After THQ Nordic and porting studio Black Forest Games breathed new life into the first Destroy All Humans! title, it perhaps came as little surprise that two would unite once more to bring Destroy All Humans! 2 to an all-new audience in the form of Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed. Just what is it though?
If you want to know when the Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed release date is and what the recommended system requirements are, we’ve got answers to all of those questions and more right here in our handy guide.
Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed – What’s It All About?
Originally released all the way back in 2006, Destroy All Humans! 2 was (unsurprisingly) the sequel to the first title which launched just one year before. Boasting a much larger selection of locations for its villainous, glib alien protagonist, Crypto, to wreak havoc across in addition to a range of new abilities for him to use, it built upon the foundations of its predecessor in all the ways that a decent sequel should, all the while maintaining the absurd, action-adventure trappings of the first game.
More than that, this sequel also transported the action into the swinging 60s and wasted no time in leveraging the psychedelia of the period alongside hefty doses of Cold War tropes that are used for more than a few on-the-nose laughs. Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed meanwhile, takes that sequel and completely overhauls the visual side of things thanks to a complete rebuild in Unreal Engine 4, ensuring that while the game plays just like you remember from 2006, it also resembles much more contemporary fare into the bargain.
Is It A Remake?
Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed is a remake and it certainly ranks as one of the better ones from a technical perspective. Completely remade in Unreal Engine 4, it boasts all-new assets, character models, textures, lighting effects, shadow effects and more to bring Crypto’s second outing bang up to date. While Black Forest Games have completely remade the game from a presentation standpoint, it’s also equally important to note that the basic gameplay of Destroy All Humans! 2 remains completely intact.
However, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing new. Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed does also boast a couple of other neat additions such as giving players the ability to use all of Crypto’s skins from the game and alter the paint job on his flying saucer.
How Does It Differ From The First Game?
Like any good sequel that is worth its weight in bucks and pounds, Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed builds upon its 2020 prequel (which itself was also a full remake) in a range of interesting ways. First off, while the offbeat open-world, action-adventure shenanigans that defined the first game remain intact thanks to much larger and varied maps which take in fictionalised versions of London, San Francisco, Siberia and Tokyo, it goes a step further by allowing Crypto to bodysnatch other humans, using them to access previously unreachable areas and generally provide more variety to the proceedings.
In addition, Destroy All Humans! 2 not only also provides Crypto with a freshly upgraded arsenal to unleash his vengeance upon the KGB goons that have destroyed his precious mothership, but it also taps into its evocative 1960s setting by giving Crypto a hugely fun ‘Free Love’ ability that forces his victims into a psychedelic musical groove, making them temporarily forget his presence as a result.
Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed Release Date – When And Where Can I Play It?
The Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed release date has been confirmed as August 30, 2022. It’ll be getting a full release on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms. Sadly though, it doesn’t look like it will be released on PS4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch platforms at this time, as Crypto appears to be going all in with this remake of his second adventure from a technical standpoint.
Does Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed Have Multiplayer?
Yes! Not only does Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed have multiplayer, but it has the *really great* type of multiplayer that lets you play through the entire campaign in split-screen mode with a local flesh and blood buddy. Honestly, just about every developer should strive to do this, so bravo on Black Forest Games for maintaining the split-screen campaign co-op shenanigans that made the original game so much fun to play with a friend back in 2006.
Can My PC Run Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed?
Given that Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed has been built from the ground up on Unreal Engine 4 and is not set to release on any of the last generation consoles, it’s perhaps not that surprising to discover that the Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed PC requirements are similarly beefy. So if you find yourself wondering whether or not your PC can run this game we’ve got answers to that very question below.
That said, if your PC rig was able to run the 2020 remake of Destroy All Humans! just fine, then you’ll have little issue here as other than the larger storage needs, the requirements between the two games are extremely similar to say the least.
Minimum PC System Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 64 bit
- Processor: AMD / Intel CPU running at 3.0 GHz or higher: AMD Kaveri A10-7850K or Intel Pentium DualCore G3220 or newer is recommended / Ryzen 5 2400G (for systems using an integrated GPU)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11.0 and Shader Model 5.1 support
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.
Recommended PC System Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 64 bit
- Processor: AMD / Intel processor running at 3.4 GHz or higher (AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or Intel Core i7 6700K or newer is recommended)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 12.0 and Shader Model 6.0 support
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.
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