xbox 360
More Too Human, Ninja Gaiden II Gameplay Video
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 10:40 AM on May 14, 2008
Some footage that you may have missed from both Silicon Knights' Too Human and Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden II is now available for your streaming pleasure. Both Xbox 360 exclusives are packed to the brim with the whacking of foes, which you're most likely aware, but did you know both feature giant spider bosses? It's true! Clearly we've not begun to come close to tapping the well of ideas. Too Human does have more than giant spirit bears, though, as shown in the clip above. Extended bloody ninja slicing action courtesy of Ryu Hayabusa after the jump.



Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
lishmo
Posted May 15, 2008 3:47 AM
Too Human looks like something I'd buy but, I'll be damned if the pistols don't sound pathetic and un-awesome to use.
Bal-Cleric
Posted 11:49 AM 14/5/08
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
NessD12
Posted 11:49 AM 14/5/08
@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
darx
Posted 11:43 AM 14/5/08
@NessD12:
[www.gametrailers.com]
Because the quality of videos on kotaku isn't amazing.
darx
Elbows_of_Fury
Posted 11:40 AM 14/5/08
cause you're watching a tiny video of it on a computer screen?
Elbows_of_Fury
ruba-dub-dub
Posted 11:39 AM 14/5/08
the english track of NG2 is definitely not the way to play it lol. all those annoying grunts.
ruba-dub-dub
NessD12
Posted 11:33 AM 14/5/08
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
symeon6
Posted 11:29 AM 14/5/08
Does Too Human look too stiff to any one else? Goddamn if it ain't pretty though.
symeon6
argh
Posted 11:27 AM 14/5/08
Looks like Silicon Knights could use some of Team Ninja's animators.
argh
pot3ntial2suck
Posted 11:24 AM 14/5/08
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
Gary
Posted 11:23 AM 14/5/08
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
ban_hammer
Posted 11:15 AM 14/5/08
just little tid bits, I just want to have a demo already
ban_hammer
karasu is my homeboy
Posted 11:12 AM 14/5/08
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
Sparx
Posted 11:10 AM 14/5/08
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
Vorpal
Posted 12:12 PM 14/5/08
Too Human, I think I love you.
Vorpal
ddollar
Posted 12:06 PM 14/5/08
too human looks terrible i need a demo and good reviews to buy NG2 looks like alot of fun
ddollar
okenny :)
Posted 12:04 PM 14/5/08
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 :)
okenny :)
Posted 12:02 PM 14/5/08
@darx: LOL... why bother, you're getting in the way of the point he's trying to make here...
okenny :)
djHEAT
Posted 12:01 PM 14/5/08
@tripleripus:
I totally agree, there should've been a blood sea or something that could easily drown Ryu!
djHEAT
Carac
Posted 12:00 PM 14/5/08
@@NessD12:
I believe its also important to mention that NG2 is running at 60fps and full res.
Carac
baccardi84
Posted 12:00 PM 14/5/08
@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
okenny :)
Posted 11:59 AM 14/5/08
@Sparx: Clearly you missed the screen shots shown earlier today... they had your guns :)
okenny :)
tripleripus
Posted 11:56 AM 14/5/08
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
Berith
Posted 12:28 PM 14/5/08
audio is weak
Berith
Superstar90
Posted 12:21 PM 14/5/08
At least this isn't Summer 2007 all over again!
Too Human looks amazing, I am SO buying it day 1.
Superstar90
Mpalm.
Posted 12:56 PM 14/5/08
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.
Godzilla-Sushi
Posted 12:48 PM 14/5/08
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
Xiedo
Posted 1:09 PM 14/5/08
@argh: Yeah, although placing most games side-by-side with Team Ninja animation is just cruel... their games are 99% animation.
Xiedo
spiked
Posted 2:10 PM 14/5/08
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
jrleek
Posted 2:04 PM 14/5/08
Hey, they finally put a dynamic camera in Devil May Cry! Oh, wait, that's Too Human? Huh.
jrleek
boopadoo
Posted 3:02 PM 14/5/08
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
Xiedo
Posted 3:33 PM 14/5/08
@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
liba
Posted 3:32 PM 14/5/08
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
DARTH_TIGRIS
Posted 4:45 PM 14/5/08
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
Fury-genesis
Posted 6:50 PM 14/5/08
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
deviantCharles
Posted 8:31 PM 14/5/08
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
mindfreak101
Posted 1:17 AM 15/5/08
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
merebito
Posted 2:45 AM 15/5/08
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
auberondreaming
Posted 4:22 AM 15/5/08
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
Uzumaki_Kiba
Posted 5:02 AM 15/5/08
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