Time to take over planet Earth

Crush puny Earthlings in Destroy all Humans.

Destroy all Humans

Destroy all Humans
PS2 Rated: PG12+

The game: You are Cryptosporidium 137, Crypto for short, a cloned alien warrior who has not come to Earth in search of peace – in fact you are on Earth to clear the way for the Furon invasion force. Your mission is to infiltrate humanity, control them, harvest their brain stems and ultimately destroy them.

The play: Puny Earthlings look out, for Crypto has technical superiority, including the zap-o-matic, the electricity-firing people fryer, the disintegrator ray, the turn people into smoldering ash weapon, and the always entertaining anal probe gun, which can fire a probe with such force that the poor victim’s head will explode violently a few seconds after they’ve run away in terror with their bowels following close behind (it’s worth getting the game for this feature alone).

But forget the kinetic weapons, for alien technology also means mental powers. Psycho-kinesis will allow you to pick things up and throw them around with manic glee, or simply hypnotize weak-minded humans. If that bores you, then jump back into the old flying saucer and vaporize the whole landscape.

The game is broken into a series of story missions, ranging from kidnapping the local beauty queen to brainwashing the population of a small town through their television sets. After accomplishing the primary goals of any given mission, you’re left to harvest extra DNA and complete side missions scattered throughout each location.

Although the missions feel similar there’s enough variety within the levels to keep the interest.

The terrain: Graphically it’s solid, with each stage unique and although the same character models are recycled quite a bit, the huge amount of interactivity makes it insignificant. The comedic parody of the classic sci-fi movies of the ’50s is fantastic and all of the scenes are great to interact with – especially with new weapons.

The experience: This game is good clean fun with some very funny scenes – not difficult, but a great concept.

– Sqn-Ldr Nick Hogan

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