Too Human is a role - playing computer game in the genres of action and adventure action movie , developed by the Canadian company Silicon Knights and published by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for the Xbox 360 game console . The game went on sale in North America on August 19, 2008 and August 29, 2008 in Europe . The game is the first part of a new trilogy from Silicon Knights , creators of games such as Eternal Darkness and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes .
| Too human | |
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 Cover of the European edition of the game | |
| Developer | Silicon knights |
| Publisher | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Date of issue |  August 19, 2008 [1]  August 29, 2008 [1] |
| Game budget | $ 70 million |
| Genres | action , role-playing game , action adventure |
| Age ratings | ESRB : T -Teens OFLC (A) : M - Mature PEGI : 16 |
| Creators | |
| Game designer | Denis Dyak |
| Composer | Steve khenifin |
| Technical details | |
| Platform | Xbox 360 |
| Game engine | Silicon Knights Engine (modified by Unreal Engine 3 ) with Havok Physics [2] |
| Game modes | single-user , multi-user , cooperative |
| Carrier | DVD-DL |
| Control | gamepad |
“Too Human” describes a world where German-Norse mythology combines with science fiction . The protagonist of the game is Baldur, one of the Asov gods, who took on the task of protecting and helping humanity in a fierce and long-standing war with machines. Ases use cybernetic implants that help them in this battle. The game begins with the usual hunt for a stray car, with a hint called GRNDL (Grendel is the monster Beowulf fought with), but then the story shifts the focus to the struggle between the gods.
“Too Human” has been in the development hell for almost ten years, becoming one of the longest long-term construction projects in the gaming industry. Initially, “Too Human” was planned as an action adventure for the PlayStation , which was supposed to be released on four CDs in 1999. The target platform later changed to the Nintendo GameCube , and the planned release date is 2000. In 2005, Microsoft bought the rights to the game and reoriented it exclusively on the Xbox 360 . Ultimately, at this stage of development, the game was finished and published. Although the concept, structure and elements of the game changed with each stage of development, its name did not change.
Content
- 1 characters
- 1.1 Defender
- 1.2 Commando
- 1.3 Bio engineer
- 1.4 Berserker
- 1.5 Champion
- 2 Budget Games and Scandal with Epic Games
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Characters
Defender
A character with well-developed defense, but weak combat skills.
Commando
A character in which the main emphasis is on small arms.
Bio engineer
The character with the highest health. The only character able to regenerate health.
Berserker
A character in which the main emphasis is on melee weapons.
Champion
The so-called balance character, in which all characteristics are equal. Not having weaknesses, but at the same time not having obvious advantages.
Game Budget and Epic Games Scandal
The budget of the game, excluding advertising, is more than $ 60 million.
During the development of the game, its creators Silicon Knights faced many difficulties that entailed an increase in the budget by several times. One of these “difficulties” was the litigation with Epic Games regarding the use of the Unreal Engine 3 engine in the game, which ended with the “silicon knights” having to redo the game engine from scratch at the moment when it was almost finished. All this added to the total development cost of at least another 10 million dollars.
November 10, 2012 it became known that the company is obliged by the court to destroy all unsold copies of the game, as well as to pay Epic Games about $ 9 million for appropriating someone else’s technology to itself.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Too Human finally given a date . Eurogamer.net . Date of treatment August 25, 2008. Archived on April 18, 2012.
- ↑ Too Human powered by Havok . Havok . Date of treatment June 30, 2008. Archived on April 18, 2012.