History YMMV / ImpossibleCreatures

* UglyCute: Most creatures. At least when watched from afar.
* UncannyValley: The creatures' blank eyes! It isn't so bad with most of them since most animals have fairly small eyes, but it is ''really'' unsettling with some, such as the lioness or the snowy owl. Not helping is the fact that some, such as aforementioned snowy owl or the coyote, appear to wear [[NightmareFace a rather macabre grimace]] when facing the player.

** This also means that [[spoiler:: Rex may disappear as well when he dies.]]

* ScrappyMechanic: The game has serious balancing issues. Most of the animals are outclassed or are downright useless novelties because of the stats not being assigned in a balanced way, meaning your range of valuable choices is limited. Anti-air towers are far too strong, rendering a entire class of animals (flying) almost useless for anything other than scouting.

* MostAnnoyingSound: "YOUR CREATURES ARE UNDER ATTACK! YOUR BASE IS UNDER ATTACK! YOUR HENCHMEN ARE UNDER ATTACK! REX IS UNDER ATTACK! LUCY IS UNDER ATTACK! THE LAB IS UNDER ATTACK, BOSSSH!!!!"

** On the other hand, sonic towers are too weak. In general, there is basically no good way to combat enemy creatures without creatures of your own, so if your enemy comes to dominate the field around your base, let alone destroys your Terra-Tank, you have essentially lost.

** In the campaign, mass-producing high-end Air Units is the way to go, despite the prevalence and power of AA towers. Similar to ''VideoGames/{{Starcraft}}'', "stacking" exists in this game. As such, a mass of ~50 level V Air Unit can Oneshot an AA Tower. Computer's AI also rarely rebuild their defense.

** Antiair towers make all flying units useless. You can put four of them right next to each other cheaply, and they will absolutely slaughter all the flying animals near by with electricity.

* ScrappyMechanic: The game has serious balancing issues. Most of the animals are outclassed or are downright useless novelties because of the stats not being assigned in a balanced way, meaning your range of valuable choices is limited. Anti-air towers are far too strong, rendering a entire class of animals (flying) almost useless for anything other than scouting.

* MostWonderfulSound: "Level Five Research is complete."

** Did the eskimos in level one also do that? They have a pelt that graduates from polar bear fur to tiger fur.
* FridgeLogic: Why does Rex's [[spoiler: enhanced abilities and glowing eyes]] only activate ''now''?

** That plot element was steadilly growing through the story, gaining Rex [[spoiler:new powers the more exposed to the technology he is, including being able to control the animals without the base functioning properly]]. He offhandedly mentions to Lucy some have been present all the way back in his war corresponder days.

** In the campaign, mass-producing high-end Air Unit is the way to go, despite the prevalence and power of AA tower. Similar to ''VideoGames/{{Starcraft}}'', "stacking" existed in this game. As such, a mass of ~50 level V Air Unit can Oneshot an AA Tower. Computer's AI also rarely rebuild their defense.

** Did the eskimos in level one also do that? cause they have a pelt that graduates from polar bear fur to tiger fur

* ScrappyMechanic: The game has serious balancing issues. Most of the animals are outclassed or are downright useless novelties because of the stats not being assigned in balanced way, meaning your range of valuable choices is limited. Anti-air towers are far too strong, rendering a entire class of animals (flying) almost useless for anything other than scouting.

* Whale mixes are expensive to produce, but they have a ranged attack (if you keep the whale head) and a LOT of hit points, meaning they are almost always worth it. One of the very best combos (perhaps even the very best) in the game is a whale with lobster pincers and legs. You get a powerful range attack, devastating physical attack power, and heath regeneration.

** Antiair towers pretty much make all flying units useless.

* MostWonderfulSound: "Level Five Research is complete."

** This also means that [[spoiler:: Rex will disappear as well when he dies.]]

* MostAnnoyingSound: "YOUR CREATURES ARE UNDER ATTACK! YOUR BASE IS UNDER ATTACK! YOUR HENCHMEN ARE UNDER ATTACK! REX IS UNDER ATTACK! LUCY IS UNDER ATTACK! THE LAB IS UNDER ATTACK, BOSSSH!!!!"

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Porcupines don't shoot their quills in reality, but we wouldn't have one of the few range attacks in the game if it followed reality.

** The archerfish has a range attack that does a lot of splash damage. It also can be upgraded to do piercing damage, which makes it even more of a GameBreaker. The only downside is it's one of the few attacks in the game that can damage ally units.

** The archerfish has a range attack that does a lot of splash damage, it also can be upgraded to do piercing damage, which makes it even more of a GameBreaker. The only downside is it's range attack is one of the few attacks in the game that can damage nearby ally units.

* GameBreaker: Lobsters are surprisingly useful. They've got nearly unrivaled armor, the ability to swim, regeneration, and exceptionally powerful claws. Mixing a lobster with a large creature (hopefully with a powerful head-based attack like a crocodile) leads to a creature that is not only physically very powerful, but also just happens to have an array of surprisingly useful special abilities.