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The One Reason Too Human failed To Work

Too Human. You know how you feel about it by now. Even if you haven't played it, you probably have an opinion. And even those that had experienced the demo have come to the same realisation that the optimistic buyers have also come to: there is something wrong with the game. Strangely, it was while giving The Outfit the thirty seconds of gameplay it deserved that led to the answer as to just what it was that held Too Human back.
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Published: 487 days 9 hours ago | Article | Xbox 360
 
 

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HighDefinition - 487 days 10 hours ago
1 - The One Reason Too Human failed To Work
Let me guess.....

Its NOT that good.
1.1 Presentist | 487 days 8 hours ago - comment has been reported as off topic -
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HipHopGamerShowFan - 487 days 7 hours ago
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Like HipHopGamer and I beleive, Heavy Rain looks like the best next gen looking title to date.
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RememberThe357 - 487 days 7 hours ago
1.4 - @Presentist : wow... way to be positive...
I hope you keep that out look the rest of you life...
1.5 Presentist | 487 days 7 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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RememberThe357 - 487 days 5 hours ago
1.6 - lol don't flater your self
I believe called a coincidence, perhaps?
1.7 sumfood4u | 487 days 2 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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ZeroXMD - 486 days 14 hours ago
1.8 - people bash 4 many reasons
they are bashing this game bc all of the sudden they are holding this and only this game to higher standards than anything else and since it wasnt OMFGTHISGAMEIZTEHUBERIST!!, people are bashing the crap out of it. If anyone reads my posts, they know I hate Microsoft. And for me to defend this game, it has to be decent at least and it is. It is a fun game that mixes Diablo and DMC elements and it works. Its not 10 or 9 but it isnt a 6 or 5. How many people are bashing the crap out of this game simply bc they have read reviews and bash this game without playing it? This is my first game for my recently acquired RRODbox 360 (simply bc i've had it a month and it's already RROD'd) and I enjoy the crap out of it. It has alot of flaws but overall is a really fun game.

One thing is for damn sure, this game is alot better than alot of other 360 games. people down the comment list were saying how this game is a victim of a 360 bad-game-witch-hunt. Trust me, there are A CRAP load of crappier games on 360. Madden isn't even out yet and I already know it sucks, just like the past 2 years worth of maddens have sucked. Halo's 2nd multiplayer expansion sucks alot worse than this game, and I'm not reffering to it's map pack, even tho it sucked as well (OMG you remade lockout already, WHY THE F*CK DID YOU REMAKE IT AGAIN?! I WANT MIDSHIP REDONE DAMMIT!!) Why a game you bought from Burger King is hailed as OMG-UBER I have no freaking clue and countless others.

If anyone is going to look at a game that should and could have been released 2-3 years before it's time bc it really isn't a this gen game, look at halo and its 2 multiplayer expansions. Halo was good for its time and then everyone that bought halo bought both of it's expansions. I call them expansions cause 10 hours of a non-existant story doesn't count as a full game. "Hey! there's some aliens. Shoot them. Cool, hey more aliens, but they look like ppl but also have little bubbles following them around. Forget what they are or why the aliens are here, lets just shoot them and if we want story, we'll read the books."
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HighDefinition - 487 days 10 hours ago
2.1 - Dennis Dyack.....
Kinda deserves all this though. IMO.

But I hear ya, should be over soon enough.
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CrippleH - 487 days 10 hours ago
2.2 -
It'll never be over.

