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Too Human is an action RPG with a fair few ideas thrown into the mix. In a nutshell the game features humans fighting a war against machines, an alternate dimension in cyberspace and Norse Gods running about in human form with technical augmentations to make them badass fighting machines.
You play as the god Baldur and for the majority of the time you’ll be making progress through linear levels where the object of the game is to destroy everything that comes at you. Too Human strategy is hardly there – you’re almost constantly surrounded by waves of metallic creatures and you use the right analogue stick to choose which way to swing your sword and build up your combos. Build them up and you can launch more powerful attacks. The action is quick and slick but handing fighting over to the analogue stick means you can’t control the camera and frequently it second guesses where you want to go and what you want to attack and gets it horribly wrong.
Sometimes it may be the reason you die, but never fear, the game just re-spawns you after a 15 second animation of a Valkyrie coming to take you into the heavens. Unfortunately this doesn’t present any risk factor in the game but you’ll need it as sometimes it’s impossible to stay alive when you’re jumped by about 20 angry robots at once.
Occasionally you’ll also enter a cyberspace woodland through some wells. Here you’ll roll boulders to smash down doors or knock over tress to make bridges which will open up paths in the real world. A bit pointless but the device does help move the story along.
So that’s the action part but what about the role-playing? You can choose one of five classes, some being good at melee attacks, others at shooting, healing (which is a bit pointless when you re-spawn in the game anyway) and of course an all-rounder. You then pick up loads of items during battles which you use to better your armour and weapons. They’ve all got silly names too like the Iron Fist of Striking or the Asbestos Underpants of Obedience. I made that last one up.
This is the first of a trilogy and it does have some interesting moments and ideas. However, it is more action than RPG and other games have done it better. Too Human gets a good 6 out of 10.
So another year rolls by and EA release all their new sports titles with next year’s date on them. Madden NFL 09 is no exception and once again slightly tweaks the already established game to make a few improvements.
I guess everyone in the US is going nuts for this. Here in the UK it’s a slightly different story as most people don’t even understand how the game’s played. I do understand it on a casual level and luckily, this Madden video game is very kid gloves with newbies.
When you first start the game you play a few calibration levels so the game can set your skill level. The AI then constantly changes as you play the game to match how well you’re doing. It’s tricky to say if this actually works or not but if you find the going too simple or hard you can still make a few adjustments using some handy sliders in the menus.
All the American teams seem to be included too and you can choose to play games as a team in exhibition and franchise mode. Is there a coach mode in Madden 09? Well you can play as a single superstar quarterback, choose an agent, train to make your stats better and then make the plays as chosen by your manager with some John Madden game plans.
All I really know about the game is you get 4 downs to make it 10 yards. Fail to do this and the play switches to the other team. So, you have the choice of who to throw the ball to after the snap or whether to charge through the line of defenders.
It’s all about timing and button presses as to whether you connect with a runner but if you do get caught it is possible to dodge and turn your opponents and even wriggle free in some cases.
There’s also handy rewind button which can be used to rewind the action Prince of Persia style if you think you can do things better. Luckily you can turn this off if you’re a purist.
Presentation as always is slick and player animations are as smooth and shiny as the helmets they’re wearing.
As usual with EA sports games, at first glance it looks like nothing’s changed but for Madden fans it’s a must-buy. If you don’t like or understand American Football though, steer well clear.
So Madden NFL 09 gets two scores – a very good 7 out of 10 for the UK and an excellent 8 out of 10 if you’re American.
Worried about the Metal Gear Solid 4 ending? It seems like there may be a Metal Gear Solid 5 on its way. Producer Ryan Payton who resigned from Konami recently said it would be hard not working on number 5, so watch this space for a Metal Gear Solid 5 release date! And if you Xbox 360 owners are hoping for a port of Metal Gear Solid 4 for Xbox 360 – forget it. Creator Hideo Kojima says that’s definitely never going to happen.
