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Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed

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Game Info

Publisher: THQ

Developer: Locomotive Games

Genre(s): Action, Adventure

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: February 25, 2008

Summary

The prequel to Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon. Control Crypto as he travels the world in the Funked Out 1970's, unleashing massive destruction on foot, in his UFO and, for the first time, in the Big Willy mech. Set within an original storyline, Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed takes players around the world, lampooning hallmarks of the funkiest decade—the '70's. Take on humans and other enemies with a devastating arsenal of weapons and mental abilities—or take to the sky in your UFO to unleash massive destruction from above. Freely demolish 5 invasion sites as you take on over 30 story missions and 30 sandbox missions through three modes of play—Crypto, UFO, and BIG WILLY Mech. Explore 5 open world game environments and play through a variety of story missions and side-missions, or destroy everything and anything in sight via open-world sandbox gameplay. DAH! Big Willy Unleashed features all new multiplayer modes. [THQ]

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What The Critics Said

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GamingTrend

Destroy All Humans!: Big Willy Unleashed has its moments but they are primarily found in the first city, and while the Vietnam and Fantasy Island spoofs find their marks, there is far more material from the 1970s worth mining.

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n-Revolution Magazine UK

Smutty, amusing and very playable. but Big Willy doesn't do anything new. [Issue#20, p.82]

Games Master UK

It's hackneyed and aged, but GTA-style games are a rarity on Wii, so you could do worse. [Apr 2008, p.77]

Nintendo Power

Still, the actual act of destroying humans works rather well with the newly implemented motion controls. [Apr 2008, p.88]

Cheat Code Central

While it may seem to be geared toward gamers who just enjoy mindless shooters -- and would therefore be enticed by the game's title -- it will likely be more appreciated by seasoned gamers who can appreciate the game for it's great sense of humor. But aside from that, the largest flaw with Big Willy Unleashed is that it's just not a very innovative game.

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Games Radar (in-house)

So the game play isn't new or innovative - in fact fans of the series will find it to be a little too similar to the first two to be truly 'new.' But the one liners - the one liners almost make up for it. At one point we were laughing so hard we missed the police shooting at us and died, having to 'start over.'

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GamingExcellence

Big Willy Unleashed is an interesting title to play, but it lacks the longevity of other sandbox titles like it.

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DailyGame

Destroy All Humans! was a good game, as was the sequel, but this third one completely misses the panache, personality and polish that made the previous outings so fun.

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My Gamer

Rather than taking an average game and making it fun like it was intended, it took a decent game and turned it to crap.

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GameTap

In the end it comes off as too uneven; any time I started enjoying myself too much, the game would smack me down with another boring mission or irritating control issue.

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Game Almighty

Multiplayer is about as weak as the in-game humor.

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1UP

Wanton destruction is still a lot of fun -- I just hope that future installments innovate instead of sticking squarely to the foundations set by the original game. And please, next time around, give us multiplayer that feels like more than an afterthought.

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IGN

A product that still harnesses the charm and comedic value of the other games, but lacks the polish and reliability of its predecessors. The environments are far too simple, with even the original Destroy All Humans trumping its visuals, the world is glitchy, and the IR control is made difficult by an inconsistent frame rate.

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GameZone

The Wii controls are absolutely atrocious and players will have a hard time swinging the reticule around during the on-foot action. Even flying your saucer or taking control of the impressive Big Willy mech is a tad awkward.

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GameSpot

Big Willy Unleashed lacks the humor of earlier installments, leaving its shallow and rehashed gameplay to fend for itself.

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Armchair Empire

Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed has its heart in the right place – if it weren’t for the haphazard control and the aggravation that stems from it, this would actually be a good entry for new players and fans because it is a relatively funny game and maintains the spirit and conventions of the past games.

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ZTGameDomain

Wreaking havoc in the UFO and Big Willy mech is a blast, and there are several genuinely laugh out loud funny parts. In the end, however, its flaws keep it from living up to the example set by its predecessors.

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Extreme Gamer

Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed is not going to restore this franchise to its former glory.

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Gamer 2.0

It’s worth trying out but it’s hard to recommend it at full price.

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Worth Playing

Playing this clumsy, ill-conceived attempt at a sequel is not unlike watching a kid with a 180 IQ flipping burgers at the local fast food joint; it's painful to watch what it has become, especially given what you knew its capabilities.

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NGamer UK

Oozed originality on PS2 a few years back but now feels stale. Wii controls are weak. [May 2008, p.56]

Thunderbolt

Its brevity doesn’t merit the fifty dollars you’ll have to shell out for it. The missions are a simplistic mishmash of killing, transporting, and exploration.

