Zero Punctuation: Too Human

[Ares Tyr]

I pretty much whole heartedly agree with this review.

Too Human was an over-hyped turd.

 

[Xalmar]

He's right, it is better when he reviews terrible games over somewhat good games. That way, instead of a short tirade interrupted here and there about how some parts were good, we get a full-length rant about how much the game blows, and it's a lot funnier. One of my favourite lines is probably: "Because while your enemies are running up to you your auto lock-on will have you shooting at a vicious looking ceiling tile."

And yeah, the Baldur's Gait joke really made me laugh for some reason.

 

[valentin8]

he should review You Are Empty

 

[Obeliskos]

As soon as a heard his name was "Baldur", I knew a pun was coming up sometime in the review.

And what's with the Warhammer ad, man! It took up half the video! I thought I was in for a really long review. D:

 

[chaosraiden]

HAMMER OF WANK!

 

[gasto]

I can't view the videeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooooooooooooosssssssssssssss

 

[Tony2077]

the combat and camera are not that bad and i know how to kill the exploding enemy's without getting hit and i love too human attack me if you want it just means you have nothing better to do long live rpgs western or eastern

 

[Nimblegrund]

Good review, I will know to avoid that game.

But... please. Put down the ads and WALK AWAY. Do you realize that video was well over HALF ads?

Seriously, the only reason I come here is for Zero Punctuation and I made an account just to comment on this. Enough with the ads!

 

[icefox77]

Pretty good, I'm gonna have to use that argument next time someone thinks a conversation about religion is a good idea.

 

[artstsym]

You know, there is such a thing as a fear of success, and when a company that copyrighted "videogame insanity" switches to something like this, I think this MUST be the reason.

 

[ReWolf]

Though I havent played the game, the review was good and funny enough to convince me in never trying it either.

 

[Aardvark]

You'd think cyberpunk meets norse mythology would be a surefire winner. Needed more battle axe and better dialog.

 

[AmericanWarMachine]

I like Too Human, but I still agree with a lot of the things that Yahtzee says.

 

[Donrad]

welll, i was actually considering this game.
but thank you! now i don't have to waste my money ^^

 

[Kirimae]

I'll probably be forced into trying it out with my brother... or maybe by some sheer force I'll be spared!

But at a punt I would say a Warhammer Online review is coming up... if escapist is putting up adds for it, they're certainly going to buy it for him

 

[yo momma]

Too Human sucks

 

[Sentient Muffin]

Video isn't working for me in FireFox still, so I haven't seen the video.

Still, I skipped most of the comments and wonder if anyone has actually played the game? And I don't mean the two minutes you spent on the demo and then judged the game because you were actually playing it wrong (trust me, you were).

Ugh. Nevermind. Not even going to bother arguing. All I have to say is this only further confirms to me that gamers are their own worst enemy, and only have themselves to blame when developers do nothing but rip each other off. The ones that try to do something new are taken to the slaughter.

EDIT: Ok, video worked for me.

On melee: maybe it's because I play the Berserker class, one designed specifically for melee, but I found that pointing a stick at the enemies I wanted to bust up to flow incredibly smoothly. Not to mention making intelligent use of some of the abilities to create some nice combos.

If I didn't know better I'd insist that Yahtzee played the demo and nothing more.

On death: they actually did place a consequence. Your equipment slowly deteriorates, which causes it to slowly get worse. Of course, it isn't very noticeable and you'll be switching out so much equipment that the small amount that it decreases doesn't matter.

There's a lot that Yahtzee is correct about, but there's a complete lack of addressing what the game did right. Then again, it is clear that Yahtzee will never like a game that is dedicated to good combat.

And because the combat was designed to be something DIFFERENT as opposed to constantly clicking on an enemy, naturally gamers will hate it. Because it's new.

I thought I was going to be the only person on The Escapist that actually liked this game.

Actually you have a tendency for posting my opinions before I get a chance to. Although I don't hate on people as much for not liking Too Human. I mean the game frustrated the living shit out of me (so does Ninja Gaiden, a brilliant game) but I'm still enjoying it overall.

You have to REALLY get into this game to get into it. Kind of like with Chrome Hounds and Monster Hunter, 2 other fun but flawed co-op games I really like.

I wonder how many people who've played this game here know that you can adjust the camera to give you a better more Diablo-like view? Or that hammer's juggle large groups of enemies? Or that you can decrease the cost of Ruiner usage by doing it in the middle of a slide?

The developers don't put enough Tutorial in to really get players started, although I don't know how many players would want to sit through a tutorial of such length. It would have been nice if this info had been in the MANUAL at least, but ah well...

As far as the controls go, I would be a bold face lier if I said I thought they were perfect. But I can't really think of a way to improve them, which isn't as bad as it sounds really. I mean botching a control scheme (Alone in the Dark) and using a less perfect control scheme because it works better in the context of your game (Resident Evil) are two different things.

Good Review Yawhtzee, see you next week!

PS: Less annoying death penalty would be nice(XP loss instead of long death scene), although many people who enjoy the game like using to that time to take a sip of something, cool down or eat a chip. I may not be one of them but maybe some of you will be. Adios!

 

[Signa]

I'm disappointed there was no mention of any of Dyack's rantings on how "great" this game is. That was a ton of the fun in watching this game fall.