GamerNode: Too Human Hands-On

There is a lot wrong with Too Human; the camera is difficult to control, the graphics are a bit sub-par, the graphical style is way more than sub-par, the animations are of the worst level of quality, the music is generic, and the voice acting is quite bad (though in the videogame business that means it's pretty average).

However, when playing the game there is an inescapable, pervasive sense of fun that you just can't put your finger on.

[Playstation Man]

So despite the fun that can be had with Lair and Haze, their technical mess was enough to THRASH the games right to hell. A 360 exclusive? *phew* are you kidding me? Now all of a sudden fun factor (or personal motivation to defend) = 8/10 atleast.

We'll see come August, but I'm crying foul ahead of time. I played that demo. There was no undeniable sense of fun had in it. That camera and clunky controls RUINED it for me. But hey, who am I but a consumer that these media type are suppose to UNBIASEDLY inform?

[The gaming GOD]

the same EXACT thing

[Vecta]

They are saying that the gameplay is fun enough that they mostly forget about its technical faults whereas a game like Lair the faults are bad enough that they cant forget about them and get lost in the fun gameplay.

[Playstation Man]

Honestly, when you read that list of faults, would it really be easy to get over it when we thrash entire games for faulty cameras? That's only one of the flaws they mentioned. If this averages higher than 6.9/10 there's a double standard out there that's just not fair to any title on PS3/Wii or hell even some M$ games despite the medias obsession with them.

[Drekken]

Haze had a few fun parts, but it was lame. Lair was the worst (besides that sonic crap) game Ive played on ps3. You arent supposed to get frustrated to the point of hating the game when you play. Lair succeeded in that. They might have patched it... but too late.

I was hoping Too Human was a hit. We will see !

[pumpkinpunker]

you're lying. you never played the too human demo.

all your posts are about PS3 games and how awesome they are and how crappy every 360 game is. you just go way too overboard to be believable. you never, ever talk about any xbox 360 games positively and it's obvious you don't own a 360. you're full of it. you're an emo sony fanboy who trolls 360 forums because your precious little console is so unpopular and it bugs the hell out of you.

you even made a stupid statement in one of your posts about gears of war, saying it's not about scale like resistance is but about small battles in enclosed areas. if you had actually played the game you would know there are freakin' huge monsters in Gears of War in open spaces. but, no, you just shot your mouth off using the E3 buzz word for Resistance 2 in order to make ignorant jab at Gears of War.

dude, just quit N4G. seriously. you're being found out left and right.

[Nasim Detective]

It is one of his newer accounts. I have been tracking him and registering him on my IP tracking software.

Soon all of his accounts will be revealed. He is crazy. He uses his multiple accounts to have conversations with himself.

PooPooPlatter
cloudman
Playstation Man
Poor Xbots
Ram Magnums
QueefyB
lagoonalight
VeryAngryXbot
Angelitos....

The list goes on and on.

[Playstation Man]

I know who Nasim is and I know why you're all after his trolling butt. I'm not Nasim, if I were I'd be at the top of every Open Zone ripping 360 aimlessly. If you look at my post history, I've praised Halo Wars and talked in reasonable economic terms for the most part about the 360 vs PS3 war.

I'm not Nasim and you can track me if you want to find out for yourself. Whatever makes you sleep at night man.

[juuken]

For a detective...you sure don't do your research carefully. Good Lord, you bots are so delusional that you think Nasim is everywhere.

[TheColbertinator]

So are you an anti-troll?Because their are plenty of Microsoft,Sony,and Nintendo trolls all over.But what about getting rid of the Sony trolls and Microsoft trolls.They suck and ain't funny.

[DJ]

And why do you spend your days scouring the universe for him?

*Edit: the plot thickens.

[Wildarmsjecht]

Nasim Detective is Bloodmask. There. I did it too. Although I'm kinda sure bout mine.

[Playstation Man]

He's PoG/Mart/Crab/...w/e else that guy goes under.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

I always figured that and the fact that he is now accusing me of being PoG and the others in the exact same order as Nasim does makes me believe even more.

Go get'em detective but be careful because they are like a swarm and will soon have you banned and your bubbles will be exstinguished because you do not join in the PS3 circle jerk.

[TheColbertinator]

@Giant Enemy Crab So you want to stop trolls by acting like a troll?How has that been working out for you?

[sushipoop]

Ouch.

[Nasim Detective]

I have added him to my tracking list. Nasim must be revealed to N4G.

[The gaming GOD]

You're making yourself look like a loser for tracking him with the sole purpose of "exposing" him.

You even went as far as to find and register his Ip in your ip tracking software? Come on man, be serious here.

This makes you look just as bad as the person you're tracking

[juuken]

...And yet it's fun. o_o;

H'kay.

[DJ]

o_o

[TheColbertinator]

Double Ouch!

[Whoooop]

He's basically saying:

This expired meat is full of hair, dust and dirt. It also has worms and fecal particles YET it taste SO GOOD!!!!

[Big Jim]

I hope Too Human is a massive, brutal failure. Why? I don't know. I just hope its a massive flop.

