E308: Too Human Demo Online now

Just randomly turned on my xbox to try to stay awake a bit longer and figured I would see if any new demo by chance showed up and saw it. downloading it now. should be interesting

Downloading now. ( should take a decade )

Anyone play it yet?

Finally, the Too Human demo has come to Xbox Live! I just hope it even comes close to being worth the wait.

DLing now. Gonna test out Bioenginer first.

gut check time for silicon knights

this game has cult following written all over it.

pretty dissapointing game, the gameplay mechanics needs to be completely redefined. I don't like the way they execute the whole sword and gunfight mechanics, they suck at imitating Devil May Cry.

It's only the campaign, and you can only play as the Champion :(

oh great awkward controls...

Holy crap, the thing is at least an hour long.

Looking forward to trying this. I'll be downloading it when I get home tonight.

I'm pretty disappointed. Controls are akward, camera angles are bad, making melee hard. The menu screen is slow and clumsy.

Definitely a Hybrid RPG/Action Game Mechanic. It maintains combat simple enough so that non-action fans can get into it, but with enough simple "thrills" (Look, enemies float and can be juggled!) to make it more appealing to look at.

And I have to say, I'm happy to see Location based Damage on large enemies! I wish it was available on smaller enemies too, but I can see how that'd be a pain, with as many small enemies on screen as they have.

Baldur is voiced by Crispin Freeman, and that rocks, because he has a wonderfully epic voice. And he probably is really into this type of story, as well. So one can expect good acting from him.

The graphics... remind me of almost every big Xbox 360 game, lol. It feels very Mass Effect like, though probably a bit less over-detailed, especially with character details, like defining the skin. Gameplay runs at a solid framerate, even if cinematics looks a bit off framerate wise.

This already feels like a small-time classic. It's story and presentation should be JUST different enough to make it gather a fanbase. I still wish the combat had a bit more life to it, special effect wise, but that's just a stylistic thing.

It'd definitely worth at LEAST trying out, and it's a sizable demo, so it's a good taste of what's to come!

I Love This. i love how mid combat you can change swords, guns, armor, etc. the graphics were fine not "oh shit wow thats good" but i dont play games for the graphics, its only a plus.

My first impressions?

I kinda like it Dennis was right about one thing, I've never played anything quite like this before. It's refreshing in this era where everything is a shooter.

You're all right Too Human, you're all right.

The game is cool, I love all aspect of game but the camera could use some work, I love the combat, story and customization.

uh...you guys feeling okay?

The camera absolutely sucks, combat is pretty meh, and story is a joke. I was trying to take it seriously, but the dialog is horrible. It thinks it's Mass Effect, excpet it's not even close. ME dialog was seriosu, but beleiveable. This is just stupid.

They introduce characters thorugh flashbacks and all of a sudden it's okay? Ughh, combat is decent enough that i might pick it up on sale for $20, but honestly i expected exactly what i got. Can't beleive some of you are actually preordering...

I so want to try this! But being a Silver member, i have to wait a whole freakin week for it. Gosh..stupid Gold benefits. I don't wanna pay $50 to you MS!

The general impression i am getting is that it's in the middle. Not good, not bad. Exactly what i thought it would be. It didn't look good enough by the trailers and video demos. Mass Effect had that polish. This one seems to lack it. I guess engine disputes and rebuilding it had severe impact on the overall game.

I kinda liked the game.
I captured some of the parts that I liked. I thought the meeting with the Norms was funny.

Here is a little bit of that....

http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/Too_Human/XBox_360/Too_Human_InGame_footage/228986

The internets are failing, people are receiving the demo well, the minority annoyce groep of the internets is dieing

yeahhhh, camera is awful, voice acting is.... also awful. and the gameplay is mediocre

holy shit,
maybe im wrong, but didnt this p.o.s take 10 years to make.it looks and plays like a decade old game.
i mean this is 2008 right, what a waste of time and harddrive space. sure glad it easy to delete on 360
TOO HUMAN-TOO SUCKS-----jr157

This game is garbage.
The only saving feature this game has was the introduction of the classes, but thats right out the window due to poor gameplay, bad controls, horrorable voice acting and a laughable framerate.
Looks like all this guys whinning ended up being because of his own insecureties after all.
Silicon Knights, WTF is wrong with you.

