I know I will love Too Human, just in the way I still play Phantasy Star Online, only I play it offline, in the dark at 4am repeatedly hitting the same button over and over again smashing some silly little bears head in with a frying pan.

There is nothing more to that game, but it centres me.

Bal-Cleric

@darx: @Elbows_of_Fury:
And yet. Both of you assume i'm basing that on the kotaku video quality. I'm sorry to tell you i DID download the video at gametrailers. And it's still pretty umimpressive. Did you think that it's just not an extremely good looking game? I'm just saying ninja gaiden should be the kind of game that just blows everyone away in the graphical department like the original but it's being beat out by other 360 and ps3 exclusives easily and looks pretty. Dull.

NessD12

@NessD12:

[www.gametrailers.com]

Because the quality of videos on kotaku isn't amazing.

darx

cause you're watching a tiny video of it on a computer screen?

Elbows_of_Fury

the english track of NG2 is definitely not the way to play it lol. all those annoying grunts.

ruba-dub-dub

Why am i just completely left thinking "man that looks. pretty freakin ugly" after watching a NINJA GAIDEN 2 video. I mean for the 2 i've seen it looks like a first gen 360 game.

NessD12

Does Too Human look too stiff to any one else? Goddamn if it ain't pretty though.

symeon6

Looks like Silicon Knights could use some of Team Ninja's animators.

argh

Yawnnnn....Wow, Gears of War 2 better be spectacular, because if these two are the other highlights of upcoming 360 titles, count me disinterested. Not flame-bait, just saying these vids are totally underwhelming.

pot3ntial2suck

A few years ago, I would have pictured Too Human as something like Mass Effect... No real reason I can think of for it.

I wonder if the game was always going to be a hack and slash dungeon crawler... It's one of those things where the actual product will have a hard time living up to the mystique surrounding it.

Gary

just little tid bits, I just want to have a demo already

ban_hammer

Oh Too Human, you've teased me for years, released trailers that showed no gameplay what so ever, made promises you couldn't keep and shifted release dates so many times..

..and yet, you're just to damn pretty. I'm still buying you, and I know I'll still have fun with you. Even without the 4 Co-Op, which would have been awesome.

That video is impressive. The graphics, the attacks, the whole video.

Too Human August 2008!

karasu is my homeboy

I have to laugh at Too Human everytime I see them fire those guns. Geez for such a revolutionary generation you think they could've done better than pea-shooters.

Sparx

Too Human, I think I love you.

Vorpal

too human looks terrible i need a demo and good reviews to buy NG2 looks like alot of fun

ddollar

I'd just like to mention, the part in the Too Human video where he jumped up and went from enemy to enemy... BAD - ASS! That is all :|

okenny :)

@darx: LOL... why bother, you're getting in the way of the point he's trying to make here...

okenny :)

@tripleripus:
I totally agree, there should've been a blood sea or something that could easily drown Ryu!

djHEAT

@@NessD12:

I believe its also important to mention that NG2 is running at 60fps and full res.

Carac

@NessD12: Everyone thinks they're an expert in computer graphics. Care to back up where you think NG2 is lacking, and why those areas are significant, and what standard they should be at?

baccardi84

@Sparx: Clearly you missed the screen shots shown earlier today... they had your guns :)

okenny :)

wow. i mean ninja gaiden looks good, but why did they have to tone down the gore so much? there was probably 200 gallons of blood in that video, MAX. c'mon, step it up to 500.

tripleripus

audio is weak

Berith

At least this isn't Summer 2007 all over again!

Too Human looks amazing, I am SO buying it day 1.

Superstar90

Oh man, with these two and Gears 2... oh man. Oh man. Oh man. I'm still not sure about Fable 2, with that video today of the dog that just had his genitalia cut off running around in circles like that... but we'll see.

I have the highest hopes for Too Human though. I know NG2 and Gears 2 will be fantastic... but i really want to love Too Human... love it as a child, that took 58 years to be born.

Mpalm.

I want both those games really bad. Only thing I have to wait for really. Fable 2 along with those and Gears. Going to be much better then anyone said it would be.

Godzilla-Sushi

@argh: Yeah, although placing most games side-by-side with Team Ninja animation is just cruel... their games are 99% animation.

Xiedo

ive had the pleasure of playing Too Human and ive been wanting to play it again ever since I got that chance.. Its not surprising that people are against it right now, its just one of those games you have to play.

spiked

Hey, they finally put a dynamic camera in Devil May Cry! Oh, wait, that's Too Human? Huh.

jrleek

I must be jaded. All I see is single paths, repetitive textures, and canned animations. I mean, did you see that blood splatter on the table in the NG2 clip? It was a flat texture propped vertically on a table (20 seconds in). That kind of stuff should be non-existent at a time like this.

boopadoo

@boopadoo: No, that certainly hasn't gone unnoticed. But that specific splatter does disappear right before the end of the clip, yet all the rest of the blood remains. Probably a quick & dirty fix on Team Ninja's part.

Xiedo

I also played the Too Human demo at that E3....it was always a hack 'n slash- however, remember that you don't press buttons, the whole thing is done with the sticks, including targeting and different kinds of melee swings etc. The camera was good back then and now, it's got extra features, where you can set your preferred basic camera aspect (closer in, behind you, etc) and it will go dynamic from there.

liba

EVERY. SINGLE. PLACE. That I read hands-on impressions of Too Human, they are basically raving over it. Sorry, but as much as you guys keep doubting, I'll take hands-on impressions from jaded gaming journalist over anything on message boards and comments pages.

As for Ninja Gaiden II ... well, if you loved the first, I imagine that you'll love this one. Nothing more to say there.

DARTH_TIGRIS

Too Human gameplay vids just don't look good. Maybe the game "feels" much better when you actually play it, but it just doesn't look good.

In fact, I think the gameplay looks very much like Hellgate London.

Fury-genesis

I hope you can cut off both arms of those monster things and make them useless.

One of my favorite parts in Halo was shooting the arms off the flood and watching them follow you around without actually doing any damage.

deviantCharles

The blood that sits vertically on the table is not the only blood to dissapear. If look closely you can see some blood on the floor dissapear as well. I hope blood does not dissapear over time but looking at this it looks like it will. Have not read much on the game so please dont bash me if it has been announced if it does or not.

mindfreak101

It looks as though Too Human fixed the characters not running properly which is awesome. They don't glide on the floor like they did in previous videos.

Ninja Gaiden II looks almost more arcadey than the previous title. I loved part I and this video makes me think part II is going to be even better.

Blah.

merebito

I have to agree about that flat texture blood propped against the table, that is some serious laziness. That is not the type of physics engine this gen of games is used to for sure. Less than impressed with either video, but remember thats a critique of the videos, not the games. But they sure as shit dont do a good sell job.

auberondreaming

Still excited about both, I'd say... I find it more and more difficult to be excited about Too Human as time goes on. I've honestly forgotten what it was that sounded so appealing in the first place, and now I kind of feel like I'm just being hyped... But I want to believe!

Also, Ninja Gaiden II... Pretty.

Uzumaki_Kiba