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GamePro

With clumsy and downright awkward controls, repetitive missions and mind boggling "who's doing what?!" multiplayer, I can't help but recommend the original Destroy All Humans over this game.

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Gamervision

It’s definitely got some control issues, and some of the tasks get repetitive and boring, but there is fun to be had in this game.

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Game Revolution

While there are some fun effects and animations with the weaponry (I admit I still laugh every time an anal probe victim runs away from me clutching their rears), the graphics are surprisingly blocky and crude, even for a Wii game.

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VideoGamer

While mildly amusing to begin with, Big Willy Unleashed ultimately falls flat. Pox might go as far as to say his Big Willy is limp, but we're just disappointed that yet another Destroy All Humans! game has woefully underused the excellent idea behind the game.

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Electronic Gaming Monthly

Newcomers to the series will enjoy the mindless destruction and blowing up people indiscriminately - I'm just getting tired of retreading old ground. [Apr 2008, p.70]

Game Informer

The entire package, whether it's boring fetch missions or jokes that fall flat, feels uninspired and rushed. [May 2008, p.95]

Game Chronicles

Although Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed shows a lot of potential – the few areas it misses are so detrimental to the gameplay that you would be better off giving this one a pass.

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Gamers' Temple

In the end, Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed is a fun idea with poor implementation and some of the un-funniest moments ever captured in a videogame.

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GameCritics

It's inherited all the original game's problems—a major feat, since it's developed by a whole new company—and lost some of its charm in the process.

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AtomicGamer

Avoid Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed at pretty much all costs.

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Deeko

Seriously, this is a game that came out of the oven half baked.

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Edge Magazine

Mission design feels particularly lazy this time round, Locomotive seemingly jotting down amusing cutscene scenarios before finding tenuous ways of tying ‘destroy this’ or ‘abduct that’ tasks to the constant stream of ooh-er references to ‘big willies’ and ‘meat’ in the dialogue. [May 2008, p.97]

AceGamez

The biggest problem with Destroy All Humans!: Big Willy Unleashed isn't the terrible camera, the lacklustre graphics or the uninspiring mission structure; it is purely the way that this isn't a proper Destroy All Humans! game. Yes, you do destroy some humans, but the most fun aspect of the first two games has not been used enough here.

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GameSpy

Big Willy Unleashed isn't a bad game; it just feels extremely watered-down. Perhaps it's because all the real effort is being put into Crypto's upcoming PS3 debut, but this feels like a pale imitation of the other DAH titles.

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Official Nintendo Magazine UK

Awful, just awful. It's a dirty, cheap, slapped-together cash-in title that's not woth the round plastic disc it comes on. [Apr 2008, p.92]

Gaming Age

This might not be a highlight to bow out on, but it might be time for series to be put out to pasture, at least for a bit. Revamp the combat system, spruce up the looks, and come back with a script that entertains without going for the cheap jokes, and maybe you'll have something worth playing.

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Eurogamer

Big Willy Unleashed is toss. The controls make playing the game feel like trying to do the washing-up with a pair of chopsticks, using clogs instead of rubber gloves. It looks revolting. The script is appalling.

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Gaming Nexus

The gameplay in Destroy All Humans is getting stale, and Big Willy Unleashed beats the dead horse with a death ray.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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Leigh Robert gave it an8:
Its a great romp, story isnt amazing, but what it lacks in story it makes up for it in action, three modes of travelling, be crypto run and gun, humans or fly around in your UFO shooting all manner of weapon on public. Or go big willy mech and leave a gigantic footprints in your wake. there small problems, but nothing thats stop me from playing or enjoying game. u do also get a 2 player option, wii-mote control and with some nice areas to destory and lots of high tech weapons, like zombie gun, zap-o-matic and of course your mental powers to. And the humour that only crypto and pox can bring. i think this would appeal to anyone who play the other games of this series, and any one who like blowing stuff up. and lets be honest, who doesn't like blowing stuff up? go now....and DESTORY ALL HUMANS!

Mas J. gave it a7:
Could have been a lot better, longer and more engaging. DAH is one of my favorite game series of all time. Pandemic studios were pure genius when they invented DAH and did even better with DAH2. Pandemic should be doing DAH. Unfortunately Pandemic left THQ and now some other studio is doing DAH by re-hashing the same ideas done in earlier DAH without putting their effort into making it awesome the way Pandemic did. Cancelling the PS2 version to try to ride the Wii gravy wagon as early as possible was a big booboo against the original fans of the series.

Adam H.x gave it a10:
Awesome game lots of fun and a best of all FUNNY

Mack B. gave it a10:
I Love This Game So Much. I've played the first two on X-Box and I loved them. The ninjas on the second one were funny,but they were hard and they kept flying around.

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