Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon (360)

Hello Gamers,

Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon for the 360 just recently came out on December 1, and I would have to say it's one of my top 10 games this year. Not only does it have the classic DAH humor, but also a LOT of more cities and space to explore.

The game takes off where Big Willy Unleashed ended. Pox and Crypto have ditched the fast food gig and decided to start up a casino instead. After Cyrpto kills off the competition, though, a pack of Nexo warriors, who are thought to have been wiped out, came and tried to cut off all the attention that Crypto had attracted by destroying buildings and sucking brains out. After the fight, Crypto had to destroy his own casino in order to keep knowledge of his existence under wraps. Now with revenge in his heart, Crypto sets out to find who, or what, destroyed his jack-pot.

The game features about five different locations that you can visit which all have there own missions and secrets. All the levels have missions that change and will have you do different things. You also have sub-missions like protecting a witness so you can gain information to missions where you have to destroy a building in order to teach the person a lesson. You can also find these artifacts that add replay value to the game after you've beating the story mode. Between missions, you are allowed to do whatever you want. The problem though is that after you're done with all of the missions, the "do whatever you want" action gets repetitive. However, it will take a while to find everything before you start to get board. I also noticed that the game had some glitches with the cut scenes and graphics. I found that sometimes the voice would cut out on dialogue and that the game did freeze on me a couple of times.

What would the game be without the weapons though? You get the classic Zap-O-Matic and Anal Probe along with a few new toys. Some of these weapons are the Venus Human Trap (when placed, a giant flower will pop out of the ground and will eat anything it can grab) and the Black Hole Gun (a gun that creates black holes that will suck in anything that's close by). You also get the old PK abilities like mind reading and psychokinesis along with the new powers like time stop and PK Magnet (which lets you pick up objects or people and make them stick to other objects). The controls for weapons and PK powers is well done. It's very easy to understand and easy to learn. The Flying Saucer also has been upgraded with the ability to upgrade weapons, which you can do with DNA, and has been added with new weapons such as the plasma cannon and Tornadotron (lets you summon a tornado and cause havoc while invisible).

The multiplayer is also much better than Big Willy Unleashed, however, that doesn't mean it doesn't need to improve. In Path of the Furon, you can play with another player on three different game modes. One mode is called "Ion Soccer" in which you use your ion detonator to push a ball into the opponents hole. Another game is one in which you and a friend race against each other to abduct a human until you reach the score limit. The last game is called "Brain-O-Matic" in which players try to gain more brains than the other player. However, it only has a two player capability and has no online features. If you're looking for a good multiplayer, you may not want to touch this game.

All in all, I still enjoyed the game's dark and crude humor while delivering a ton of objectives on each level. Even though the game isn't the best reviewed game this year, it still was a winner for me. If you're not sure, go ahead and give it a rent. I give Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon 8 out of 10.

Ups: Lots of stuff to do, great humor, great weapons.

Downs: Repetitive, bad multiplayer, some glitches here and there.

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