Too Human Demo impressions

[RUiN 427]

first off i like it...

i too was sceptacle when all the drama broke out from the scathing preview build impressions. But i also read some interesting impressions and speculation that those bad reviews were caused by someone expecing too human to be an action or brawler game along the lines of DMC. when it is in fact more of a dungeon crawl like a diablo game or something.

yes the controls are awkward and the camera sucks.... at first

the camera "sucks" because you are using both sticks for moving and attacking, therfore it feels awkward and broken. but you'll soon become used to it and understand the flow of the combat.

i recomend at least 3 play throughs. This will give you the chance to get used to the camera and attacks on the first run. then the secnd you will start to dig into the much deeper and rich advanced attacks. Most of which won't even be available till the very last part of the demo when your character has enough skills and gear to make thing interesting. upon the third playthrough you will have descided on one of the 5 or 6 (can't remmber) camera modes, you will also control the fights in such a way that you are setting up your next attacks while you are still finishing your current enemy.

there is a lot here, too human is deep, but the demo will cut you off just as you have enough levels for some really interesting attacks and customization.

things i like about the DEMO:
- it's fun
- it helped me understand what the game is trying to do
- convinced me to preorder it
- random loot drops
- timed encounter where your performance determines loot drop
- death sequence is annoying enough of a "punishment" to make you want to stay alive

things i didn't like about the DEMO:
- very awkward NEW camera and control style takes getting used to
- it's short... duh
- you don't save your character... duh
- no multiplayer
- tips don't stay up long enough to read
- other classes

granted almost all of my complaints are just because of the limitations of the demo and will be a part of the full release. I really really look forward to this game now. i think the major selling point for me will be multi player... if only as a place to show off my epic abilities, gear, and learn from my friends play techniques. I do not recomend this game if you are expecting a DMC game. But if you want a game that you dungeon crawl with your buddies grinding out loot and levels, while digging up the deeper mechanics and customization of the game then it's all you

what did you guys think?

[Morfiend]

things i like about the DEMO:

The first thing I thought was "Oh look, he does have a Shift key".

Other than that, I didn't have time to play the demo yet, but I plan on grabbing it tonight. I hope I like it because I have been really craving a Diablo style game to play, and running through Titan Quest for the 3rd time just isn't cutting it.

[RUiN 427]

things i like about the DEMO:

The first thing I thought was "Oh look, he does have a Shift key".

haha, treated. I guess thats what I get for years and years of informal quick typing in AIM.

[photek]

After playing Ninja Gaiden 2 for five hours, Too Human felt very akward. Partially the animations, the movement, the camera and controlls amongst a few. I'll have to wait a few hours before trying again.

[kildorn]

It's got a Lot of shortcomings. The menu being sluggish as crap, not knowing what you just picked up in a pitched battle, for the life of me I can't figure out how to dismember things on purpose (by accident seems easy enough though), that hammer on the ground AE attack being cheap as fuck and having a giant radius. Seriously, who builds a giant killer robot that just pounds the ground constantly no matter what range it's at.

All that aside.. it's fun. I really want to try the other classes glitch on it when I get home.

[RUiN 427]

It's got a Lot of shortcomings. The menu being sluggish as crap, not knowing what you just picked up in a pitched battle, for the life of me I can't figure out how to dismember things on purpose (by accident seems easy enough though), that hammer on the ground AE attack being cheap as fuck and having a giant radius. Seriously, who builds a giant killer robot that just pounds the ground constantly no matter what range it's at.

All that aside.. it's fun. I really want to try the other classes glitch on it when I get home.

did you know that if you take out the robots legs you can climb on his back and stab his brains out?

[Tebonas]

Help a non native speaker out please.

What is sceptacle?

[Brogarn]

Help a non native speaker out please.

What is sceptacle?

skeptical

[Tebonas]

Ah, I see. Thanks. I was thinking spectacle and that made no sense at all.

[Ookii]

Capitalization and proper punctuation is also apparently hard.

[Big Gulp]

Capitalization and proper punctuation is also apparently hard.

I don't know, I like how "sceptacle" looks.  It has a kind of grandeur to it that pleases me.  Looks better than the mundane "skeptical".

[NiX]

Watched my roomie play. Someone needs to tell Dyack that saying something like "It's like Diablo" can hurt you once people realize it's not.

[kildorn]

It's got a Lot of shortcomings. The menu being sluggish as crap, not knowing what you just picked up in a pitched battle, for the life of me I can't figure out how to dismember things on purpose (by accident seems easy enough though), that hammer on the ground AE attack being cheap as fuck and having a giant radius. Seriously, who builds a giant killer robot that just pounds the ground constantly no matter what range it's at.

All that aside.. it's fun. I really want to try the other classes glitch on it when I get home.

did you know that if you take out the robots legs you can climb on his back and stab his brains out?

You can do it at any point once his first health bar is down (armor?), just get behind him with a roll.

However, they also insta die if you just pop both legs at range.

[lesion]

Up until now my only exposure to the game has been thinking "Too Human" is a dumb title. The writers clearly had no input or it would have been called Project V.A.L.K.I.L.L.A. or Brann Hansfist's Robot Smash.

The UI is clunky but not aggravating, the controls aren't horrible after flicking around a bit and the loot/killing is fine (fine, "fine"). I dunno if I missed something but the entire demo seemed to be average beat-em-up broken up by assy dialogue and infuriating fucking nonskippable death cinematics. Arg.

