Destroy All Humans! (Xbox, 2005)

I enjoyed playing this game. Forget about being serious, this game is just plain silly! The little alien dude has got the Jack Nicholson voice down pat! You get to blow up stuff, control humans, read human's thoughts (best part of the game!), and use telepathic powers to move things. You also have tools such as an anal probe and a ray gun. My favorite part of the game is walking around reading people's thoughts. Some of the things the people say are just too hilarious! For example, "Where did I leave my children" or "Look at my new brassier (sp?)! You could torpedo a U-Boat with these things!"

The game is similarly structured to Grand Theft Auto. You land your UFO in a location and you can walk around the area freely. You can read minds and collect brains or you can find a mission. There are plenty of missions to cover from a tutorial level at the beginning and several "boss" levels at the end of a series in a location. Basically you're trying to find out what happened to a previous ship that came to earth. If you die, then you have to restart the mission. As far as I know, you have unlimited life since you're being cloned. Also, when you're walking freely, you have to avoid arrousing suspicion or else they'll call in the military to capture you. You can assume a humanoid form as a disguise.

The game does get a little repeatative after a while (since it only has about five or six locations), but if you complete all the tasks then you'll get a very special bonus feature! I won't spoil the surprise, but it's worth playing the game for especially if you're a fan of those old cheezy sci-fi movies. You'll have so much fun anal probing people and reading their thoughts!

This game was a solid effort in the action/adventure gender. Good graphics and voice acting keep you gazed and laughing outloud and all the destruction you can cause with Crypto just adds to the fun. The only real downfall for me was the game lacked checkpoints, kinda sucked when you make it to the end of a level, die and have to start over from the beginning. Other than gratuitous amounts of pop-in, Destroy All Humans! is delightful to gaze at. Art direction ranks up there with the best games on the market and the design crew implemented the Havok engine nicely. The complete audio portion of Destroy All Humans! is Pox-level brilliance. The voice acting is equally satisfying and filled with the sanitized feel of 50’s style living. Even the obvious reference to Jack Nicholson by Crypto (performed by Grant Albrecht) works, because both the voice actor and scriptwriters have done their homework. The Bottom Line: While not the most lengthy, in-depth action/adventure game on the market, Destroy All Humans! delivers the goods in a more interesting manner than most. From the general premise, all the way through to the smallest art direction and dialogue details, Destroy All Humans! is a fun frolic that you should definitely check out. With no online play or additional features outside of the single player mode, you may want to see if Pandemic’s style in Destroy All Humans! is up your pop-culture alley before dropping your cash on this premium title. Those, however, with an extensive collection of 50’s sci-fi DVD’s and a to-scale model of Gort should already have this sucker in their collection.

This game works on the XBOX 360 with the compatibility update, and you could even download it as a classic XBOX game for $15 through the XBOX 360 online marketplace. That said, if you can find it cheaper on EBAY - grab it. From flying around in a saucer destroying towns, abducting people and lifting & throwing things with your mind, there's a lot of fun to be had here. The low price makes it all the more worthwhile. Google for reviews.

Best game ever. So fun. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUN!!!!

Also, a welcome change from all the millions of shooters that are available on the Xbox, one of the few games that offers a different control structure.

This game brought me back to the good ol' times. Before purchasing this game, I was led to believe it was very open-ended like a Grand Theft Auto game. However, after playing through the entire game, I realized that you were quite limited in the area of exploration. Even if you did traverse the entire town you were allowed to patrol, you would find yourself face-to-face with tanks and mechs ready to take you out before you had time to explore. However, I really enjoyed the different abilites you had at your disposal (especially the telekinesis) and had a lot of fun playing the game from beginning to end. It has an oldschool feel to it kept me addicted. I can't wait to get the sequel!