Too Human

Canadian developer Silicon Knights’ action role-playing game Too Human was available in 2008 from Microsoft Studios for the Xbox 360. The game is notable for remaining in development hell for over 10 years despite being initially scheduled for release on the Sony PlayStation in 1999. The Nintendo GameCube was developed later, and the rights were finally sold to Microsoft in 2005. The tale is a science-fictional futuristic retelling of Norse mythology that shows the sir, the Norse gods, as cybernetically enhanced people entrusted with guarding humanity from Loki’s army of robots. It was initially envisioned as part of a gaming trilogy. The player assumes the position of the Norse deity Baldur, who is less cybernetic than the other gods and hence “too human.”