. For now, check out some gameplay footage (which many people are calling very repetitive).
This is a bit of sad news, looks like Too Human is a 10 hour long game! All of that juicy gameplay that has been popping up all over and it is limited to 10 hours of gameplay?!
According to the folks over at Wired this is all you get from start to finish with little replay value and for an RPG 10 hours is next to nothing. When you break this down it comes out to $6 an hour for Too Human, not the best of buys.
Quite a shame really since this was a big title that many gamers were watching for the summer.
Watch some Too Human gameplay after the jump, but cry as you realise that it is all too short. Read More »
The question is not whether you will play the game, the question is who you will play the game with. Much like Mass Effect, who you are decides what you can and cannot do. There seems to be a nice balance here, but I always find myself gravitating towards the soldier class because I’d rather be the guy with the guns and let my team do the other stuff. I always get better results when I do the shooting and they do the looting.
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