While the concept might sound a bit sick FlatOut is a actually a fun game that differs from most driving simulations in so many ways that it is a breath of fresh air. The point of the game is simple -- destroy as many vehicles and propel as many drivers through car windows as possible.
Like the standard driving games, FlatOut comes with a career mode, which is where gamers will spend most of their time. Players are given the choice of basic muscle cars to begin with and as the game progresses they earn cash, cups and medals, all of which can be used to either upgrade cars or purchase new ones.
Graphically the game's hybrid vehicles look excellent and fall apart in amazing ways. Fenders, windows, doors and just about every other part of the cars can be damaged. Like other driving simulations the circuits are one of the game's biggest drawing points. Players get to cause
carnage on regular race circuits, crash their way through the US in both summer and winter, and drive around forested areas, where trees play a major part in the destructive process.
FlatOut is a fun game for anyone with a warped sense of humor, but it can be frustrating at times. Car control is difficult and the AI is a bit dim and at times does some stupid things.
If you're after a hilarious romp based on cheesy 1950s-science fiction movies, then THQ' s Destroy All Humans is for you. The game includes anal probing, death rays, government conspiracies and a wondrous amount of weaponry.
The plot is, predictably enough, very simple. Players take the role of a gray skinned member of the Furon race called Crypto Sporidium 137, who has one goal -- to kill all humans.
The reason behind Crypto's megalomaniac behavior is based on the Furon's need to gather human DNA in order to survive.Graphically the game is spot on. The Furon's, with their big heads and overly large eyes look like stereotypical aliens, the environments are excellent and whether players are wandering around the city, hiding out in a secret military base or having fun slaughtering farm animals, all the areas are rich in detail and the coloration is superb.
The characters are also fun and as colorful as the environments they live in. These include black suited G-Men, mad scientists and teenagers in 1950s varsity cloths. Although Crypto spends a lot of time walking around on foot blasting humans and stealing their DNA, he also makes full use of his spaceship when challenged by tanks and other such heavy weaponry.
The game might not be as taxing as more serious sci-fi PC/console games, but Destroy All Humans is still a tremendously enjoyable game and one that will have any gamer with a sense of humor hooked from the get-go.
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