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    "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects

    Silicon Knights Hires Bean Counter as VP, Has Him Hand Out Swords

    Silicon Knights Exec Leaves Company

    Too Human Soundtrack Hits CD and iTunes

    Rumor: Sega Drops Silicon Knights' Unannounced Game

    Silicon Knights Lays Off 25 to 30

    What's Working for Denis Dyack Like

    Oh, So Too Human Didn't Take Ten Years To Make

    No, Famitsu Does Not Hate Too Human

    Microsoft Compares Too Human To Star Wars And Lord of The Rings
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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    I think I'm the only person that wouldn't mind a Too Human sequel.
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    Image of GorbyGipper GorbyGipper
    07/28/09

    @ThisCharmingMan:

    I really enjoyed Too Human, so you're not alone.

    The Human Berserker class was the first I chose (and the most fun), so I got off on the right foot. I brought several characters to level 50 playing online co-op.

    I really think that the lack of 4-player co-op seriously hurt the game. Every class aside from the Berserker and Commando (maybe the lazer Defender) felt rather useless.

    If it's only two-players, assist classes fall flat.

    I'd love them to take another stab at it. Based on a hiring posting that recently surfaced, it sounds like they are.
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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    07/29/09

    @GorbyGipper: I'm with you man, I'd love to see them take another stab at it as well. I still see a lot of potential in the game, and the universe as a whole. I also didn't completely hate the camera, so I'm fine with the right thumbstick combat mechanic.
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    Image of Archaotic Archaotic
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    Eternal Darkness 2 or nothing. Too Human dealt a critical blow to my opinion of Silicon Knights, and the only thing that'll salvage it is ED2.
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    Image of sits sits
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    Knowing Dyack and his psychotic ramblings about pre-release previews, two weeks prior to release would still be "too early".
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    Image of AndrosZ AndrosZ
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    Is Silicon Knights the new Rare? They split from Nintendo and suddenly begin being horrible developers?
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    supo promoted this comment AndrosZ was starred AndrosZ was unstarred
    Image of supo supo
    07/28/09

    @AndrosZ: They were also Sony and PC developers..
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    supo was starred supo was unstarred
    Image of sits sits
    07/28/09

    @AndrosZ:

    It's called the "post Nintendo curse" and it has affected:

    Rare
    Silicon Knights
    Factor 5
    Left Field
    Paradigm
    Argonaut
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    Image of paradox paradox
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    Eternal Darkness 2 please.

    Like it or hate it, Too Human doesn't need a squeal nearly as much as Eternal Darkness does.
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    Image of Piccoroz Piccoroz
    07/28/09

    @paradox: Need moar Eternal darkness, there is nothing like the insanity meter, and please we need snake eater on wii, twin snakes was perfect.
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    Image of Tom Clancy's Samuraidino Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
    07/28/09

    @Piccoroz: Twin Snakes was very veeeerrryyyy far from perfect
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    Image of James Darren Black James Darren Black
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    you guys forgot one of the best topdown games ever and the origin to a amazing series: blood omen the legacy of kain
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    Image of Avinant Avinant
    07/28/09

    @James Darren Black: I KNEW they made a series I liked.. Soul Reaver was one of the best.
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    mrantimatter promoted this comment Avinant was starred Avinant was unstarred
    Image of mrantimatter mrantimatter
    07/28/09

    @Avinant:

    They didn't make Soul Reaver. They actually sued Crystal Dynamics over it.

    Kain had a great storyline, and interesting gameplay, but man, load times were a killer in that game.
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    Image of supo supo
    07/28/09

    @James Darren Black: My dad was a dev on that game.. good to hear people still like it even today :D
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    Image of DarkPh0en1x DarkPh0en1x
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    Another Legacy of Kain game would be amazing, however I believe its Crystal Dynamics who have the rights now. Gutted.
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    Image of davidtobin100 davidtobin100
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    The game was average. Nothing awful about it, nothing spectacular about it. The problem was the studio talked it up as the second coming of Jebus and fanboys getting pissy and upset that it didn't meet those expectations.
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    Image of Cloud_Hiro Cloud_Hiro
    07/28/09

    @davidtobin100: exactly, Too Human was a very enjoyable game if you ignored the hype
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    Image of Gabbelgak Gabbelgak
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    Two Human please. Screw all you haters, game was fun as hell.
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    07/28/09


    @Gabbelgak: I'll drink as much as I please!
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    Image of Fadakar Fadakar
    07/28/09

    @Gabbelgak: Seriously, I loved the full game even after declaring it the worst 360 game I had played after the demo. It's really Diablo-esque, I'd kill for a sequel!
    @manicbomber: GTFO
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    Image of Gunloc Gunloc
    07/28/09

