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“Well hello monkeys”

Destroy All Humans Story! dedicated to the invasion of militant aliens on Earth. It would seem an utterly hackneyed topic: Herbert Wells wrote about her, Rolland Emmerich filmed about her, BioWare devoted her best years to her. Still Destroy All Humans! managed to present the attack on Earth in such a non-standard way that the approach seems quite fresh even 15 years after the original release.

The secret of success is that this time the protagonist does not defend the planet from aliens, but rather leads the invasion. In the role of Kripo-137, we must penetrate the Earth, study its defense system and blow off the heads of people. And so that the pangs of conscience don’t bother you too much, you should know that we are doing this for the sake of saving our own kind. Although no one forbids you to enjoy your actions.

The Furon race, to which Krypto belongs, has one unpleasant anatomical feature – its representatives do not have genitals (and they should not have played in a nuclear war), so they reproduce by cloning. This led to the fact that the DNA of Furons began to degrade – and because of this, each subsequent generation of the race risks becoming the last. The situation can be corrected with the help of pure and unspoiled genetic material, which is stored in the DNA of people – it turns out that the ancient Furons loved to have fun on Earth.

It was the beginning. Directly the story of Destroy All Humans! begins with Krypto’s arrival on the planet and focuses on his attempts to take control of humanity through covert infiltration, brainwashing, and mindless vandalism.

“Muuu? Primitive, but heartfelt “

It is worth noting that the plot is far from the main advantage of the game, someone will even put it in the minuses of the title and will be absolutely right. The story is not intriguing, does not evoke strong emotions, and in general it is frankly boring – after a couple of missions, you most likely will not give a damn about who and why you kill, kidnap or hypothesize. If you remove everything between the opening cinematic and the ending cinematic from the script, the game will not lose anything from a narrative point of view.

At the same time, paradoxically, there is no desire to skip videos. This is due to the huge amount of humor. The game makes fun of literally everything: from McCarthyism and American-centrism to stereotypes about green men and anal probes. Everyone will find something to their liking – simple puns, small anecdotes or satirical criticism of populism and disinformation:

• In order to see everything that the developers have prepared for you, do not be lazy to read minds. Different sets of jokes are associated with each category of earthlings. You can meet a policeman who really likes the phrase: “There is nothing to see here.” And there is a cowboy who dreams of founding a group called Village People.
• In one of the missions, Krypto will have to disguise himself as the mayor of a provincial town and calm the townspeople by answering their questions. The game doesn’t tell you what options to choose, but it’s quite easy to understand the desired line of behavior. To win the applause, it is enough to blame the “Reds” for everything and show unrestrained jingoistic patriotism.
• After each level, the game will show newspaper headlines with the “correct interpretation” of the events that have taken place. Did the flying saucer destroy half the city? Earthquake. An odious general exploded in a giant robot? He was a communist spy.

“A small lump of unmotivated aggression”

So, the basis of the plot of the game about the destruction of people is the destruction of people. In addition, we found out that the destruction of people can be very funny. There is only one question left – how can we destroy people after all? Well, we can do this (in the sense of destroying people, if it is not yet clear) in three ways at once – in stealth, in open combat and on a flying saucer.

Stealth mechanics in Destroy All Humans! not done in the most usual way. Instead of hiding, the hero disguises himself. In a somewhat similar way, stealth infiltration into Hitman and The Outer Worlds is embodied.

Crypto can copy the appearance of any NPC – from a schoolgirl to a secret agent. But preference should still be given to the latter, since outsiders are not allowed into some territories. In addition, you need to take into account several subtleties of the work of the tadpole – this is how camouflage is called here.

The hologram needs to be fed periodically by reading other people’s thoughts, so you shouldn’t go far from people. Secret agents and some devices can break their disguise – they must be avoided, distracted or detonated on the spot. Almost all active hostilities, such as telekinesis or the use of weapons, disrupt the work of the hologram – because of this, those around them panic, and the hero may be declassified.

All of these limitations lead to stealth in Destroy All Humans! remains needed only for penetration and execution of small sabotage. Telepathy helps in this – with its help you can make opponents dance – well, or just knock them out for a while. Covertly kill everyone in the area, as in Assassin’s Creed, will not work.

As soon as the disguise is revealed or you just get tired of pretending to be one of those awkward hairless monkeys, Destroy All Humans! will turn into a third person shooter. In open combat, you can use supernatural abilities – telekinesis and DNA extraction (read – telepathic head burst) – as well as an arsenal of alien weapons. The latter include electric and fire cannons, a futuristic grenade launcher and, of course, an anal probe (read – a more fun way to blow heads). And having climbed onto a flying saucer, you will have at your disposal more powerful weapons that can destroy any buildings on the map.

“It’s time to conduct destructive tests”

Unfortunately, no matter how interesting the guns are (and the anal probe is difficult to call a trivial weapon), the overall impression of the battles still depends on the opponents, and they are unlikely to please the player. Basically, Crypto is opposed by unremarkable people: rednecks, police, military. There are also tanks and anti-aircraft guns, but it’s hard to call it a variety.

After a certain moment, mutants will appear in the game, on which telekinesis does not work, and in other missions you have to fight with battle mechs. But they do not pose any particular danger and can only defeat the hero in a crowd, and even then it is very unlikely. Because of this, fights run the risk of getting bored quickly. They can be dealt with for a long time only to satisfy their own misanthropy and thirst for chaos.

However, the above is true for aimless battles. Story missions constantly alternate stealth and action, so this applies to them to a lesser extent. In addition, there are three bosses in the game that bring the gameplay to life closer to the finale. At the same time, the last of them is much more difficult than the rest – after the lazy annihilation of ordinary opponents, the fight with him will become a real surprise for you.

In addition to the storyline in Destroy All Humans! there is a free mode on several maps with small open worlds. They are stereotypical sketches of 1960s America – a farming backwater, a provincial town, a beach town, an industrial town, a capital city, and a secret “Area 42” in the desert.

Each map has four challenges: Race, Abduction, Rampage, and Armageddon. They have different conditions in different locations. Somewhere you need to steal cows, somewhere – people. In one place, more points will be given for killing by telekinesis, in another – for explosions.

What’s new?

The original Destroy All Humans! was released in 2005, so you could expect that the remake will bring a lot of new things to the game or even completely change the concept. We’ve already seen this with Resident Evil or Final Fantasy VII. However, the developers chose the Shadow of the Colossus path rather – they left the game the same, updating only the graphics.

Other changes can be counted on one hand. Yes, in the remake, one cut level appeared, and Krypto was able to simultaneously shoot and use psionics. Cartridges now need to be obtained from the surrounding objects – they are no longer scattered around the location. There are also significantly more upgrades for weapons and abilities, which brought its share of variety to the game and, perhaps, somewhat simplified it somewhere.

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