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[Zenith]

For people who do not wish to get banned for clogging up the official thread. This thread does allow discussion of the debacle surrounding Too Human and Dyack. 1UP just posted their review

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3169393

Too Human is not a good role-playing game.

Too Human is also not a good action game.

horribly animated cut-scenes

rudimentary plot of the single-player experience.

There's absolutely no reason why a game released in 2008 should have a bug where characters can fall through solid ground and into some pseudoabyss.

C-

Emphasis theirs. For reference 1UP gave Lair C+ and Haze a D+.

Gameinformer is the only other major media outlet to post a review. They gave it 6.75, with Lair getting 7.25 and Haze getting 6.25.

Edit: Adding a review tally to the OP.

REVIEWS

1up: C- (review can be read here); second review: C-
GameSpot: 5.5 out of 10 (review can be read here)
IGN: 7.8 out of 10 (review can be read here)
GameSpy: 2.5 out of 5 (review can be read here)
GameInformer: 6.75 out of 10; second opinion: 7.0
Game Pro: 4.0 out of 5 (review can be read here)
Ars Technica: Buy (review can be read here)
Giant Bomb: 3 out of 5 (review can be read here)
NZGamer.com: 7.5 out of 10 (review can be read here)
Games Magazine (Greece): 93 out of 100
Neo+ Magazine (Poland): 8.5 out of 10
Maxim (Russia): 5 out of 5
Playboy Magazine: 2.5 out of 4
The HD Room: 7.9 out of 10 (review can be read here)
Gameplayer: 7 out of 10 (review can be read here
PC World: No score (review can be read here)
CTV: No score (review can be read here)

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/too_human/review.html 7/10

http://www.totalvideogames.com/articles/Too_Human_13660.htm 8/10

Eurogamer 6/10 http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=217371&page=3
Xbox World: Too Human review 6.8
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=195531

 

[Dever]

Oh boy

 

[PhatSaqs]

 

[h3ro]

Whoa... they certainly didn't pull punches (nor should they) but still, ouch...

 

[sprsk]

Thanks.

 

[fin]

Who did the review?

 

[eznark]

Giancarlo .

This thread is going to be .gif filled and funny to watch.

 

[FrankT]

More reviews

http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Too_Human_Xbox_360_Review/3301 7.9

http://krisabel.ctv.ca/blog/_archives/2008/8/18/3842669.html

.

 

[Dever]

Who did the review?

Giancarlo Varanini, some new guy. Perhaps his first review at 1UP?

edit: I don't know shit

 

[DenogginizerOS]

Too Human is the new Lair.

 

[forgeforsaken]

I don't get the loot complaints in the 1up review.

 

[Kabouter]

.

Finally some major outlets there.

 

[fin]

Can someone quote the review for the working class?

Much appreciated!

 

[∀ Narayan]

Who did the review?

Huge Nobody

 

[bud]

reading 1up's reviews is as just as hard as browsing their site. those bastards clutter their reviews with so many pictures.

 

[DemonSwordsman]

lol at too human, but 1UP as no credibility.

 

[FrankT]

Too Human is the new Lair.

If Too Human makes a 53 average when it is all said and done on Metacritic or sales at abysmal levels as Lair, then you may have a point.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Too Human is the new Lair.

Or the new Ninja Gaiden

 

[dexterslu]

For reference 1UP gave Lair a C+ and Haze D+.

Fixed.

 

[theBishop]

Has anyone tried Lair since the analog patch?

 

[Francias Castiglione]

Can someone quote the review for the working class?

Much appreciated!

There isn't much more than in the OP. I'm not kidding.

 

[sprsk]

Or the new Ninja Gaiden

Yeah, that's it.

 

[Grecco]

Giancarlo Varanini, some new guy. Perhaps his first review at 1UP?

Pretty sure hes not a "New guy".

 

[h3ro]

Has anyone tried Lair since the analog patch?

I tried the demo that head the patch put in... yeah, still not fun.

 

[nightside]

usually these review threads are like "game X scored really high! yay!!" or "game Y scored low T_T"....this will be "Too human is scoring low!! YAY!!"

 

[jmdajr]

let the fun ... begin!

 

[Blimblim]

The embargo ends tomorrow at 3PM CET / 6AM PST for us, is it different in the US?

