Common Sense Media Review
By Marc Saltzman
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Hack-n-slash, run-n-gun sci-fi adventure.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 16+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Play
What's It About?
Published by Microsoft Game Studios, TOO HUMAN is a sci-fi tale that takes place far into the future (yet peppered with nods to Norse mythology), where you play as a cybernetic god, Baldur, tasked to defend humankind from monstrous machinery bent on total destruction. With a combination of melee moves and fancy firearm work, you'll take down these threats – even dozens at the same time – to access new teleportation gateways and unlock the next cinematic sequence.
Run, gun, hack and slash through this third-person adventure by yourself, or if you prefer, play the entire single-player campaign in multiplayer co-op mode via Xbox Live.
Is It Any Good?
This long-delayed game doesn't disappoint because it's been in development since the dawn of humanity itself -- it was first shown at the E3 Expo in 1999 for the original Sony PlayStation before switching to the Nintendo GameCube and was then put on ice for other projects -- but this first in a planned trilogy from Silicon Knights doesn't deliver anywhere near the awe-inspiring interactive experience found in the developer's previous games, like Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.
Many of the game's notable attributes -- such as a cool story and role-playing game (RPG)-like upgrades -- are overshadowed by repetitive fight sequences, uninspiring level design, and nagging camera issues. Too Human is yet another example of a game that, while not terrible, doesn't live up to its hype. At best, consider this a decent weekend rental for fans of fantasy action games.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how the game designers attempted to combine Norse mythology with a futuristic sci-fi universe -- and if this fusion worked. Are there similarities between these two worlds? And did the game makers do a good job in overlapping the two?
Game Details
- Platform : Xbox 360
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Available online
- Publisher : Microsoft
- Release date : August 19, 2008
- Genre : Action/Adventure
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : August 25, 2016
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