Destroy All Humans!
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| Studio | Pandemic Studios | ||
| Publisher | THQ | ||
| composer | Garry Schyman | ||
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June 21, 2005 | ||
| platform | PlayStation 2 , Xbox | ||
| genre | Third person shooter | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | DualShock 2, Xbox controller | ||
| medium | DVD , digital distribution | ||
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Destroy All Humans! is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios . The third-person shooter playing in an open game world was released on June 21, 2005 by the publisher THQ for PlayStation 2 and Xbox . A successor for the Xbox 360 followed in 2008 . A remake of the video game for Xbox One , PC and PlayStation 4 has been announced for 2020 .
action
The player takes on the role of the alien Cryptosporidium 137, a member of the Furons race. The furon are threatened with extinction because they have been exposed to nuclear radiation in the course of protracted wars with nuclear weapons and have lost their ability to reproduce. Since the inhabitants of the planet Earth carry furon DNA in them due to an incident in the distant past, the furons see a possible solution to their problem in human DNA. Cryptosporidium 137's brother, Cryptosporidium 136, was shot down while collecting human DNA at Roswell . The player's mission is to collect human DNA in the form of Cryptosporidium 137 and to find his brother. Destroy All Humans! takes place in the USA in the late 1950s and parodies their lifestyle, pop culture and politics.
Game principle and technology
The player moves his character through an open, three-dimensional world. With the help of his arsenal of weapons he can kill people moving in the game world and extract their DNA as well as wreak havoc on the game world itself. As the game progresses, the opposing people become more powerful, but Cryptosporidium 137 can gradually fall back on improved armament thanks to its mother ship, which is constantly in contact with it.
Production notes
The name of the protagonist is borrowed from a genus of unicellular parasites, the cryptosporidia .
After THQ's bankruptcy and subsequent break-up, the rights to the series went to the Swedish publisher Nordic Games after an auction on April 15, 2013, along with 150 other titles for a total of 4.9 million US dollars .
reception
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The online magazine 4Players praised the original scenario, the humor and the physics engine of the game, but criticized the gameplay as partly repetitive. GameSpy magazine positively highlighted the successful parody of science fiction films from the 1950s and the voice recordings, but also noted repetitive game elements.
New edition
As part of E3 2019, THQ Nordic announces, together with the developers of Black Forest Destroy All Humans! to revive. This is a complete remake, in the course of which some improvements are made, but the core of the game should remain the same.
successor
To Destroy All Humans! two direct follow-up games followed, Destroy All Humans! 2 in 2006 and Destroy All Humans! - The way of the Furon 2008. Also in 2008 Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed for the Wii and Destroy All Humans! Crypto Does Vegas for mobile devices (under J2ME ) published.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Austen Goslin: Destroy All Humans! remake is heading to PC, PS4, and Xbox One in 2020. June 7, 2019, accessed July 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Alexander Sliwinski: THQ auction results: Nordic Games takes Darksiders, Red Faction; 505 Games is Drawn to Life ( English ) In: Joystiq . AOL . April 22, 2013. Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved on April 24, 2013.
- ↑ a b review on 4Players.de. Retrieved January 15, 2016 .
- ↑ a b review on GameSpy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Destroy All Humans! in the E3 preview: return of a cult classic. June 17, 2019, accessed July 30, 2019 .