Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon

Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
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Developer(s)	Sandblast Games
Publisher(s)	THQ
Series	Destroy All Humans!
Platform(s)	Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,
Release	INL: September, 2008
Genre(s)	Third person shooter Sand box Science-fiction Adventure
Mode(s)	Single Player, Multiplayer, Co-Op

Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon is the fourth game in the Destroy All Humans! series, mentioned for release at some point during THQ's 2008 fiscal year. The game has been confirmed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. An entirely separate Destroy All Humans! game, subtitled Big Willy Unleashed, is out now for the Wii system. IGN Pre-E3 2007: Destroy All Humans for Wii Veteran voice actors J. Grant Albrecht and Richard Horvitz will reprise their roles as Cryptosporidium and Orthopox respectively, and the musical score will be preformed by veteran composer Garry Schyman. In Path of the Furon, the destructive alien Crypto is taking on the funkdafied times of the 1970s, adding a bit of disco destruction to the people of earth. Picking up where Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed leaves off, Crypto finds himself attacked by a mysterious new enemy that threatens the entire Furon race. With a conspiracy quickly formed that threatens his way of life, Crypto embarks on a journey to gain enlightenment from an alien Kung Fu master, unlocking new powers that will let him save the Furons once again.

Path of the Furon expands on the open world format of the previous Destroy All Humans! titles -- players will be able to decide what they want to obliterate and what they will spare, with five large open worlds on the ground and in the air (thanks to new augmentations to Crypto's UFO) to obliterate with new weapons and new alien powers (IGN 2007).

Gameplay

Weapons

In the recent trailers and gameplay of the third installment of the Destroy All Humans! series, Crypto is seen using some weapons from the previous games, and some weapons that are new in this game. However, some of the returning artillery will have a next-generation makeover. All weapons will scar the ground, buildings, and other objects.

Returning weapons

Handheld

• Zap-O-Matic - A Furon enforcement weapon that fires a burst of electricity, electrocuting the target. The electrical streak of the Zap-O-Matic is glossy, oceanic, neon blue.
• Ion Detenator - A weapon that fires a red Ion Grenade that ionizes people and destroys vehicles instantly. It can now be used to stick to targets.
• Anal Probe - Crypto's simple weapon. It will lock on to humans, causing them to have there buttocks catch on fire and run, while expelling feces, eventually causing their brain stems to pop out of their heads. Crypto can shoot multiple targets with it at once.
• Disintegrator Ray- Crypto's simple-use weapon. It fires molten plasma that completely lights a human on fire then turns them to ashes allowing you to see their skeleton.
• Disclocator - A weapon that fires purple gravity defying energy disks that fling people and objects in many different random directions. The player may now engage in "car surfing" by standing on a car and firing this weapon into the car.

Saucer

• Death Ray - The saucer's basic, yet powerful, weapon. This heat ray incinerates humans and vehicles, as well as buildings. Crypto can also scar the terrain and buildings. Similar to the Heat Ray from War of the Worlds
• Quantum Deconstructor - The most powerful weapon on the saucer, it fires a green sphere of destructive power and energy that can take out four city blocks at once. Crypto can now charge it up to different levels.
• Abducto Beam - A beam which can abduct a human into Crypto's saucer, or abduct a vehicle and toss them around. This weapon is now a vacuum, as multiple humans can be abducted at once and then instantly processed.
• Drain - A beam from the saucer that will pick up cars or other objects and drain them of power (usually destroying them). That power repairs Crypto's saucer.
• Cloak-To make the saucer disappear to the humans. Drains when used.

Note: The Abducto Beam and Drain can be used at the same time.(simultaneously).

