OXM UK writes: "Taking control of Crypto, an alien tasked with collecting DNA by gathering humans brains and causing mass destruction was quite amusing on the original Xbox. But it was only slightly fun and that was back in 2005.
The series doesn't seem to have kept up with the pace. Low-res textures and repetitive character models are one thing, but texture pop-in, game-breaking glitches and an inconsistent framerate on Xbox 360?"
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."