Impossible Creatures

Impossible Creatures is a real time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment in conjunction with Microsoft Game Studios. Its unique feature is that the armies used are all created by the player. The armies consist of 9 creatures; each one is a combination of any two animals from a list of over 70, resulting in a total number of 127,392 possible combinations. Many animals have inherent abilities to add more strategic depth to the game. There is an extensive single-player campaign as well as online multiplayer functionality with different gametypes, add-ons, custom maps, mods, and scenarios.

Impossible Creatures was followed up later by a free downloadable expansion entitled 'Insect Invasion' which added new creatures and abilities to the game. The last official add on for Impossible Creatures was released in 2004. Relic has stated that they have no further plans for the Impossible Creatures universe.

Plot

In 1937, Dr. Eric Chanikov, working in exile in his laboratory located at a chain of remote islands, develops the Sigma technology, a method which makes it possible to create new creatures from combining two normal animals.

Rex Chance (real surname Chanikov), a former war reporter, travels to the archipelago after his father, Dr. Chanikov sends him a letter. There he meets Dr. Lucy Willing, his father's assistant, and finds out that his father was killed. This turns out to be the work of the evil tycoon Upton Julius, who – fascinated by the power of the Sigma technology – attempts to use it to take over the world.

Rex and Lucy defeat Julius' henchmen (Whitey Hooten, Velika la Pette, Dr. Ganglion) using the Sigma technology and help from the local populace, before confronting Julius in the finale. It turns out that Rex was the first product of the Sigma technology, which gave him superhuman abilities.

Creature list

Stock creatures

Ant: Digging, Immunity
Archerfish
Armadillo
Baboon: Pack Hunter
Bat: Sonar Pulse, Defile Land
Bull: Charge Attack, Horns
Camel: High Endurance
Chameleon: Regeneration, Camouflage
Chimpanzee: Pack Hunter
Coyote: Keen Sense
Crocodile
Dragonfly: Immunity
Eagle: Keen Sense
Electric Eel: Electric Burst
Elephant: Charge Attack, Herding, Horns
Giraffe
Gorilla: Herding
Great White Shark: Frenzy, Immunity
Grizzly Bear
Hammerhead Shark: Keen Sense, Immunity
Hippopotamus: Herding
Hornet: Poison
Hyena: Keen Sense, Pack Hunter
Killer Whale: Sonar Pulse
Komodo Dragon: Poison, Poison Touch, Regeneration
Lemming: Digging
Lioness: Pack Hunter
Lobster: Regeneration, Barrier Destroy
Mountain Lion: Leap Attack
Musk Ox: Herding
Panther: Loner, Leap Attack
Piranha: Frenzy, Pack Hunter
Poison Frog: Poison Touch
Polar Bear
Porcupine: Quill Burst
Praying Mantis: Leap Attack, Frenzy
Ram: Charge Attack, Horns
Rat: Plague
Rhinoceros: Charge Attack, Horns
Scorpion: Barrier Destroy, Poison
Skunk: Stink Cloud
Snapping Turtle
Snowy Owl
Sperm Whale: Sonar Pulse
Spitting Cobra
Tiger: Leap Attack
Vulture: Frenzy
Wolf: Pack Hunter, Keen Sense
Wolverine: Frenzy
Zebra: High Endurance

Expansion set

Warthog: Charge Attack, Herding
Moose: Horns
Raven: Pack Hunter
Walrus: Horns
Horse: High Endurance
Dolphin
Woolly Mammoth: Tusks
Garfish: High Endurance
Kangaroo: Leap Attack
Rattlesnake: Regeneration, Camouflage, Poison

Insect Invasion

Anaconda: Loner
Behemoth: Hovering
Black Widow Spider: Web Throw, Poison, Loner
Bombardier Beetle: Hovering
Cockroach: Defile Land, Hovering, Plague
Condor
Firefly: Flash
Garden Spider: Web Throw
Giant Anteater: Digging, Loner
Hercules Beetle: Hovering, Barrier Destroy, Deflection Armor
Shield Bug: Stink Cloud, Deflection Armor
Tarantula: Disorienting Barbs
Termite: Infestation
Walking Stick: Regeneration, Camouflage
Wasp: Assassinate

External links

2002 computer and video games | Real-time strategy computer games | Windows games