Zero Punctuation: Too Human

[CharlieMorae]

Was I the only one that noticed that the Warhammer commercials were longer than the video itself? :S

And I haven't played the game myself, and now I won't. Thank you, Yahtzee.

 

[courier]

Isn't working for me with firefox. Was the old player really so disasterously bad that this is considered an improvement? Because the old one never gave me any trouble.

 

[Anaphyis]

Brilliant! I gave up on a Baldur's Gate reference after 3 minutes and then got slapped in the face with it.

 

[Surggical_Scar]

Works fine for me.

Anyway, here we go.

Too Human actually looked inviting to me - not inviting enough to actually go out and buy it, oh no, but one of those games I could casually discuss with my 'games are art' friends.

Who don't exist.

But needless to say - when a game tries to channel the Diablo-like style of lots of baddies and one bloke to murder them all, failing to make the combat fluid and fun is not unlike building a bumper car ride alongside a chasm where everyone is encouraged to ram their larger, more powerful cars into your puny little funbox until you plummet the obligatry 1,000 feet and die.

But aside from the review itself - this was top form - Baldur's Gait, that sly Joker reference, the Hammer of Wank.

Pure gold. Very nicely done.

 

[dicksmcerson]

Same rubbishy intro/outro that's still no good.

I just imagine the AVGN theme in my head instead

 

[DeLukas]

What's with the ads! Why! Why!!!

Because they don't want to have to trust that you would give them money out of the kindness of your heart.

Baldur's Gait. What a horrible pun. Horrible like the ones where everyone moans then giggles once. SO it is a bit funny, I suppose..

I thought that was the high point this round. .. aside from the fact that Drunken Gods was a better explanation for the state of the universe.

 

[Mirokunite]

So what is next?

Spore?
Mercenaries 2?
World in Conflict?
Frontlines: Fuels of War?

 

[dicksmcerson]

So what is next?

Spore?
Mercenaries 2?
World in Conflict?
Frontlines: Fuels of War?

I'm gonna guess Spore. It's the biggest of those games and would generate the most interest

 

[quantumsaint]

I would bet on Spore, if it had a simultaneous release.

 

[cutekittenkyti]

I found it very ironic and funny that EA games
the one that yahtzee always criticizes has this HUGE MASSIVE FIVE MINUTE trailer at the end of his video, and a little blurb before it as well.
Also the escapist is skinned up for eve...
(or either some really big adds)
just a little too perfect in the irony department for me

 

[The_White_Crane]

Fails with Firefox for me too. Irksome.

 

[t3h m3ss1ah]

Great video, back on form with this one, very funny

Can I just ask, does anyone even watch the trailers at the end?

 

[asacatman]

advert for firefox! But really, I haven't seen it so I'll wait for a patch or whatever the term is.

 

[Dapper Ninja]

Nice review, I found the Devil May Cry reference quite funny for some reason. I'm surprised he used Dante as the example instead of Nero, though. But then again, Nero's gun probably uses ammunition even weaker than peas.

EDIT: Also, I played the demo and the death animation is very annoying and the fact that there are no consequences for death is pretty stupid.

 

[aesir]

someone needs to make sure dennis dyack sees this

 

[Surggical_Scar]

I doubt Yahtzee is going out of his way to flip off a huge 'Screw You' to EA, but he sticks to his guns - if he doesn't like a gae, he tears it a new arsehole.

If he likes a game, well, he still tears it a new arsehole, but in a much more loving, tender way. But he doesn't bow down to peer pressure or criticism *cough*IGN*cough*.

 

[Russ Pitts]

OK folks, looks like the technical issues have been resolved. If you're still unable to view the video, try refreshing or closing your browser and re-opening. If you still can't view it, click on the help link and follow those instructions, or drop us a line.

Sorry again for the troubles this week. Rest assured, those responsible will be fed to ravenous sharks and/or pummeled.

 

[Flunk]

Worked fine for me, using Google Chrome. For some reason I never really expected Too Human to be even a decent game. Everything about it looks terrible from cookie-cutter idea to overly artistic name, I would say that I've now been saved $70 by not having to buy it but I probably never would have bought it anyway.

 

[bassie302]

When I first saw the length of the thing I thought: "10:35... you got to be kidding me" but they were not... after about half that time the review (which I find to be right on the money) had ended and I was plunged into the new warhammer trailer.

Now I know that their advertisement (among others) keeps the funds flowing, but I think it's getting slightly out of control here, with the amount of trailer-material etc. becoming longer than the thing I'm trying to watch.

I do give em that they put it in after whatever the hell you were watching, so I can atleast choose to skip it