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Outspoken Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has claimed he couldn't give two hoots about the criticial response to Too Human, expressing his confidence that gamers will enjoy the Norse action-RPG if they just give it a chance.
"I'm not worried about the critical reception at all," he told Eurogamer, speaking at a press event in London earlier this month.
"Do I think people are going to be critical? Well people already have - people were critical about the game before they'd even played it, so I don't think that's necessarily going to change."
The Xbox 360-exclusive is out today in the US and on 29th August in Europe, after a complicated journey that saw the project start out on PlayStation in the nineties and eventually end up with Microsoft via Nintendo.
And Dyack made sure the game remained in the spotlight in the run up to release, sparking fierce debate on the Internet with a forum post slamming "trolls" for criticising Too Human before playing the finished version.
"I think if people see the game for what it is and review the game for what it is, then it'll get a good reception," Dyack added, with a thinly-veiled swipe at specialist games reviewers. "It's a solid game. We've made a lot of games - we stand behind it and we wouldn't release a game until it's ready, so we feel really good about that."
Silicon Knights had earlier been buoyed by the success of the demo released onto Xbox Live, which has been downloaded over 1 million times.
"I think the reception of the demo speaks for itself," Dyack insisted. "Are there people who don't like it? Well no one likes every game, but in the end if we're going to worry about critical reviews, then we're in the wrong industry.
"What I, and I think people at Silicon Knights are more concerned with, are when people play the game are they having a fun time and do they feel they're being entertained, and that's all that matters."
You can find out what we think of Too Human on Eurogamer today, and be sure to check out the full interview with Dyack elsewhere.
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insane_cobra
19/08/08 @ 13:35
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To some point I have to agree with Dyack. In my 20+ years of gaming I've thoroughly enjoyed numerous 6/10 or 7/10 games while being well aware of their objective deficiencies (Earth/Global Defence Force and Yagger first come to mind, but let's not forget Pathologic either). At the same time, some critically acclaimed titles like Resident Evil 4 or God of War failed to make a strong connection with me. Now, whether I will find Too Human as enjoyable remains to be seen, but what I've seen of the game so far imbued me with enough confidence to preorder. Fingers crossed...
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@ kelly's_ h
its not getting all bad reviews, IGN for example liked it but moving on, hes more than right, this game was slated from day one by everyone, the odds were against it ever getting a good review. in saying that, i enjoyed the demo, and eg have been wrong before on their scores. will get it, and hope for the best |
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sparking fierce debate on the Internet with a forum post slamming "trolls" for criticising Too Human before playing the finished version.
he's got a point there... there seems to be a large troll infestation in most forums. *edit: wasn't it square brackets before?
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asphaltcowboy
19/08/08 @ 13:49
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"Silicon Knights had earlier been buoyed by the success of the demo released onto Xbox Live, which has been downloaded over 1 million times."
Because lots of downloads definitely means people like it... 8) |
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Derblington
19/08/08 @ 14:00
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"I think if people see the game for what it is and review the game for what it is, then it'll get a good reception"
As long as you don't expect anything decent and only compare it to crap titles, then it'll get a good reception. Nice. |
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Godz_Mercenary
19/08/08 @ 14:07
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Demo was alright but I knew it wouldn't be worth paying full price for. Will buy it one day though.
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hes entirely correct about people slating stuff they've never even been near, but proper reviews and critiques he has to take notice of, because the buying public do (at least the ones hes aiming this game at do).
i'm sure hes fully aware of the triumphs and failings in his game, burying his head in the sand when people point them out seems a little precious. |
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(I would give it 8/10 based on the demo.)
{Just as well you don't review games. At least I hope not. } I'd quite happily see your attempt at reviewing a game. Based on my gaming experience over the last 15 years I would say that it deserves a 8/10 based on the demo, which is purely subject to my opinion/experience. Go play Sims with daddy, troll.
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BillyBrush
19/08/08 @ 16:12
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noface
19-Aug-08 16:39:35 God of War failed to make a strong connection with me YOU LOSE! ignore poster Please learn how to construct scentences, and then ones that make some kind of sense....EPIC FAIL TEH RETARD |
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JediMasterMalik
19/08/08 @ 17:01
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This seems to be a slight turn around from his hyperbole before these reviews, though I'm sure he still has that view that his game is simply ahead of its time and too innovative for people to "get".
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CheapSheep
19/08/08 @ 17:51
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Presumably Dyack was just as eager to dismiss all those positive Eternal Darkness reviews a few years back. After all, surely he's not the kind of guy who can't take the rough with the smooth?
IMO this is a thinly veiled attempt to bully reviewers who dislike the game into marking it up into the harmless 6-7/10 territory. |
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hiddenranbir
19/08/08 @ 19:43
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Well he's right about one thing, you reviewers aren't that important since it's already been admitted here reviews aren't objective but merely an opinion of one person, so how can it be considered to hold more weight?
It's a 360 game, though, which means I will wait for a price drop. Bloody rip offs! |
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actionfitz
20/08/08 @ 08:18
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@ insane_cobra
I agree with you for the most part (I enjoyed Killzone after all... *hides* ). But I played the demo, and considering the price of games these days I cant afford to haver another £40-£50 disk sitting on my shelf gathering dust after a couple of frustrated ahours of play... not with the selection of other seemingly fine games on the way. might be ripe for a pre-owned purchase 6 months down the line though...
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I've bought it, I agree with a lot of what Dyack has said over the past few months, and as Amazon were offering Too Human for only £29.99 it seemed like there was no reason not to support the guys at Silicon Knights. I hope they get the success they deserve, too many games get mauled for being 'only' 7/10 but if there were no scores on reviews then how many more games would succeed?
It really is a vicious cycle, too many enjoyable games get swept under the carpet just because they were saddled with a low review score, and too many promising devs have folded on the back of an underperforming game. This industry needs more variety and more risk, not just the safe bets from the major devs and publishers. |
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insane_cobra
20/08/08 @ 08:41
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the reviews here are still entertaining to read but I cannot base buying decisions on them anymore :(
Agreed, I stopped paying attention to Eurogamer's review scores back when they gave 9 to the import version of Blue Dragon, then gave 5 to the European version and deleted the old review from the database. The reviews themselves can still be fun to read, but I certainly can't treat them as purchasing guides. |
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