New Handheld Weapons

• Venus Human Trap - Similar to the Burrow Beast, this weapon spawns a giant Venus flytrap/Pitcher plant-like monster with tentacles that grabs objects like humans and vehicles. The more it eats, the more DNA Crypto gets. The plant can eat on its own or Crypto can feed it using PK.
• Black Hole Gun - This weapon resembles the Noisy Cricket from Men in Black. It creates a truck-sized black hole with a blue-purple spinning halo that sucks up objects, people, cars, etc. It is great for clearing the area since it does not pull Crypto in.
• Super Baller - This weapon fires a bouncing ball with a rainbow tail at an enemy, locks on, then begins bouncing around causing damage to the person/object. [1]

New Saucer Weapons

• Tornadotron - The newest weapon for Crypto's saucer, it can create a tornado that can be controlled or go on it's own track that causes major destruction. It can also be activated while the saucer is cloaked leading people to think it's an act of God.
• Seeker Drones - The saucer has the ability to fire a barrage of missiles that seek out humans, vehicles, helicopters, or buildings. They will actually punch through buildings to hit their targets.
• Plasma Cannon - A rapid-fire, chaingun-like weapon that fires purple plasma globules that can be used to strafe traffic and can leave scars in buildings.

Psychokinetic abilities

Note - Psychokinesis is now mapped to its own button, which is revealed to be the Left Trigger on the Xbox 360 and the L1 button on the PlayStation 3.

Returning abilities

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Confirmed by a Path of the Furon developer on the Gamespot Forums, this is an old image of Crypto using Transmogrify on a human while holding the Disintegrator Ray.

• Psychokinesis - Also known as PK, this ability lets Crypto move objects with his mind but now he can do it to more humans at once.
• Cortex Scan - Crypto can read human minds.
• Body Snatch - Crypto can steal a body for disguise.
• Transmogrify - (commonly referred to as "Transmog") Crypto can use his PK to transform inanimate objects into weapon ammunition, and humans into brain stems. This is confirmed by a Sandblast employee on the Gamespot forums.

Note - When using PK, the objects are in a haze of purple with sparkles, and Crypto's hand has a purple-blue glow around it.

New abilities

• Temporal Fist - Crypto attains the ability to stop time and manipulate objects, giving him the chance to set up wild scenarios by moving people and objects into harm's way and allowing time to resume and destroy them.
• PK Magnet - An advancement to PK, it creates a magnetic field around the captive and draws any movable object toward it.

Note - Crypto can simultaneously use his PK, jetpack, and weapons all at once, thanks to streamlined controls.

Locations

Crypto will have five new, open world locations, based on Las Vegas ("Las Paradiso"), Hollywood ("Sunnywood"), Hong Kong ("Shen Long"), Paris ("Belleville"), and an unannounced location somewhere out in space. Many people speculate this could possibly be the Furon Homeworld.

Plot

Using the money earned from the Big Willy franchise Orthopox-13 started, he and his partner, Crypto have opened a family friendly casino with which they use to rake in a steady flow of cash and human DNA, but problems have already begun to arise, as the casino have been having attacks from the American Mafia, and not long after that, Crypto finds himself face to face with a conspiracy from his own homeworld, that if not stopped, could destroy them all forever.

Having lost his way, Crypto has lost his motivation, and forgotten what it means to destroy humans. Crypto keeps hearing a voice in his head, telling him to go to the city of Shen Long. Crypto then wakes up in a Kung Fu Monastary, greeted by a Furon martial arts expert, who beseeches him to submit to his tutelage, and train in mind and firepower, to help him defeat these new threats. Now Crypto is about to go down the path to enlightenment, and shape his own destiny, to ultimately be able to destroy all humans.

Characters

• Crypto is a wise-cracking and sarcastic alien who manages to take control of the USA at the end of Destroy All Humans. Not much infomation about being a new Crypto since they haven't said anything about Crypto still being 138 but it does say for Path of the furon each new Crypto will have more complete Furon DNA than the last clone.
• Orthopox 13 (Pox for short) is Crypto's boss and mastermind behind the invasion of Earth. Having been destroyed at the beginning of Destroy All Humans! 2, Pox's mind has been confined to a HoloPox unit, which he managed to download his mind into before the mother ship exploded. He is a 74th level Furon Warlord.
• The Master is an old and seemingly wise Furon, whose psychic powers are very strong. He is shown having several monks with him, possibly students of his. According to Crypto in a trailer of the game, he enters his dreams and calls him. Apparently, the Master knows who is behind Crypto's recent troubles and trains Crypto to unlock powers and weapons. The Master is also one of the only Furons known to have hair.
• The Nexos are a mysterious tentacle-like race of cyborgs of unknown origin. A primary vehicle the Nexos use, is a green and black vehicle, which resembles a Tripod. [2]

Development

Changes from previous installments

In the E3 trailer and gameplay videos for Path of the Furon, there are new locations, as well as some new weapons and some new abilities.

