[XBOX360] Too Human

My review... (Portions of this review include other gamer's statements; including, Gamespot Forums, Gamefaqs, and Kevin Pereira. However most of this review is my own)

First Impression : Seeing the game being demo'd was truly a very grasping experienced. I hadnt done much research on the game and had decided i would purchase it on its release date. Simply from the visuals alone.

Gameplay Impression : The game had lived up to everything i thought it would be. The rumors of glitches, and unfinished material was true unfortunetly. However they aren't major in anyway shape or form. The gameplay itself is more then enough to rule out the minor glitches. The genre of this game is alot like Mass Effect with the idea changed from GUN FOCUSED to MELEE FOCUSED. You level up fairly quickly and are tearing up the levels from the second you pop the game in. Flying from wall to wall with the tap of an analog stick makes it truely amazing. Althought it takes some time to get used to, you aren't aloud alot of control of the camera. Your given several options that can be accessed through your directional pad (up and down). Ranging from close, to far - also two custom features known as 'stretegic' and 'iso' (im unsure of the funtions of these two). You also get the "position the camera behind my back for this moment button" also known as LB (Left Bumper). You will quickly get a hold on things and be finishing up the first level within an hour or so. There are only four levels in this game, approxemitly 10 hours of gameplay and cinematics. Many of the fighting is very simply, as simple as it is to tap your r-analog stick in the direction of your desired slide. However there are certain fights that do require some tactics. Your tactics consist of rolling and jumping away from the enemies attacks, and or missles. More so then not you are dodging missles from enemies futher away then your current battle, with everything going on it does make this quiet a challenge.

Lasting Impression : The replay factor is good. You can choose to play the entire campaign over again, or you can teleport via Aesir's navigation center. You can select to go staight to the end bosses of each of the four levels. Or you can choose to go to the highend mass battles to level up. (I found that just playing through the campaign again is your best bet). There are also things you missed your first time through that you can now aquire with your newly formed skills.

Co-Op Impression : I have yet to play on Co-Op (my name is c3az hit me up if you wanna give it a shot). I have however watched Kevin Pereira's review and he mentioned that there was at a time that he fell through the universe into a huge black void - it took him 4 tries to actually connect with his friend. He also said that once he was connected it was just as fun as single player, except now you get to see it done twice as much. Ive heard that your experience gain isnt rendered by a higher level character, and the game favors the higher level. So if a level 17 joined a game with a level 45. The enemies on that created game would be roughly level 45-50. So essentially you can powerlevel your friends however they will be doing alot of (dodge duck dip dive and dodge)ing as to avoid a 1 hit kill. There is a set amount of experience a low level can obtain however you will notice the boost.

The game has alot to offer with customizable armor and specific armor sets for each class. There are also many runes to be aquired (theres an achievement for obtaining 1000, so that should give you an idea of the amount available). Along side runes are Charm Quests. Charm quests typically consist of "Kill so-and-so x amount of times" or "find so-and-so x amount of times" That is the 1st part of the quest, for example...

Rune of Dark Troll Slaying (made it up)
Slay 0/300 trolls
$ # * (

[1st Line] Your Charms Name
[2nd Line] Your Charm Quest
[3rd Line] The required Runes to complete your quest

Each charm has a set # of runes below the initial quest. Once you finish the first charm quest you will need to insert the corresponding runes into each socket to activate the charm. Then equip the charm and you will begin to recieve the benefits of the charm itself. Usually consisting of "On contact burn enemy"

{gamertag} "c3az"
Level 50 Cybernetic Champion