People will always bag on Lair, Haze, and now Too Human is on that list to bag on.
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Firstkn1ghT - 487 days 9 hours ago
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Too Human is not in the same list as Haze or Lair. Too Human is getting an average of mostly 7's with a few 8's and 6's. Respected sites like IGN gave it a 7.8 and Gamepro gave it an 8.0. Haze and Lair averaged 5's. Not the same.
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solidt12 - 487 days 8 hours ago
2.4 - @ Firstkn1ghT -
Sorry dude, I owned Lair and HAZE and I enjoyed both of them slightly more than Too Human. But they all have short comings.
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lowcarb - 487 days 8 hours ago
2.5 -
I've clocked in 50 hours of Too Human and must say it's hella fun. One of the best experiences I've personally ever had in a game. This game easily gets a 9 in my book and will continue to be played. These reviews should never be taken serious and I wouldn't be surprised if the game sold really well. Such ashame this game was knocked down but oh well I guess.
2.6 marionz | 487 days 7 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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deeznuts - 487 days 4 hours ago
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I've been a huge PS3 fan, but I ain't no fanboy. Had the PS3 since launch, and have played every big game. had my 360 a month or so and am working my way through its library slowly. I've played Haze and Lair, and they are much worse than Too Human. Seriously, Too Human is not that bad. And I don't buy my games (gamefly) so I have NO reason to defend a purchase. I've rented a game and if it sucks, it goes into the envelope right back to Gamefly, no remorse. I just returned Halo 3 and Crackdown ... I thought both were no good!

Too Human, was a tiny bit frustrating with the camera. But once I got the hang of everything, it's getting quite fun. Not perfect, not AAA, but jeez if I only played AAA games I'd never have a game to play.
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Montrealien - 487 days 2 hours ago
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Too Human stories are hot, why? Because some people hate it and are loving that the game is getting trashed, and also because some people love it and hate how it is being trashed. hence, most hater have turned it into one of the Hottest game son N4G, which is Ironic. It is not whether you talk about it in a good way, or in a bad way, as long as you talk about it.

I am enjoying it, was a good purchase for me and I don' t regret it. And I never expect the greatest game in the world for any game I want to play, I am just expecting a video game I can burn a few hour into, a lot of you have forgot why we play game I think. and I love people that defend Lair of Haze against people that thing the are bad game and blah blah blah. I love Lair, and I enjoyed Haze, despite all the crap most internet user created, this is all the Internets faults if you ask me. Outside, in the real world, people bought games like, Haze, Lair, Too Human...enjoyed them, and never game to a gaming web site.
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Drekken - 486 days 21 hours ago
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Lowcarb, well I know whos opinion NOT to trust when it comes to games.
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Wildarmsjecht - 487 days 10 hours ago
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LMAAAO

Ok, I know this looks bad given the article and news about the game in general, but when I clicked the link to see waht the issue with Too Human was, I was greeted with this. See why I found it funny?

The internet. Serious Business.

Bah..image wont open correctly. sec.
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Chris Hansen - 487 days 10 hours ago
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I'm getting bored of ripping on Too Human. Let's stop with these Too Human articles.
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SacT0wnF1n3st - 487 days 9 hours ago
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The game obviously has flaws and it's just not that good.
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lowcarb - 487 days 8 hours ago
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All games have flaws have many people playing Too human tonight think it's great.
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Agent-X - 487 days 9 hours ago
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well everybody know the answer to that because it sucks
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Strife Lives - 487 days 9 hours ago
8 - I still dont understand it
Did they think a lame plot like this could drag on through 3 games ? ! ? Sorry Knights,you must be mistaking us for the 30min playtime crew a.k.a casual gamer or wii users as their better known.let this game die and give me MASS EFFECT 2!
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lowcarb - 487 days 8 hours ago
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What are you talking about? The story to this game is epic and solid. I only wish more games had a story as deep and engaging as Too Human. Mass Effect was good and all and I loved it but I think the story in Too Human is actually a little better. I really hope part two comes out soon and they add 4 player co-op. Great game definitely worth a buy.
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ErcsYou - 487 days 9 hours ago
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"The One Reason Too Human failed To Work" is the fact that nobody really gave it a chance.... The media murdered it first..

