Impossible Creatures (Jewel Case)
by Atari
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Product Summary
Brand: AtariFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2004-12-14
Platform: Windows XP
Model: 26056
Publisher: Atari
Product features:
- Combine more than 50 animals to make mutant creatures like the Shagle (shark/eagle), Eleph-Ant (elephant/ant), Bull-o-Dile (crocodile/bull)
- Enter a highly detailed, fully 3-D dynamic world allows players to battle in four richly detailed environments
- In multiplayer mode, you'll build incredible creatures and lead them to war against a friend, in person or through a LAN
Video Game Reviews of Impossible Creatures (Jewel Case)
Customer Review: Just What I'd Been Looking For
Summary: 5 Stars
The free downloadable "Insect Invasion" expansion pack is a must. You haven't really experienced the full joy of playing Impossible Creatures until you add all of the new animals and abilities that come with Insect Invasion. There are also plenty of maps available from websites like that of "Impossible Creatures Planet", which is also a great place to go for online play.
I was into StarCraft and Command & Conquer before I found this game. I enjoyed the strategic element of real time strategy games, but battles were often far too long. Not so with IC, I can sit down and play a battle against 1 to 5 computer opponents and finish usually within half an hour.
My kids will watch me play games on the computer, so I prefer something like IC that really isn't any more violent than Pokemon. When animal units are killed, they just vanish from the screen.
This game has more of a creative element than probably any other RTS. You design the creatures for your army choosing from over 80 different species (with the expansion pack). It's really fun to mix and match coming up with such odd combinations as a hippopotamus plus a dragonfly, a moose-lobster, or a bombardier beetle with the body mass and face of a sperm whale. If you're like me, you will end up creating multiple armies--each one suited to a particular type of battlefield.
This game actually saves me a lot of money. I have been addicted to IC for six years now, and still never tire of it for any long length of time. I've pretty much lost interest in any other RTS games and have purchased far fewer video games of any sort since discovering Impossible Creatures.
The graphics are no longer top-of-the-line, but like any great game, it's not all about graphics. In my opinion, the graphics are very good and were they much better, chances are it would be hard for your computer to keep up with the action of dozens of units battling on the screen.
There is a great deal of strategy and creativity involved that give this game lasting appeal. The computer is hard enough to beat on expert mode, but you can catch on to computer patterns and learn to exploit them. Taking on human opponents is an altogether different challenge. So, if more than one family member is likely to enjoy this kind of game, and you have two computers in the house, I would recommend picking up two copies. I own several and have sold a few to friends.
The only other games I have ever enjoyed nearly as much or as long are the 2D turn-based Worms games like Worms World Party, and the multiplayer modes of various incarnations of Bomberman.
Description of Impossible Creatures (Jewel Case)
Impossible Creatures is a new kind of real-time strategy game. Imagination and experimentation are your biggest allies in your war against a brilliant madman! The year is 1937 and you are Rex Chance, renowned world adventurer who comes face-to-face with technology that combines different animals. A brilliant madman will use this to try and take over the world, unless you stop him. How will you stop him? By creating strange creatures of your own, and leading them in battle against the mad scientist's monsters!Adventure Games
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