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Wired Review: Too Human More Potential Than Payoff

Wired Writes:

I don't love it. There isn't a single facet of this Xbox 360 action role-playing game that couldn't be significantly improved upon: The story premise is clever, but it doesn't go anywhere. The combination of futuristic gunplay and RPG character-building is interesting, but not as satisfying as it should be. And when it all comes to a crashing halt and ends long before its time, it's disappointing -- but the fact that I was disappointed means I had to have been enjoying myself.

It's difficult to separate Too Human the videogame from the years of controversy surrounding it. Too Human shipped out last Tuesday after years of delays and hype from its developer Silicon Knights; for better or worse, it's become a potent example of what can happen in the videogame business when a product is promoted excessively before its release date. When a downloadable demo was released in July, it set a first-week record for an action game demo on Xbox 360, showing that fans, at long last, just wanted to find out for themselves.
medicshelley - contributor
Published: 493 days 1 hour ago | Review | Xbox 360
 
 

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kingme71 - 493 days ago
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It's been an interesting few weeks for the soap opera that is Too Human. You have the reviews that have been generally average. You have the fans that are defending it tooth and nail (led by Kevin Pereira). You have the anti-Too Human contingency. Somewhere in there you have a very talkative President of SK.

I'll bet Too Human will be one of the most rented games to come out for some time.
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Mr Bun - 493 days ago
1.1 - @Kingme
I agree...I think a lot of people are going to rent it, if they haven't decided after playing the demo. I am curious to find out how many people are buying it though.
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edonus - 493 days ago
1.2 - I know I want yo see its sales...
When I bought mine Best Buy was sold out and Gamestop only had 3 copies left, and bought someones pre order. So I am very interested to see how good this sales. I beat it already as a commando aligned with cybernetics(tip: Keep your distance, strafe, shoot bombs into the crowds as much as possible, certain gun work better on certain enemies so if a gun isnt being as effective asyou want on a particular enemy try a different ammo based rifle) i'm trying to put some time aside to play it again as the bio engineer aligned with the spirit.
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BUKKAKALYPSE - 492 days 23 hours ago
1.3 - @1.1
I bought and love it. so did 5 of my close friends. it's a "fun as hell" game

@1.2 Bio engineer is a good call
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deeznuts - 492 days 21 hours ago
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The games fun. It isn't perfect, it isn't great. But it's just fun. I've played the other "flops" as well, and those were not fun.

This is coming from a guy who now owns both consoles, but preferred PS3 just a tad bit more.
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Rich1631 - 493 days ago
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I am not interested in this game at all (hate RPG), but the reviews are all over the place!!! 3's, 5's, 6's, 7's, and 8's. I mean WTF!
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edonus - 493 days ago
2.1 - It's not your standard RPG...
I suggest rent it,give it a try the reviews are all over the place because there is something wrong with the review media right now. I've seen reviews as low as 4/10. That is a utter lie or just someone doing a terrible job I would say the samething if I saw 9.5s being reported.

The game is not bad at all, I would rate it 7.8 to a 8.3, if they gave us like 2 more levels to play that would move it up to 8.0 to 8.7. Like I tell everybody it only takes 2-3 days to beat so run through it as a rental you wont be disappointed.
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Rich1631 - 492 days 23 hours ago
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I may give it a shot then. I was thinking about renting either this or Mercenaries.
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deeznuts - 492 days 21 hours ago
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"Oh no you didn't!"

Damn commercial got that song stuck in my head.
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PS3n360 - 493 days ago
3 - I thought the demo was pretty good
This isnt AAA but its a better game than alot of other sh1t titles out there. I played Conan demo and Too Human demo last night Conan sucked balls but Too Human was intriguing and fun to play. Not every game is going to make everyone happy. this game is a solid 7.5 for me, not a must buy (I am a cheap fukr) but as someone said above a definite renter or used buy.
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PimpHandStrong - 493 days ago
4 - whats that?
i didnt read it

but

did he talk about how great the save system was?
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Nevers - 493 days ago
5 - I paid in full on my preorder
...after my 4th or 5th playthru of the demo. My first go thru of the demo, I wasn't drastically impressed; but I was definitely intrigued. The "stick-combat" was very interesting. About midway thru on the second playthru, I'd have to say is where it all just clicked for me, and I've been pretty addicted to it ever since.

Now I got a lvl 26 Human Berserker, a Champ, and the Healer class all going... easily gonna sink a bunch more hours into this game.

Any source of reviews that give Too Human under 7.5/10 or over 9/10 lose any credibility.

Reviewers are merely the failed versions of whatever they are critiquing.
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Lord Vader - 492 days 23 hours ago
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Me & my buddy play it every night on co-op = it's a blast.

If you like Mass Effect, Diablo, Oblivion, ect (action rpgs) = you should ck the game out. Ive already gotten my money's worth & then some having clocked about 42 hours now.

This is first rpg I have ever played that offers co-op, & y'know the game also has NO loading screens. Too Human has minus's, but plenty of positives that more than make up for the unrealistic non-gamer/reviewer that critiques a game they either dont understand or spend 10 minutes playing & dont like the controls, or both.
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PimpHandStrong - 492 days 23 hours ago
7 - last two comments
perfect example of why reviews are opinions

some ppl will find enjoyment in this game...

Just like im sure a couple ppl out there enjoyed Haze or Lair

I hated the Haze demo so i wasnt buying it anyway

Lair on the other hand looked awesome and i rented it. I had some fun with it but the boss battles where really lame....still looked awesome and i still have a couple hours of fun
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