Too Human no-show explained

By Tom Bramwell Published 6 October, 2006

Wasn't quite ready for X06.

Silicon Knights president Dennis Dyack has explained why Too Human was absent from Microsoft's recent X06 showcase, despite having been around in playable form at E3 several months earlier.

Speaking on his blog, Dyack said the "decision to not show at X06 was made immediately after E3" - where the game met with a lukewarm reception.

"We made the decision to next show the game when we are ready and we knew that X06 would not be the right time. When we do decide to show the game, our goal is to give everyone a true impression of the game - one that includes story, audio, game play, artwork and technology."

Originally aimed at Christmas 2006, it's now unclear exactly when Too Human - the first in a trilogy - will actually be released, but Dyack is confident of its quality, adding that, "Things are going very well and Too Human is shaping up to be our best game to date."

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Comments (13) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Eighthours #1 5 years ago

    Hmmm... it has all the signs of a troubled project. Hopefully I'm wrong.

  • Steroyd #2 5 years ago

    Silicon knights.... the same ones that made that ...meh! Eternal Darkness, and the... meh! Metal Gear Solid Remake on the Gamecube?

    ...meh!

  • Blerk #3 5 years ago

    Translation:
    "Everyone thought it was shit at E3 so we've scrapped it and started again. Again."

  • Xerx3s #4 5 years ago

    Heh. ;p

  • Sorb #5 5 years ago

    Good call Dyack because the E3 demo sucked. Especially the static camera.

  • neuroniky #6 5 years ago

    @Steroyd: can't comment on Too Human cause I don't know if it will ever see the light, but Eternal Darkness was awesome. Bad graphics, but great history and atmosphere, and if you played it always on the verge of madness it is one of the best game to capture that elusive lovecraftian spirit.
    And about MGS on GC... it was just a conversion, a well made conversion, but nothing more.

  • Steroyd #7 5 years ago

    Of course i'm a troll i tend to judge upcoming games from said companies based on their previous reputation (hence why i'm looking forward to Resistance because of Inosmiac) it's a curse i have, but i didn't think Eternal Darkness was all that good, and the MGS1 remake was okay but seeing how I never played through the first one from start to finish properly, i dunno i was expecting a little something more than MGS2 in MGS1's clothing so it was a little disapointing in that sense (Psycho Mantis was cool though).

    Anyway i'm one of those people who gave a lukewarm reception to Too Human at E3, i've heard it's not even the same concept today that Too Human started out 10 years ago.

  • peterfll #8 5 years ago

    Eternal Darkness is more or less regarded as a bit of a sleeper-classic no?

    I actually thought the graphics in ET had some real standout moments.

    This still has promise I think if you like this sort of game (e.g. KOTOR etc), personally it's not my bag.

  • #9 5 years ago

    To me, this title has always looked shit.

    TBH I haden't even noticed it's so-called conspicous absence.

  • Weezer #10 5 years ago

    The name is crapola.

    What will the sequels be called?

    Too Human two: More Than Human?
    THIII: I'm Practically A Robot?

  • Steroyd #11 5 years ago

    hmm... didn't know they made Legacy of Kain might give them some rep points for that then.

    ET was good in some areas i liked what happened to you when you're insanity goes (i s***ed some bricks when it was "deleting" my save file o_O ) but level progression was tedious to the point that I'd get so far in the game.... then stop playing get lost from where i was, start game from beginning get a little bit further than my original save stop playing it again and so on and so forth kinda what happens to me in some RPG's.

  • the_dudefather #12 5 years ago

    i played eternal darkness again the other day, even though i finished it 3 times (on each colour) the mansion is STILL very unsettling with the various sanity effects (remeber the bloody bath thing?)

    better than any resident evil IMO (except 4),however the lengthy runs trough the underground city were a bit dull

  • Natas #13 5 years ago

    Haters need to recognize: Eternal Darkness = Classic of the survival horror genre on par with Alone in the Dark (ESPECIALLY the "tedious" level progression that had you finding pieces of a dark past that you then played through, eschewing the play-as-one-character-the-entire-game mechanic and, I think, really making the game a unique, lovingly crafted lovecraftian experience.

    Steroyd is fos.

    EDIT: I'm so cool my parentheses close themselves.
    Edited by 1 at 08/10/06 @ 18:11