Annoying
Complicated
Difficult
Disapointing
Those are just some of the words that came to mind when I was playing Too Human last night for 4 hours. I started the game sometime around 8:30 after preparing my Salmon Wraps and Soup and played until 12:30 in the morning.
So why would I play the game for 4 straight hours when I could have been playing Spore? Well you see, I really wanted to give this game a 'fair' chance...it's something I believe in. I enjoyed the first 90 minutes of the game, so I thought things would be ok, but boy was I wrong.
The second 'quest' of the game has you in this really hard to describe location which involves you traveling around the area and traveling on jump-warps. Every section you encounter wave upon wave of enemies with each area containing at least one Sub-Boss that is a pain to kill. I spent my 4 hours just playing this level and it was extremely annoying at the frustration I encountered during this time.
First off, the camera sucks. I knew from the demo that I would have problems with it but it became even more apparent in this part of the game when you have so many enemies on the screen. Since you are supposed to hold LB and use the Right Analog stick to move the camera, it should be ok. Problem is that your Right Analog stick is the attack buttons, so the game thinks you are swinging to attack and not trying to move the camera. Your team's AI is just garbage, absolutely useless. Why is your lead character even with this group of morons is beyond me. Since you have so many enemies attacking you, they swarm you and you will die.
I have played the game for more than six hours and I average 10 deaths an hour. The first two hours of the game, I died twice...do the math. Now with those deaths, that means I had to watch a Valkyrie appear on the screen 60 times. Her scenes last about 30 seconds...so do the math (30 minutes of gameplay dedicated to that...come on!). I am playing the game as the Bio Engineer since I wanted a character who would regenerate health quickly, but even with that, I still die too frequently.
The weapons are interesting, but they are not as powerful as you would think. If you use a two-handed weapon like a hammer, while your attacks are stronger, you do fewer. Another problem is that when a character falls, they are immune to hits until the get back up. For you, if you're down, you can stay down at times. I also don't enjoy the FFVIII enemy system. Meaning if you're a level 17 character, your enemies are also in that vicinity. It is kind of weird to fight enemies that were at level 11 a few minutes ago only for them to be at level 17, who did they kill to get that strong?
Thankfully I did not drop the 60 dollars (plus Cdn Taxes) on the game, but only paid 11 to rent it out. The sad part is, considering I am half-way through, I have every intention on suffering through the rest. I want to see how this thing turns out considering I invested this time so far. I may or may not actually finish it (since I do have to return it), but I can only pray the rest of the game is more forgiving.
At this moment, if you were thinking about playing this game, rent it. Don't bother buying this game since you'll only suffer from massive headaches. Also, be prepared to die a lot, so if you have other things you need to do, you can do them during those death cut-scenes. I will have a full-write up later this week but as you can tell, I am not a fan.
