- Title: Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
- Publisher: THQ
- Developer: Sandblast
- ESRB Rating: “T” for Teen
- Genre: Open World Adventure
- Pros: Occasionally funny; decent voice acting
- Cons: Awful graphics; series stopped being fresh and interesting about 30 mins into the original …
The first DAH took place in the 1950’s. The sequel in the 1960’s. And, you guessed it, Path of the Furon takes place in the 1970’s in locations such as Vegas and Hollywood among others. The story is more than just about collecting human DNA this time around, however, as our heroes Pox and Crypto stumble upon a conspiracy stemming from their own home planet.
Gameplay
Of course, no matter what the story behind it, the objective in these games is to, literally, Destroy All Humans. This is where Path of the Furon ultimately fails, unfortunately. In the first game, shooting people with anal probes, reading their minds, making them dance and act foolishly, etc. were all fun and interesting because it was fresh. Here we are years later, and the gameplay hasn’t changed much which means it isn’t all that much fun anymore.
It has to be said, though, that if this is your first Destroy All Humans game, you’ll probably like it a lot more than series vets. It’ll still get old pretty fast, but at least the anal probings will be hilarious for a while.
Graphics and Sound
Graphically, Path of the Furon is pretty darn terrible looking. The framerate is awful during gameplay and even stutters during cutscenes. The textures on the buildings and environment are low-res and don’t look like they belong anywhere near the Xbox 360. There is also an incredible amount of pop in and buildings and other objects poof into existence right in front of you. The characters also look completely awful and the animation is jerky at best. Was this supposed to be a Wii game or something?On the other hand, the sound is generally okay. Okay music. Okay sound effects. Okay dialogue. Crypto’s one liners get old pretty quickly, but his Jack Nicholson-style delivery is spot on. I also have to say that I’m a fan of Pox, and I’d listen to Richard Steven Horvitz (Invader Zim, Raz in Psychonauts) say pretty much anything and love it.
Bottom Line
