Sunday 6 September 2020

Destroy All Humans

 The remake, obviously. It's been a while since I've posted thought I've written, or stated to on a few things about other games but didn't think I had enough to say, for example the last of us 2, I had a few opinions (mostly on the dated gameplay) but they weren't exactly fresh. A couple of other mentions as well. Firstly, I've been replaying Bioshock infinite and it's darn good, the gameplay is a lot better than I remember and the twisting story keeps it fresh, though the setting is not even close to the intrigue of Rapture. Mention for maneater too, I like a collectathon from time to time and this was a good example of one. Shout outs also to the fun romp of 'Saints Row the third remastered'.


So, speaking of remake, Destroy all Humans remastered. I played the old one 'back in the day' (although my day was more the early 90's and not the mid 00's) and it was a good PS2 game with an interesting setting in the 60's though I hardly thought it was ground breaking at the time. So why did I even play it? I've been asking myself this too as I'm not really sure, I guess I wanted a slice of the past and to remember what games were like 15 years ago. I have to mention though that although I was in to it at the time, the Ps2/ Xbox 1 (not that one) was the worst generation for me personally. Very few games stand out for me then as there wasn't much invention, SD was getting old, western RPG's hadn't yet took off and my favourite game type, 2D platformers had been dropped for a series of mediocre mascot 3D platformers, something that had seemed interesting in the generation before but had mostly remained the same or even regressed since then. (there was the GTA3 series though) What was I talking about again?

Ah yes, Destroy all humans. You're an alien invader with 'cool' alien powers like mind control, assuming forms of others, jet packs, skating (for unknown reasons) and the old reliable ray gun. The classic sci Fi tropes are endless and intentionally so as that's what this game is aiming for. The missions of this game are mostly similar throughout the game, sneak past some enemies by disguising yourself as a human, then shoot some guys on foot, then shoot some building in your saucer, the game is fully realised by the 4th or 5th mission and then just repeated multiple times over. The plot turns out to be forgettable apart from the big twist, ooh, the big bad (well, I guess good in this case) that was covered head to toe turns out to be a woman. OMG!  

It plays like a game from it's time period, passable at past, feeling a lot like one of the mascot platformers of the time, just replace the platforming with shooting. There's the option to go outside of missions and explore towns and do some side quests and shoot some of those damn dirty apes, but it's hardly Vice city or San andreas. The areas are small and samey and once you've played a hand full of missions there's nothing here that a player won't have already experienced several times over (granted this is the same for many, many games but they're usually more fun).

I may be a cynical person but this game is a relic of the past, an average game for it's time that is far from the standards of today's offerings with little to nothing more to offer than a nostalgic pop. Sadly it is not worth playing in 2020.

I've been playing (and in some cases replaying) those 'other' Sonic games, someday I'll rank them all (well, mostly all) one day, maybe. I don't want to have played Sonic dash 2 for nothing, that would make it a total waste of my time rather than simply largely a waste of my time.

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