.: August 19, 2008.: August 28, 2008.: August 28, 2008.: August 29, 2008Mode(s),Too Human is an developed by Canadian developer and published by for the in August 2008. The game is notable for having remained in for almost ten years, originally planned for release on the in 1999. Development later went into the in 2000, before eventually selling the rights to in 2005 and becoming an Xbox 360 exclusive.Originally planned as a part of a game trilogy, the story is a science-fictional futuristic retelling of that portrays the, the Norse gods, as cybernetically enhanced humans, tasked with protecting mankind from the onslaught of 's army of machines. The player takes the role of the Norse god, who is less cybernetic than the other gods thus being 'too human'.The game was eventually released on the Xbox 360 on August 19, 2008 to mixed reviews from game critics. While the game's story and class system were generally praised, many were critical of the odd control scheme, mediocre framerate and graphics, lackluster level design, long respawn times, and cliffhanger ending. The game was later involved in a controversial lawsuit from 2007 to 2012 between developer Silicon Knights and creators over the former using a stolen version of the Unreal Engine 3 game engine.
This resulted in the latter winning $4.45 million and the former being forced to destroy all of its product that used, including Too Human. Plans for a full-on trilogy were eventually canceled because of the damage inflicted by the lawsuit along with Silicon Knights filing for bankruptcy on May 16, 2014. Further information:In May 2005, Silicon Knights and announced that Silicon Knights would be exclusively using Epic's for all of their next-gen projects. Early development of the Xbox 360 incarnation of Too Human began on various incomplete versions of the engine.On July 19, 2007, Silicon Knights sued Epic Games due to 'breach of contract', including 'inadequacies' of Epic's support, service, and cooperation with Silicon Knights concerning Unreal Engine 3.
Among claims, Silicon Knights accused Epic of missing the deadline to provide a fully functional version of their engine. In August 2007, Epic Games Silicon Knights for copyright infringement, breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets. On May 30, 2012, Epic Games prevailed in the lawsuit and won its counter-suit for $4.45 million. As a result, Silicon Knights was forced to recall and destroy all unsold copies of their Unreal Engine games. This also resulted in Silicon Knights canceling upcoming games that were set to use the Unreal Engine as a base engine.In January 2013, Silicon Knights served a recall notice to Microsoft to remove Too Human from the (Now known as the Xbox Games Store).In June 2019, Microsoft re-released Too Human on the Xbox Games Store as a free title and made backward compatible with the. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScore68.59%65/100Review scoresPublicationScoreC-6/106/106.75/10C+5.5/106.5/107.8/107/106.5/106.5/10Upon the game's release, Too Human received a mediocre to fair reception from critics with an average review score of 68.59% at and 65/100 at. Reports that the game sold approximately 168,200 copies during the month of August 2008 in North America; it was the eighth best-selling game in the region during that time.
Thrilling action-RPG gameplay. Unlike some games that may force players to choose between two genres, Too Human combines all the creative economy features. Too Human for Xbox 360 game reviews & Metacritic score: As the Cybernetic God Baldur, you get thrust into the midst of an ongoing battle that threatens the existence of mankind. An ancient machine presence has forced.
Too Human 'sold around 700,000 units' quoted from Denis Dyack in a interview.The game's concept of mixing science fiction with Norse mythology was praised by critics with saying while it 'sounds like a stretch', 'on the whole, it works' where 'the art direction manages to seamlessly blend the grandeur we think of with this mythology and make it come alive again with a healthy dose of futurism.' Found it to do 'a great job of keeping you engrossed in the game'. It found the game's audio to be its stronger part, calling the music and voice acting 'top-notch'. Graphically, was most impressed with the environments that 'feature excellent detail and lighting, with towering statues lording over the proceedings and shafts of light spilling onto mounds of snow.' However it did note 'each setting seems much like the last', with 'stiff combat and facial animations that become more and more noticeable,' a point echoed by stating 'the game begins strongly with some stunning art design throughout the first level' before becoming too familiar.Response to the game's unconventional use of the right analog stick for combat was mixed. Some critics, like, found it to make the game more 'slick', while called it 'broken', likening it to button mashing.
While liked the idea, the change, it felt, made other aspects of the game worse, notably the camera control and lock-on system for projectile weaponry. In general, most critics dislike the analog stick configuration, arguing that it removes manual camera control.A common criticism was directed at the death sequence where a Valkyrie collects the player's body as being too long. Called it a “sheer annoyance”, with other critics like jokingly wondering the game's total play time if the sequence was skippable. Said in his review for Zero Punctuation that 'no one can look at this and think 'Yep, this will never get old'. In 2010, he named it the worst game he had reviewed yet.
However, while finding it 'frustrating' felt that it prevented players from abusing the respawn system as result. However felt the game's biggest problem was its relatively short length for its genre.
As with other critics, found the addition of cooperative multiplayer made the game more entertaining. While agreeing, concluded: 'The irony is that many of Too Human 's problems wouldn't exist if another pair of human players were allowed to enter the fold (as was originally intended),' referencing the previous feature of four player multiplayer being absent in the finished product.
Declared Too Human the 'Underperformer of the Year' as they 'expected the years of development time to turn out something better than this.' References.
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