Shippin' Out August 18-22: Too Human, Quest for Booty

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Aug 18, 2008 5:36 pm PT

Silicon Knights' action-RPG and Ratchet & Clank's bite-sized PS3 offering join XBLA Galaga Legions and Wii VC Mega Man on the week's roster.

Nearly nine-and-a-half years after it was revealed, Too Human is finally headed to stores. Obviously, given the quantum shift in graphics, the Xbox 360 exclusive that ships tomorrow isn't the same game as the four-disc PlayStation title first shown off in April 1999. The concept remains largely the same, though, with developer Silicon Knights blending elements of Norse mythology and high sci-fi into one action-role-playing-game package. Check back later today for GameSpot's full review.

Those impartial to cyber-swordplay have only a few alternatives this week. PlayStation 3 owners can download Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty via the PlayStation network. As outlined in a recent interview, the latest game will be shorter than prior adventures of the titular Lombax/machine duo and will be priced to match at just $14.99. Although Quest for Booty is episodic in length, there are no sequels to the "stand-alone" game currently announced.

Coincidentally, most of the week's other noteworthy titles are also downloadable. Today, Nintendo released the original NES Mega Man on the Wii Virtual Console for 500 Wii points ($5). Joining Capcom's blue hero is the 1996 NeoGeo game Neo Turf Masters ($9) and Gameloft's WiiWare offering Midnight Pool ($8). On Wednesday, Xbox Live Arcade will see the launch of Namco Bandai's Galaga Legions, the latest revamp of an arcade classic on Microsoft's online service.

This week's new releases are listed below (list taken from retailer information--actual dates may vary).

AUGUST 18, 2008
Mega Man - WII VC
Midnight Pool - WII
Neo Turf Masters - WII VC

AUGUST 19, 2008
Commando: Steel Disaster - DS
Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm - PC
Shattered Suns - PC
Too Human - X360
Two Worlds: Epic Edition - PC

AUGUST 20, 2008
Galaga Legions - X360

AUGUST 21, 2008
Anibus - WII
Dracula 3: Path of the Dragon - PC
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty - PS3
Sinking Island - PC
Tank Universal: Challenger Eight - PC

AUGUST 22, 2008
No releases scheduled.

51 Comments

  • Ra-Devil

    Posted Aug 24, 2008 12:36 am PT

    I don't understand the resentment towards Too Human. After playing the games for the past few days, I actually like it, and have to force myself to stop playing so that I can get some sleep. Why did GS give it a 5.5? It's not great, but 5.5?? Maybe a 7.5. I'd have been fine with that. I don't even know why I care, hell, I like the game and that's all that matters... though I would like there to be a second one. Please finish your trilogy Silicon Knights, and try to update the game each time.

  • Nineball2112

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 11:11 am PT

    Dyack vs. Picard

    Heh...

  • arc_salvo

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 7:08 pm PT

    I agree with darkride66, it's like the hype for Space Siege. Given how good Silicon Knights's previous games were, it wasn't a crazy idea to believe at least some of the hype.

  • darkride66

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 4:53 pm PT

    @ lamprey263. I thought Eternal Darkness was excellent, a breath of fresh air. It had an epic story and I can't remember anytime since that a game had so well incorporated breaking down that 4th wall during gameplay. Eternal Darkness was something very special and one of the finest, if not the finest, survival horror game to date. I think the hype surrounding Too Human was justified to anyone that played Eternal Darkness, let alone considering the brilliant Legacy of Kain.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 1:25 pm PT

    Am I the only one not surprised Too Human got such a terrible review? I mean, I thought this game looked iffy since that stupid E307 trailer, and looked even worse with every gameplay video seen since. I think the fanboy wars where responsible for fueling the flame for this exclusive, touting it as something worth bragging about, which it never was. Don't get me wrong, I'm an X360 fanboy myself, but I could smell this piece of crap from miles away. People kept saying stuff like "Silicon Knights are such awesome developers, blah blah blah..." without really backing those statements up. Let's take a look at Silicon Knights development history: besides Too Human, SK has only made 2 other games in the last 10 years; one of those games was MGS: Twin Snakes (GameCube), a REMAKE of a game Konami already made for the PS1 6 years earlier, they basically ported it (yes yes, I know, they added some things like first person shooting, whooptie-do); Eternal Darkness was an overrated game mainly because it was the first Nintendo published M-rated game, but it pales in contrast to other survival horror games even in its time; Silicon Knights is the only company that's complained about the level of support form Epic on their UE3, while no other company has had such problems (this should have been a sign that the SK developers were too inexperienced to know what they were doing); besides all this, SK hasn't made a decent game since Legacy of Kain, that was 12 years ago. And then there's the demo we all got to play, when we finally got to hear people who actually played the game say it sucked, which I've been saying was going to happen all along. But still, people are in denial over this like somehow all the critics wrote these reviews together while smoking crack, saying instead that the reviews were disappointing and not the game. Seriously, pull your head out of your ass.

