Posted on: July 9, 2016

smashkab

Games: 221 Reviews: 2

You shall all bow to army of POLARCROCKS

Impossible Creatures is an economic RTS where your units are created by combining different animals into horrible looking monstrosities which you then command to victory!!! Highlights for me: Cheetah + Eel - Lightning Kitty (Tier II Ranged) Panther + Lioness - Kitty Kitty (Tier III Melee) Polarbear + Crocodile - PolarCrock (Tier IV Melee) Rhino + Eel - Lightning Puker (Tier 5 Ranged) Everything worked great on my system. The game ran at a smooth framerate, controls are tight and responsive. Most modern RTS hotkeys exist. This game is fun it's only downfall is the god awful story and dialogue It kind of reminds me of a 90s cartoon. Much fun to be had here by RTS Gamers. :D

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Posted on: November 12, 2018

tranquil-glade

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 46

Not shy about being different

This game has a killer feature that others don't: combining creatures, and it's fun! It reminds me of Evolva. Unfortunately, the rest of the game (story, setting, graphics, sound) is nothing to write home about; it plays like a more bland Dawn of War 1, lacking everything that made DoW 1 great. In practice, 80% of the creatures are unnecessary; you will probably compare their stats to the killer six or so (e.g. Lobster + Rhino/Elephant, Electric Eel + Rhino/Elephant) and ignore the rest. But it's worth playing, just for that one innovative idea.

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Posted on: January 30, 2022

SteamGog

Verified owner

Games: 486 Reviews: 3

Pause, speed control enabled RTS

Impossible creatures review Playing the tutorial , since I was a bit put off by the unfamiliar bizarre appearances of the combined animals, was to keep them recognizable and set The Army Builder to create stock animals. So during the final battle of the tutorial it was stock animals versus the abominations of the enemy. In Player vs Computer mode noticed no access to the Army Builder, players in this mode use prebuilt armies which are 9 creatures already combined so it goes like this: —build workers to gather a needed resource and build buildings —build creatures from the prebuilt army —Research to unlock higher tier creatures from prebuilt army, improve creatures and workers, unlock buildings Take army creatures and trash enemy base to win. Also, the player can PAUSE the game and GIVE ORDERS which execute once unpaused, useful for special abilities of some creatures . a SPEED ADJUST, a slower or faster paced game . The campaign is potentially more interesting as it allow access to the Army Builder on the active map but one accesses different creatures according to the mission and its constraints. In skirmish there are far more Maps available especially w/ mods. The player uses pre-built armies or can create their own armies using the Army Builder . Done this way, all animals in the game has are available for combining into yet other creatures. That army of nine can be saved and added to the prebuilt armies to use in the player VS computer / multiplayer modes. Apparently the allure here is to design varied creature armies and then pit them against each other choosing the “custom armies” function when assembling teams on the maps. If you ever wanted to know whether or not if a condor supported coyote army can beat skunks and porcupines, yes, you can use the Army Builder and play out such a battle on the maps. A solid game runs well on my machine which is Windows 8.1 Boot Camp Mac. 5 Stars

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Posted on: December 22, 2021

Hannibalscipio

Verified owner

Games: 197 Reviews: 51

I figured I would love this game

When this game came out, I thought it sounded amazing. It's a really great concept! Much of the campaign is fun, if wonky. It's fun to learn how to mix animals efficiently. Eventually, though, the campaign runs out of steam. Even with a lot of practice, some of the campaign missions are way out of my league, and others say they're almost impossible to beat. Too bad. I hate having to truly work to play a game.

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Posted on: April 22, 2025

Puntolory

Verified owner

Games: 472 Reviews: 5

Strategy-by-design

Impossible Creatures is a game that capture my attention ever since I read about its premise. However, even if I was aware of the main mechanic revolving about creating a roster of combined creatures as the bulk of your RTS army, I wasn't sure what to expect from the final result, and I am happy to say that the game exceeded my expectations. The main mechanic works pretty well and, during the campaign, gives you plenty of of reasons to continue to experiment as you get access to more and more animals to combine into creatures and your enemies use a different roster every match, which means you always need to revise your roster to beat every mission. How much you'll like this depends on your preferences, but personally, I liked that the game wanted me to get creative and continue to try new combinations throughout the campaign. Add to this a surprising dose of personality in terms of both style and tone thanks to the setting and colorful characters featured and a lengthy campaign that stops just before the game gets repetitive and we have a pretty solid recipe for a classic. The game isn't 100% perfect, and after doing the campaign I didn't find myself too interested in experimenting further in skirmish vs the AI (and if this is the case, you end up not being able to try out a few non-campaign creatures plus the ones from the Insect Invasion DLC), but I do think that it's one that given its strength nevertheless deserves at least a try, and for the price it goes nowadays, I see no reason not to recommend it!

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