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Great Spoof for Older Gamers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 22
Date: August 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Destroy All Humans is a great adventure game with you as the grey-skinned, big-eyed alien out to destroy / conquer human-kind. The humor is great!

The basic concept is a campy spoof on all 50s alien movies. You are wandering around a traditional 50s landscape with drive-ins, town centers, and town fairs. You have a variety of cool alien powers that assist you in your take-over attempts, flying your saucer around from spot to spot.

This game is marked for teens, and that's true both from a "violence" standpoint and a simple enjoyment standpoint. Many of the in-jokes are going to go right over the heads of younger players, who will only understand the game as a simple shooter. For example, reading the minds of the various townsfolk will have adults laughing for hours, while younger kids will be going "Huh?"

On the violence side, the "blood" is green, but it's still pretty nasty. You are ripping brains and spinal cords out of creatures, blowing things up, and being generally destructive. There are a number of references to sexual acts, since many in the 50s felt that aliens were only out to rape females and to perform "unnatural" acts on males. This definitely is a game geared towards older teens and adults.

It's really funny to see all of the old stereotypes - about aliens and cows, aliens and politicians, etc. - played out in real time. The graphics are rather good in supporting these scenarios, and the sounds fit in as well. But the real fun is in the plot and dialogue.

Yes, the basic game is rather short - it's not going to last you months like the FF or GTA series. On the other hand, this game isn't meant to be epic. It's meant to be a really funny spoof for older gamers, and it fits this niche extremely well!

Wild and entertaining ride from the makers of Mercenaries!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: July 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Destroy all humans! is one of the most innovative games of the year, with a unique perspective and destructible environments you will be addicted in no time.

DAH! is set in the 1950s and revolves around the accidental destruction of a Furon scout ship by the US Army, this accident sparks an invasion force...of 2 Furons, Orthopox and Cryptosporidum-137.

You Play as Cryptosporidium-137, sent to earth to investigate the disappearance of your previous clone Cryptosporidium-136. Your leader is Orthopox (voiced by Richard Horvitz, the voice of Invader Zim from the cartoon series Invader Zim), he provides you with missions, weapons and upgrades as well as funny conversations and Intel.

Cryptosporidum has access to a variety of weapons, the most entertaining being the disintegration gun which turns humans into gray ash skeletons that blow away in the wind. Even better then your weapons are your mind powers, Crypto can use telekinesis, telepathy, hypnotism and the strange ability to make a persons head explode in order to harvest their brain. Crypto also has an interesting stealth option, he can use a "HoloBob", a device that generates a holographic image over Crypto enabling him to copy the appearance of targeted humans and move undetected among his foes.

Now what alien invasion game would be complete without the ability to unleash massive devastation from the air a saucer? DAH! has you covered with Crypto's modifiable spaceship! It comes standard with the high concentrated heat "Death Ray" and an abduction beam, but as your progress you will unlock some more entertaining weapons, namely the "Sonic Boom gun", a weapon that shoots a small orb of sound that sends everything around it flying off into the air from the shock wave.

The game play in DAH! is solid and the graphics are flawless, this game is basically a more entertaining version of Pandemic's other popular title "Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction", both games feature destructible environments, except Mercenaries is a standard war game while DAH! is a unique, one-of-a-kind alien invasion game. Levels have a variety of styles and objectives, one of the most fun is when you are required to copy the appearance of a small town mayor with your HoloBob and address the town in a meeting, you are given a selection of topics and responses, each one is extremely funny and well written.

The game is divided into multiple invasion sites, each one with different attributes and design, but all allow you to free roam the terrain after the mission objectives are completed, there are hidden items to be uncovered,
mini games and plenty of other interesting things going on giving the game a high replay value.

All in all DAH! is an extremely funny game that should not be missed! Go out and buy a copy today!

This game is a blast!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: June 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Strengths

-Amazing graphics and visual effects
-Awesome sound effects
-Fun and challenging game play
-Great story and dialogue

Weaknesses

-Game control is awkward at first
-Having to start a mission over because you leave the invasion site can be frustrating
-More weapons would be nice

Playing as alien invader Crypto, your mission is to invade Earth and eliminate, probe, or abduct as many puny humans as possible. Along the way, you can use your trusty ray gun to electrocute people, or incinerate everything in site while at the helm of your very own flying saucer. In addition, use your psychokinetic powers to disguise yourself as a human and blend into the population, read peoples' minds or remove the brain entirely to collect human DNA, or my personal favorite, pick up and hurl people and objects great distances.

