Comments on: From the Vault: The Monster Island Pitch

By: undeadredhead

undeadredhead — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:47:09 +0000

oh man would’ve loved to play this, retro movie monsters are right up my alley! ah well, hello new desktop background

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Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:52:03 +0000

I would totally buy that x)

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Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:38:05 +0000

Reminds me a lot of Cloverfield, as well. Sometimes there are ideas that get canned that I wish companies could one day go back to, this game included. If it would have stopped at just the monsster, it would’ve been awesome, but to play as the other side, as well? Sounds like a beefy game, at the very least.

By: theend69

theend69 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:03:29 +0000

Even though some of your projects never took off they all had such interesting concepts. thanks for sharing.

By: Showcase: Irrational artists in their free time | Irrational Games

Showcase: Irrational artists in their free time | Irrational Games — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:59:03 +0000

[...] You may recall some of Jorge’s other work previously featured on our site as part of the reconstructed Monster Island pitch document. Check out his personal art blog for [...]

By: georgeb

georgeb — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:02:06 +0000

It would be nice if the Monster Island Czars had been part of the defense force.

Thanks for the high-res desktops

By: VG247 » Blog Archive » Irrational digs up Monster Island game pitch, we cry a little

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:59:25 +0000

[...] see for yourself what might have been, head on through here and check out some of the really neat 50s-style [...]

By: bluestar334

bluestar334 — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:27:56 +0000

really awesome

By: Irrational introduces ‘Monster Island’ … which we’ll never play « Leviathyn

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:37:18 +0000

[...] defense network,” Irrational’s Chris Remo recounted in the studio’s latest “From the Vault” feature. The game would have let players control either a monster or the defending [...]

By: nakiro1

nakiro1 — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:13:35 +0000

Monster Island? Not bad! I may have tried it, but I guess we’ll never now. ah-ha! Reverse Psychology for $1,000, Alex!

By: sunjammer

sunjammer — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:28:27 +0000

Monster Island is a really great title. Not “Escape from Bug Island” great, but great!

By: joshuadesimone

joshuadesimone — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:29:33 +0000

Hey, ya never know. We still might see parts of it. Developers often bring unrealized ideas into their new ones and make something more full.

This idea makes me thing of something like Rampage or King of Monsters meets something like Blast Corps from the N64. Lots of big monsters destroying lots of puny buildings, heh. I miss that type of mindless action idea though. Even games like Zombies Ate My Neightbors. Little bit of strategy with a lot of mindless fun.

By: Monster Island war eine Überlegung | News | Videospielkultur.de

Monster Island war eine Überlegung | News | Videospielkultur.de — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:43:46 +0000

[...] die Jungs von Irrational Games (System Shock 2, SWAT 4, Bioshock) gewähren immer wieder Einblicke in ihre eingestampften Projekte. Erst vor einiger Zeit erwähnten sie ein [...]

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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:36:33 +0000

I feel like this game was ahead of its time. In 2001 fully destructible environments didnt really exist and I think that would have been a core part of this game. The bread and butter of this game would also be multiplayer if you could have teams be the monsters and others be the military instead of the intended power stone 2 style fights. Its too bad Irrational is so invested in infinite because if they could afford to put a team on some of their thrown away ideas they could become big hits on PSN and XBLA

By: mysterd

mysterd — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:07:34 +0000

So…would this have been a strategy game? RPG game? A mixture of both?

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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:34:49 +0000

Ooh that art style is sick! I’d totally get a wall-poster for that.

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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:34:35 +0000

It’s always interesting to see how the ideas from the early 2000’s play out in the art style and Photoshop painting of artists today.. Fascinating to see what could have been…

By: The Daily Stash « GamePron

The Daily Stash « GamePron — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:31:09 +0000

[...] Assorted bits and pieces Irrational dig up the pitch for Monster Island, we still want to play. Teacher says DS ‘encourages and enhances learning’, which is [...]

By: Irrational’s Monster Island is an awesome game you’ll never play | Wouldyoukindly.com

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:28:53 +0000

[...] Irrational Games have been refreshingly open about their canceled games and original concepts as of late, detailing their initial pitch for BioShock, as well as Left 4 Dead-esque Division 9. Now it’s time to take a trip to Monster Island. [...]

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Irrational Games descartó un juego a lo kaiju eiga — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:49:29 +0000

[...] el blog de la desarrolladora Irrational Games (en cuyo diseño y contenidos deberían fijarse otros [...]

By: Creature : : Games that never were: Monster Island - Brick Let's Go!

Creature : : Games that never were: Monster Island - Brick Let's Go! — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:43:04 +0000

[...] a 10-year-old video game pitch by Irrational Games – – “Rampage meets Black and White Creatures in a Fully Destructible [...]

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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:48:53 +0000

Nintendo has always been its own breed, haha.

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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:47:39 +0000

The drawings remind me of the old “last-generation” console game, Attack of the Monsters, or something along those lines, haha.

Cool stuff!

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Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:50:09 +0000

Sounds like a cool game, but I will love bioshock more.
We need more people eating.

By: World Spinner

World Spinner — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:41:57 +0000

From the Vault: The Monster Island Pitch | Irrational Games…

Here at World Spinner we are debating the same thing……

By: trentpetronaitis

trentpetronaitis — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:59:37 +0000

Make it as a Steam game with graphics like that artstyle and I’ll buy it.

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Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:13:13 +0000

I love this ending part of the pitch : Regarding which console “XBox is probably the easiest, PS2 is a pain in the butt, and who knows about GameCube?”

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Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:28:58 +0000

Love the potential time period of Greece 400BC. So many aspects of this game sound awesome. Rampage from the POV of the people + resource control (using an ingenious triangle ‘civil defense’ graph) is an amazing concept. An IG XBLA game perhaps? Please?

By: Ken Levine’s Abandoned Monster Island Game Sounds Amazing | The Warp Pipe

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:02:17 +0000

[...] Source: Irrational Games [...]

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Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:00:24 +0000

OK… seriously frakking want this now!!! I still have warm fuzzy dreams about Mail Order Monsters, Crush Crumble Chomp, and the old Movie Monsters game.

By: lucasrizoli

lucasrizoli — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:09:45 +0000

Shoot. There was supposed to be a line break in there.
Well, you get the point, right?

By: lucasrizoli

lucasrizoli — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:06:37 +0000

Lisa: He said it was just a name!Man: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.

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Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:44:15 +0000

Interesting, you guys have never spoken about this project before. Fascinating to see what could have been.

By: seanbie

seanbie — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:37:12 +0000

Sounds and looks like a more in-depth version of Incog.’s War of the Monsters for PS2, which I freaking loved. Too bad this never was green lit.

By: zachellis

zachellis — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:56:31 +0000

It’s always interesting to see how the ideas from the early 2000’s play out in the art style and Photoshop painting of artists today. From the PDF and this post I gather I would have enjoyed Moster Island as an offering. The idea feels strong enough to stick today, too bad it never made it to retail.