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Just picked up this game yesterday and I've been playing the hell of it so far. I've already gotten to LVL. 16 with my Champion and I must say that this is one of the most Diablo-like games I've ever played for a console. However, I do have some major gripes that I'd like to share:
This may contain some spoilers so beware.
1. The camera sucks. I don't know how many times I've died now because of the crapiness of the camera system. The game allows you to center the camera behind you but it doesn't work during battle that well. Even out of combat, the camera sucks hard. I find myself getting lost a lot of the time because the camera swings around and makes me completely disoriented.
2. Combat, outside of the gunplay, is hard to get used to. Guns are used with the Left/Right triggers but all melee combat is controlled by the Right Analog stick. It's sad when I've found that the best way to use the Melee controls are by madly rotating the analog stick because nothing else seems to work as well.
3. Death means nothing. The only penalty for death in 'Too Human' is watching the same annoying cutscene over and over and over. And trust me, you will be seeing it alot. Basically, when you die, a female Valkrie floats down from the sky and picks you up off the ground and carries you into the light so to speak. You then just appear either exactly where you bit the dust or a little ways away from there. As far as I have been able to tell, there are no other penalties for death. You don't lose money, experience, or even gear. Also, any enemies you were beating on will have the exact same amount of health that they had before you died making them even easier to kill then before.
4. You will never ever be stronger then the enemies you fight, ever. It doesn't matter what level you are in this game as overpowering enemies is impossible. If you're LVL. 9, the enemies will either be at that level or a little bit above it. Also, the enemies in this game will constantly overwhelm you with constant attacks from afar, killing you before you can even get near them. Other enemies, when hit, will either explode or freeze you leaving you open to be beaten to death by whatever other enemies are kicking around. This leads to more visits by the flying bitch and constant frustration.
5. The AI is shit. I don't know of any other way of describing this other then shit. But it isn't the enemy AI that's affected of course. It's your allies who are the dumbest fucks outside of the NES-era. They hardly ever assist in any battle, in fact, the enemies run right by them to tear your face off while they stand in the same spot shooting at the wall. At one point during the second mission, I tapped my GF on the shoulder to show her that four of my buddies were just running into the wall while talking to each other about nothing. Laughing, I sauntered a little bit further into the level and noticed three more of my guys were also running aimlessly into a wall. It was at this point that I stopped and asked myself why this game was in development for so long considering all of the bugs and whatnot plaging it.
6. The story is lame from what I've seen of it so far. The voice actors are terrible as well.
As I play this game more, I'm sure I will like it but right now, I'm just not convinced that I haven't wasted my money. This is the first time that I will ever admit that IGN was spot-on with a review. EVER.
This may contain some spoilers so beware.
1. The camera sucks. I don't know how many times I've died now because of the crapiness of the camera system. The game allows you to center the camera behind you but it doesn't work during battle that well. Even out of combat, the camera sucks hard. I find myself getting lost a lot of the time because the camera swings around and makes me completely disoriented.
2. Combat, outside of the gunplay, is hard to get used to. Guns are used with the Left/Right triggers but all melee combat is controlled by the Right Analog stick. It's sad when I've found that the best way to use the Melee controls are by madly rotating the analog stick because nothing else seems to work as well.
3. Death means nothing. The only penalty for death in 'Too Human' is watching the same annoying cutscene over and over and over. And trust me, you will be seeing it alot. Basically, when you die, a female Valkrie floats down from the sky and picks you up off the ground and carries you into the light so to speak. You then just appear either exactly where you bit the dust or a little ways away from there. As far as I have been able to tell, there are no other penalties for death. You don't lose money, experience, or even gear. Also, any enemies you were beating on will have the exact same amount of health that they had before you died making them even easier to kill then before.
4. You will never ever be stronger then the enemies you fight, ever. It doesn't matter what level you are in this game as overpowering enemies is impossible. If you're LVL. 9, the enemies will either be at that level or a little bit above it. Also, the enemies in this game will constantly overwhelm you with constant attacks from afar, killing you before you can even get near them. Other enemies, when hit, will either explode or freeze you leaving you open to be beaten to death by whatever other enemies are kicking around. This leads to more visits by the flying bitch and constant frustration.
5. The AI is shit. I don't know of any other way of describing this other then shit. But it isn't the enemy AI that's affected of course. It's your allies who are the dumbest fucks outside of the NES-era. They hardly ever assist in any battle, in fact, the enemies run right by them to tear your face off while they stand in the same spot shooting at the wall. At one point during the second mission, I tapped my GF on the shoulder to show her that four of my buddies were just running into the wall while talking to each other about nothing. Laughing, I sauntered a little bit further into the level and noticed three more of my guys were also running aimlessly into a wall. It was at this point that I stopped and asked myself why this game was in development for so long considering all of the bugs and whatnot plaging it.
6. The story is lame from what I've seen of it so far. The voice actors are terrible as well.
As I play this game more, I'm sure I will like it but right now, I'm just not convinced that I haven't wasted my money. This is the first time that I will ever admit that IGN was spot-on with a review. EVER.