The Too Human Hype Thread

[WhatsHisFace]

Artistically, there is no game like Too Human currently in development. Really, it has no equal. But technically the game always seems to fall short. Sure, the setting, the premise, the characters...everything has a visual richness that is unmatched. If we're talking Art Direction, I'd give the award to Too Human without hesitation.

But technically speaking the game seems to fall short yet again. The graphics themselves are pretty damn good (don't just base your opinion on the E3 trailer, watch the earlier IGN Too Human video features). The animation, sound effects and collision detection need a lot of work, though. Again, I am baffled as to Silicon Knights are consistently unable to show their game with animations as good as DMC's or Assassin's Creed's, mainly because these are the same guys who made Twin Snakes. I want this game to be good. It's a cinematic gem in every sense of the word. I just can't understand what the **** Silicon Knights are doing with it.

I disagree. The game's beauty is also rooted deep in it's technical side. Beautiful character-models notwithstanding (which I happen to think are even better than Mass Effect's), the environments are carefully crafted and appear to be quite large (I feel that Mass Effect's environments are very mediocre). The texturework and lighting effects are perhaps not the best, but they are certainly above average and what IS there is put to excellent use.

As for animation, the IGN featurette showed some gameplay with fantastic animation, though I will admit that the sword-fighting animation leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[Jerry!]

You're out of your mind.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

You're out of your mind.

Don't get me wrong, Mass Effect has great character models, primarily in the facial department.

However, the bodies are merely ample, nothing impressive.

And the environments? I mean come on. What the hell is this?

Now Too Human is the whole package.

Strong Face:

Strong Body.

Strong environment.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

mass effect looks better andmore detailedthen too human. anyways, i think this game may end dissapointing alot of people. if you've been working on a gam,e for 10 or so years and all you to show for it was thatpiss ass e3 2005 showing and not much else youi're screwed. hell you could've been developing your own game engine in those 10 years, instead of relying on another.

 

[The Last Meatbag]

......but it's 2007....and it looks nothing like the ****** footage from 2005 now

 

[Substance D]

The main character in Mass Effect looks like a realistically proportioned human being. The main character in Too Human looks like an Unreal Tournament or Quake reject. The art design in Too Human is akin to any other computer fantasy or sci-fi game - giant, chunky armor with gold trim. Let's not forget that "Too Human" is just a stupid, juvenile name. The whole idea behind the game reeks of something a 15-year would come up with. 'Ooooh! Let's combine Norse mythology and robots! Sweet!" Mass Effect not only has better, more realistic and original art direction, but undoubtedly has a more sophisticated and multifaceted story.

 

[GFreeman]

There's just something about this game that attracts a lot of juvenile vitriol.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

......but it's 2007....and it looks nothing like the ****** footage from 2005 now

yet still has nothing to show for it. Some improvements have been made,but nothing great. right now its looks average at best.

 

[The Last Meatbag]

Upgradeable characters
Different Classes
Upgradeable armor and weapons
4 player co op
Continuing files in the later games
Skill building

That all means nothing to you?

 

[WhatsHisFace]

GoldenAgeHero holds all games to the exacting standards of Mario Party 8.

 

[GFreeman]

It's pretty clear that the people hating Too Human in this thread don't even have a vague concept of what Too Human is. 10 years of development? Sigh. When are people going to get it? It would be like me taking the time the failed attempts at Fallout 3 spent in development, and adding them onto the time that Bethesda has spent, it's just dumb. The PSOne incarnation was a totally separate project, scrapped in it's entirety. The Gamecube project never even left the concept stages I believe. This game hasn't been in development for an inordinate amount of time.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

Upgradeable characters
Different Classes
Upgradeable armor and weapons
4 player co op
Continuing files in the later games
Skill building

That all means nothing to you?

sure they mean something, too bad i don't see jacksquat in action.

GoldenAgeHero holds all games to the exacting standards of Mario Party 8.

lmao, dude you're clinging to rare in you avatar,they're garbage. don't talk to me about having standards. lawl

I've been looking forward to this game since gamecube and have been let down. I'mnot going tohold my breath for this game.Until i see some crazy gameplay vids.

 

[cookiva]

And how long was Prey in development, and how good was that? Guys, chill out. It looks pretty good. Really good in fact. Im not getting it because im getting Bioshock and Metroid 3 both in august, but its a definate buy in a couple months or so!

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

you don't have to worry about getting it in august, it won't be out by then, hell i doubt it'll be out at the end of the year.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

lmao, dude you're clinging to rare in you avatar,they're garbage. don't talk to me about having standards. lawl

I'm an old-school fan of Rare. Or a fan of old-school Rare. The only post-N64 game of theirs I really liked was Grabbed by the Ghoulies, but I must say I'm really looking forward to Banjo.

 

[The Last Meatbag]

The action is just like DMC mixed with God of War

 

[WhatsHisFace]

The action is just like DMC mixed with God of War

Apparently. But the RPG end of the game is supposed to be like Diablo.

 

[7alex]

I just saw the trailer for this and its now one of the games i want the most.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

This game wasn't shown at E3 because SK claims they wanted to show it at a different show sooner. That may be the replacement for X07 this year... so hopefully we get a lot of new media soon and hopefully a release date.

 

[hippy fascist]

bit out of the loop here. I thought the game's future was looking kinda shakey on account of the lawsuit they filed against epic. What's the latest on that?

 

[GFreeman]

They had already gotten the game running perfectly fine on their own code before that suit was filed, so I'm not sure why it would make the game's future "shaky".

 

[hippy fascist]

because supposedly the engine caused the loss of part of the code. I assume the data got corrupted (not a techy). Either way the eartliest this one is coming out will be january/february next year IMHO

 

[Shuley]

too human looks more like a sci-fi God of War/Devil May Cry

 

[WhatsHisFace]

because supposedly the engine caused the loss of part of the code. I assume the data got corrupted (not a techy). Either way the eartliest this one is coming out will be january/february next year IMHO

Silicon Knights began rewriting the parts of the Unreal Engine that they felt weren't up to par, and as development continued, they re-wrote practically the whole thing. They are now saying by the time the game releases, there will be nothing left of the Unreal Engine in the game and that they should be freed from the licensing fees for future SK products (Too Human 2 and 3).

But indeed, this game will not make 2007. It will probably be a March 2008 game, or moved-around as necessary to comply with the releases of Alan Wake, Banjo Kazooie and other Microsoft-published titles.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

still not impressed, i gho back and look at thetrailers, the facial work on the characters are extremely crappy. their faces look like dried up clay. and the gameplay vids I've seen the action looks wonky.