[h2] "Crypto, I hereby give you official permission to DESTROY ALL HUMANS!" [/h2]
The Remake made me go back to my childhood, when the PlayStation 2 was at its peak. [b] Destroy All Humans! [/b] was my favorite game that you could play for hours, just run around Rockwell at night and create fun havoc. However, at that time I never mastered it completely since the missions in Area 42 with a large number of Majestic agents and soldiers were too much for me (especially the mission [spoiler] to rescue Cryptosporidium 136 [/spoiler] ). After so many years, I finally closed the gestalt and experienced an indescribable pleasure from the game. The development team has done their best to preserve and refresh the legacy of Pandemic Studios (<ᴘʀᴇss ꜰ>). Everything from the familiar soundtrack and voice acting to the detailed locations aroused my childish interest and joy, as if you had returned to your native land after more than 10 years of absence. Some changes and additions to the mechanics were also noticeable to me, in particular the "probe of your precious butt" weapon (😏🥒), DNA collection and replenishment of the flying saucer's health bar. Now, according to the new federal standard, all brains bring 25 DNA points and 50 from Psi-Mutants (meanwhile, [spoiler] senators [/spoiler] have 5 points like Easter eggs from real life), whereas before they were divided into colors from cold (🔵🟢) to hotter (🟠🔴) and gave from 10, 25 points and more, respectively, depending on the one you decided to turn into a roast and how. Now all the pathetic hooman baboons are equal, and [u] it's all because of the communists [/u] , dammit!
It's nice that the guys reworked the mechanics of replenishing the saucer's health and ammo into the game, as this made the game much easier even through the prism of my early experience *𝚊𝚔𝚊 ꘘᙀᖇOᙁ ᘜᗣᙏꙆᙁᘜ* and ideas about the game, when you had to run and fly around in search of ammo or a secluded corner where you wouldn't be completely destroyed by mechs or AA gun. I noticed a small detail with the Holobob, in which you take away the personality completely [i] (it freezes, as if you've seen a little gray space man instead of a green one) [/i] and not just copy it as in the original game. I remember there was also such a thing that when you die, you are played as the next Crypto number (138, 139, 140 etc.) and play on. IMHO, this really added to the atmosphere and logic of the game, it's a pity that this feature was removed in remake. Now monkes in strict black suits and fancy hats with blue and green blasters (as it was before) don't look so intimidating...
Welp, I can talk about it for a really long time and discuss it, I was just pleased to notice the changes and make comparisons.
For me, the game has already taken its place in my heart (and silly mind, ofc) with its gags, hilarious references and the atmosphere of the USA during the 1950s, when there was common paranoia, "I don't know but I've been told Joe McCarthy's good as gold" and a shadow of beet-eating and vodka-swilling Trotskyists all around. Satire on the vagaries of that time perfectly combines with aesthetics: neon signs, advertising, festivals, outfits, architecture, the way of thinking of the "deep" American and the manner of speech of politicians similar to broskie J.F.K. NPC, whose purpose is to become a currency for sweet upgrades in the Pox Lab, look a little more "alive" thanks to the new graphics. They're [u] constantly [/u] painting fences and walls with their family members or even the whole fricking neighborhood, guarding facilities and buildings, mentally complaining that they're sitting and handing out tickets to stupid carousels, drilling soldiers, shooting at targets, pissing near the Lincoln Memorial, reading newspapers [strike] about this case probably [/strike] , chillin' in the pool, BBQing in a goddaemn autumn coat in the FRICKING DESERT heat at a top secret military base, as well as relaxing on the beach or having a picnic near the lake.
While catching broken probes at locations, you can view footage with sketches and before-and-after pics in the Furonigami: how the developers consistently and painstakingly created a miracle of the Furonian thought.
The [b] GREAT [/b] game with its own distinctive humor, ridiculous monkeys, space commies' flying saucers, robots, big robots and uhh... VERY BIG ROBOTS, as well as unexpected twists and a global conspiracy. My gratitude to the Pandemic team for a blissfully happy childhood and well-voiced cows and chickens. That's all I need, just take my money and give it to Corporal Patterson and McGillicuddy so that the $40 million bottle rocket finally takes off, otherwise THEY'RE GONNA BE TESTING GO-KARTS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS UNTIL THE NEXT RE-REMAKE!!1!