I say that if you liked the demo, ignore the press and give the game a try.
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Atomic - 487 days 8 hours ago
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Too Human failed because it was developed by a second rate incompetent dev with no talent.
this game's budget was $30 million ?? are you kidding me!
poor Microsoft. they got scammed.
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lowcarb - 487 days 8 hours ago
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Wow thats kind of harsh don't you think? I don't care to much about the developer personally but I think they are on to something here with Too Human and hopefully part two can shine.
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Atomic - 487 days 8 hours ago
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sorry, but when you have 10 years development time and a budget only the biggest studios in the world can dream of , and under-deliver in every aspect of the game, then there's something really wrong about your legitimacy as a developer.
and there is no way a sequel could be successful, because the Too Human 2 name is forever stained by the reputation of it's predecessor.
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lowcarb - 487 days 7 hours ago
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The game in know way under delivered 1st off and the reason I can say that is because i've been fooling around with it for the past 50 hours. Also Killzone 1 was terrible game in the eyes of many so are you saying that part 2 will also have a stained reputation. Just because you obviously dislike the man doesn't mean your thoughts are correct and actually makes you sound like a hater rather then a gamer if your even one.
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akaFullMetal - 487 days 8 hours ago
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things like this that happened to alot of ps3 games, heavenly sword was great, however the length was what killed it, but it was a great game, and lair was also great in some people eyes, but had a few flaws. Now with Too Human, same scenario but now all the 360 fanboys are saying " the reviewer sucks" or " they are wrong i loved the demo"

The same thing could be said about warhawk, people bashed that game, but that is one of my favorite games ever, and i dont see why people bashed on that. So this is some medicine then for the 360 guys who bashed other ps3 games that were critized and bashed.
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zer0man1 - 487 days ago
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I agree with you. At the start of this gen it was just fine for the media to bash on all the new PS3 titles for little things like short length.
But when Too Human (a 360 title) comes out and the media bashes it for being totally broken, NOW we have this public out cry to stop judging games so hard. NOW reviews are just one persons opinion. NOW a games worth is based on the amount of enjoyment the individual receives from it. NOW we have Kevin Pereira (host of G4's Attack of the Show) making videos personally defending a video game against bad reviews.

Where was all this passionate analysis of reviews and their significance to the worth of a video game when PS3 games were getting bashed.

IMO there are a lot of people (gamers and video game press) who just cant stand to see a 360 title fail and the only reason they are speaking out in defence of Too Human is because it is a 360 exclusive.

If Too human was a PS3 exclusive bashing it would not even be an issue.
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Saint Sony - 487 days 5 hours ago
13 - Of course it sucks...
Too painful controls... just horrible, bad controls alone makes the game suck.
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Cherchez La Ghost - 487 days 2 hours ago
13.1 - Painful controls?!
Are you serious?! Sometimes Developers walk away from conventional standards of how you play games. It took no less than 30 min. to learn my combo's.
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edonus - 487 days 5 hours ago
14 - If someone says the controls are bad they havent played it...
Even if you picked it up and moved around with it, if you say the controls suck you havent played it. The controls offer a very detailed variety on moving back and forth between melee and shooting. Its a flow that gives you the ability to take on hoardes of enemies at once. By the time I beat the game I was a master at the controls. They are sweet.

This game is another example of the witch hunts that the 360 is dealing with now. I think that they got so much props early, that now the media wants to balance out the quality of 360 titles against Ps3 titles. The first witch hunt was Ninja Gaiden 2. That game is classic even just for being the hardest game you'll probably ever play, the combat in that game is better than any combat system to date, yet it was slaughtered by reviewers. Too Human is next up. The game is solid. Not 9s and 10s solid but even if you dont get it nothing under a 7. The customizing options, the combat and artistic styling of the game alone should get it to a 7. I personally would give it a 8.3. Its sets a good mood and is fun to just play (once you know what you are doing). I wonder what next for the witch hunt, Banjo, maybe. They cant pull this type of crap with Gears 2. That game has too much love we already know that game is sweet. They would look stupid trying to insult that one.
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Saint Sony - 487 days 1 hour ago
14.1 - Just because 360 game gets bad reviews does not mean there's witch hunt going on...
Get used to it, even 360 has "bad" games. As simple as that. Not all devs (no matter how hyped the game is) can achieve great products.

