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Silicon Knights on Too Human: We Intend to Finish the Trilogy [Exclusive]

Posted May 2, 2011 by James Brightman

Remember Too Human? The game was released in August 2008 exclusively for the Xbox 360 and was supposed to have been the start of a successful trilogy on Microsoft's console. Unfortunately the game bombed, receiving only a 65 on Metacritic and selling just 168,000 copies in its release month. 

Silicon Knights' futuristic retelling of Norse mythology may one day continue, however, the developer told IndustryGamers. Silicon Knights President Denis Dyack told us, "We intend to finish the trilogy but no comment beyond that... You know, there's very public litigation around that."

Dyack, of course, is referring to his ongoing lawsuit with Epic Games, which he claims provided less than complete Unreal Engine code, and so Silicon Knights said it had to rebuild the game's engine. For its part, Epic maintains that it will be "fully vindicated" in court.

If Silicon Knights is able to move forward with its plans for a trilogy, the developer will no doubt have to make some serious changes to the game mechanics, which were terribly repetitive throughout the adventure. 

James Brightman has been covering the games industry since 2003 and has been an avid gamer ever since the days of Atari and Intellivision. He was previously the EIC of GameDaily Biz.

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