[badz149]

to make Too Human not too bad! I think this will be another case of love or hate. it's that simple and we'll see discrepancy in review scores later! it's interesting to see how this will compare to Haze scenario! personally I think Haze is a good game(7.5 to 8.0) and the online is pretty fun! IGN US gave it 4.5, which I strongly disagree but maybe because they expected too much from it and the game itself was kinda under delivering and thus the 4.5! Too Human has a massive expectation on its shoulder as well and anything under delivering will make this game suffer from harsh reviews!

[silverchode]

why not look for pogs multiple accounts?

[Whoooop]

Because he's probably POG...

:)

[ilkercruiser]

Very bad preview , very poor. very amateur sentences...

[Silver360]

Just remember the writers name (Andy Groen) and never trust or listen to any of his reviews again agin. If he can't get this right what else is he messing up?

[ilkercruiser]

Camera is difficult to control?
The camera is automatic. Whatta hell you talking about?
And there are so many camera angles you can choose from. Very far (Diablo cam) is very good for this game.

[pumpkinpunker]

people need to lighten up and play this game like a hack n slash dungeon crawler like Diablo and stop trying to play it like god of war. i think a big part of the problem is that consoles have never seen a game like this really and people don't know what to think.

[Fade_Walker]

I don't care what anyone says, it was a demo and it could be improved by the time the retail version comes out.

I enjoyed the demo so it's a day one for me.

[Tacki]

I haven't played Too Human (yet) so I can't say whether the game is good or bad. It seems to me what's happening is many early previews were quite negative. It was getting trashed left and right. I believe the first wave of previews were done in the mindset that this game was to be the next big thing. Some mind-blowing exclusive title by Silicon Knights. However, it wasn't received well and most left terribly disapointed with the game. Now you see almost the opposite happening. Why is that? I believe it's due in a large part to many lowering their expectations. Now wait... don't jump on me just yet! I'm not trying to say it's a bad game. Once again I've yet to play it (will try to soon) so I'm not judging the game itself. But from what I've seen and heard it seems as though there's been many misconceptions about Too Human. I think that the hype above all else is what's harmed this game. It was elevated to be the next huge hit for the Xbox 360. It may turn out to be a hit, but I think it will be on a smaller scale. I think somehow it got put across as a game that would have huge mass appeal when in fact it's more of a niche title. I could be wrong but this is what I've gathered from my observation.

As for this particular preview... I don't find it very insightful. Again, I'm not knocking the game... but reading this preview all I really got out of it was "There are many problems... but SOMEHOW it's good." He lists many things that are bad about it... but when it comes to the good things he says little more than "There's just something about it." He goes on to mention that it plays similiar to Diablo 2, but again that's not really going into detail and I've never played a Diablo game. I realize it's only a preview and not a review... but something a little more in depth would have satisfied me. Though he does mention that it's obvious the game was meant to be played with several other people. Correct me if I'm wrong... but wasn't the game scaled down from 4 player co-op to just 2? If so that may actually be more detrimental to the game than anything. Playing with one extra person is not the same as playing with a group of friends. He talks about how he believes "group dynamics" will play a large part in the overall experience. It sounds as though without that the game could be hampered a bit. This is just what I can sort of pull from his preview though.

I'll see if I can get my hands on the demo soon. Got two 360's that need repair but I'll see if I can steal my brother's and perhaps share my own thoughts on the game.

[pumpkinpunker]

get it out of your heads.

most of the previews are positive. before haze was released there was a bizarre, unsettling, dismissive silence from critics. at least this game has sparked enough passion in critics to speak out in big numbers.

i played the demo. I expect it to get a metascore in the low to mid 80's and being overly critical myself, I'm usually pretty good at gauging how other critics will rate.

the critic is right. despite any flaws this game has (and determined flaws do vary from critic to critic) it is a completely new style that consoles have never seen: a worthy heir of the diablo tradition with lots of replayability and it's just flat out fun.

I will buy this game.

[DARK WITNESS]

i kind of see what they mean.

i have played the demo and it is ... well ...best describe it as a joke really.

The only thing, and i mean only thing that i thought may, just may pull some interest is the story. From a technical point of view the game is a failure, if it was on the wii i would have forgiven it.

but, and its a big but... i actually played the demo twice ( for me thats a big thing ) and enjoyed it more the second time round.

ng2 demo, played for like 5 min and deleted, bad company played for 3 min and deleted. there is something about this game that makes it fun, but if you asked me what it was, i could not tell you.

still, i am one of the people that will not be buying it. its the kind of game i would have expected from EA, and i won't buy a crap game just cos i like the devs.

not writing CK off or anything, but i hope they take onboard what is being said now about the game and make changes, lots of changes.. If 2 and 3 just continue off the same engine with the same broken cam etc, the whole series may just go down as one of the worst in history lol.

[felidae]

looser.

the camera feels just right and i had no problems at all in the demo.

[THE_MACC]

I love how this game splits people,

the people who think the camera is a bit different, I'll persist and see if I get used to it. then end up liking the game.

and the people who go, this is something new..... CHANGE!!! lets burn it! Change is bad and must be avoided.

[speed]

with the Demo. I was expecting a higher tier of graphics. To me this is not graphically up to par with the great games released over the last year. I believe they had to sacrifice some of the graphics to keep the framerate up. Don't get me wrong I'm not hatin on the game, but I was expecting more. A lot of people are saying they enjoy the berserker class more so I may give that a try