PROS
- Immense amounts of character.
- Creative sandbox gameplay.
- Huge variety of unlockable abilities.
CONS
- Smart-actions can easily be mixed up.
VERDICT
Even without additional content, Pocket Creatures is so full of character and creativity that you'll be sucked in and will have to find plenty of time in your day to keep enjoying this amazing title.
Video Review
Full Review
Almost less than a week after their micro-game App 'Crazy Test' hit the store, developer Tactile Entertainment has released their much anticipated title 'Pocket Creatures' for the iPhone and iPad. You'll take charge of an insanely cute critter as he explores what at first seems like an extremely small environment that turns in to a treasure-trove of gameplay to explore.
Double touching and dragging the screen will give you the lay of the land, allowing you to quickly check out the game's relatively small sandbox environment. Double tapping will move your creature and holding and dragging items will allow various objects to interact with each other. The controls can sometimes glitch or get confused over the particular action you're trying to achieve, but this may be due to the iPhone's smaller screen as the iPad version feels much smoother.
Your Pocket Creature is one of the only 3D objects in the world, but the variety of animations and emotions expressed are extraordinary. As a player you have a lot of controls over the environment and can mold your creature to be devious and evil or a friend to all the game's critters, while various unlockable outfits give you unique god-like powers to play around with.
There's an incredible amount of gameplay available in Pocket Creatures and anyone who enjoyed games like Pocket God will immediately enjoy the appeal of managing your creature and his extremely entertaining world. An excellent game for the iPad if you have the option.
App Store Info
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“This will be THE sandbox game for the iPhone: Fully 3D, fully interactive, and fully awesome.” (touchgen.com)
“If this all sounds incredibly complex and insane, that’s because it is.” (slidetoplay.com)
“Pocket Creatures is huge in scope as far as possibilities goes. This isn't just some locked down virtual playpen for a cute animal either. You'll have the freedom to be completely creative in your decisions and interactions, which will affect not only your character, but also its environment. There's a complexity here that I have yet to see in an iPhone title. This is a pet sim for everybody, and has the potential to be huge.” (destructoid.com)
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A mysterious egg awaits you, on an ancient island full of hidden surprises…
Hatch and raise your very own Pocket Creature! Watch your new friend grow and evolve, on an island filled with strange and funny critters - and more types of delicious food than you can imagine!
Shape your Pocket creature´s personality with every action you make. Raise it to be sweet and gentle, or to be devilish and mischievous, even skinny or fat. Gain awards and unlock treasures to dress your creature any way you like. From “Island Explorer” to “Evil Devil”, “Aztec King”, “Angel”, “Knight”, “Pirate “or even “Ninja”. There’s no end to the combinations you can use to express the personality you develop!
Use the strange wildlife on the island as tools to plant tasty magic fruits that grants your creature new, godlike powers for you to play with: Wreak havoc with the Lightning power, or freeze everything with the Ice power! You can even make the critters on the island fall in love with the Love power! Customize you island to look any way you want it, by developing all the hidden magic seeds into exotic plants!
- Pet, poke or even slap your creature to teach it how to behave!
- Tend to the many needs or your creature to ensure its thriving and survival!
- Shape the personality of your creature – Scared, mischievous, loving or hateful?!
- Customize the looks of your creature according to how your play!
- Explore an mysterious ancient island filled with hidden surprises!
- Customize your world by planting exotic magic plants!
- Harvest magic fruits and explore the extreme powers of Pocket Creature transformation!
- Beautiful graphics with more than 12000 unique frames of Creature animation!
iPad extras:
Enjoy Pocket Creatures in HD! Dynamic shading, HD quality, Enhanced control, and the glory of the big screen!
Updates
- Fixed crash on iOS 4.2.1 when naming creature
Languages
- English
Requirements
- Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iOS 3.0 or later



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