Arachnophobia is the fear of eight-legged insects, which includes the two main characters of Deadly Creatures. The premise of this title is that you play as two creepy crawlers navigating through the deadly insect realm while overhearing a tale of death and treasure.

These two words combined with arachnids were enough to get us excited. Deadly Creatures is a very interesting title for the Wii and makes efficient use of the Wii's unique control system. Both the standard Wii controls are used and involve many combinations of buttons and wrist actions to achieve the desired outcome. The ability to take control of both a scorpion and tarantula is a very unique experience. It ignites some primal instinctive urges that as modern humans we have buried deep down inside ourselves. The ability to stab some helpless insect with a scorpion's stinger or pump it full of spider venom is a satisfying one and will continue to thrill you every time the opportunity presents itself.

The control system is relatively easy and thankfully the manual details every maneuver and works well as a quick reference guide. The tarantula levels are a full 360° combat arena and require some puzzle solving to navigate. The scorpion levels are limited, since as the scorpion you cannot traverse ceilings but you can climb walls and bury yourself under the ground to pounce on unsuspecting victims.

The graphics are very good and do well to show off the abilities of the Wii, as limited as those may be. The creatures, especially the main characters, look amazing and scuttle around in a life-like manner. The tarantula springs around with an agility that will make your skin crawl and you can use its web to stun prey. You can also use your web to navigate around a level and use the full 360° of freedom to its full potential.

Unfortunately you are limited to the areas that you can use your web in this manner and any dreams of being nature's version of Spiderman are shattered early on in the game. As the spider you may have agility, but not as much brute strength as the scorpion. You will have to rely on your victims to make mistakes and open themselves up to your attacks which can be a bit irritating, especially when you come up against beetles that have hard exoskeletons.

Your agility is your main weapon against bosses that you take on as the spider. The scorpion, by contrast, lacks the agility of the spider, but makes up for it in strength and ground attacks, which provide you with the less frustrating frontal assault on anyone who stands in your way.

The story is unraveled in an unusual way. Since you play as two arachnids you have no direct involvement in the actual plotline. This form of third-person interaction with the plotline is delightfully unique and increases your desire to hear as much of the plot that each chapter will permit, this makes the story more entertaining. The human voice-overs are done by Billy Bob Thornton and Dennis Hopper and provide that little something to make the story feel more real. While the gameplay is excellent, the plotline riveting and the bosses surprisingly challenging, the plotline is too short and the bosses too few. Normal insects are easily beaten, so the few bosses provide challenging encounters but, alas, leave you wanting more.

As a title Deadly Creatures will definitely satisfy. It is a unique title that will make Wii owners dust off their pearly white consoles and have some fun.

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