History VideoGame / ImpossibleCreatures

''Impossible Creatures'' is an 2003 {{RTS}} by Relic Entertainment (of ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' fame), where you take 2 of 76 creatures, combine their features and then use up to 9 of them in your army. Although the game was rather well received by critics, Impossible Creatures sold poorly, thus denying any possiblity of a sequel. In spite of this, Relic itself would release a minor ExpansionPack in 2004, called ''Insect Invasion'', which added 15 new creatures and a bunch of new multiplayer maps.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Soundbeam Towers are your basic defensive structures and can bombard enemy units with debilitating soundwaves. Also, whale DNA can give your critters powerful sonic blasts.

The campaign mode followed the story of IntrepidReporter Rex Chance, who teams up with scientist Lucy Willing in a quest to find his father, Dr. Eric Chanikov. He finds out about his father's death, and thus resolves to stop megalomaniac executive Upton Julius, who plans on using Sigma technology (combining animals) to rule the world.

** The animal guide, once available on the official website and now bundled with the Good Old Games release, mistakenly classifies armadillos, bats, skunks, and wolverines as rodents, hyenas as canines, and, strangely enough, porcupines as ''[[CriticalResearchFailure primates.]]''

* AwesomeMcCoolName: "Rex Chance".

** MightyGlacier: The elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus and other heavy-weight animals fulfill this role, with huge sizes, massive melee damage, HP and defense, but low speed and sight range. Most of them also pack charge attack (to essentially use them as a living battery ram), Horns (which can partially bypass an enemy's defense) and/or the Herding ability (to boost their defense even higher when in groups of four). The [[TurtlePower snapping turtle]] probably also fits here with by far the highest defense in the game and a surprisingly strong melee attack but the lowest speed and pathetic sight range.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: This game has poison dart frogs, archerfish, and muskoxen, among others.

''Impossible Creatures'' is an 2003 {{RTS}} by Relic Entertainment (of ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' fame), where you take 2 of 76 creatures, combine their features and then use 9 of them in your army. Although the game was rather well received by critics, Impossible Creatures sold poorly, thus denying options of a sequel. In spite of this, Relic itself would release a minor ExpansionPack in 2004, called ''Insect Invasion'', which added 15 new creatures and a bunch of new multiplayer maps.

''Impossible Creatures'' is an 2003 {{RTS}} by Relic Entertainment (of ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' fame), where you take 2 of 76 creatures, combine their features and then use 9 of them in your army. Although the game was rather well received by critics, Impossible Creatures sold poorly, thus denying options of a sequel.

* PunchClockVillain: Most of Julius's henchmen, according to Lucy's case profile of Whitey Hooten, wherein she claims that most of them hate Julius but do what he says because they're scared of Whitey. And this does seem to be the case, as many of them [[MookFaceTurn defect]] to Rex's side throughout the campaign when given the opportunity. Prominent subversions are Humphrey and Bugsy, Velika's henchmen who are loyal to her and only too happy to fight Rex in the campaign's final mission against her.

** JackOfAllStats: The [[EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys three primates (the baboon, chimpanzee and gorilla)]] and the [[BearsAreBadNews two bears (the grizzly bear and the polar bear)]] appear to be mostly this. They all have to some extent decent damage, defense, speed, good HP and no special abilities that require any micromanagement.

* PercentDamageAttack:
** Rex's neurotoxin darts can cut off large chunks of enemy health with each shot, even those that are technically immune to poison!
** The Insect Invasion-exclusive wasps have the Assassinate ability, which instantly eliminates a fixed percentage of a target's health with a single melee sting, even the normally [[OneManArmy implacable Loners]]. Three stings is a guaranteed kill.

* ShoutOut: Velika is occasionally likened to a witch, and she just happens to be rather fond of bombarding you with [[Film/TheWizardOfOz flying monkeys]].

* PunchClockVillain: Most of Julius's henchmen, according to Lucy's case profile of Whitey Hooten, wherein she claims that most of them hate Julius but do what he says because they're scared of Whitey. And this does seem to be the case, as many of them [[MookFaceTurn defect]] to Rex's side throughout the campaign when given the opportunity. Prominent subversions, however, are Humphrey and Bugsy, Velika's henchmen who are loyal to hear and seem only to happy to fight Rex in the campaign's final mission against her.

* UnholyMatrimony: Lucy's case profile of [[CruellaToAnimals Velika]] heavily implies that she and [[BigBad Julius]] are sleeping together. She believes that Julius keeps her around for her "less tangible abilities." She also says that their goals are complimentary because while Julius wants to TakeOverTheWorld, Velika wants to "take over Julius," over an image of Velika and Julius embracing, with Velika clawing at Julius back with her FemmeFatalons.

* VillainessesWantHeroes: Downplayed with Velika and Rex. She makes a few flirty comments towards him and, when he rebuffs one of her advances, launches a devastating attack on the Lab, supposedly to show him the wrath of a WomenScorned. However, it's unclear whether she's serious, given that she was already planning on capturing him per Julius's orders, along with the fact that she and Julius apparently having a [[UnholyMatrimony thing with each other]].