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Creatures: The Albian Years

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Creatures: The Albian Years
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Discover a large, living landscape - the surface a world called Albia. You exist in this world only as a virtual presence, a sort of remote-control existence, which the computer portrays as a hand-shaped mouse cursor. In this world are a range of locations and strange creatures, related loosely (and...
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4.1/5

( 47 Reviews )

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2004, Creature Labs, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows XP / Vista / 7, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible wi...
Description
Discover a large, living landscape - the surface a world called Albia. You exist in this world only as a virtual presence, a sort of remote-control existence, which the computer portrays as a hand-shaped mouse cursor. In this world are a range of locations and strange creatures, related loosely (and with considerable poetic license) to Northern myth. You begin near to the long-abandoned home of a family of Norns (small furry creatures), where a few eggs, languishing in a broken-down incubator, are almost all that remains of the Nornir race.

The first game in this twin pack introduces you to the world of artificial life technology and the Norns of Albia. Than you can discover the all-new Norns, Ettins and Grendels. Explore the Shee Laboratories and discover the all-new Norns inhabiting a vibrant, living eco-system - find the Genetic Splicer and defend your Norns against the vicious and disease-ridden Grendels.
  • Creatures: The Albian Years is a compilation of Creatures 1 with both Life Kits, Creatures 2 with its Life Kit and 6 Official Object Packs
  • Unique gameplay centered around breeding and raising autonomous, computer-controlled Norns
  • A complex AI system that mimics real behaviors
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manuals (46 pages)
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Release date:
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Size:
92 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone

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Posted on: April 17, 2021

Uberken

Games: 12 Reviews: 2

first class cyber pet +deeper complexity

A wonderful game. Superficially it is an electronic pet game. Under the hood it is a sophisticated (for it's day) artificial life simulator with simulated genetics, neurones, and biochemistry. There is an old fan community that has made many add-ons to this, and it's sequels. Check out creatures caves and geatville websites


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Posted on: June 22, 2016

18thAngel

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Games: 11 Reviews: 1

Great Game...

I Loved this game... but this version is NOT Runable on windows 8 or up!


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Posted on: October 28, 2014

CreaturesKid

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Games: 14 Reviews: 1

Well well well

Amazing childhood game, sadly I cant play Creatures 2 because GOG refuses to fix the error that happends when you try to play it in windows 8. So many more people could enjoy this game if they removed the black box that blocks the screen at start up.


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Posted on: November 22, 2009

GilloD

Games: 10 Reviews: 2

For kids? Not really.

Hooboy. Memories. I remember wanting this game so badly that I convinced my father to get us a new 500 MEGABYTE harddrive so I'd have the space to install it. I was totally taken in by the game, but to be honest, I never got that far. A lot of the logic behind creature development is obscured so that there's no way to tell if what you're doing is really doing any good. Add in enemy mobs that seem to routinely wipe my settlements and, well. Frustrating! Of course, I haven't played creatures in a good 12-15 years, so it may be better than I remember. But just prepare for some hair pulling :)


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Posted on: March 6, 2010

anica.vw

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Games: 9 Reviews: 1

Amazing!

This is a artificial life game that has loads of charm, beautiful graphics and will guarantee that you spend hours of your life exploring the two Albias with your norns and helping them rear offspring. The games run like a dream on today's computers and is not resource heavy like 3d games. There are also thousands of addons that can be downloaded for the game, to ensure that you'l never be bored with it. A must-have.


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