Well, I'm still getting it. Reason being: it takes the loot whoring from Diablo 2 (the only part I liked) and adds combat that doesn't suck. And at least the story tries to give a social commentary, unlike every other hack-n-slash out there.
The following is my take on the whole thing, if you want to talk about it, PM me, I'd rather not clutter up the thread.
Also, I get the feeling that a lot of the press is basing their reviews for this game against some unattainable golden standard, rather than other titles of similar ilk, which is what they do for most games. Which leaves games that try to mix things up (such as Too Human) entirely dependent on how they rank against this golden standard, as opposed other games of its kind, which there really haven't been before. Advent Rising suffered the same fate. It was a fairly unique type of game (still partially a shooter, I know), which had many of the same issues that other games had, but for whatever reason, seemed to be rated in pieces rather than the sum of its parts. Like, if the reviewer hasn't come across something like this before, they break it down into components and view each one individually.
All I'm saying is, Advent Rising was panned, but I liked it enough to play it four times (in a week) before trading it in. Assassin's Creed was given substantial demerits for being repetitive, but for me it wasn't boring in any way. Because I didn't overanalyze.
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