Destroy All Humans! 2

Destroy All Humans! 2
Developer(s)	Pandemic Studios
Publisher(s)	THQ
Series	Destroy All Humans!
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox,
Release	US October 17, 2006 EU October 20, 2006
Genre(s)	Third person shooter Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player, Co-Op

Destroy All Humans! 2 is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox and a sequel to Destroy All Humans!. It was released on October 17, 2006, in North America. It is the last game to be developed by Pandemic Studios and the other sequels are developed by Locomotive Games and Sandblast Games. It is also a mobile phone game.

Story

In the game's beginning, set 10 or 11 years after the original, it is learned that, in 1969, the main character from Destroy All Humans!, Cryptosporidium 137, is now deceased for unknown reasons. His clone, Cryptosporidium 138 (Crypto for short), made of more complete Furon DNA, is now taking his place and continuing to pose as the United States President. KGB intelligence reveals early on that Crypto 138 is the first and only Furon to have genitalia since the Martian War, which is referred to only as "The Package". It is likely that the KGB is unaware of what "The Package" actually is. Also, Crypto's commander from DAH!, Orthopox 13 (Pox for short) is tagging along and working on restoring his own "package", but he is soon killed when the mothership is shot down by a KGB missile right when he restored it.

Soon after, Crypto's new adventure begins. Having to stop the KGB from destroying America and Crypto getting revenge for the destruction of the mothership (as well as for ruining the party he was at). But Orthopox, before getting killed, downloaded himself into a HoloPox Unit, which Is Pox's very own personal Hologram he can use to communicate with Crypto down on Earth, and is still Crypto's commander in the form of a hologram.

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Orthopox as a hologram on his HoloPox Unit, after his death on the mothership.

After saving Bay City from nuclear annihilation at the hands of the Soviets, Crypto discovers that the KGB have fled to Albion and heads there, where he meets Reginald Ponsonby-Smythe, the James Bond-esque head of MI6. While there, Crypto, Ponsonby, and a rogue KGB agent named Natalya Ivanova discover that the KGB have created a type of spore that causes humans to mutate into monsters, and must be destroyed at the source. Eventually Ponsonby betrays Crypto, revealing he is really leader of the English equivalent of Majestic-12 from DAH!, Majestic Command-16. After managing to kill Ponsonby, Crypto learns that the KGB have a base on Takoshima Island (as well as a cryptic warning that Crypto may not be the only alien on Earth...) and heads there in his quest for revenge and the destruction of the spores.

Crypto discovers that the KGB have teamed up with a ninja sect known as the Black Ninjas, who are fiercely opposed to the White Ninjas (who worship Furons). There, Crypto has to rescue a man named Dr. Go! from the Black Ninjas and the KGB who provides a code into the KGB base hidden in the island's volcano. Once there, Crypto and Natalya are addressed by the villain behind all the game's happenings, Soviet Premier Milenkov. Milenkov reveals his men using spores on an intern, who transforms into a giant Godzilla/Gojira-like monster called "Kojira". After defeating Kojira, Crypto heads to Tunguska, home of the KGB.

In the USSR, Crypto discovers that another alien race has crash landed on Earth. They are called the Blisk, and turn out to be the enemies the Furons supposedly destroyed millenniums ago. Also known as the Martians, though the locals seem to think they are strange yetis or monsters. Pox realises that the Tunguska strike of 1908 was actually a downed Blisk Warship that was thought to be a meteorite crash-landing into the Tunguskan hillside. After rescuing Natalya from a Blisk poison bubble, Crypto meets Milenkov face to face, before the man retreats to his moon base, Solaris, in a Blisk shuttle.

On the moon, Crypto discovers that Project Solaris is actually a Blisk superweapon designed to bombard the Earth with spores and let the Blisk have control of Earth as an irradiated, water-logged planet. Crypto takes on the form of a spokesman (similar to the first game) and convinces the cosmonauts to go to war with the Blisk, after telling them that they are taking away their vodka. Crypto and Natalya battle for their various species to save the Earth, though Milenkov enters after the last battle and shoots Natalya in the back. He then reveals his true form: a massively armored Blisk (apparently, all Soviet leaders before him were also Blisk in human disguises).

After defeating Milenkov, Crypto relaxes in his saucer while Pox appears and tells Crypto that he has detected activity in the cloning pods--he then realizes that Crypto has cloned Natalya. Lying next to him, she's appeared to give in to his lustful advances (Crypto states he made a few adjustments) while they return to Earth.

Secondary characters

Main article: List of Destroy All Humans! Characters

Abilities and DNA

To get new abilities, Crypto must gather Furotech Cells scattered across the world as well as improve his abilities using the Gene Blender.

New features

In Destroy All Humans! 2, Crypto is able to go to San Francisco (Bay City), London (Albion), Tokyo (Takoshima), Tunguska, and the Russian moon base: Solaris. In addition, new weapons are unlocked by finding datacores that Pox ejected from the mothership before it was destroyed (these are usually discovered while doing certain main missions), and new saucer landing points are unlocked by completing the challenges of Arkvoodle (an ancient Furon God that came to Earth on vacation many eons ago). The player is now able to call their saucer from an empty landing site in order to eliminate back tracking, and the UFO can now cloak for limited periods of time. In addition, the Abducto Beam actually abducts humans into the UFO for usage in the Gene Blender, which upgrades Crypto's abilities. Also, Destroy All Humans! 2 has a co-op multiplayer mode, so the player can play through the story mode and minigames, such as PK Tennis and Duel, with a friend.

Ratings

Gametrailers: 7.5/10.

IGN: 8/10.

Gamespot: 7.1/10.

GameInformer: 8.5/10.

Metacritic: 74/100 (PlayStation 2 & Xbox).

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External links

• Official website
• Template:GameSpot
• Destroy All Humans! 2 (PS2) reviews at Metacritic
• Destroy All Humans! 2 (PS2) (Xbox) at Cheat Code Central
• Destroy All Humans! 2 at IGN