Certainly one upcoming game that’s peeked my interests. “Too Human” for the 360 scheduled to be released for August 19, 2008 is currently being developed by Canadian developer Silicon Knights (Makers of Blood Omen) and is set to be the first in a trilogy of games for Xbox 360 only.
The game, set as an Action/RPG genre in the third person will be focused around the character Baldur, son of Odin… Yes that’s right, Odin, as in the Norse God Odin. Now be warned, spoilers are incoming. The storyline and lore of the game tells us that the Norse Gods in ancient times truly existed, but as cybernetically enhanced humans. LOL WUT? Yeh I know sounds crazy, but read on gentle reader, read on.
As Baldur, it is your duty to protect all human life from an invasion of machines hell bent on wiping humanity out. The game will feature common Norse figures such as Thor, Odin, Freyja and Loki who view Baldur as not cybernetically enhanced enough thus giving the title. Too Human.
Unfortunately Silicon Knights have released little to no information about the lore for the game which is possibly due to its high budget and story driven gameplay. They have however released several gameplay videos depicting an almost “Diablo” style of character movement and camera angle. From the videos (links at the bottom) we can see an even ratio of ranged weaponry and melee combat which seems to indicate the developers wanted to keep the “Norse” historic style of combat as well as integrate the cybernetic side of the game.
Although the player will take control of Baldur, we can expect a large number of RPG content with the game. Classes will be available to give some customization to the game, we’ll have:
Bioengineer – Healer
Champion – Balanced combat class between ranged and melee
Berserker – Combat class focused on melee attacks
Commando – Combat class focused on ranged attacks
Defender – More or less your standard Tank class, able to withstand a beating and then some
Official Site
Trailer
Thanks to IGN.com for the info.