too-human posts

Part of any game's development cycle is its advertising efforts. Done to drum up interest in a title that might otherwise go unnoticed, there are various approaches a PR staff can take. They can appeal to a gamer's intellect by displaying a bullet point list of key features. They can evoke a sense of competition by challenging the player's pride in his abilities. They can even rely on nostalgia in the case of a sequel, or if the game is a reissue of an old game for a new platform.

Going along with the publisher-generated hype is media coverage of the game. There are dozens, if not scores of game-related sites out there, all ready to give you their opinions and competing with each other to provide first looks at screenshots and gameplay. Given these two forces in action, it can be difficult to avoid oversaturation. By the time a game arrives on store shelves, you might find that the excitement and anticipation you felt upon first hearing of the title has been drowned in the sea of clamoring voices, all vying for your attention. Worse yet, you might find that playing the game itself does not provide the experience promised by all the hype. What's to be done about this?

Though mostly conjecture at this point, a perhaps overly-speculating Kotaku writer believes a PC version of Silicon Knights' Too Human, an action game developed for Xbox 360 action game, may eventually find its way to Windows desktops.

Kotaku examined the OFLC's (Office of Film and Literature Classification) database and unearthed two ratings for Too Human: the first, dated May 30, was rated MA 15+; the other, dated June 18, carries a slightly less harsh rating of M. Upon contacting Microsoft, Kotaku learned that "each rating is indeed based on a different build."

More interesting is the "Multiplatform" classification tagged to each of the rated versions. Because Silicon Knights is contracted to develop Too Human exclusively for Microsoft, a PlayStation 3 version of the game is unlikely. Might a PC version be on the horizon?