Swan
08-27-2004, 07:34 PM
What is this?
There's no way to answer that question withou a complex sentence. Imagine taking the "go anywhere, do anything" sandbox-style gameplay of a GTA game, but changing the main character to a cranky, slihtly dumb, alien invader named Crypto, who is intent upod taking over Earth.
As Crypto, you have a wide range of mental powers: you can read the minds of lesser life forms like humans and animals, and can hypnotize most hmans to get them to do your bidding. You can also disguise yourself as a human, as well as levitate or use psionics to psychokinetically move things around at will, just like Scryer from Psi-ops. If that fails, you can pull out a ray gun or two and fire away, and even if that doesn't work, you can hop into your flying saucer and start leveling entire city blocks with its destructive power.
Why haven't I heard about it?
Well gee, how many times can one hear "It's like GTA, only different in the following ways..." before your eyes glaze over and you start daydreaming of friendly monkeys playing volleyball using a giant jelly doughnut instead of a ball? Plus, there's the fact that there was a line to get into the closed room where it was being shown at E3, so a lot of folks missed it entirely. Finally, the campy, B-movie, sci-fi setting may be off-putting to those gamers who don't fully embrace their inner geekdom. It's a bit of a niche thing.
What's so special?
For starters, it's a fresh perspective. How many other games are there that let you as an alien invader instead of the goody two-shoes fighting off the aliens? Plus, if you're into sci-fi at all, you'll love the B-movie feel of the game and tons of sci-fi references - for instance, your enemies are the shadowy Majestic, also known (in this games mythology, at least) as the Men in Black.
Destroy All Humans! also has a dark sense of humor. In our demo, Crypto landed on a farm and immediately began interrogating the first earthling he saw: a cow. When the cow refused to say anything other than "Moo", and reading its simple mind went nowhere, he decided the cow was mocking him by refusing to give up any information and proceeded to first get angry and then telekinetically send the poor cow flying through the air. Not much fun for the cow, granted, but Crypto's clueless interpretation of the situation was still pretty darn funny.
Beyond that, Crypto's wide range of powers seems prepared to deliver a vast array of gameplay experiences. On, minute your hypnotizing a man at the County Fair to act like a chicken as a distraction so you can sneak somewhere, and the next moment, you're in a tense shootout with the Majestic agents - at least, until your way into a saucer and flatten everything around you. If the story is even remotely cool, we'll be riveted to our TV screens when this one arrives.
Phew, now thats alot of typing. It's coming out in 2005.
Here is some more information.
http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/destroy-all-humans/542524p1.html
There's no way to answer that question withou a complex sentence. Imagine taking the "go anywhere, do anything" sandbox-style gameplay of a GTA game, but changing the main character to a cranky, slihtly dumb, alien invader named Crypto, who is intent upod taking over Earth.
As Crypto, you have a wide range of mental powers: you can read the minds of lesser life forms like humans and animals, and can hypnotize most hmans to get them to do your bidding. You can also disguise yourself as a human, as well as levitate or use psionics to psychokinetically move things around at will, just like Scryer from Psi-ops. If that fails, you can pull out a ray gun or two and fire away, and even if that doesn't work, you can hop into your flying saucer and start leveling entire city blocks with its destructive power.
Why haven't I heard about it?
Well gee, how many times can one hear "It's like GTA, only different in the following ways..." before your eyes glaze over and you start daydreaming of friendly monkeys playing volleyball using a giant jelly doughnut instead of a ball? Plus, there's the fact that there was a line to get into the closed room where it was being shown at E3, so a lot of folks missed it entirely. Finally, the campy, B-movie, sci-fi setting may be off-putting to those gamers who don't fully embrace their inner geekdom. It's a bit of a niche thing.
What's so special?
For starters, it's a fresh perspective. How many other games are there that let you as an alien invader instead of the goody two-shoes fighting off the aliens? Plus, if you're into sci-fi at all, you'll love the B-movie feel of the game and tons of sci-fi references - for instance, your enemies are the shadowy Majestic, also known (in this games mythology, at least) as the Men in Black.
Destroy All Humans! also has a dark sense of humor. In our demo, Crypto landed on a farm and immediately began interrogating the first earthling he saw: a cow. When the cow refused to say anything other than "Moo", and reading its simple mind went nowhere, he decided the cow was mocking him by refusing to give up any information and proceeded to first get angry and then telekinetically send the poor cow flying through the air. Not much fun for the cow, granted, but Crypto's clueless interpretation of the situation was still pretty darn funny.
Beyond that, Crypto's wide range of powers seems prepared to deliver a vast array of gameplay experiences. On, minute your hypnotizing a man at the County Fair to act like a chicken as a distraction so you can sneak somewhere, and the next moment, you're in a tense shootout with the Majestic agents - at least, until your way into a saucer and flatten everything around you. If the story is even remotely cool, we'll be riveted to our TV screens when this one arrives.
Phew, now thats alot of typing. It's coming out in 2005.
Here is some more information.
http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/destroy-all-humans/542524p1.html