x360a writes: "Hey now, what happened here? The original Destroy All Humans games had quite a loyal following due to the typically funny and satisfying gameplay and clever mechanics, however, everything that was once new must eventually become a tired retread in the video game world. Such is the fate of the newest entry of the series but it could, and should, have all been so different.
The quality of games coming from THQ seems to vary wildly, from the enjoyable Frontlines and Smackdown to the much vaunted Saints Row then plumbing the depths of movie tie-in horror with the likes of Wall-E. So it's with a sense of trepidation that anyone would approach this game as the previous installments, for all their sense of fun, have never really hit the right notes. Path of the Furon once again stars Crypto, an alien who is stuck in what the developers promised as an open world, but really just ends up being a bland wannabe. In a game that is labeled as a destruction-lover's dream, the game comes away feeling more like a last-gen screwup. The fact of the matter is that the world of gaming seems to have moved on while this game has stayed behind. Sadly it also seems to have stood still in front of an oncoming vehicle..."
Before games had a heavy emphasis on graphical capability they were all about fun and random craziness that would keep players coming back for more usually with a selection of unusual weapons
This week's "What They've Been Playing" features discussion of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Shellshock 2: Blood Trails, Terminator Salvation, Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon, TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, Shatter and much more. They follow that up with some gaming news including the new Left 4 Dead DLC, the Starcraft II delay, the announcement of a Wii-port of COD4, and plenty more.
Gamebosh: "Since the whole 'Big Willy' fast-food incident last time around, alien clone Cryptosporidium has crashed his ship in Vegas and been cloned once again by his master, Pox. We meet Crypto a few years later to find he's running the Space Dust casino. Bored of their current existence, Pox demands Crypto start harvesting human DNA again whilst bringing more money to the casino by wiping out the mob."
