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Clyde Radcliffe is a man with a mission. Well, he's not really a man at all. He's a sort of creature thing. And come to think of it, he hasn't got a mission really, either. What he's got to do, in fact, is go through a landscape filled with beautifully-animated baddies.

But hold on - Clyde is beautifully drawn as well. And so are the backgrounds! In fact, everything's beautifully drawn in this game. It's one of the best 'beautifully-drawn' games around.

As you wander along, you've got to kill as many baddies as you can, by shooting them with these weird sort of blobs. You've also got to collect things called 'magic potion creatures'. These allow a witch to mix some magic (guess what?) potions. Clyde can drink these to gain special weapons. He's also got appalling halitosis - one breath can kill! The plot is pretty weird and amusing, but once you start playing the game, you'll forget about the storyline and sit there, amazed by the complete excellence of the graphics, playability and sonics. It's possibly the best budget platform game money can buy (and that's not something I say often).

So it's cute, it's big and it's fun. Is there anything wrong with Creatures? Well funnily enough, no. There isn't. Well, maybe. I must confess that I found it pretty blimmin' difficult. Of course, you're probably far better at games than me, and you probably think I'm a wimp, but let me tell you, that, under this stingy exterior, there beats the heart of an angry mountain tiger. And if I say a game is hard, it is hard, alright? I'll fight anyone who disagrees. [Steady on, Flog - Ed]

Though it pains me to say it, go out and spend money (yes, real money) on this game. You really have no choice.

Better than coming home from school to find The Shamen, Lisa Stansfield and Metallica 'jamming' in your bedroom, and inviting you to join in. It's got everything it needs to be a classic worthy of a poem by Princess Anne or possibly Robert de Niro. We're talking "sprinkle salt on it and call it a delicious slice of urban coding".