The Holobob is a mental ability featured in Destroy All Humans!.
Overview[]
The Holobob is an ability that lets Crypto project an illusion of a human around himself, assuming his or her identity. It's general appearance is a hologram-like disguise of the person Crypto is imitating.
Holobob allows Crypto to walk around an area without creating suspicion and/or alerting the authorities (unless Psychokinesis is used in front of humans/enemies). However the disguise uses concentration energy, forcing him to continually use Cortex Scan to take the thoughts from other humans to refill his concentration meter. In addition Majestic agents are able to see through the illusion and instantly identify Crypto. When this happens, the disguise will flash red and disappear, unless Crypto avoids the Majestic agents.
This ability is replaced with the much more advanced Body Snatch in Destroy All Humans! 2.
2020 Remake[]
The Holobob's basic functions and limits stay basically unchanged in the remake, however; the form Crypto chooses to imitate is rendered frozen and invisible until he drops the disguise. Rather than use up concentration, its energy meter is displayed on the hologram itself, slowly wearing down from the head to the toe unless refilled by the Cortex Scan.
Majestic Agents along with their vehicles also have a circle around them on the radar to show the radius of their jamming ability. Should Crypto stand within this radius, the hologram will turn red and the meter will wear out even faster. The Cortex Scan is disabled in this radius as well. Distract and Protect commands will disable the jammer for as long as they are in effect.
When humans are aware of his presence, the Holobob will display that it is compromised and show Crypto's appearance. While the Holobob will still be active in this state, it is rendered useless while compromised until the witnesses have been taken care of.