The controls are a little tricky, especially when attempting to move objects while levitating them, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes rather intuitive. The visual effects are awesome, especially when you take off in your flying saucer--you can actually see distortion of the space-time continuum as your engines hum to life. I also recommend playing the game with surround sound speakers to take full advantage of the Dolby sound encoding. Turn up the bass and enjoy a little old-fashioned alien carnage!

Scripting of the game is hilarious--the banter between Crypto and his boss Pox is entertaining, as are the thoughts/dialogue of the various humans you encounter. At first, I wasn't sure about Crypto sounding like a cross between Jack Nicholson and Dirty Harry, but it does grow on you. After all, Crypto would rather be brutally annihilating other species than abducting or probing them.

If you are looking for a game that is a cross between Grand Theft Auto and The X-Files, this game is for you. All in all, a great first game in a promising new franchise! I hope to see a lot more of Crypto in the future.

First REAL review.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: June 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I wouldn't even count that other review as anything other than a brainfart of a 12-year-old. Here's a real review, in depth.

DESTROY ALL HUMANS!

You play as Cryptosporodium-137, the 137th clone of the original Crypto. The Furon race ran across Earth on their way back from beating the hell outta the Martians and, well, messy details spared, each human has one strand of Furon DNA in them. They reproduce themselves by cloning, due to their utter lack of genetalia, but with each clone the DNA deteriorates, which is why Crypto likes to blow things up a bit too much.. Crypto-136 was sent to Earth to harvest brain stems to make fresh DNA with, but was shot down over Roswell. He was supposed to go to Rockwell, by the way. Pox, your commanding officer, (voiced by the guy who was Raz in Psychonauts and Zim in Invader ZIM) sends Crypto-137 to find his "brother" and collect more DNA. Soon you find that the Majestic (think Men in Black) had found 136, dissected him, and unlocked the Furon DNA in humans, giving them the Furons' psychic powers. This is as far as I've gotten in the story, so here is some other stuff.

POWERS: You have Psychokinesis (PK) to pick up and throw crap around. At first you can only pick up small objects, trash cans and such, but you can upgrade it to pick up cars, then tanks and robots (Majestic-made)

Also, Cortex Scan: you can read the minds of puny Earthlings. Mainly used to recover Concentration, used to power your.... well... powers.

HoloBob: Assume the identity of any Earthling. One part has you becoming the Mayor (who sounds a lot like Quimby from the Simpsons) and giving a speech about the recent rash of abductions, exploding buildings, and glowing cows. Remember, this is the 50's, so do what people did back then.. BLAME COMMUNISTS! I'm not sure if it has any effect on it, but from then on, they were convinced that Crypto was a "Midget Red"... You can also have conversations with people in this form. One example: A military Base. Assume the identity of a random soldier. Talk to the gate guard to try to get in. He won't let you... Cortex Scan him and you find out he's been sleeping on the job. Threaten to report him and he'll let you through.

WEAPONS: You gotta have some good ol' explosives!

Zap-O-Matic: Unlimited ammo, but rather weak... Can be upgraded to chain lightning to other humans.

Disentigrator Ray: Best weapon. Ammo-based, but extremely powerful. A few shots can even take out cars and tanks.

Ion Detonator: Basically a grenade Launcher, but you can choose when to detonate the shot.

Now that the basic plot, weapons, and powers are out of the way (I won't go into detail on the Ship.) I'll go to my review.

GRAPHICS: 8/10 - Really nice reflective surfaces and particle effects. Hardly any draw-in and you won't even notice it unless you're looking for it. Textures can be a bit bland, though.

SOUND: 10/10 - The sound is absolutely spot-on. Voice-overs for the various humans are hilarious, and excellent performances by the voiceactors of Pox and Crypto (sounds a bit like Jack Nicholson). Sound effects for the alien weaponry are exactly as you would expect.

