Foreign Creature is a classic point-and-click puzzle game that follows the same formulas as other titles in this genre. The artwork is done pretty well. It is consistent and clear. It is not confusing or cluttered with insignificant details. There is some well-done music in the game to back up the creepy mood being created. The sound effects are adequate enough considering they do not factor heavily into gameplay. The overall production value is much higher than some other games in this field.

The goal in Foreign Creature is to assist the alien main character in eating, growing strong and potentially dominating the world. The exact story is not really revealed. The creature appears to be either a lab experiment or a captured alien. You interact with the game exclusively through mouse clicks. Each click is contextual. This means you never really know what is going to happen until you click. You might turn on a faucet with one click and rip apart a sign with the next. One interesting thing to note is that you appear to be a separate entity from the foreign creature. This means you can do things that the creature cannot. It makes some puzzles less interesting.

You start out in a lab with the creature locked in a cage trap. The first puzzle is simple to solve and involves just a few clicks. The complexity goes up as you progress. You must also start to deal with threats that are not static such as traffic, security guards and aggressive dogs. Fortunately, little of the game is reliant on timing. Completing each level will take you to the next one. The backgrounds and environments are sufficiently varied to keep things interesting until the end. Unfortunately, there are only nine levels in this installment of the game.

The only issue with Foreign Creature is one that plagues some other titles in the genre. You are not actually going to figure out the puzzles with your wit and creativity. You are mostly just going to keep clicking until things start to happen. You learn the order through trial and error. This takes a little of the fun out of the game. You do not have an inventory or anything consistent between screens. The foreign creature even changes in abilities over the course of the game.

Foreign Creature is one of the better point-and-click puzzle titles because it does not have completely random puzzles. It is worth checking out.