Author Topic: The Too Human Thread of I Am Actually Playing It (Read 22480 times)

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #60 on:** August 21, 2008, 11:05:54 PM »

Renting this tomorrow. The loot stuff just sounds so amazing. I don't even care about the story now.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #61 on:** August 22, 2008, 12:56:17 AM »

Quote from: dcharlie on August 22, 2008, 12:54:06 AM

Still, it matters not, for now i have Too Human and tonight i shall drunkenly try to play it whilst stuffing my face with a full family size pizza and consume an inappropriate amount of Black Nikka.

What toppings? Asian pizzas are so wacky!

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #62 on:** August 22, 2008, 01:27:18 AM »

WTF, how do you mix carbonara and bulgogi?

Don't worry about getting fat. Demi will give you some action if you do.

TVC15 · « **Reply #63 on:** August 22, 2008, 01:42:20 AM »

Quote from: demi on August 21, 2008, 08:49:24 PM

Is Berzerker easy to play as? I think TVC is playing a Zerker

I beat the first level, including boss and all arenas, without dying. I came close to dying on the boss though. The Ice Forest, no idea how far in I was when I stopped yesterday, but I died a LOT. The enemies that shoot shit in that level make mincemeat out of me. Dead in 2 hits, usually.

demi · « **Reply #64 on:** August 22, 2008, 01:46:10 AM »

I have 705/1000 now

There's an achievement for beating is as Cybernetic, so it looks like I'm making another character

TVC15 · « **Reply #65 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:14:26 AM »

The Ice Forest is really frustrating me. I can tolerate repeatedly dying, but the FUCKING DEATH ANIMATION. Why not give me the option to skip it, but have me pay a fee instead? Like 10% of my credits?

siamesedreamer · « **Reply #66 on:** August 22, 2008, 11:29:12 AM »

There's only four levels?

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #67 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:49:56 PM »

Ok i'm ashamed to say this.

But i'm really enjoying this game. I had not problems with controls or anything, and the story has been interesting. The menu for the armors and stuff is a bit cluttered i think but i haven't mess with it too much.

How do i equip the helmet anyway? It says it's already equiped but my character has no helmet on. Whats up with that?

demi · « **Reply #68 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:50:24 PM »

Some helmets dont have a graphic... I had one like that

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #69 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:51:43 PM »

Oooh...

Also i think the graphics are pretty good. Animation wise, it's better during gameplay than it is during cut scenes. And they fixed a bit of how the combat looks, now when you hit someone it shakes the screen a bit or something, so it feels much better than it looked in earlier videos.

demi · « **Reply #70 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:52:28 PM »

No reason to be ashamed... I said from the start - Too Human would be awesome

Haters eviscerated... good bye

demi · « **Reply #71 on:** August 22, 2008, 03:40:01 PM »

What is

about it? I mean what I said.

demi · « **Reply #72 on:** August 22, 2008, 04:04:13 PM »

Is that a problem?

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #73 on:** August 22, 2008, 06:12:23 PM »

Tried to rent this today. The Blockbuster near me normally gets tons of copies of new releases but it looks like they only bought one of Too Human and it was out. Don't know if that's good or bad news.

demi · « **Reply #74 on:** August 22, 2008, 06:21:33 PM »

I'm Level 36 Champeen, kickin ass and taking names

cool breeze · « **Reply #75 on:** August 22, 2008, 06:31:04 PM »

What is the story like?

demi · « **Reply #76 on:** August 22, 2008, 06:34:36 PM »

Slicing up machines

(it's really not that good)

cool breeze · « **Reply #77 on:** August 22, 2008, 06:40:21 PM »

I'm still curious about it. I'm listening to 1upyours now, and while they say the story is bad, they bring up some things like Internet analogies and all this other shit that is somewhat clever but unexplored.

demi · « **Reply #78 on:** August 22, 2008, 06:43:50 PM »

uh, if they did i must be pretty distinguished mentally-challenged to not see them

muckson · « **Reply #79 on:** August 22, 2008, 08:22:44 PM »

demi doesn't like anything and demi likes this game which means it's good. fuck. now i have to buy it.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #80 on:** August 22, 2008, 09:58:17 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 22, 2008, 02:50:24 PM

Some helmets dont have a graphic... I had one like that

Needed another year in the oven!

demi · « **Reply #81 on:** August 22, 2008, 10:07:50 PM »

Just beat each level without dying

Mrbob · « **Reply #82 on:** August 22, 2008, 10:41:26 PM »

Do you get an achievement for that?

siamesedreamer · « **Reply #83 on:** August 22, 2008, 11:21:48 PM »

Its really a lot of fun. Just wish the controls worked a little better.

demi · « **Reply #84 on:** August 22, 2008, 11:50:24 PM »

Quote from: Mrbob on August 22, 2008, 10:41:26 PM

Do you get an achievement for that?

