The wait is over -- in-depth impressions of Silicon Knights' 360 debut

For a company that has long been known as much for president Denis Dyack's words as the games it produces, it's an odd scenario for the press to show up and not want to chat. But with all the controversy hovering over Too Human -- from the tech-challenged E3 2006 demo, to the debates over how games are marketed, to the ill-timed E3 2007 trailer and the Unreal Engine break-up -- there's only so far talking can go.

[wil4hire]

Hope it makes it to the ps3 one day.

[fjtorres]

Too Human is funded and published by Microsoft game studios so it falls in the same category as Gears of War. A 360 exclusive under lock-n-key for the duration of the development contract. Which, since it is a trilogy, means pretty much this entire console generation.

I wasn't all that interested in this game...until now.
But if it really is as RPG-like as they claim it may have a place in my system. Not sure about the locked-camera thing though; so far the only game I've seen do that well enough to be only mildly annoying is
Overlord. Most are like Conan and suck rivets...
Stil, it looks promising...

[Charlie2688]

The game definitely looks interesting and promising, I just hope SK can deliver after all the trouble they have been thru

[wageslave]

I imagine MGS tried to help Epic make nice with them to get the work back on track.

If what SK says is true, that Epic used them to beta test and repair their engine, that is kinda crappy for SK.

BUT, I imagine no one SK, Epic or MGS wants to see SK deliver a stinker because of it. Im betting that all this favourable press is the result of a "lets get back on track" program and away from lawsuit nastyness.

[JokesOnYou]

yeah if SK has actually fixed their past framerate problems and ironed out the bugs there's simply no way this game can fail to deliver, I mean its got the norse mythology with a sci-fi twist for a story line and the mix gameplay is really appealing, if the controls work well with this new free camera idea then this game will be amazing. the vid looks really good, they have come a long way so I think all the extra dev time is going to pay off

JOY

[Captain Tuttle]

I've got a bad feeling about this game but I'm a cynical bastard.

[wageslave]

Whats there to be cynical about? The game looks like another long-playing, indepth, story driven, adventure RPG -- if they can pull off a great story and good performance, it will do well.

The action certainly seems unique, and its obviously really good looking. I'll be paying more attention now.

[ExLivingGhost]

i saw the video of this game and i must say after years of development and fighting with Epic this is what SK came up with? i am very disappointed

[PS360PCROCKS]

I REALLY want this game to be good...the game looks really really good and has everything in place to be really good it's all up to them to make the product as good as it SHOULD be. and a demo? Hells yeah!

edit:: this is the coolest screen I have ever seen almost over and of this game...and IGN has like 15 picture up in case you guys were curious.

edit::Thanks Cane. and yeah like this game has all the potential in the world to be a great game. I have been hearing about it since early 2006 so it's been a long while waiting for it, but you know SK is a good developer and I think they will come through. I mean look at it this way...why would they take all this time to keep working and working away if they planned on releasing something other than excellent?

[M1am1U]

I want this game to be as great as it is being hailed to be, too. SK have certainly had their fair share of troubles throughout development, but hopefully everything will work out for the better. BTW, you're right, that screen is out of this world. The lighting is incredible. I'm definitely looking forward to more info about this game.

[kn]

I hope this game delivers as hack n slash RPG hybrids are my absolute favorite genre by far... This one looks great but I hope they get the framerate locked at 30fps or better. If it has any framerate issues whatsoever, I'll walk the other way fast as I hate playing jerky games... Note to SK. No framerate issues and you'll sell millions. Poor framerate and you will get hammered just like Lair on the PS3 did.

[fjtorres]

That's Two Worlds. :-)
Not a bad time-killing game, overall, but if you're at all sensitive to flicker...
Yes, let's hope TH gets a handle on the framerate.

[tonsoffun]

well, that certainly eased my misgivings about this game - It is stating to look as good as that idiot Dyack said it would be.

Good for them and when it is released - and hopefully it will be relased soon, you can expect me to be there launch day.

[wageslave]

The Guys at gamespot went and looked at the game too, they came away saying "At this point, we're considerably more excited for Too Human than we were prior to our trip"

That says a lot, I always thought the art direction was nice, but we havent been getting much information.

SK did a good thing by getting some press through to St. Catherines to see the game.

http://n4g.com/xbox360/News...