Double T's

I wanted to talk about some games I got recently: Too Human and Tales of Vesperia.

Too Human is an Action/RPG/Adventure game from Silicon Knights. Apparently the game took ten years to be made... and the game took less than ten hours to beat. The game based on Norse mythology has an interesting concept, a good story and high quality graphics, but there are only four levels, four bosses, and one or two mini bosses. If it wasn't for the overly challenging monsters on the co-op mode, it would go by even quicker. The annoyingly long Valkyrie cut-scene when you die gets old after about three deaths. I guess it's better than a loading screen with ominous music like you would find on Mass Effect, but unlike Mass Effect you will probably die a whole lot more right afterwards. If you're an achievement whore (you know who you are) you should definitely rent this game because over half of the achievements, at least 700 gamerpoints, are extremely easy to get.
I recommend this game as a Rent, and only if you like Norse mythology, a quick play-through, or achievements. As my boyfriend would say, "Now Diablo 2... That was a good game."



The other game I wanted to talk about is Tales of Vesperia, the RPG from the Tales Series. This game is definitely everything I expected and more. The characters in this game had really good development and background stories. I am a little disappointed that there are only 6 playable human characters, and that a dog is actually playable. The story might not be as interesting and exciting as I found Symphonia, but at least there are no dumb blonde girls that keep falling down. I could even put up with Karol more than Genis. The achievements on this game can be tough, but all the bigger gamerpoints are achieved throughout the story. The Secret Missions for each boss can be pretty tough, but if you want 100% completion (not to mention an outfit for Yuri), then you gotta do them. One of my favorite parts of the game are the little Kow Kids - they are quite adorable. Another thing is that I decided to look at the downloadable content for ToV, and it is quite laughable. Why would you spend your money on things you should just be playing the game to get? The dlc available includes: +10 levels, +gald, and titles for your characters. Seriously?
I would say this game is definitely a Buy if you like RPGs, the Tales series, or if you try the demo.

See You on the Xbox!