  • BoogieManZero

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 1:21 pm PT

    On one hand I really feel bad the for developers involved with Too Human, it is never easy to see a project not go over well. However the creators also seemed more interested in the publicity surrounding the game than actually completing it.

  • tupac-makaveli

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 12:44 pm PT

    11 years in the making = epic fail.
    this game should of gotten 11 out of 10 since the dev. time was so long.

  • sandwichking91

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 11:48 am PT

    i went to best buy and tried to pick up my pre-ordered too human, but they said it comes out tomorrow. did that happen to anyone else?

  • sandwichking91

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 11:42 am PT

    hey i went to best buy today and they told me too human comes out tomorrow. did anyone else have that problem

  • sandwichking91

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 11:41 am PT

    hey i went to best buy today and they told me too human comes out tomorrow. did anyone else have that problem

  • BigDaddy973

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 11:21 am PT

    I thought castle crashers was this week? Damn!

  • Danthegamingman

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 11:07 am PT

    I am disappointed in Gamespot, what a poorly written review for Too Human the editorial staff should be ashamed. The score does not equal written content in that review. I miss J. Gerstmann, A. Navaro, R. Davis, and B. Shoemaker reviews and thats odd.

  • monktheking

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 10:42 am PT

    I have to say, i'm a little disappointed by Too Human's review. I played the demo and absolutely loved it. I was certain the game would score at least an 8.0. But then again, I didn't think Metal Gear Solid 4 should have received a ten. You will spend more time watching MGS than playing - in fact, the ending cutscene is over an hour long. Anyway, the Too Human review seems off to me - i would suggest renting first.You might be pleasantly surprised.

  • kos1085

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 9:53 am PT

    @dewwy and peetowser. I am not saying it is a bad game. I actually tried the demo multiple time with the different classes as soon as it was released. Just hard justifying spending $60 on a 'mediocre' game when there are other games coming out Sept-Nov that I know I will enjoy more.

  • peetowser

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 9:33 am PT

    Too Human isnt a gem, but it sure as heck deserves better than the treatment Haze got... I got a PS3 too and that Haze bashing was just silly. I'm not about to get into a similar mess with Too Human just because now it's the XBox's turn lol... Whatever the console is, those arguments are silly : people repeating a game they never played sucks because they read so many reviews... The heck is that anyways, reading 7 reviews but not even playing the game??

    Stop relying on reviews guys, just rent it to try.

    Half of my favorite games got crappy reviews, sometimes the reviewers just don't like the same stuff we do etc... I'm not trying to sell Too human, as I've said it's far from perfect but not even playing a game and start badmouthing it just because some reviewer said it sucked is stupid.

    Try it then call it thrash I don't care, but Silicon Knights were one of the breakout devs in the PS1 years with Legacy of Kane and I'll always respect them for that awesome game... I'm not saying I liked every one of their games, but I will make a point to at least play through them before knocking them into the ground...

    And just because I don't like any said game doesn't mean it sucks IMO... Unless the game is badly executed i.e. poor control, it just means that game's not for me, not for my tastes, nothing more...

  • akiwak

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 9:10 am PT

    Looks like the xbox360 gets their HAZE like game in Too Human. BUT before we start flaming each other lets just remember that we are all gamers and we already have a label. Lets not turn this into another Fanboy war both systems have good games and thanks to their existence we do get to see some unique games and get to have a great time playing.

  • dewwy

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 8:44 am PT

    Too Human is actually a good game, and I have no idea how it's been getting poor reviews. I highly recommend you try the demo on XBL. Odds are if you like it you'll like the full game.

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