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Just What I'd Been Looking For

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

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.

Great game, poor support

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well, the game is a lot of fun, hence the reason for the 5/5 on the fun, but the overall score has to be lower because the patches released by the game developer (Relic) for additional content simply don't work. Apart from the annoyance on the patches not installing, the main game is fairly stable, but you cannot enjoy the free "Insect Invasion" expansion back because of the patch update issues. This game is fun and has a lot of potential, but alas it is very much DEAD in the support department.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Impossible Creatures is a fun game that allows you to create your own animal/creature. I was compelled to buy the game after downloading the demo from Microsoft's website. The game is easy to learn and fun to play. The copy of I received wasn't in a jewel case, but rather a DVD type case. IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES

Impossible Creatures

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Firstly, this game is RAD!
It is so AWESOME that you can design your own armies!
The campaign stinks.
It is too hard to beat the THIRD LEVEL!
It also is not very good because you can not get more buildings than in the DEMO!
The other and better animals in the full version give it a big bonus in my thoughts of this awesome strategy game.

pc game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Purchased for grandson.. He loves the game and plays for hours. What more could I ask for.

Simply a Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I played this with my 7 year old daughter for a few times, and help her every now and then, but for the most part she plays the game by herself. I've turned a few other kids onto it as well, and they all love it. It is just a great idea for a game, how can it not be fun to mix a dragonfly with a gorilla to create a dragonilla? And the game modes really teaches the kids a bit about economics in the sense that there is a cost to everything, and resources should not be wasted etc. I've bought a lot of (mostly crappy) kids games in my time, this one rises way above the rest. The main negative on this one is that it does not support internet play against friends, and it also has some expansion packs that are tricky to install.

Nothing Is Impossible Here!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I first had the pleasure of playing this game via my roomate's laptop a few years ago. I have been enjoying it on my own ever since. He had bought it all on a whim to see if it was as good as the cover art made it seem.

The graphics are not too bad(all things considered). The game play resembles that of the Command and Conquer series...so if you are a fan of "A view from the top" then you should fit right in to this genre.

The is a great aspect to the possibilities of creation. "Playing god" if you will. Even though you are given a decent amount of base animals, you will find your possibilities of creation will be so profound, that you might not know where to begin.

A great game and a great time killer...and for the price, not a bad bargain at all.

Imaginative idea, fun to play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game boasts something that no other RTS can offer- mixing two different animal species into one amazing creature and then sending them to wage war against other freakish armies.

There are so many different animal combinations that every battle is different and new. You can mix a lobster with a ram, giving you an amphibious unit that can charge up beaches and gore foes with its horns. By combining an eagle with a piranha you can create a flying fish that swoops down on enemies, tearing them with those impressive piranha teeth. Add a polar bear's limbs upon the body of a killer whale and you have a large walking tank that can traverse both land and sea. These are just some of my favourite combinations and there are many more.

The idea of mixing the creatures and making your own fighting units, each with their own strengths and weaknesses is a very imaginative, fun and interesting concept, but this game is definitely not the best RTS around. For example, the maximum number of units your armies can comprise of is a mere 75- that's including workers (in this game called henchmen).

However, this game does introduce some other good points other than its imaginative selling point. Some animals, such as wolves, lions and hyenas are pack hunters and therefore, when fighting in groups of four or more, recieve an attack bonus. Similarly, as oxen, rams, elephants, etc, are herding creatures, when they are combined with other animals they gain a defense bonus when in attacking in groups. These are nice extras and also feature the skunk's 'stink cloud' capability to stun foes and the whales' 'sonar pulse' to reveal an area of the map momentarily.

The maps themselves are average, with players battling on either a snowy, grassy or arid desert-like maps, each comprising of land- sometimes separtated by water- dotted with areas of coal and geysers to generate electricity with certain structures.

Overall, this is a good game with a different, interesting selling point that will keep anyone amused even if they are not a fan of the RTS games.

My Daughter (and I) Love it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My 7 year old daughter saw this on a rack at a computer store (cheap software impulse purchase). I tried to sway her to get something quite different but she prevailed.

I am very glad I let her! I don't see this as violent (not by today's standards). There is no blood. There are battles but there is no emotional attachment to these creatures. Every game is different. I love the idea of developing strategies and helping our daughter develop alternatives. This game is not easy and I find that adults are intrigued as much as kids.

The 9 y/o boys across the street kept begging to come over to our house to play the game with our daughter (then their parents finally found a copy).

This was an unexpected surprise! It's cheap too!

The funnest PC game in the world!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Impossible Creatures is the funnest game ever. It takes forever to beat, even with cheats, and has many different modes. I have probably spent over 100 hours playing it, and I'm still not bored of it. I totally recomend it!

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