 

[eznark]

reading 1up's reviews is as just as hard as browsing their site. those bastards clutter their reviews with so many pictures.

try reading the fucking things on an iphone. Seriously, for a gaming site, their technology is fucked (as are IGN and gamestop though, so...)

 

[Raging Spaniard]

Giancarlo Varanini, some new guy. Perhaps his first review at 1UP?

Yay, you don't know shit.

Giancarlo has been around since the OPM days. Do some research next time.

 

[Kinitari]

Ugh, this is why I sometimes don't like seeing too much of a developer. I can't help but remember seeing Dyack's face on the 1up show, showing off his game, he looked like a proud father. This makes me feel bad =/.

 

[Zenith]

Fixed.

my bad, that was the "average rating".

 

[Mejilan]

I just want a good console loot-whoring game. I don't think I'm asking too much.

 

[Cardon]

Giancarlo Varanini, some new guy. Perhaps his first review at 1UP?

Nice to see Giancarlo back. I liked his stuff from the old OPM days.

 

[Jinfash]

what's a C- on 1 to 10 scale?

 

[Kinitari]

some links

Hrm, call me silly, but I usually tend to ignore reviews by places like ctv.ca - maybe I should actually read it, it might have some insight.

 

[adamsapple]

what's a C- on 1 to 10 scale?

a 6.5 i reckon

 

[PhatSaqs]

what's a C- on 1 to 10 scale?

Going by gamerankings:

A+ 20/20 = 100%
A 19/20 = 95%
A- 18/20 = 90%
B+ 17/20 = 85%
B 16/20 = 80%
B- 15/20 = 75%
C+ 14/20 = 70%
C 13/20 = 65%
C- 12/20 = 60%
D+ 11/20 = 55%
D 10/20 = 50%
D- 9/20 = 45%

 

[RSTEIN]

what's a C- on 1 to 10 scale?

I would say 6.0.

 

[eznark]

Yay, you don't know shit.

Giancarlo has been around since the OPM days. Do some research next time.

to be fair, he was gone for awhile.

 

[FrankT]

Well maybe not.

 

[fin]

There isn't much more than in the OP. I'm not kidding.

lame

 

[TheHeretic]

Neither for or against the game, but thats a shitty, shitty review.

 

[MrDaravon]

I thought the embargo was up Tuesday?

Anyway loot whoring games tend to not score well (I liked KUF alright and it got shit reviews), but that's about what I expected. I wonder what all 3 of the EGM scores were.

 

[Jinfash]

a 6.5 i reckon

Going by gamerankings:

I would say 6.0.

yikes... only proves that the grasses is greener in Greece :/

 

[RyuHayate]

Giancarlo Varanini, some new guy. Perhaps his first review at 1UP?

He was at Ziff when OPM went under and he and a few others went to Gametap's editorial team. That went under, too and now he's back at Ziff.

Edit: Oh, whoops. Seems like others ITT have answered your question. My apologies!

 

[JudgeN]

Neither for or against the game, but thats a shitty, shitty review.

How so exactly? I was honest and what more do you want?

 

[∀ Narayan]

I just want a good console loot-whoring game. I don't think I'm asking too much.

Too Human IS good.

 

[Stoney Mason]

lame

Yeah their reviews kind of suck even worse than in the past I notice. (I meant the content of them. Not whether I agree with the review or not). That review reads as if it was snipped out of a longer review and you are just dropped into the middle of it.

 

[eznark]

I would have thought a game that had so much crap surrounding it would have had it's review written more thoroughly. Obviously I can't question the score, but the content of the review seems more fitting for Wii shovelware.

At least the Lair and Haze reviews I read were thorough in their evisceration.

what more do you want?

I am sure you were honest and I'm sure you played the game thoroughly, the review itself just seems hastily prepared. I'm sure part of that is deadline week and all, but I'm being honest...what more do you want?

 

[Jinfash]

I thought the embargo was up Tuesday?

Anyway loot whoring games tend to not score well (I liked KUF alright and it got shit reviews), but that's about what I expected. I wonder what all 3 of the EGM scores were.

true, i'm sure that the people who liked the demo and are going to get it knew deep down that this was coming. so they shouldn't feel too bad about it.