Destroy All Humans!

 Xbox
User Score
8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 47
  3. Negative: 2 out of 47
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  1. TonyP.
    Oct 6, 2005
    7
    Hey, who doesn't like playing around with telekinesis and blowing stuff up? Picking up cars and trucks then flinging them into enemies alone makes this game worth playing, but sadly it doesn't make it worth a good score. Sadly lacking, the humor gets old and the missions tedious. The extras, mostly time races, are absolutely unplayable rubbish.
  2. JasonV.
    Jun 22, 2005
    5
    Incredibly average. The gameplay is dull after the first 10 minutes, and it's also way too straightforward. The humor is amusing at times, but it's also borderline offensive and in bad taste a good number of times. Definitely not for children.
  3. Prattdaddy
    Jul 10, 2005
    7
    With limited weaponry, repetitive missions, and sometimes over-use of sci-fi B-movie schtick, it would seem that Destroy All Humans! would be headed for iminent doom...however, there is just no denying the fun in picking up something with your mind powers and slamming it to hell!! I hated that the cache of cool alien weapons didn't even reach ten, but the abducto-beam attached to With limited weaponry, repetitive missions, and sometimes over-use of sci-fi B-movie schtick, it would seem that Destroy All Humans! would be headed for iminent doom...however, there is just no denying the fun in picking up something with your mind powers and slamming it to hell!! I hated that the cache of cool alien weapons didn't even reach ten, but the abducto-beam attached to your saucer has to be the guiltiest pleasure in recent game history. While it is fun destroying the games redneck laden, communist-paranoid towns, they are all way to small, and you feel jilted that there isn't more to disintegrate. Crypto's psychic powers are the saving grace of this game, as it is endlessly fun picking up cars, people, etc. and giving them a hefty fling into the blue. The Holobob ability is cool too, but it is very annoying having to scan people's minds, and listening to their thoughts which range from the funny.- "I need to take another valium", to the stupid - "Where did I put my kids again?". The DNA collecting for upgrades gives an RPG element that wasn't really needed, but back in the mothership's archives, there all oodles of unlockables including up to 30 minute long clips of old sci-fi films. I was expecting a lot more, but all-in-all I wasn't disappointed.....7 out of 10… Expand
  4. BlueFalcon
    Jun 23, 2005
    6
    It's not as great as the reviews say, but I love the concept.
  5. JamesS.
    Jun 24, 2005
    6
    Gameplay gets repetitive quickly - cows fun at first, but get stupid quickly. disappointed cuz they could have done a lot more here. funny, so worth trying but just rent it and save your money - you will get bored FAST.
  6. CurtisR.
    Jun 24, 2005
    7
    The game is fun but can get repetitive at times and has the occational super hard level, but i know an invincibility cheat!
  7. Fordprefect
    Jun 24, 2005
    5
    Booorring!! Dull, repetitive game play after the first 15 minutes. Great idea wasted.
  8. GeorgeM.
    Aug 14, 2005
    6
    Great sense of humor (though the jokes get a bit repetitious). The gameplay is fairly open and the weapons are a lot of fun. On a whole the game is just better than average due to the lack of interesting missions. Yea, it's fun to be the alien and destroy towns but there aren't any really compelling levels in this sandbox game.
  9. JohnM.
    Jun 26, 2005
    7
    Pretty good, certainly not great. The repetition factor is definitely in play here. I am about 50% done and so far everything has been float-easy. Fun concept, some funny stuff here, but clearly a rental. There isn't anything worthwhile looking coming out anytime soon, so worth a play. But I will say I was real excited about this one, and after a few hours of play, all I can say is Pretty good, certainly not great. The repetition factor is definitely in play here. I am about 50% done and so far everything has been float-easy. Fun concept, some funny stuff here, but clearly a rental. There isn't anything worthwhile looking coming out anytime soon, so worth a play. But I will say I was real excited about this one, and after a few hours of play, all I can say is it's just okay.… Expand

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#72 Best Xbox Game of 2005
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#24 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2005
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#33 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2005

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 62
  3. Negative: 2 out of 62
  1. AceGamez
    90
    It's rare that I'll stay up into the early hours of the morning to play a game; in fact, Destroy All Humans! is the only game that has done this to me since "San Andreas."
  2. Yahoo!
    80
    Once the greater story starts, you'll face some great combat (the "Area 42" assault), moments of pure oddness (like making a brainwashed politician B.S. his way through a public speech), great little period touches, and some cool bits of humor from the alien who thinks he's Nicholson.
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  3. games(TM)
    80
    It could be argued that Pandemic's extra-terrestrial effort is a little on the simple side, but in terms of sheer playability, scale and freedom - albeit within fairly limited areas - Destroy All Humans! is a class act indeed. [July 2005, p.96]
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