    @Fadakar: My main problem with the game was that they thought removing the cut scenes from co-op was a good idea?! That's just dumb since we all know if we don't want to watch it we just press a button. Besides that it was a fun game and one I think MS pushed out the door too soon.
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    Image of Fadakar Fadakar
    07/28/09

    @Gunloc: True, that was dumb, I played through on coop and had no idea what was going on until I played it by myself. Also, the whole valkyrie death sequence was terrible to put in coop. But yeah, I love love loot systems and mindless killing, makes sense why Borderlands is my most hyped game of the year. :D
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    07/28/09

    In reply to "Too Early" To Talk About Silicon Knight's Unannounced Projects
    Have any of you actually considered what a horrible idea Eternal Darkness for your 360 would be?

    All the freakouts that were so much fun on the gamecube would be actual existing hardware defects known to 360 owners.

    Translation: A joke 'E74' stopping the game might not produce smiles. :P
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    Image of supo supo
    02/09/09

    In reply to Silicon Knights Hires Bean Counter as VP, Has Him Hand Out Swords
    Hey look! Port Dalhousie!
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    Image of jandlecack jandlecack
    02/09/09

    In reply to Silicon Knights Hires Bean Counter as VP, Has Him Hand Out Swords
    This generation, Silicon Knights has as much influence or prestige as Free Radical and Factor 5.


    None.

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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    02/09/09

    @Jandlecack:


    Cmon now. They managed to put Too Average out even after it was in development hell for ten years.

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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    02/09/09

    @Jandlecack: I think that's really short-sighted and reactionary. One game... not even a bad game... well that's how gamers are expected to react. Regardless, SK's still in business and has even hired someone... can't really put them on the same plain as those other two developers other than to make the contrast that SK was the only company (of the three) to make a game that bombed and still survive.
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    Image of jandlecack jandlecack
    02/09/09

    @okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Well as you said it still bombed and I don't care if the company shuts doors or not, they're still off the radar for 80% of people, just like Guerilla was before the KZ2 reviews had their say.


    To put it in simple terms, if Silicon Knights's next game, or Free Radical's or Factor 5's for that matter, if there is one, has to be a mindblowing killer app. Else it will just be more of a disaster than their previous bomb, because they can't count on any hype or anticipation.

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    02/09/09

    @Jandlecack: -if
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    Image of Madeira Madeira
    02/09/09

    @Jandlecack: I seem to remember a dust-up about the reviews for TH, Kevin Pereira and Adam Sessler even made their own soapbox vids in TH's defense. I don't remember that kind of thing happening for Lair or Haze.


    TH is a very cool game, one of the most memorable games of this gen for me when I really think about it.

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    02/09/09

    @Madeira: laughingelfman.jpg
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    Image of Fnor Fnor
    02/09/09

    In reply to Silicon Knights Hires Bean Counter as VP, Has Him Hand Out Swords
    Magic is nice, but now Minsc is in charge! SWORDS FOR EVERYONE!
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    02/09/09

    @Fnor:


    Boo?!?!?!? WHERE ARE YOU MY SPACE HAMSTER?!?!?

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    Image of MetalGearMax MetalGearMax
    12/26/08

    In reply to Silicon Knights Exec Leaves Company
    There's a ship that's destined to sink, the rats getting off is not a surprise.


    Dyack will go down with it though.

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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    12/26/08

    @MetalGearMax: "destined" to sink or you mean MetalGearMax's baseless assumptions?


    I love it when people say stuff without basis and just conjectural things out of their asses.


    Oh and by destined you mean because Too Human was so awful as well as Eternal Darkness?


    Speaking of stuff without basis. A recent study* has shown that my overall sexiness can cause sexual impotence.


    (By studies I mean the back of a door of a gas station's comfort room).

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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    12/26/08

    @MetalGearMax: Grow up dude, Silicon Knights is not going to fold because of the mixed reactions to Too Human. Why people hate Dyack so much, I'll never understand.
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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    12/26/08

    @ThisCharmingMan: Agree with you there. Concerning the Dyack hate, Maybe because he's a bit too outspoken? Or is it just envy? (I think with CliffyB envy is more prevalent). The guy might be a bit too ambitious but that's better than being complacent right?


    Maybe I'm quasi-defending SK because I don't want to see more studios closing. That or I liked Too Human's Diablo-esque gameplay for consoles and want more.

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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    11/12/08

    In reply to Rumor: Sega Drops Silicon Knights' Unannounced Game
    I'm a fan of Silicon Knights, even if Too Human was a little more ambitious than they even expected. I still think they make quality products that are interesting. Looking forward to more news on this.
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