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{{Short description|2006 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Destroy All Humans! 2
| image = DAH2box.jpg
| developer = [[Pandemic Studios]]
| publisher = [[THQ]]
| director = John Passfield
| producer = 
| designer = Brad Welch
| programmer = Chris Swinhoe
| artist = Shawn Eustace
| writer = Tom Abernathy
| composer = [[Garry Schyman]]
| series = ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]''
| platforms = [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|October 17, 2006|EU|October 20, 2006|AUS|October 26, 2006}}
| genre = [[Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}

'''''Destroy All Humans! 2''''' is a 2006 [[Action-adventure game|action-adventure]] video game developed by [[Pandemic Studios]] and published by [[THQ]] for [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]. The game is the sequel to ''[[Destroy All Humans! (2005 video game)|Destroy All Humans!]]'' and the second installment in the ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]'' franchise. It also marks the final game in the series to be developed by [[Pandemic Studios]], as the company was later acquired by [[Electronic Arts]] in 2007. A remake of the game, titled ''[[Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed]],'' was initially released in August 2022. 

==Plot==
This game is set during the year 1969 (10 years after the original game) and begins with a Soviet [[KGB]] [[slide show]] [[meeting]] 
showing that the [[main character]] from ''[[Destroy All Humans! (2005 video game)|Destroy All Humans!]]'', ''Cryptosporidium-137'', is suddenly deceased for unknown reasons. His [[cloning|clone]], ''Cryptosporidium-138'' (Crypto for short), made of more pure Furon DNA, is now taking his place and continuing to pose as the [[President of the United States]]. KGB intelligence reveals that Crypto-138 is the first and only Furon to have [[genitalia]], referred to only as "The Package". Seeing the Furons as a threat to the Soviet Union, the KGB destroy the Furon mothership with a nuclear missile.<ref name="gamespot hands-on">{{cite web |last=Sharkey |first=Scott |date=October 2, 2006 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/destroy-all-humans-2/previews/destroy-all-humans-2-hands-on-6159182/ |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 Hands-On |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106150944/http://www.gamespot.com/destroy-all-humans-2/previews/destroy-all-humans-2-hands-on-6159182/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Soon after, Crypto's new adventure begins. Not only must Crypto stop the KGB from preventing his and Pox's plans, he desires revenge for the destruction of the mothership.<ref name="t&t">{{cite journal |last=Reynolds |first=Pat |date=November 2006 |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 Make War Not Love |journal=Tips & Tricks}}</ref> Crypto's commander, ''[[Orthopox 13]]'', downloaded his consciousness into a holographic unit (called a ''HoloPox Unit'') just before he died. After saving [[San Francisco|Bay City]] from annihilation at the hands of the Soviets, Crypto discovers that the KGB have fled to [[London|Albion]] and promptly follows, where he meets ''Reginald Ponsonby-Smythe'', the [[James Bond]]-esque head of M16 (a parody of [[MI6]]), and a rogue KGB agent named ''Natalya Ivanova'', to whom Crypto is attracted. They discover that the KGB have created a type of spore that causes humans to mutate into monsters. Eventually, Ponsonby betrays Crypto, revealing he is the leader of the British branch of Majestic, Majestic Sector 16. After killing Ponsonby and puzzling over his cryptic reference that the Furons may not be the only aliens on Earth, Crypto learns that the KGB have a base on [[Tokyo|Takoshima]] Island.

Arriving in Takoshima, Crypto has to rescue a person that calls himself ''Dr. Go'' (a parody of [[Julius No]]) from the Black Ninjas and KGB. He provides access to the KGB base hidden in the island's volcano. Inside Crypto and Natalya are addressed by the mastermind behind the spore plot, ''Soviet Premier Milenkov'' (a parody of [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]). Milenkov shows a film clip of his men using spores on a Takoshimese intern, who transforms into a giant [[Godzilla]]-like monster called "Kojira". After defeating Kojira, Crypto follows Natalya to Tunguska, home of "Project Solaris". In the Soviet Union, Crypto discovers that another alien race has crash-landed on Earth, The Blisk. The Blisk are an enemy that the Furons had thought they had wiped out during the Martian War a long time ago. Pox realizes that the [[Tunguska event]] of 1908 was actually a downed Blisk warship crash-landing into the Tunguskan hillside and not a [[meteorite]]. After destroying the crashed Blisk warship and rescuing Natalya from a Blisk [[Gas chamber|gas bubble]], Crypto meets Milenkov face to face. Milenkov then retreats to his [[Moon base]], Solaris, in a Blisk shuttle.