GAMEPLAY: 9.5/10 - Very good controls, aiming is great, with no jerkiness or, god help you, auto-aim. It plays much like a 3rd person shooter on ground but... well... It's hard to describe how it controls in the ship, but it DOES control very very well. Stealth is well-implemented, and there are times when it is preferred. The AWARENESS meter is a very good idea, with WARNING, POLICE AWARENESS, MILITARY AWARENESS, then MAJESTIC AWARENESS. You can guess what these all mean. Crypto uses a regenerating shield system similar to that of Halo2 (no health, just shield) that works very well. It takes about 15 seconds of not being hit to recharge, which isn't unfair, but it doesn't make you invincible.

OVERALL: 9.75/10 - Definitely worth buying. Hopefully, years from now, people will look on this game with the same reverence of Splinter Cell, Mario, Sonic, Halo, and Grand Theft Auto. By then they'll have forgotten about Psychonauts. *tear*

alien+earth=destruction!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love this game! its great for a person like me who is terrible at video games because there are so many cheats. i think this game is way better with a friend so grab a buddy and play!

Destroy!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I got my game by Fed-X I was so shocked at how fast it came sence ordering it from amazon.com. I love this game so much this is 1,000 times better then GTA and you can enjoy giveing the annal probe. This game dose have some strong words but other than that I see no reason why anyone should not get this game.

Go for it and Destroy and enjoy it like I do.

Out of this World Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you like B-Movies from the 50s/60s looks like Destroy All Humans might just be the game for you. The game sets you down smack in the middle of what feels just like a 50s sci-fi film. The story is a simple one you are a part of a superior alien race who needs to retrieve DNA placed in the brains of humans to survive. So your mission is simple - Destroy All Humans!

Both the story and game play options are described to you during your game play. So you don't really need to read the instructions and can just dive right in. [However you may wish to familiarize yourself with the controls a wee bit before starting --- we found ourselves hitting all the wrong buttons at all the wrong times.]

Fun game for almost all ages [violence you know --- kinda figured that one out with a name like Destroy All Humans].

Biggest downfall of the game is that when you die you start your mission from the beginning. And that can be very frustrating when nearly complete and you get your final zap. Game play is not saved until you complete the mission and head back to the Mothership for further instructions.

A new kind of war of the worlds

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you like war of the worlds this is a game for you. You bascilly have to go and invade earth and keep your race alive by takeing over land. The cool thing is the graphics are incredbilly and you can go to thw white house and captill. You can get a suplise of weapons such as lasers booms poisins. It's fun to play over and over agian espicilly with game sharks so you can never die. If you are a alian fan you'll like this game alot.

Hop in a UFO and destroy EARTH..

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Destroy All Humans..

I've seen all the ads and tv commercials for Destroy All Humans and I automatically knew this game was going to be one of the best of 2005. I picked up my copy a few days after it was released for PS2, and begun playing it that same day. The character you play is: Cryptosporidium 137 who is sent to earth after another alien crashes and is caught, his mission is to save that alien and pretty much destroy anything in the way or anything you feel like destroying. I must be very honest when I say this, Destroy All Humans is an addicting game!! They play a mini movie at the beginning so you can understand the game better and see how the whole alien destroying humans begins. Its based in the 50's type scene, its like a sci-fi movie you get to control. You're pretty much free roaming but you can't go outside of the mission area or your boss will tell you to get back to the mission. There are plently of weapons to use to blow up cars and disintegrate any humans you come across, and destroy the military vehicles and soldiers when they come to check everything out. You also get to control the UFO which is pretty cool, you can use it to attack and burn down homes and other properties. The entire game is interesting and some parts are very funny. The graphics are really nice, they help you get into the game more. This game is really a hit.

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another great game from the guys and gals at THQ

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is set in the 1950's so any fan of 1950's sci-fi will be very happy but even if u're not a huge fan there is plenty of enjoyment to be had.
You get to play as Crypto who is even cooler then ET and admit it people ET was a wuss!
You get to play with loads of cool gadgets and unlock more as u play through the game. the controls take a little bit of getting used to but once u do you be destroying humans like the best alien destroyer ever!!

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