Impossible Creatures

aka: Bukesiyi zhi Shengwu, Sigma, Sigma: The Adventures of Rex Chance
Moby ID: 8461

Critic Reviews add missing review

Average score: 72% (based on 42 ratings)

Player Reviews

Average score: 3.3 out of 5 (based on 19 ratings with 2 reviews)

Too bad the interesting premise is wasted on a generic boring RTS

The Good
The interesting premise, mix-and-matching creatures, could have made a very interesting game. The initial cutscenes were well-made, making the trite and cliche story (not unusual for a game) more interesting.

The Bad
Unfortunately, the "mix and match" creature system is all window dressing, as units are artificially forced into generic roles as melee attackers, missile attackers, or artillery. 90% of possible unit combinations are inferior to the "best" ones, and none allow any really innovative tactics. Not only are unit behaviors not affected by their "ancestry", they aren't even that smart - non-melee units never try to keep the range open, etc. Everything else is about the norm for a RTS game - that is, boring, with tactics dictated by your mouse skills and the only nod to strategy being resource management.

The Bottom Line
Nifty if you want to see interesting creature models. Otherwise yet another (ugh) RTS.

Windows · by weregamer (155) · 2003

Excellent Idea, But Could Be Improved

The Good
Obviously the best part about this game is the ability to create your own custom units (I know I've always wanted to do that) like giant flying lobsters. It is also fun to see all kinds of different units fighting one another. Graphic wise, the game is excellent and despite constantly having hundreds of units on the screen, the game still runs very smoothly, even on slower computers. Also, you can fight your custom units against other people's creations in multiplayer, which is quite fun.

The Bad
Unfortunately, the only thing different in this game from most other strategy games is the ability to create your own units. Not much difference elsewhere. Once the novelty factor wears off, all you're left with is just another strategy game. You can only combine two creatures to form another creature. It would definately be better if more than two creatures can be combined. There's a resource in the game, electricity, which I don't think even does anything. If you build a few lightning rods (they're really cheap too), the electricity will be increasing so much that you can basically ignore it and concentrate on mining coal.

The Bottom Line
If you are truly a fan of the strategy games genre, you might consider buying this game, otherwise if you get bored easily, try something else.

Windows · by Black Death (6) · 2003

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Critic reviews added by Venator, Wizo, nyccrg, Jeanne, Giu's Brain, Patrick Bregger, Cavalary, Cantillon, chirinea, Alaedrain, Tim Janssen, Xoleras, Sciere, vedder, Big John WV, Scaryfun, Klaster_1, CalaisianMindthief, lights out party, Jess T, jaXen, Thomas Helsing, piltdown_man, 64er.