It made me sad, anyway. Irrational Games has released yet another one of its long-lost pitches, and this one sounds like it’s worth revisiting — both because the concept is cool, and the technology is now advanced enough to make it happen as envisioned.

Monster Island‘s one-sentence summary is “RampagemeetsBlack and Whitecreatures in a fully destructible environment.” You get to play as the monster or the human forces during either Greece 400 BC, Europe 700 AD, or Tokyo 1957 AD. Sold yet?

Destiny 2 Solstice 2025 armor

And then the multiplayer is described asPower Stone 2with monsters. Double sold. This was originally pitched for last-gen consoles, which is hard to imagine. Then-hyperbolic statements from the pitch sound very doable for today’s systems.

I suggest you read the full thing, because my summary could only fit so much.

Hell is Us gameplay reveal

From the Vault: The Monster Island Pitch[Irrational Games]

Black Ops 6 Season 5 Multiplayer Ransack Mode

Tekken Tag Tournament 2: a black and white Jin and Heihachi stand back-to-back.

PEAK Bing Bong plushie

Silent Hill f: a woman’s face covered in blossoming but deadly looking flowers.

Mei NERF gun in OW2

Battlefield 6 vehicles combat

Battlefield 6 aiming RPG at a helicopter

BO7 key art