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6.1

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GF Rating
8

Very Good

Not perfect - but give it a chance

posted by dielkathan (JERSEY CITY, NJ) Aug 21, 2008

Member since Apr 2006

94 out of 111 gamers (85%) found this review helpful

Bottom line before my explanation:
Give this game a chance, it may grow on you
I hated it at first but have come to love it

This is my first review. I will also preface that I don't ever play RPG's as my time is limited for games and this genre tends to be way too long & way too deep.

Initially I was drawn to mixing Norse mythology & science fiction. Interesting if corny at times. Aliens meets the Matrix meets Lord of the Rings.

Yesterday I made the jump and simply bought this game.
I am not unhappy.

Fundamentally, I think that is my point. The game is beautiful. It tries to be epic in scale & largely succeeds. The scenery is great, the music is great, the visuals are great & movement is fluid.

This game has been largely slammed in the critical arena. Most notably for the lack of camera control. Admittedly, that problem exists, but you get used to it & quite frankly, it is not terrible.
The controls in general (I include the camera here as a lack of control) take ALOT of getting used to. But once you do, they become easy.

Having gone from COD4 to ninja gaiden 2 to this, I was mashing buttons and doing all sorts of dumb things, but once I settled into the control scheme, I was dispatching enemies with reative ease.

This is where the game will live or die. Can we players give a new control scheme a chance?

The games relies on random loot drops. You'll be tweaking constantly & that gets addicting. As I said, I don't even like RPG games in general, so this surprised me. It is done well.

The skill trees are decent & it allows you to remap if you don't like your choices. Great for someone like me not used to this.

As an action title, there is monotony to battle. I think that criticism is real too. Battles are horde-like & seem epic in scale each time. You don't fight 1 monster, you fight 50. Always. Some may like it, some won't. I do.

For everything unpolished, there is a gem here.

Give it a try - at least a rent

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GF Rating
8

Very Good

Jack of all trades, master of none

posted by Droppo (HOUSTON, TX) Aug 24, 2008

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Member since Dec 2006

131 out of 161 gamers (81%) found this review helpful

This is an overall very good game. Lots of fun tearing up enemies in a number of different ways, collecting new armor and weapons in an rpg like way and leveling up a few skills on a Diablo-esqe skill tree.

Graphics are good. Not amazing. Sound and voice acting are usually good but not always. The story is pretty good, but there is an annoying love interest story mixed in. The combination of Norse mythology and future sci fi tech makes for a new and interesting world.

The camera is usually ok, but from time to time, you wish you could control it yourself. You can center the view with the left button sometimes, but there are times when the game takes over the camera and it sorta feels like the camera in Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Since most games let you look with the right stick, I kept trying to do that at first, but that stick is your main attack controller. So everytime I didn't like what the camera was doing, I swished my dual wielded swords around (perhaps in anger). The camera isn't a deal breaker, but I can see that some people might complain.

Starting off the game, I was a bit underwhelmed. The beginning level wasn't set up to let me know it was just a beginning (almost training) level. Therefore, I was thinking that this was indicative of the entire game. After that area was finished and I moved on from there, the game opens up quite a bit. Options are many in weapons and armor. You can add runes to give your character bonuses. You have the ability to enter a different world to solve a few puzzles and open doors that were locked in the real world.

There's a whole lot of stuff to do in this game. It never really has let me down in any area and usually, it's a lot of fun. It doesn't set the bar any higher in any area though. It looks to be a bit replayable with different character classes, and you do have the option of staying human or getting cybernetic implants.

It's a definite rental and possible purchase if it happens to suit your style.

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GF Rating
8

Very Good

DON'T KNOCK IT UNTIL YOU'VE TRIED IT!!

posted by W4RM4CHINE (MANSFIELD, TX) Oct 7, 2008

Member since Feb 2006

8 out of 11 gamers (73%) found this review helpful

I was listening to everyone saying this is a "so-so" game, but I thought I would put it in my "Q" and try it...and I was glad I did! The game play took some getting used to at first (I usually play FPS, and this game has more to it than most FPS's). This is an ACTION game, and the way you play it is totally up to you. You can play it as a fighting game, action game, or as a role playing game...totally up to you. It gives you a choice to play as a Human or as a Cybernetic being, and this choice does affect the game play. Weapons and Armor are all upgradeable, and there are hours upon hours of addicting game play here (and that says a lot coming from a COD 4 junkie). Like the title says, don't knock it until you have tried it. I am not a big fan or RPG's, but I genuinely enjoy TOO HUMAN, you will too.

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