[[Image:DAH2 bodySnatch.png|thumb|left|Crypto [[Human possession in science fiction|body-snatching]] a human]]
On the [[Moon]], Crypto discovers that Project Solaris is a Blisk [[superweapon]] designed to bombard the Earth with Blisk spores and radiation, granting the Blisk control of Earth as their new irradiated, water-logged homeworld. Using his ability to "body snatch", Crypto disguises himself as Soviet [[cosmonaut]] Leonid, the head scientist on the Moon, and convinces the rest of the humans to go to war with the Blisk. Then Crypto manages to sabotage the weapon's firing mechanism. Upon doing so, Milenkov confronts Crypto. He then reveals that ever since the Blisk crashed, they have been controlling the Government of the Soviet Union, each [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Premier]] before him had been a Blisk, and they were responsible for several world crises; including the [[Cold War]]. After their conversation, Milenkov leaves. Crypto and Natalya battle for their various species to save the Earth by attacking and successfully destroying the Blisk Hive Mind with the O.M.G.W.T.F. virus Pox developed in his [[Laboratory|lab]], but Milenkov appears and fatally shoots Natalya in the back. He then reveals his true form, a heavily armored blisk. After defeating Milenkov, Crypto relaxes in his flying saucer while Pox appears on the video monitor, congratulating Crypto and eagerly anticipating his newly cloned body. He has detected activity in the emergency cloning lab. He questions Crypto about it, then realizes that Crypto has cloned Natalya, and is extremely infuriated by this and begins yelling at him, just before Crypto abruptly shuts off the video monitor mid-sentence. Lying next to him, Natalya awakens briefly and favors Crypto with a smile and an invitation to wake her when he's ready for "re-entry". As the game ends, [[Fourth Wall|Crypto leers at the player]] and admits to having made "a few adjustments".

==Gameplay==
{{Main|Destroy All Humans! (2005 video game)#Gameplay}}
In ''Destroy All Humans! 2'', Crypto is able to go to [[San Francisco]] ([[List of nicknames for San Francisco|Bay City]]), [[London]] ([[Albion]]), a Japanese island loosely based on [[Tokyo]] (Takoshima), [[Siberia]] ([[Tunguska event|Tunguska]]), and the Soviet Moon base Solaris. 

Crypto can now [[Human possession in science fiction|body snatch]] humans, using them as a disguise.<ref name="gamespot hands-on" /> New weapons are unlocked by finding data cores ejected from the mothership before it was destroyed. New saucer landing points are unlocked by completing the challenges of the ancient Furon god Arkvoodle.<ref name="gamespot hands-on" /> The player is now able to call their saucer from an empty landing site in order to eliminate backtracking, and the UFO can now [[cloaking device|cloak]] for limited periods of time. The Abducto Beam now actually abducts humans into the UFO for usage in the Gene Blender, which upgrades Crypto's abilities. In addition, the Jetpack now has a longer-lasting battery. Crypto also gains new abilities: the "Free Love" ability momentarily forces his victims to groove to psychedelic music, thus making them forget they saw him, and the "Mind Flash" ability mentally stuns everyone in the world for a brief period of time. <ref name="IGN preview">{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Douglass C. |date=September 22, 2006 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/23/destroy-all-humans-2-hands-on |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 Hands-On |publisher=IGN |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033106/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/23/destroy-all-humans-2-hands-on |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are 5 new weapons: the Dislocator, which shoots levitating purple disks that take targets with them; the Meteor Strike, which fires up to 3 meteors at the crosshairs; Gastro--the mother ship's former janitor who, like Pox, uploaded himself into a hologram--who shoots at nearby enemies before self-destructing; the Burrow Beast, which shoots out a lure for a giant space worm to crawl around, eating nearby humans; and the Anti-Gravity Field, which creates a small point of high gravity, pulling anything nearby--including humans--into it before exploding.