I have played the demo only. I have downloaded it twice to be honest, just because I really wanted it to be great, but it was not.
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Kornster671 - 487 days 2 hours ago
15 - I don't regret my Too Human purchase one bit
Been playing it since I purchased it and I think the Norse legend tie in with the past with machine story is quite awesome in my opinion. If you don't like it fine, if you do good. Either way move on and stop bashing the game.
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Cherchez La Ghost - 487 days 2 hours ago
16 - F@$K all these reviews..,
I'm at level 25 with over 11 hours of gameplay. This game is not is half as bad as these wack-ass reviews and fanboys make it to be. I stop listening to these lame articles after Ninja Gaiden 2 after alot of people cried and b*tched about the camera angles. Me and the rest of my friends who brought Ninja Gaiden 2 agreed it was a very challenging game a do not regret buying it. All these "# REASONS WHY" articles are terrible. And the sad thing is masses jump on the bandwagon for the ride.
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divideby0 - 487 days 1 hour ago
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9+ hours in .... Level 28 and the game is a BORING...
the levels and gameplay are so repetitive, I swear its painful to play it at times.
One major problem is the online CoOp was designed for more than the crippling 2 online and its hard as heck when trying to do it with only 2 (the boss at the end of L2 was def. designed to be fought withmore than 2). Two players (L25 and L31) even with combos took forever to beat, since it was designed for more than 2
Just rent the game, before you spend 60 bucks.
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Joker2Dope - 487 days 1 hour ago
18 - Unappreciative blog spammer
You wanna know what I think now that you've had your chance, I think your an ignornant a-hole, who has little to no appreciation for games, the time, the hard work and sweat the that goes into making them, if you think you know what's so great maybe you should make it yourself, due to the that fact that you have no consideration to the man power and time that goes into these games or a clear respect, you're man of a little to no inetelligene and your opinion means little to us and just comes across as annoying. In regards to Mass Effect was an awesome game that had tons of replay value has better graphics then heavy rain and was fun, your un-appreciative and I hope you live in your mom's basement condoned to playing Mass Effect for the rest of your life you ungrateful teenager.
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BlackTar187 - 486 days 22 hours ago
19.1 - Sales dont equal quality.
I say this and Ive played about 35hrs I have a level 50 commando and a level 35 bioengineer. But sales don't equal quality and people need to realize this. now this game is majorally flawed and if i didn't have a good friend to play with then this game wouldn't have held me thru a 2nd playthoriugh. At the end of the day its fun and thats why i'm glad i paid for it(for Support) but to turn a blind eye to the issues because your a respected follower of your said console is ignorant and misinformed. I like the game but its camera system its right joystick its constant repetive battles and glitches make this game flawed in some big areas but like I tell people who ask at the end of the day i walk away with having had some fun nd as a gamer thats all the matters to me. If thats not the case for you maybe your not a gamer and just a corp. puppet
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Drekken - 486 days 21 hours ago
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Anyone know how many units this game sold first week WW?
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DJ - 486 days 21 hours ago
21 - It's just painfully obvious that
Silicon Knights is no longer a good development team, nor a talented one. The glory days of Twin Snakes and Eternal Darkness are over.
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Wii60Fan - 486 days 21 hours ago
22 - The only flaw
I see with this game, besides the jerky character animation in the CGI cutscenes, is the inordinately long death scene with Valkerye coming down... I mean do we REALLY have to see this EVERY time our character dies?
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THAMMER1 - 486 days 20 hours ago
23 - Too human has not failed.
It is just hated. I'm a level 24 champion I think the game is getting a bad wrap.
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