I didn't play long enough to discover the ultra cool secret of combo fighting. In addition the trite writing discouraged me from progressing past the early combat stages.

I give it a deflated "fuck it" out of 10.

[RUiN 427]

yeah yeah i get it, my typing and spelling are horribad.

[Murgos]

yeah yeah i get it, my typing and spelling are horribad.

Third graders know that they are supposed to capitalize the first word in a sentence.  It's a skill expected of 8 year old children.

Just saying.

[Azazel]

I teach in a special school. My kids know I expect capital letters. Even from those with major spelling issues.

Just sayin'

[schild]

Let's keep talking about the grammar. That's moving it along. Just because I'm in a hotel doesn't mean you guys aren't being silly.

[FatuousTwat]

What city,state are you in? You should start a thread updating your progress!

[Ookii]

Let's keep talking about the grammar. That's moving it along. Just because I'm in a hotel doesn't mean you guys aren't being silly.

Well the game is a piece of crap so the grammar is all we have to go on.

[schild]

What city,state are you in? You should start a thread updating your progress!

If I twittered this road trip it would be:

Brown
Brown
Real
Brown
Brown
Still Brown, also a dead animal
Still Brown
I caught dysentary.
I am dead.

West Texas sucks.

[Cyrrex]

Having driven through eastern and then northern Texas many years ago, I seem to recall a whole lot of brown there too.  Is west Texas even more brown and dreary?

Of course, I wasn't foolish enough to actually stop anywhere.  It was too hot to stop.  I had to keep the car moving at 90mph+ just to avoid evaporating.

[FatuousTwat]

I caught dysentary.
I am dead.

Shouldn't have forded that fucking river.

[bhodi]

Yep, you totally should have caulked your car.

[KallDrexx]

Totally digging this so.  I had no real idea what the game would be like before hand and after playing the demo I'm going to buy it at release.    It's also one of the longer demos I"ve played recently which is a plus.

Btw you can play the other classes in the demo.

To play the commando or defender select them, then press A as much as you can while you go towards the champion.  It will allow you to play those two classes.

If you unplug your ethernet and set your 360 date to 2010, apparently the berserker class unlocks.

[RUiN 427]

Btw you can play the other classes in the demo.

To play the commando or defender select them, then press A as much as you can while you go towards the champion.  It will allow you to play those two classes.

If you unplug your ethernet and set your 360 date to 2010, apparently the berserker class unlocks.

OK, now your just fucking with me.

[KallDrexx]

Erm no.  I haven't had a chance to try them yet cause I've been busy but I've been reading it on many forums that these do work (ones with pretty reputable people on them) and they have actually had demo discussions about those classes.

[RUiN 427]

Erm no.  I haven't had a chance to try them yet cause I've been busy but I've been reading it on many forums that these do work (ones with pretty reputable people on them) and they have actually had demo discussions about those classes.

Well I'll be dipped. I'm at work, so I can't try it. I wonder if my buddy can pull it off and let me know.

[Ookii]

Guy1: Hey I have an idea, let's make a hybrid of Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden!
Guy2: Whoa you blew my mind, that would be totally AWESOME!
Guy1: You know what's even cooler?  We'll add Classes and skills trees and make it so you auto target!  We'll also base the lore on Norse Mythology and base the environments on those digs the bad guys had in Chronicles of Riddick!
Guy2: Most of that stuff is rad, why auto targeting?
Guy1: The only non Japanese man who can make a fluid action game is David Jaffe so we have no chance.
Guy2: True, true.  What should we call it?
Guy1: Well your character is more than human, let's call it Too Human.
Guy2: That is the coolest motherfucking name of all time.

GHEY!

[RUiN 427]

Guy1: Hey I have an idea, let's make a hybrid of Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden!
Guy2: Whoa you blew my mind, that would be totally AWESOME!
Guy1: You know what's even cooler?  We'll add Classes and skills trees and make it so you auto target!  We'll also base the lore on Norse Mythology and base the environments on those digs the bad guys had in Chronicles of Riddick!
Guy2: Most of that stuff is rad, why auto targeting?
Guy1: The only non Japanese man who can make a fluid action game is David Jaffe so we have no chance.
Guy2: True, true.  What should we call it?
Guy1: Well your character is more than human, let's call it Too Human.
Guy2: That is the coolest motherfucking name of all time.

GHEY!

This is exactly why this game is getting shit on, because people are expecting a ninja gaiden DMC game... it couldn't be further from that.

[NiX]

You mean it's not getting shit on because dyack said it's "like diablo"? Or that it's shit?

[Murgos]

Well, it's sort of like Diablo.

I've played through the demo, it's got rough edges but it's not that bad.

[KallDrexx]

Couldn't get the "A" button trick to work but did set my date to 2010 and unlocked berserker and commando.

[Velorath]

You mean it's not getting shit on because dyack said it's "like diablo"? Or that it's shit?

I'm not so sure that Dyack himself has ever said Too Human is like diablo (although it is in regards to the fact that it's a loot focused action-RPG with skill trees), but either way you seem to be focusing a little too heavily on the comparison.

[Yegolev]

Bearing in mind that demos suck, I like it.  The controls had better tighten the fuck up in the release version.  Also, Bioware Inventory GUI Guy needs to plagiarize the shit out of this, and it even has the artwork already.

I started to get into the combat despite the sluggish controls and I like the art direction.  It's not tickling my taint, but it's not bad.