Review of Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed - Bad Jokes Festival
Games like Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed, they don't do it anymore. Rude, politically incorrect, old-fashioned - at the same time beautiful and quite fascinating from an online game developer Friv2Online. We talk about the new product in the review.
To be honest, I didn't get into the plot of the game. Obviously, the story is connected to the 2020 remake of Destroy All Humans! , but in two years a lot has been forgotten, so the introduction was somehow fragmentary: our evil alien is now the president , there is something about the genitals, and also the KGB, hippies, a busty partner ... in general, if you play, you will figure it out yourself.
Although I advise you to follow the events at least superficially, since in one of the missions the game suddenly arranges a knowledge test: if you answered the questions incorrectly, you failed the task. Of course, the good old method of sorting out options works here, but it’s much more pleasant to suddenly extract the correct answer from the depths of memory and surprise the interlocutor! Actually, Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed impressed with the ability to screw up the dialogue with the NPC, which will lead to the failure of the task. Very unusual mechanics for a third person shooter .
And what jokes are here! I have not seen such a strange, offensive and black humor in games for a very long time. Not a minute goes by that Krypto doesn't ask someone to sleep. The characters are clichéd through and through: hippies talk about free love and substances, KGB agents have balalaika and vodka on their minds, and a British intelligence agent will never miss his teatime. If you want more - do not miss the opportunity to read the thoughts of others - tons of stupid phrases and references to popular films and games are prepared there. Often it is extremely stupid - but funny.
In its parody and cranberry Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed goes very far. Here, let's say, who do you expect to meet in Japan ? What is Godzilla ? Well, that's exactly what you'll meet! By the way, the fight with her was so hot that the frame rate on my PS5 dropped to zero, and then the game crashed. This, by the way, is about bugs - although it is worth noting that they rarely happen.
Yes, and our alien ... in general, a typical movie alien. A gray man with a huge head and a giant arsenal of all sorts of gadgets. You can throw lightning and plasma at people, make them dance, forgetting about the humanoid walking around, or randomly jump, literally killing yourself against the walls. You can uncover an anal probe or cause an orbital strike, or you can move into a person and secretly enter a protected area, read minds, grab it with telekinesis and throw it to hell - and you can do a lot more if you wish. Not all weapons are equally effective, but you can't deny them effectiveness.
And you can also rush through spacious locations (there are several of them scattered around the world in the game) on an anti-gravity skateboard , like Marty McFly, or a jetpack, scaring passers-by. Those, however, are scared off somehow sluggishly, slowly hobble to the payphone, and the police who arrived at the place of contact with the alien are in no hurry to arrange a showdown. More often you have to spur on the enemy - otherwise how to show superiority over miserable little people?
Well, one cannot help but recall the wonderful flying saucer Crypto. Her powerful weapons destroy buildings so beautifully, leaving piles of debris and clouds of dust - a feast for the eyes! And a special beam is able to grab a dozen innocent passers-by at once and put it to processing: all for the sake of a good goal - improving the protagonist's equipment. For the sake of upgrades, you have to fly over cities and steal the most valuable material, like hippies, samurai , policemen. And also complete additional mission objectives to get more bonus points invested in weapon development. Thank you later when your laser rifle turns into a devastating laser machine gun.
Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed easily changes the style from a linear game to a sandbox . When you feel like it, follow the script, mission after mission, and don't get sidetracked. In this case, you will skip the story part in a couple of evenings. But if you wish, you can explore locations, complete secondary quests, set goals for yourself, for example, find all the art, music records and documents to replenish the local encyclopedia. Not God knows what entertainment, but for those who want to stay in the 60s, it will do.
We talked about the good, now it's time for the bad. The game is old-fashioned - alas, in the negative sense of the word. It's about mission design, gameplay, controls. Most of the quests are either "kill them all" or "escort NPCs and kill them all". Sometimes there are stealth quests where you need to transform into one of the earthlings and penetrate the forbidden territory, but the game does not force you to strictly observe disguise, so you cannot call such stealth serious. This also applies to flying in a flying saucer - very simple and monotonous, although it is worth noting that I liked the use of "Squishmaster" sucking up packs of people.
There are no fresh ideas in the gameplay, and Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed feels like a hello from the 2000s, reminiscent of the days when games were ugly and we were small. The novelty is at least beautiful: Unreal Engine 4 produces a juicy picture, but for this we are forced to pay with periodically sagging fps, frame breaks, stuttering in dialogues and buggy AI .
Comedy Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed doesn't take herself seriously - so why should you take her that way? For Furon's sake, don't buy this game for a thoughtful playthrough, just enjoy the flat jokes and wacky gameplay - and you will definitely enjoy it! Just don't expect to have fun in local co-op - alas, split-screen play, although it allows you to play the campaign together, is too uncomfortable to be fun.