Demo: Too Human

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IamTheGodfather — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:50:55 GMT

Thanks for the cool demo. Appreciate it.

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Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:04:12 GMT

I have been going over different forum threads for this game and an interesting trend has shown up. Those that hate the game tend towards one sentence only, while those that like it seem to have valid reasons behind how they view the game. I don't understand where all the vehemence comes from. Obviously this game is not for everyone, but to say it is a bad game outright is just bizarre. I played the demo for quite awhile and was in awe at moments of the artistry of the dungeons. I personally really enjoy loot systems and seeing how many different combinations I can try. Sometimes I revel in seeing the statistical differences between equipment (even if I often can't tell that those differences are there. Other times, I enjoy looking at the aesthetic appeal of the armor and how it looks on my warrior. I honestly feel sad for those people automatically dismissing this game because they will not even give themselves the chance to experience this game.

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War Prime — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:30:24 GMT

I have a gold account and it still doesn't work for me ether. But I have not tried deleting and re-downloading yet. Off to try that now.

--WP

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hardspank — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:37:13 GMT

I thought the demo was awesome, Ive finished it 9 times so far, just to find out the cool loot, and the crafted armour set for each class

The camera isnt bothersome if youve ever played lego star wars or any of the old resident evil games ( all still good btw)

and to the people complaining about the clunky combat , you do know you HOLD the R Stick , and not FLICK it right?

( think Geometry wars, smash TV, robotron)

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Chevy Cowboy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:21:09 GMT

For the folks having issues getting the demo to start... unplug your Scene it Reciever and any other USB accessories you might have plugged in and try it, for me at least it was the scene it reciever that was keeping it from playing.

I loved the demo... controls take a bit of getting used to after playing so many FPS's, but once you play awhile its pretty slick and smooth. The sword fighting is awesome. I just preordered 2 copies of the game for my wife and I!

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the g g g unit — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:32:06 GMT

see i played the demo and was so dissapointed its a fail and even though it got a lot of attention when i comes down to the review at most a 6.0 but just sucks it was a waist of 10 years for the company

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GuiltySparkHALO — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:02:27 GMT

i'm also a big gay *** i forgot to mention that part

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Anon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:49:51 GMT

"GuiltySparkHALO" has it perfect.

What a great concept. Too bad the game totally SUCKS to play. I can't control the camera? I'm in the middle of a boss fight and I can't turn to face the boss because I'm not allowed to control the camera view?

Annnndd....this is taking up a gig of drive space?

Tootles - DELETED. Total time spent wrestling with the controller to get my shiny avatar to do what I want: 1:39:10

Love the Norse/Pagan/Sci-fi angle? Next time, hire a real game maker to write your game. This one is far FAR too annoying to control and play.

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Mystakill — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:04:34 GMT

Judging from recent comments, it seems that Microsoft's running damage control by limiting this one to Gold subscribers.

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GammaZero — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:26:59 GMT

"Terrible, terrible game. The right stick for melee is just broken. No way around it. Camera controls are horrible, animations look like a PS1 game, and everything is so cheesy."

Exactly what I was about to say!!

I'm soooooooo disappointed...

I just removed it from my Gamefly Q (along with "Crash time") and I'm supposed to be a Gamerscore Whore who can put up with anything...

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Andy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:19:59 GMT

As a preface, I don't wish to bash the game, but more offer my opinion and bit of a review.

To start, I was sorely disappointed with this game. I had been planning on buying it, but right from the start with the shakily animated cut scenes my expectations began to sink. I can't even describe the graphics; they seem to be good and yet bad at the same time, maybe on par with Two Worlds. The controls are indeed pretty bad, and maybe do take some getting used to but in the same way that it takes getting used to wearing a cast on your leg. There's no way to constantly center your view, and when you click the "center view" button, it makes your guy pause as the camera snaps in a disorienting fashion. Having the right stick do all the attacking means it's clumsy to try to switch over to the face buttons in the middle of fighting. The fighting itself seemed a little ridiculous, as well. Your guy often literally slides over to the next opponent as if he's on skates, and it's actually pretty boring to look at when compared to games like Ninja Gaiden where you can kick off enemies themselves to get to the next ones, and not just generically slide over to them. Also, at least for the demo, there was a LOT of break from the action, and the fights seemed to end relatively quickly and it took a long time to grasp the attack methods simply because it'd be over before you could even try anything cool (from all the automatic sliding over to enemies).

As for the loot and skills, as a past fan of the Diablo games, I found this lacking as well. None of the skills looked like they had any flare to them. One skill lets you do more critical damage, one lets you do more damage in the air, and one lets you do more shooting damage... that's not exactly fun, in my opinion. The rest of the skills seems pretty similar, with a lot of passively acting powers. I'm weary to comment on the loot since this was only a demo, but I was more excited going into it than I was after I tried it out, and that's really all I can say.

Anyway, I didn't want to just say "this game sucks" without giving reasons, and with all the people seeming to praise the demo, I thought it seemed fitting to offer a clear view from the other side. In the end, as always, to each his or her own.

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Demo's broke — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:48:53 GMT

I can't download the demo. Crashes at about 20% each time.

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IdiotFinder — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:47:18 GMT

@Warrengonline

Um, Warren, next time you try to namedrop videogame systems to make people think you have them, try to name them correctly. It's a TurboGrafx-16, not 14.

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Ashenkhar — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:36:43 GMT

Great game. As everyone else has mentioned, the controls take a LOT of getting used to. The hardest thing for me is that instinctively I use the right stick to swing the camera around. It's not a big deal while a fight is going on, but after the battle when I want to look around it is a little annoying.

Overall, the demo is a blast. I'm looking forward to game launch and playing co-op.

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Mystakill — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:07:08 GMT

"This has nothing to do with E3... its just a demo...."

Actually, this has everything to do with E3 & the fact that Too Human releases next month. Excluding a substantial portion of your potential audience is not the best way to market your game. The best way to get people interested in your game is with a demo. I typically don't even bother with most games unless it's a known entity (i.e. sequel) or something I'm particularly interested in. Peripheral stuff like TH will get a pass without a demo.

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Some Guy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:30:38 GMT

Can't download the demo. Stops downloading at 5% every time.