• Almost every weapon from the previous games has been externally redesigned.
• Crypto can shoot humans and use the jet pack while using Psychokinesis.
• Crypto gains the ability to stop time, manipulate objects, and then resume time. Objects can also be directed to fly at others once time is resumed.
• Crypto can use the saucer's death ray and other weapons to scar the terrain and buildings, revealing melted floors and building features. The scars will stay in place on a building until the building is desroyed.
• Crypto's saucer can abduct more than one human, which are processed instantly.
• The Ion Detonator can stick on targets and can explode more effectively.
• While in his saucer, Crypto can now engage in air-to-air battles.
• Crypto's saucer can now fly horizontal and vertical and aim up, down or anywhere between.
• The Anal Probe can have more than one target; brain stems are automatically pulled to Crypto.
• Crypto can now get DNA just by destroying a human, and the brain stems come right to him instantly.
• The Quantum Deconstructor can be charged and can explode more effectively.
• There are now flying enemies, such as helicopters, that can fight Crypto in his saucer.
• Crypto's jetpack has a longer lasting battery.
• The saucer has been redesigned, due to Crypto drunk-driving and crashing the original saucer.
• Humans now run out of buildings when damage is caused to it, making it easier to collect humans for processing.
• Important buildings that have been destroyed will remain in ruins throughout the saved game.
• Buildings have a much more realistic destruction affect. Levels and windows will now blow out in a firey explosion, debris now flies out, and windows crack. Building stories pancake on top of each other when it collapses. Building Rubble is more realistic.
• Pox is still a hologram, but his HoloPox unit now has extendable arms, with which he can gesture and interact with things.
• The game will feature real-time weather.
• Cars will actually dent, bend, and crumple when hit, and will create sparks when dragged across a stone or concrete surface.
• There is much more traffic, in the saucer and on foot. This makes for much more destruction.
• Objects in PK can be moved around more easily hence being mapped to its own trigger.
• The game goes through day and night.
• Cars will have much more realistic movements when moved around or thrown.
• Objects and cars will not abruptly stop moving right when they hit another moveable object or person.
• Electricity will now surge through electrical wires when damage is caused to them.
• Draw distance for thrown objects which greatly larger so objects or humans will no longer abruptly dissapear off the screen.
• The game has been confirmed to have multiplayer. Multiplayer modes include Split Screen Co-op and Split Screen Compeditive. According to creative director Jon Knoles in an interview with IGTV, the 5 worlds will change accordingly to fit multiplayer purposes.
• In an interview with IGN, Jon Knoles states "But if you want a glimpse of the alien homeworld, or want to find out what happens to all the humans they've abducted over the years, you may find the last world in PotF a real hoot." [3]

Release and Development

The game will be released in September, 2008. The game is nearing completion but is still being polished and checked for bugs. On April 1, 2008 there was a media surge surrounding THQ's Gamer's Day event that produced 8 new screenshots, a short trailer, and a written interview with Jon Knoles (the game's creative director) on IGN. Other sites featured several Hands-On reports, Previews, and one video interview with Jon Knoles on Gamespot. These were the newest updates on the game's development since the third quarter of 2007. A demo will be released in early August, 2008.

Destroy All Humans! Crypto Does Vegas

Destroy All Humans! Crypto Does Vegas is a recently released mobile phone version of Destroy All Humans! based loosely on Path of the Furon. In the game, Crypto must zap tourists and gamblers to find the best DNA possible in Sin City. The game only features four weapons: the Zap-O-Matic, the Plasma Blaster (a disintegrator-like weapon), Highly Explosive Disintegrater Grenades, and the Gloom Ray, an instant depression ray.

External links

• Sandblast Website
• Official website (Not up yet for Path of the Furon)
• Trailers at GameTrailers.com
• GameSpot E3 2007 preview
• Destroy All Humans 3 Coming to PS3, PS2, and PSP at VideoGamesBlogger.com
• IGN page
• THQ lists six franchises for its fiscal future
• THQ Webpage
• IGN Mobile page