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GamerNode: Too Human Hands-On

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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.
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Published: 518 days 6 hours ago | Preview | E3 2008 | Xbox 360
 
 

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1 Playstation Man | 518 days 7 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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The gaming GOD - 518 days 7 hours ago
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1.1 - I was thinking the same thing
the same EXACT thing
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Vecta - 518 days 5 hours ago
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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.
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1.3 Playstation Man | 518 days 5 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Drekken - 518 days 4 hours ago
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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 !
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pumpkinpunker - 518 days 2 hours ago
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1.5 - @playstation man
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.
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sushipoop - 518 days 6 hours ago
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Ouch.
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Steven Colbert - 518 days 5 hours ago
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Double Ouch!
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Whoooop - 518 days 5 hours ago
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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!!!!
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badz149 - 518 days 5 hours ago
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6 - somebody are trying hard
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!
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ilkercruiser - 518 days 3 hours ago
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7 - Paid editor?
Very bad preview , very poor. very amateur sentences...
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Silver360 - 517 days 23 hours ago
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7.1 - If you diagree
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?
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ilkercruiser - 518 days 3 hours ago
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8 - I've not seen just an amateur preview text before
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.
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pumpkinpunker - 518 days 1 hour ago
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8.1 - I fervently agree
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.
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HALO-32 - 518 days 3 hours ago
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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.
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Tacki - 518 days 1 hour ago
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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.
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pumpkinpunker - 518 days 1 hour ago
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11 - this game is no haze
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.
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DARK WITNESS - 518 days 1 hour ago
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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.
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gamersday08 - 518 days ago
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13 - Paid Reviewer? 360 Fanboy Reviewer?
Whatever...It's this sort of reviewers who will bring down the gaming industry.

Gone are the days where games are reviewed by their merits. That's why I only trust Japanese reviewers like Famitsu. They're proud of their gaming industry and they're impartial about their reviews. If SEGA makes a bad game, they will rate it low.

I'll still rate Haze 7.5/10 after completing the game. Not great but definitely deserve >6.
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idontcare - 517 days 23 hours ago
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looser.

the camera feels just right and i had no problems at all in the demo.
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THE_MACC - 517 days 22 hours ago
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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.
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speed - 517 days 19 hours ago
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16 - Somewhat disappointed
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
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