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@mcconzo:Is this the assistant monkey?

If so then you're looking for Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

@go-force: Gish ?

@bytefrenzee: Game 1 sounds like Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura

Game 2 might be Indigo prophecy, or Fahrenheit depending on the region.

As a tribute to the source material, I would have just called it Zoids.

@marcmann2: This sounds a lot like Free Enterprise.

@corithefairy: This sounds like one of the many games in the Creatures franchise.

I'm currently playing Hexfall. It seems to be a faithful clone of the xbla game Hexic.

@shortfuzze: Fable II starts in the way you describe and meets most of your points. Fable 3 has a section where you fight alongside a red coated army, but I can't think of anything like that in fable 2.

@xymox: This sounds a lot like Hero Quest

@boomshake: The Experiment or Experience 112, or some combination of words and numbers depending on where you played it.