Impossible Creatures Microsoft Game Studios 2002 PC CD-ROM 2 Disc Like New

Description: Genetic research and cloning are all the rage today, but they gripped the imagination of 19th century authors as well. Jules Verne and H.G. Wells--particularly as evident in Wells's Island of Doctor Moreau--theorized how human scientists (mad, of course) could combine different creatures to make new hybrids. That's the goal behind Impossible Creatures, a rather vanilla real-time-strategy game with one heck of a cool twist. The story concerns adventurer/big-game hunter Rex Chance and his skirmishes with a mad scientist bent on world domination through animal engineering. Rex has to gather DNA from animals and combine them in his Creature Lab, giving rise to such oddities as the Shagle (shark/eagle), Eleph-Ant (elephant/ant), Bull-o-Dile (crocodile/bull), and whatever else you want to come up with. The missions of the single-player game are linked with a strong backstory that's nicely flavored with touches straight from adventure serials of the '40s. But the game's limitations are also clearest in single-player mode. It's just a regular old real-time strategy game at heart. The creature gimmick is cool, but once you figure out what critters you need, it becomes dull. Multiplayer mode is a different story. You can load up to eight creatures to form an army, selecting the beasts you can use in the match. This means, potentially, if you load the wrong beasts your opponent can swarm all over you. The fun comes when you start strategizing on how to beat your enemy's army with the Creature Combiner interface. Of course, in order to really enjoy this feature you need to play the same opponent more than once. That's not an easy task, thanks to the lackluster multiplayer matchmaking service offered by Impossible Creatures (as compared to, say, Age of Mythology). It would be better if you could customize armies during the game, but real-time pacing precludes that option. The graphics are great, the audio is too, and you can't beat the concept. It could be a better game, and there are better real-time games out there, but none of them let you make a Skant (skunk/ant) or a massive Sperm Grizzly (sperm whale/grizzly bear) and who wouldn't want to do that? --Andrew S. Bub ———————————————————————- *𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞* 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴: * 𝙿𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚊 𝙿𝚊𝚢𝙿𝚊𝚕. 𝙿𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝟻 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚎. * 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙼𝚘𝚗-𝙵𝚛𝚒 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙰𝚞𝚜𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚝. * 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚍. * 𝙸𝚏 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚢'𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍. * 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝙰𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕. 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚍. * 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙱𝚞𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜 - 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎: 𝙸𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚍𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚊𝚡𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚢𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢'𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨, 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙚. ◡̈ 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙚!

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