Interview: Denis Dyack: Too Human

A few weeks ago we attended the Xbox 360 May Showcase in San Francisco.

You've already seen some of the coverage from that event, but what you haven't seen were the interviews we conducted while there.

I had an opportunity to speak with Denis Dyack, the Director of Too Human at Silicon Knights.

The questions in this interview were mostly community driven. I want to thank all who submit questions, especially AriesDog, and Bapenguin.

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• dyack
• silicon
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[atznn]

well said

[atznn]

too human is a good game, I racked up around 40 hours + on my first play through, very underated, I think the game got a lot of hate due to the hype of " OMFG 80-100million to make!?!?! " people got to appreciate the game for what it is instead of jumping on the hype train and expecting 10/10 awsomeness due to how much it cost to make. This game is FUN.

[Biankito]

Oh shut up, I played Diablo and Diablo 2 back when I was 12 years ago, I love hack and slash RPGs and my latest purchase, Sacred 2 beats Too Human on every corner.

Too Human was terrible and the majority of reviews about it are right about its issues.

Not only that, but next month the game will be one year old and still no DLC for it, even though DD himself said there would be one.

The game was a flop in every sense of the word, only selling around 500k copies with an $80 million budget.

[jamanaha]

It was average at best. A little too average.

[ThumbWarDestroyer]

haha are you denis dyack?

[fluxmuldar]

So we should ignore the 68.5% on gamerankings, and listen to you instead. Rofl.

I played it and didn't enjoy it. Most of the criticisms I've read from the major media are spot on.

[Haliklon]

Sad... so terribly sad. Do you know how pathetically simple-minded that sounds? "I heard from many critics that the game sucked." And then? You base your opinion on Too Human on those of others? Did you ever even try the game out?

I get why people that don't like hack-n-slash RPGs aren't too hot for Too Human, but it's when I hear herd-mentality comments like this that I gotta scratch my head it chalk it up to ignorance of the subject at hand.

Too Human is a very fun game. Period.

[marlyonama]

I heard from many critics that the game sucked.

[xld3000]

yeah it was and so was rainbow six vegas 2

[xld3000]

the fact that you wont buy the game because you can only have 2 players and not 4 is not a good reason. if the game is awesome (and it looks like it will be) then what does it matter?? I think when you start adding more and more people the game gets too easy and it becomes a competition for xp... plus the developer says that it becomes too chaotic with more than two people and if for me, if the best experience is with 1-2 people then thats what i want. i cant wait for this game along with GOW2.