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  • GDC08: Abandon Interactive's Freaky Creatures

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    Akela Talamasca
    Akela Talamasca
    02.20.2008

    var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/playable_web_games/New_MMO_called_Freaky_Creatures_could_be_the_new_Pokemon'; Today (and by 'today', of course, I'm talking 'earlier Tuesday', whereas for many of you reading this as it goes live, it'll be Wednesday already) I saw a vibrant new MMO called Freaky Creatures. By the end of my session with the creative team, I said this, and I quote: "You guys will hear this a lot from now on, so let me be the first: this is like Pokémon, but far, far cooler."And it is. Freaky Creatures has a lot going for it, and it sounds like they're getting it all right. Given that the game has been in development for over 5 years now, Abandon Interactive has had the advantage of watching many an MMO rise and fall, and they're making sure they don't make the same mistakes. Read on, O Intrepid One, and lemme 'splain some things to you.%Gallery-16481%