Destroy All Humans!

Rebuilt from the ground up in every way, Destroy All Humans! (2020) puts every other remaster on notice -- this is how it’s done.

Step one: Mix 1/2 cup of “Mars Attacks!”, 1/4 cup of John Water’s “Cry-Baby” and a teaspoon of action-adventure game mechanics and weapons. Step two: Pop in the oven at 220 degrees for 15 years and viola! you’ll have created something that resembles the brilliance that is Destroy All Humans! The game originally released in 2005 and is now remade for modern consoles and PC. The original became a cu...

Blasting through the bright and cheery 1950s world of Destroy All Humans! is a simple but satisfying kind of fun, and there’s a lot to be said for that. Just like the original, this remaster’s comedy is a little hit or miss but its attitude is in full force all the way through thanks to some overpowered alien abilities that let you mow down the puny human resistance like an overlord.

Crypto-137 is hellbent on ensuring that humanity meets a terrible fate. By comparison, Destroy All Humans has met an enjoyable-enough-but-certainly-not-amazing fate. That’s fine, but it’s tough to not feel as though something truly great could’ve happened with some more creative license. If nothing else, this remake left me thinking that Destroy All Humans is still a viable property and that a bra...

Destroy All Humans! is a modern looking remake of a game that is clearly from another time. The open level structure allows players to create chaos and play around. The story isn’t anything to write home about and is still stuck in 2005 but all things considered this is a decent remake of a game that didn’t set the world on fire over 15 years ago.

Destroy All Humans! makes an earnest effort to improve on every aspect of the original, but it’s hard to avoid the issues stemming from the era in which it came from. Despite it’s numerous improvements, Destroy All Humans is still plagued with banal repetition and tedium especially as the adventure draws to an end.

Destroy All Humans! is a fun and modernized action game that is held back by its 2005 design structure.

Destroy All Humans! is never better than when you're carrying out the remit of the game's title. When you're doing stealth missions, it's not nearly as fun. As far as its remake credentials are concerned, meanwhile, this is a perfectly solid, serviceable piece of entertainment, if somewhat unremarkable. That said, if you lapped up Destroy All Humans! fifteen years ago, you'll no doubt be more than...

Destroy All Humans! has excellent visuals and is fun for a couple of hours. But it's so redundant, uninspired, and devoid of any real energy that I can't recommend it to anyone that doesn't already love the original.

THQ Nordic continues its series of remasters and remakes with Destroy All Humans! which sadly doesn't merit the risk of first contact.

I love the concept behind Destroy All Humans and want to see what a game with a higher budget and more modern design sensibilities could do with this concept. THQ Nordic owns the rights to several unique franchises like Destroy All Humans, and should develop new experiences for these games rather than remaking titles without resolving their biggest problems.

The sights and sounds of Destroy All Humans are another highlight, as everything is crisp and new without losing the original game’s art style. Enemies are delightfully stumpy and cartoonish, while the Furon have a nasty amount of detail to them (I’ll never unsee Crypto’s pulsating holes on the back of his head.) Locations each have their own style to them that makes it feel like you’re always in ...