''Destroy All Humans! 2'' has a co-op multiplayer mode, so the player can play through the story mode, free roam, and play minigames--such as PK Tennis and Duel--all alongside a friend.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 74/100<ref name="MCPS2">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/destroy-all-humans-2/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 for PlayStation 2 Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=May 31, 2013 |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517161139/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/destroy-all-humans!-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MCXBOX">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/destroy-all-humans-2/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 for Xbox Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=May 31, 2013 |archive-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422085623/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/destroy-all-humans!-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 1UP = B<ref name="1UP">{{cite web |last=Ford |first=Greg |date=October 17, 2006 |url=http://www.1up.com/reviews/destroy-humans-2_2 |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 |publisher=[[1UP.com]] |access-date=December 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524014218/http://www.1up.com/reviews/destroy-humans-2_2 |archive-date=May 24, 2011 }}</ref>
| EGM = 7/10<ref name="EGM">{{cite magazine |author=EGM Staff |date=December 2006 |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=210 |page=138}}</ref>
| EuroG = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Lesley |date=October 30, 2006 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_dah2_ps2 |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 Review (PS2) |website=[[Eurogamer]] |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107185336/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_dah2_ps2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GI = 8.5/10<ref name="GI">{{cite magazine |last=Juba |first=Joe |date=November 2006 |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/D5AED340-2726-45BD-9C61-991C6E1F4F53.htm |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |issue=163 |page=130 |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622052153/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/D5AED340-2726-45BD-9C61-991C6E1F4F53.htm |archive-date=June 22, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GamePro = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="GamePro">{{cite magazine |author=Ouroboros |date=October 13, 2006 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/83779.shtml |title=Review: Destroy All Humans! 2 |magazine=[[GamePro]] |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018181440/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/83779.shtml |archive-date=October 18, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GameRev = C−<ref name="GameRev">{{cite web |author=v_djamgarov |date=November 10, 2006 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/destroy-all-humans-2 |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 Review |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |access-date=January 8, 2014 |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108041454/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/destroy-all-humans-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpot = 7.1/10<ref name="GSpot">{{cite web |last=Navarro |first=Alex |date=October 18, 2006 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/destroy-all-humans-2-review/1900-6160067/ |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 Review |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=March 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323042616/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/destroy-all-humans-2-review/1900-6160067/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpy = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="GSpy">{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Steve |date=October 24, 2006 |url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/destroy-all-humans-2/741385p1.html |title=GameSpy: Destroy All Humans! 2 |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009225133/http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/destroy-all-humans-2/741385p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GT = 7.5/10<ref name="GT">{{cite web |url=http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/2c9zbq/destroy-all-humans--2-review |title=Destroy All Humans! 2, Review |publisher=[[GameTrailers]] |date=October 31, 2006 |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107215929/http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/2c9zbq/destroy-all-humans--2-review |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GameZone = 8.3/10<ref name="GameZone">{{cite web |last=Valentino |first=Nick |date=November 2, 2006 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2006/11/02/destroy_all_humans_2_xb_review |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 - XB - Review |publisher=GameZone |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024070338/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r29299.htm |archive-date=October 24, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| IGN = 8/10<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |last=Brudvig |first=Eric |date=October 17, 2006 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/10/17/destroy-all-humans-2-review-3 |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 Review |publisher=[[IGN]] |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114005429/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/10/17/destroy-all-humans-2-review-3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| OPM = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 |magazine=[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]] |page=122 |date=December 2006}}</ref>
| OXM = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review: Destroy All Humans! 2 |magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] |page=82 |date=December 2006}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Sydney" />
| rev2 = ''[[The Times]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="TimesUK" />
}}

''Destroy All Humans! 2'' received "generally favorable" reviews, according to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name="MCPS2"/><ref name="MCXBOX"/>

GameZone stated that "the new weapons and body snatching ability just add more fun to a game with huge open worlds and the plentiful side missions" and that the "game actually supersedes the original".<ref name="GameZone" />

The AI was criticized by [[TeamXbox]], saying that "every enemy seems as brain dead as Crypto thinks they are".<ref name="TX">{{cite web |last=Haught |first=Jeb |date=October 16, 2006 |url=http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/1232/Destroy-All-Humans-2/p1/ |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 Review (Xbox) |publisher=[[TeamXbox]] |access-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104031040/http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/1232/Destroy-All-Humans-2/p1/ |archive-date=January 4, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[The Times]]'' gave it four stars out of five: "The tone is jocular, the script humorous and well acted by, among others, Little Britain’s Anthony Head".<ref name="TimesUK">{{cite news |last=Kendall |first=Nigel |date=October 21, 2006 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/destroy-all-humans-2-rh9xlkdj86l |title=Destroy All Humans 2 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211091419/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/whats_on/listings/article603615.ece |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref> ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five and called it "a minor improvement over the original, with just as many silly sci-fi shenanigans".<ref name="Sydney">{{cite news |last=Fish |first=Eliot |date=October 14, 2006 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/game-reviews/destroy-all-humans-2/2006/10/10/1160246127122.html |title=Destroy All Humans 2 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=May 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511164030/http://www.smh.com.au/news/game-reviews/destroy-all-humans-2/2006/10/10/1160246127122.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The game sold over 340,000 copies and had a generated revenue of $13,000,000 in North America alone.<ref name="swivel">{{cite web |url=http://www.swivel.com/data_columns/show/2095603 |title=Video Games Sold in 2006 Game Destroy All Humans 2 - Swivel |publisher=swivel.com |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716172812/http://www.swivel.com/data_columns/show/2095603 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Remake==
A remake, ''[[Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed]]'', was announced on September 17, 2021, for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 5]], and [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]].<ref name="Reprobed">{{Cite web |title=Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobed Remake Confirmed As Next-Gen Exclusive |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destroy-all-humans-2-reprobed-remake-confirmed-as-next-gen-exclusive/1100-6496326/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415175132/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destroy-all-humans-2-reprobed-remake-confirmed-as-next-gen-exclusive/1100-6496326/ |archive-date=2022-04-15 |access-date=2021-09-17 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref> A multiplayer spin-off, titled ''Destroy All Humans! Clone Carnage'' was made available for Microsoft Windows, [[PlayStation 4]], and [[Xbox One]] for players who pre-ordered ''Reprobed'' starting May 31, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-31 |title=Multiplayer spin-off Destroy All Humans! Clone Carnage now available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2022/05/multiplayer-spin-off-destroy-all-humans-clone-carnage-now-available-for-ps4-xbox-one-and-pc |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}}</ref>
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