One for each level, yeah

border · « **Reply #85 on:** August 23, 2008, 12:12:50 AM »

Have you done much co-op?

Somehow I got the Serve 'Em Up Achievement in single player.

Went on last night and got the troll team-kill achievement without even trying. There's enough trolls in The Ice Forest that it's gonna happen sooner or later.

demi · « **Reply #86 on:** August 23, 2008, 12:25:00 AM »

I have done zero co-op, I'm hoping to do a run with TVC this weekend

demi · « **Reply #87 on:** August 23, 2008, 01:36:04 AM »

Ah man my game locked up for the first time

TVC15 · « **Reply #88 on:** August 23, 2008, 01:42:33 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on August 22, 2008, 06:31:04 PM

What is the story like?

To get this out of the way: it was kind of distinguished mentally-challenged for SK to try to cram an actual story into this game. There's like 15 minutes of boredom after the first dungeon as you walk around Aesir and watch cutscenes. This sort of storytelling really doesn't fly with games that are basically twitchers.

But judging the story on its own, even if it were, well, wedded to gameplay that supported it, it's not bad. It's not nifty like Eternal Darkness or Legacy of Kain, but it has its charms. There are some howlers of dialogue, although most of the really bad lines seem to be in the incidental in-game dialogue. One of the problems is that the game dumps you right in without doing any setup or exposition so you know what's going on. If you've read a bit of Norse mythology, you'll catch up quickly. The voice acting is good around the board. Silicon Knights seems to always do well with voice acting. Well, again, some of the incidental stuff is iffy, but nothing too terrible.

But no, so far it doesn't live up to Dyack's lofty noodlings on narrative or anything like that.

demi · « **Reply #89 on:** August 23, 2008, 02:11:36 AM »

woot i found a Level 3 charm

border · « **Reply #90 on:** August 23, 2008, 04:55:57 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on August 23, 2008, 01:42:33 AM

To get this out of the way: it was kind of distinguished mentally-challenged for SK to try to cram an actual story into this game. There's like 15 minutes of boredom after the first dungeon as you walk around Aesir and watch cutscenes. This sort of storytelling really doesn't fly with games that are basically twitchers.

For all the yapping that Silicon Nights did about the story, it's kind of surprising that the game has probably less than an hour's worth of cutscenes. It seems painfully clear that at some point, they were forced to cut a lot of content out of this game just to get it out the door. It probably happened when they realized UE3 wasn't going to work. What actually wound up in the final product doesn't seem too substantial, and as you said a lot of it doesn't make any sense if you don't already know the Norse legends. Why did Baldur end up in Helheim instead of Valhalla? What is this bizarre demon that Hel has summoned into the world? What's Loki's goal/purpose/motivation?

Also, what's with stat-caps in this game? I tried to stack a lot of Strength for damage, but at some point it tells you you are capped. I thought the whole point of these dungeon hacks was min-maxing to the extremes. With such low caps it seems like they are forcing you towards making a balanced character. Did Diablo and Titan Quest have caps? WoW has unwritten caps on certain stats, but you can't reach them unless you are maximum level and sporting some insane gear. Too Human is at least nice enough to tell you its caps, but I started hitting them before I even finished my first playthrough.

TVC15 · « **Reply #91 on:** August 23, 2008, 04:57:31 AM »

Where does it tell you that you are hitting caps? Is it in the stats screen or does it tell you when you are equipping items?

border · « **Reply #92 on:** August 23, 2008, 05:02:48 AM »

If you run over an item in the inventory menu and it has a stat that will put you over the cap, the modifier "Capped" will appear in the description. For example, "+25% Strength (Capped)". If you are going over Runes, I think it actually tells you where you are at Stat-wise and where the cap is. It's not that hard to hit the caps -- just try stacking runes of a single specific stat and you can probably do it.

EDIT: My favorite piece of awful incidental dialogue is from Thor, in World Serpent -- something to the extent of "You'd best be saving your best for later - because that was pathetic!" Did they really think using the word "best" twice in the same sentence would sound anything but awkward?

demi · « **Reply #93 on:** August 23, 2008, 05:03:05 AM »

Man I havent found any reds at all

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #94 on:** August 23, 2008, 06:38:25 AM »

Is anyone playing with the HUD off? I just noticed this in the manual

TVC15 · « **Reply #95 on:** August 23, 2008, 07:47:44 AM »

Quote from: Kestastrophe on August 23, 2008, 06:38:25 AM

Is anyone playing with the HUD off? I just noticed this in the manual

I don't think that would be wise. The spider and wolf abilities seem to have lengthy recharge times, so it's nice to have the interface up there to know when they are ready.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #96 on:** August 23, 2008, 08:52:20 AM »

Wow.

I bet this game was supposed to be shorter than it is. The ICe Forest was a neverending wave of repetitive battles. Jesus Christ, at least throw some curve balls at us from time to time SK.

