The AI is quite impressive. You have to take care of little creatures called Norns. You have to teach them how to respond to their needs, though they can learn this by themselves and even each other(it's quite fascinating to see one little Norn say that it's hungry and an adult Norn telling it to eat some fruit!). When they get sick or hurt you can treat them with medical devices. You also need to take care of them by locking doors and creating defensive systems. You have to maintain the population by encouraging them to breed. (If you didn't know how, you can do this by putting a male next to a female and telling him to "push Norn":)). Before the Norns can speak, you can guide their actions by petting/tickling them to re-inforce good actions and spanking them to correct bad ones. Later you can do this by typing words. Obviously, teaching them to speak is important, and you can do this by telling them what each thing is, or by using an automated machine to teach them. It's a fascinating game which should provide months of entertainment. If you like virtual-people/creature simulations you can't miss this game. It would also make a good gift for your wife/girlfriend.
The AI is quite impressive. You have to take care of little creatures called Norns. You have to teach them how to respond to their needs, though they can learn this by themselves and even each other(it's quite fascinating to see one little Norn say that it's hungry and an adult Norn telling it to eat some fruit!). When they get sick or hurt you can treat them with medical devices. You also need to take care of them by locking doors and creating defensive systems. You have to maintain the population by encouraging them to breed. (If you didn't know how, you can do this by putting a male next to a female and telling him to "push Norn":)). Before the Norns can speak, you can guide their actions by petting/tickling them to re-inforce good actions and spanking them to correct bad ones. Later you can do this by typing words. Obviously, teaching them to speak is important, and you can do this by telling them what each thing is, or by using an automated machine to teach them. It's a fascinating game which should provide months of entertainment. If you like virtual-people/creature simulations you can't miss this game. It would also make a good gift for your wife/girlfriend.
Girl gamers in particular might find like playing with the creatures in the first part of this GOG. If you don't expect too much from the "intelligent creature simulation" and are willing to have some patience with the creatures you might have a good time.
In Beyond Divinity, the arch demon Samuel has bound your soul to that of a Death Knight. While opposites in terms of alignment and personality, the two of you agree to work together to escape the curse. You choose one of three classes (though you can customize and mix them through your choices): Warrior, Wizard and Survivor (Rogue). As mentioned above, you also get the Death Knight as a henchman, and can use summoning dolls to get temporary party members. You can customize the skills of all of them. The game offers addictive action You can control either one of the characters, or both. The other character will auto-attack. I picked a Wizard for the main character and actively controlled the Death Knight. While the Death Knight ran around the enemies, my Wizard hit them with spells. While the action was a lot of fun, the game is more than just hack-and-slash. There are meaningful dialogue choices, puzzles to solve, etc. The graphics are quite good (check out the screenshots), though I would have preferred some more variation in the backgrounds. The music was nice and added to the immersion in the game. The voice-acting was also generally good, with some exceptions. Overall, this game should offer hours of fun to anyone looking for a good hack-and-slash with considerable depth.
A very enjoyable and replayable RPG. Get it if you somehow missed it when it came out.
A very enjoyable and replayable RPG. Get it if you somehow missed it when it came out.
