Too Human

[Barno]

This game has been getting a lot of negative press leading up to its launch, some of which I feel is a little unfair so I thought I'd give it its own thread.

In my opinion this guy is spot on - good defense of a somewhat unfairly criticised game: http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_4486/Kevin_Pereira_Defends_Too_Human_to_the_Internet_Fanboys

I was disappointed with the eurogamer review, which gave the game a 6. Comments such as "We weren't able to test the online co-op, but feel free to add another point to the score if that sort of thing is really important to you" make me suspicious that the reviewer was a bit too eager to put another nail in its coffin and keep the bandwagon rolling. Of course online co-op is important for this type of game! Diablo anyone?

The first time I played through the demo I thought it was average. Then I gave it another crack with a different class and I've ended running through it about 4 times. Yes the script is laughable on occasion but then its a game not the latest Cohen brothers movie. It doesn't live or die by the quality of its script and the game mechanics are solid. Also, all this bitching about 'broken camera angles' - switch to iso camera mode. Problem solved.

I'll be buying a copy, co-op online should be a a lot of fun.

 

[Barno]

Good point about the hype Booner. I hadn't heard anything about the game until I played the demo so I had no preconceptions about what kind of game it should be.

At least Silicon Knights tried to do something a bit different with what is essentially a dungeon crawl game. Combat is extremely important in this genre and I think they deserve credit for developing an interesting and fun system.

If every game that tries something different and isn't super polished on release is roundly slated we'll all be left playing Halo 10 or some other tried and tested formula for success.

 

[Barno]

Not in my opinion, Force Unleashed is rubbish. Three hits with a lightsaber to kill a stormtrooper? No thanks. If I wanted to beat people to death with blunt objects I'd play Condemned instead.