Too Human Review
Unfortunately, Too Human isn't half as good as it could have been.
To a certain extent we can forgive Too Human these failings, if only because we're suckers for loot. But what we can't forgive is how the game completely ignores the philosophical question its title suggests forms the cornerstone of its story: would you sacrifice your humanity in order to save it? At no point does Too Human ever ask the player to tackle this interesting question as anything other than a statistical consideration.
When you hit level 10, which happens pretty quickly, you're asked to choose an alignment - human or cybernetic. This, we thought, would be where things would start to get interesting. But all the decision amounts to is a choice between two different tech trees to add to the three your class already has to pump skill points into. The story is not affected in any way, and neither, at the end of the day, is Baldur's character.
This is the most disappointing thing about Too Human. Not the repetitive combat, or the technical issues, or the frustrating, endless death, but the plot. While the issue may be explored further in the next game, we expected more from the first. It's a big let down.
It took us just under 10 hours to complete our first run through of Too Human (the ending is particularly underwhelming, neither whetting our appetite for the next game or resolving any of the plot's twists). Ultimately it's a game that has failed to deliver on its promise or reach its potential, but it does plenty of things right, there isn't anything like it on the 360 and it retains a certain addictive quality we rarely experience.
We're a bit worried for the sequel, though. Bar allowing you to transfer your Baldur over and raising the level cap, we're not sure what Silicon Knights can do to drastically improve the core gameplay. Perhaps four player co-op will do the trick.
VideoGamer.com Score
7 Score out of 10- Unique combat
- Cool art style
- Disappointing story
- Technically poor
User Comments
omg
Alex
The game should be garbage, as there is no plot, no cool gameplay, no nothing other than loot. But I can't seem to stop playing it.... at least until I get my epic set. haha. And there is something oddly therapeutic about wading into six million goblins and coming out on the other side unscathed.
Great review. And Too Human is a renter, not a buyer people!
FantasyMeister@ Ransom
This game is fantastic and I'm looking forward to future DLC and the two followups, haven't had so much fun in ages. That's just with one character class, there are four others and each class can be further tweaked to specialise in certain weapon types and fighting styles.
Biggest complaint I see about the game is getting to grips with the controls and having to view multiple death cutscenes because of it. Once you get to grips with the controls you should only be seeing that cutscene once every 3 hours or so, and that's only if you get careless.
More info at Toohuman.wikia.com and Toohuman.net.
Ransom
This game sucks i hated the first one and hope they never make the sequels, playing this game made me want to kill myself. I'd be glad to elaborate more on it shortcomings if ayone needs further details.
Ben
marcus
FantasyMeister@ cancan
cancan
I've been playing for about 9 hours and am a level 22 but I have yet to pick up any items
Not 1
Everything I have I bought
Why can't I pick any up???
FantasyMeister@ wyp100
Brilliant! Thanks for taking time out from all that beer guzzling and thigh slapping to answer every single one of them!
Seriously, much appreciated, try and get some R&R :)
wyp100
How carefully hidden are the secret areas?
Very - I found it incredibly difficult to find the game's secret areas. They're well hidden. Some are obvious, especially in the first two levels, but it gets more difficult to hunt them down after that!
How challenging did you find the timed arenas?
It varied. From memory, one, where you have to clear a wave of enemies, then climb a lift, then repeat till you reach a loot fountain, took about 10 minutes. But there are much longer ones. The trick is to keep the health packs till you need them because if you die you're booted out of the timed arena and you've fluffed your chance for that particular run.
Did you meet any elite trolls?
Some are tougher than others but I haven't come across any elite ones. All the trolls, once you take down their main torso armour either with ballistics or melee, can be killed with one hit by pressing A from behind, using the thumb stick to keep your balance as it tries to shake you off then pulling down on the right stick.
How do the enemy formations differ when you go to replay a previous zone 20 levels later?
I didn't notice much difference at all. It's pretty much rush by goblins with rocket goblins and shield goblins at the back, which you need to deal with first. I might notice more though as I go on.
How does the Token system work?
Basically, each level is divided into sections, which grant tokens if you complete them (you can pick which section you want to try from the main hub). If you do a full run you'll collect all the tokens, which make the likelihood that you'll get a red drop from the final boss much higher than it would be otherwise. I know this because Denis Dyack told me himself :)
Did you get any nice weapon procs?
All I got were crits which I noticed because I had the weapon damage counter displayed (at the middle right of the screen, right on the d-pad I think).
How decent is the level 30 epic set?
I've only got two pieces so far so I can't say how decent the whole set is, but what I have is pretty cool. I have the helmet and the shoulders, and I look like an executioner.
How long do you think it'll take to hit level 50?
I'd say about 25 hours will do it, perhaps a tad more. It depends how you play.
What facilities are in the Aesir hub?
It looks nice but it's pretty pointless. There's a weapon store and an armour store - the rest of it is pretty useless. All I used it for were to repair damaged items (items don't break in Too Human). In the single player story mode you'll need to visit other areas to trigger cut scenes. There's also access to Cyberspace from there for when you have all of the Cyberspace powers and want to hunt down rare items. You'll access DLC weapons and armour from the hub.
Did you get a singularity proc or any other special weapons-based moves?
Not really - I was specced so that my Ruiner was weapon based, so it changed depending on what weapon I was using. A bit boring really.
How drastically does the addition of a cannon affect the Commando's gameplay?
A lot. The cannon does wicked damage and is great for taking out the pawns as waves rush you. It's also great for removing armour from trolls without having to get up close and personal.
Hope this helps! We're in Leipzig atm so I might not be able to answer any questions for a day, but I'll endeavour to do so if there are any more.
Insightful
Kaluga
Anonymous
Kargion
FantasyMeister@ wyp100
How carefully hidden are the secret areas? How challenging did you find the timed arenas? Did you meet any elite trolls? How do the enemy formations differ when you go to replay a previous zone 20 levels later? How does the Token system work? Did you get any nice weapon procs? How decent is the level 30 epic set? How long do you think it'll take to hit level 50? What facilities are in the Aesir hub? Did you get a singularity proc or any other special weapons-based moves? How drastically does the addition of a cannon affect the Commando's gameplay?
:)