Eh? Guess this is a love it or hate it game.

I personally love it. I assume none of you people like games such as Diablo then?

uh huh ya were making fun of haze because the demo sucked now ya are getting of the same thing, a mediocre game

You know last fall Too Human wasn't good enough to compete with the big games.

Halo 3
The Orange Box
Bio Shock
Mass Effect

This year the game will not merit mention amoung 08's great games.

Mirrors Edge
Left for Dead
Gears of War2
Dead Space
RE4
Fallout 3
Borderlands
Aliens Colonial Marines

Too Human reminds me more of a Two Worlds, heh.

Either way I don't think the game is worth talking about so I'm not going to address my attention on it ever again.

Ok, reading the previous comments on this game i have come up with the asumption that they are all 10 yr olds, the game has no frame rate issues at all, the era the game is set in is amazing, just becuase you simpletons dont get it doesnt mean half intelegent people dont get it. The game has the camera like it does becuase it is meant to be 1) cinematic so that the games deisigners can show you parts of the world they want you to see. 2) so when you are in combat it feels like you are a god, when you are flying around in mid air combat other camera angles wouldnt work.

Overall, what an amazing RPG, Keep up the good work Silicon Knights

I agree with JoM Baldr
You people clearly dont understand Norse Methology.
Story, well its completley top notch.
Go Play COD 4 if you want to mindlessly want to shoot stuff.
This game is for RPG fans. Not Simple Shooter jockeys.

ALSO Too Human on a 105' 1080i TV Looks SWEET

Lord help me, but I truly enjoyed this demo.

I was fully expecting to come here and talk about how the demo was the gaming equivalent of the Hindenburg... but by God it's fun.

I just hope more people run out and buy it so we can get the rest of the gorram trilogy.

I didn't find the combat as fast as I would have liked... maybe this is just coming off of Ninja Gaiden 2 which is the proverbial gore-o-matic at 100KM/H, but Too Human (at least in melee) felt slow, even the cool sliding mechanic and the air juggling took far too long to respond in the way my brain wanted them to. Granted, using just the sticks for melee is pretty cool, but I kept wanting more precision and speed, almost in a DMC way as one previous person said. Having to transfer away from the stick to the buttons for Jump/Dodge is really annoying at times! The gun combat felt a lot better IMHO. I used to love Diablo back in its day and still play loads of RPGs, so the weapons/armor/items system looks great to me, but I agree that the menus are a bit sluggish. Graphics... not bad either! The in game voice of the squad members and such is great too.

Overall... I don't know! It's got a ton going for it but it might not be "just right"

like most, I went into this thinking that it would completely suck. I'm not a fan of stick-fighting! However, after 15 minutes of play, I had no trouble with the controls. The only thing I'd like to see is fast movement. I thought the "slide" was too artificial. It should be more of a phased teleport!

Loved it. Need some dungeon crawling action - controls were clumsy at first, but once I got used to them, it was very slick.

It may not be as fast as you hoped but remember, you're only seeing up to level 8... we don't know how fierce you can become :)

2 thoughts on the demo

1. i swear i chose the beserker first time through.. maybe im deluded but i distinctly remember the dual weilding weapons and having a different armor setup..

2. i dunno what the clock was counting down but i got it to freeze at 7 seconds left by bringing up my inventory screen.. not sure if it was gonna end my demo or lead to a cutscene..

overall the game looks promising.. i dont like the control scheme; id prefer a normal right stick look, left stick move setup and facebuttons for moves.. the scheme they use is easy on the thumbs tho and im sure after a few hours dungeon crawling ill appreciate the right stick controls...

promising but not perfect.. graphics very mass effectish, definitely a different visual look than stuff based on the unreal engine.. overal the demo gets a 4 outta 5.. definitely worth the download..

I downloaded it and started it up. It went through everything up to the "Press Start" screen. Then it decided to not allow to press any button whatsoever. I pushed every button on the controller and the ONLY one that got a response was the Xbox jewel. I even tried to delete and re-install. Still not working. What's up?