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Games => General Gaming => Topic started by: MysterD on Thursday, October 28, 2010, 06:04:20 AM

Title: Monster Island - A Game That Irrational Games NEVER MADE
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, October 28, 2010, 06:04:20 AM

IrrationalGames.com -> You know, this might've been cool... (http://irrationalgames.com/insider/from-the-vault-the-monster-island-pitch/)
IrrationalGames.com -> PDF file w/ the pitch. (http://irrationalgames.com/files/2010/10/irrationalgames_monsterisland-pitch.pdf)

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Inspired by mythological creatures throughout history–but most significantly Godzilla and other Japanese film monsters from the 1950s on–Monster Island would have allowed players to control either a giant rampaging beast or the forces trying desperately to keep the monster at bay.

The pitch promised some 20 monsters, a living city, heavily destructible environments, and a dynamic civil defense network. Its premise and mechanics actually date back to a pen-and-paper game Levine wrote a further 10 years prior. Along with The Lost, Monster Island would have been an early foray into console development for Irrational, which had already developed System Shock 2 and Freedom Force for PC.