There aren't events, it's always the same battle.

demi · « **Reply #97 on:** August 23, 2008, 10:17:28 AM »

Not really any different than PSU/PSO

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #98 on:** August 23, 2008, 10:22:51 AM »

So I'm playing this right now. DO NOT WANT.

cool breeze · « **Reply #99 on:** August 23, 2008, 11:33:07 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on August 23, 2008, 01:42:33 AM

To get this out of the way: it was kind of distinguished mentally-challenged for SK to try to cram an actual story into this game. There's like 15 minutes of boredom after the first dungeon as you walk around Aesir and watch cutscenes. This sort of storytelling really doesn't fly with games that are basically twitchers.

But judging the story on its own, even if it were, well, wedded to gameplay that supported it, it's not bad. It's not nifty like Eternal Darkness or Legacy of Kain, but it has its charms. There are some howlers of dialogue, although most of the really bad lines seem to be in the incidental in-game dialogue. One of the problems is that the game dumps you right in without doing any setup or exposition so you know what's going on. If you've read a bit of Norse mythology, you'll catch up quickly. The voice acting is good around the board. Silicon Knights seems to always do well with voice acting. Well, again, some of the incidental stuff is iffy, but nothing too terrible.

But no, so far it doesn't live up to Dyack's lofty noodlings on narrative or anything like that.

So, they have you doing more of that stuff from the demo where you walk around and stand on elevators? Does anyone know if that stuff gets removed in co-op?

I almost feel like renting this game just to play co-op or something.

muckson · « **Reply #100 on:** August 23, 2008, 11:42:55 AM »

i played a little last night at a friend's house and came to the conclusion that while i DO want the game i WILL NOT pay full price for it. so it gets to wait for a while.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #101 on:** August 23, 2008, 11:46:02 AM »

Ok, I am playing as a defender. Are there no shield drops? I played through the entire first level and I have yet to find any more hammer/shield combos.

demi · « **Reply #102 on:** August 23, 2008, 12:22:16 PM »

Fenrir does take time to charge - you need to build the combo meter to actually use it though

It appears as a wolf icon on the top right half of the ammo meter

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #103 on:** August 23, 2008, 12:52:54 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 23, 2008, 10:17:28 AM

Not really any different than PSU/PSO

Never played those. Still i am liking the game.

Grecco · « **Reply #104 on:** August 23, 2008, 01:47:22 PM »

This game is garbage.

Its fun Garbage. But its garbage.

siamesedreamer · « **Reply #105 on:** August 23, 2008, 03:32:19 PM »

The arrow shooting spider-like dudes are soo cheap. Is there anyway to avoid their ground pound? I die like 5 times everytime I fight one of them.

demi · « **Reply #106 on:** August 23, 2008, 03:37:33 PM »

Just roll, you can avoid any explosion / pound with zero damage

siamesedreamer · « **Reply #107 on:** August 23, 2008, 03:47:12 PM »

When rolling? OK...I'll try that. That ground pound even gets me when I jump.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #108 on:** August 23, 2008, 04:09:32 PM »

I'm in the last dungeon, man this game is too repetitive.

There's a good game here samewhere, but there's so many bad flaws. Too bad, i'm trying to get strenght in order to make it to the end, the game is making it hard though.

And story wise, a mess.

Grecco · « **Reply #109 on:** August 23, 2008, 05:00:29 PM »

the Story is ripped right out of The Matrix its sad.

demi · « **Reply #110 on:** August 23, 2008, 05:20:48 PM »

I just hit 50, still no Red loot

Methinks SK made them a bit too hard to find

Grecco · « **Reply #111 on:** August 23, 2008, 05:32:27 PM »

You need 7 of them for the achievment right? God Damnit

demi · « **Reply #112 on:** August 23, 2008, 05:52:03 PM »

Well it says you need a set... I dont think anyone has actually equipped 7 red items yet

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #113 on:** August 23, 2008, 06:05:35 PM »

All trick to make you keep playing the game.

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #114 on:** August 23, 2008, 06:25:51 PM »

Thank god that I bought God Hand when I bought this game.

demi · « **Reply #115 on:** August 23, 2008, 06:33:59 PM »

Thank God man

demi · « **Reply #116 on:** August 23, 2008, 06:46:19 PM »

Man I'm burnt out on this, I dont think I'm gonna bother getting the 7 piece set if it takes this long to even get one

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #117 on:** August 23, 2008, 06:48:04 PM »

^^No way. The mighty demi felled by a canadian

demi · « **Reply #118 on:** August 23, 2008, 07:07:43 PM »

Well I have 895/1000

I've done like 20 runs and I have not received one piece of red

It's like... be real now

Positive Touch · « **Reply #119 on:** August 23, 2008, 07:40:31 PM »

don't you get 1000 for every game you play though?

this will forever be a mark on your gamerscore

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