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Journalist: "Too Human is the worst game I've played in the last 5 years"

July 01, 2008 in News comments 17

The first impressions of the XBox 360's Too Human are starting to pour in and the opinions are rather mixed, ranging from good to downright awful.
The harshest review comes from a mod and journalist over at Eurogamer, who has given a scathing report on the game, claiming that it is the "worst game [he has] played in the last 5 years". Ouch!

Poor Denis Dyack. Too Human's not even out yet, and already, the knives are out. None sharper than this one: over on the Eurogamer boards, one of the site's mods - a chap who claims to be a journo - says his Too Human review NDA is "against [his] human rights". He also says "this has to be the worst game I've played in the last 5 years", citing everything from the game's animation to its supposedly repetitive combat.
This follows on from a few hands-on impressions hitting yesterday that range from the wary to the downbeat to the cautiously damning. None of which are the final word. But all of which will nevertheless be taken as final gospel/reviews by the impressionable and trollish (despite the potential that one is a complete fabrication), which should make a fascinating case study in the construction of internet preconceptions for some student, somewhere.
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    Slumpy monkey Jul 1, 08
    I doubt its the "Worst game hes played in 5 years".

    Hmm, It looked really good. I might still pick it up. I remember when that other reviewer was saying Mass effect was crap but then when the game came out he made another review and gave it an 8/10?
  • 0
    Jaw Knee Jul 1, 08
    I'd rent it first, tbh...
  • 0
    Demonfurby Jul 1, 08
    It looks pretty good, and that guy sounds like an asshole.
  • 0
    Fishlock Jul 1, 08
    Mabey that guy was having a really bad day. I doubt Too Human will really be that bad...
  • 0
    RKRigney Jul 1, 08
    Yeah he's just looking for attention. Thanks GameGrep, for giving it to him!
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    Jaw7765 Jul 1, 08
    Ill wait till IGN, Gamespot or 1up review because they are more...reliable sites to believe
    • 1
      BlackLabel Jul 1, 08
      Not really, they are websites that adore the Xbox 360 so they will give it a high score no doubt, will it be a review to trust not likely, The only score to trust is your own or if you don't trust yourself then wait for all the reviews and make an average of the scores, if it looks good then get it. Don't trust websites that have their own bias.
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        Drogo Baggins Jul 1, 08
        Yeah, I completely agree with you, BlackLabel.

        No review is completely unbiased. The only way a review couldn't be biased is if someone reviewed a game without ever having played on before, and even then the review would be severely unreliable considering they would have nothing to compare the game to.

        I think the game looks pretty good from what I've seen and heard. But we'll just have to wait, I suppose.
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    PangTong_Blademaster Jul 1, 08
    I can't yet make a comment on this game for i have only seen glimpses but from my proffesional *cough* eye i can see that game is gonna flop.
    • 1
      Lord_80 Jul 2, 08
      Who cares what PangTong thinks either? Like you said you've only seen glimpses. You have no idea if this will flop or not.
  • 2
    Agrias Jul 1, 08
    Who cares about what he says?
  • 0
    Red 9 Jul 2, 08
    It's 360 exclusive. It's bound to be amazing[/sarcasm]

    But it can't be as bad as he says. Especially when this is pre-release.
    • 0
      BlackLabel Jul 2, 08
      Just because its a pre release doesn't mean he hasn't played the final, most of these sites get access to the games final code months before we ever do.
      • 0
        Red 9 Jul 3, 08
        If the game is finished "months" prior to release, then it would be ready for launch within weeks. The final code is usually distributed about one month before launch, maybe half a month.
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    Sereph Jul 2, 08
    Too Human keeps looking worse and worse as time wears on, and the developer's faith that he's going to revolutionize the game industry with it just makes me hate it even more. Only Valve can say that with any certainty, and if anyone else says it, they're too stupid to know what innovation really is.
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    Storm Jul 3, 08
    Sounds disappointing, like Alone in the Dark. They get the foundations done, make it look pretty amazing in many aspects, and then...don't improve on it for it's release.

    This journalist must not play many games to make this statement...there are much worser games for sure.
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      Drogo Baggins Jul 3, 08
      Well, it's possible that he hasn't played a game worse than "Too Human" in five years, but I do find even that quite unlikely.

      Sure, there are worse games, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's played them.

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