It's my understanding that Too Human was intended as a trilogy, but with the response to the first game being what it was, I kind of doubt that a sequel is coming.
It was intended to be a trilogy, but the sales performances did not meet expectations. Moreover, the critical reception was very average for the game. As if that weren't enough, Silicon Knights and Epic went through a lawsuit together. I'd be surprised if the franchise continued, but I've gotta say that the core game was pretty fucking sweet and I'd love to see a sequel. I just think they need to decrease the loot drops, make them less random, and offer up a steadier engine without four hour long dungeons.
Too Human was always met to be a trilogy, but we have no info about Too Human 2. Pretty sure Silicon Knights also have had some cutbacks, because Dyack went on record not too long ago addressing it.
As everyone has been saying, the story of Too Human was meant to be told in a trilogy. However, after a decade-long development process for the first one, coupled with lukewarm sales and near universal panning by critics, and now the economic setbacks, I'm sure that we won't be seeing a Too Human 2. At least for a while.
I think they set their expectations to high for the game, I mean I still log on from time to time to try for the last 4 achievements I need and facepalm about how much ground work they laid out only to never go anywhere with it. Like there is a DLC menu on the title menu and in EVERY store in the game yet not a single DLC was ever released.
It also would of helped if the game had a coherent story half the time, especially considering the opening cutscene that sets up the story is one of 2 or 3 randomized title cutscenes... Anyway the game didn't do that great even though I had fun with it so I doubt there will ever be a sequel.
LMAO, do you guys realize the saying Too Human 2 is funny because the word "Too" is said the same way as the number "Two" and then "Human" is sandwiched between them and so if it were 2 Human Too it wouldn't make a difference!! It would sound the same!
@ryanwho: I know, isn't it wonderful? 2 Human Too may very well be the most clever title ever conceived. Everyone, you have just witnessed the birth of a genius. Look out, Einstein, here I come!
I hope there's another Too Human game. It had alot of issues but it was a pretty fun game. You can see where they ran out of time on certain things, like the well world or whatever the hell it was called. I would also love to see the four player co-op that was initially promised/implied. The way the classes were set up it just seems obvious that they originally wanted four player co-op.
@cstrang: Right, but you also have the fact that Epic basically fucked them over with support for UE3, as well as many other companies fucking those guys over on trying to get the game done and completed. To be honest, I feel sorry for Silicon Knights at times, because Dyack has some of the BEST concepts for games in the industry (Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness, Too Human). However, he constantly gets screwed around.
Hell, at this point, maybe him and John Romero need to get together and make a game. It'd be the greatest game ever...that no one would ever allow to be made correctly!
@jakob187: Sure, that's partially a reason for the development period being so long, but the product went out unfinished, which we can probably point to Microsoft for. But, if I worked at Microsoft, I would have said the same thing: "This game has been under development on our buck for 4 years. It ships now or it gets canceled." All the same, I enjoyed most of Silicon Knights' other games. I'm a huge LoK fan, even though they kinda mucked up the story of that (Even Silicon Knight admits to certain oversights in that department). I would love to see a new game in that series. Maybe a remake of the original.
I agree with you. Dyack and Romero should form a "Our vision always gets screwed by the man" club or something.
@cstrang: Well, you can't blame LoK after the first game, as that was all Crystal Dynamics and not Silicon Knights. I also don't understand a lot of the hatred that SK gets for Twin Snakes. I enjoyed that just fine for what it was (I hate the MGS franchise, but I know that it wasn't as terrible as people made it out to be based on my playthrough of it).
As for Romero, I KNOW, RIGHT?! I mean, Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows had the potential to be fucking AWESOME...and then they wouldn't let Romero do what he wanted to do...and they cut him from the project. Like, FUCK WHAT?! However, Romero DID allow Daikatana to come into existence, and even a 30 year dev cycle couldn't have helped THAT game. = /
Hey, let's throw American McGee in there too!!! Man, I'll bet the three of them would come up with the most crazy badass concept EVER!
I'm one of those asshats that enjoyed the first one despite its shortcomings, and i beat it 3 times. So yeah i hope there will be a second installment.
I hope Silicon Knights next game is a success. Their studio is located in my city which is otherwise a old GM town (which as you know is not a good thing). If they can get back up on their feet it keeps a tech company here and hopefully grows.
To answer your question I agree Too Human 2 could be great. Similar to Assassins Creed 2 they could fix a lot of the problems and make a much better game. If they are not working on this I hope its something exciting.
Not necessarily. For starters, even if they kept the same engine and began work right after they finished the first game, it probably wouldn't be out until Q3 2010. Also, I'm fairly sure that Dyack said on multiple interviews that his next game would be something completely different from Too Human. So it's very possible they're working on something different in between Too Human releases.
God I hope they bring out another one. They just need to get rid of the angel animation when you die. Cause I died a lot. Wait...isn't Silicon Knights shut down?
" God I hope they bring out another one. They just need to get rid of the angel animation when you die. Cause I died a lot. Wait...isn't Silicon Knights shut down? "
No, the studio is still alive and kicking, as far as I know.
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