These were some of the earliest PC games I've ever played, and I loved them dearly as a child growing up in the 90s. Wanted to experience some nostalgia, and figured I'd pick them up again. Checked the website and it showed that the Albian Years was compatible with Windows 10, so great! I thought, and picked them up. First one does indeed run on Windows 10, with some quirks but it definitely runs. Resolution is at a point where about a quarter of the entire world fits on your screen at one time, but that's not too much of an issue. Sadly though, Creatures 2, which originally came out for 95/98 has too many quirks in it's programming to run at all with Windows 10. I saw some folks get it to work with Windows 8 a couple years ago after much trial and error, but I literally sat here for 3 hours trying every damn trick in the book that I know (I'm not in IT but I'm pretty dang computer literate) plus anything I could research, but alas, nothing worked, in fact compatibility mode based stuff just made the game worse. The only way I can see anyone getting this to run is if they've got a Windows 98 or similar emulator, that they'd then have to install the game in, but so far I haven't taken that step and am loathe to try. It's especially sad because Creatures 2 is arguably the best in the series, and the one that I really wanted to play. Not sure what gog.com can do to fix this, lately they seem to have moved away from selling and providing support for older games and have seemed to completely shifted this website/store's focus to indie and new titles almost exclusively. TL;DR this would absolutely be a 5 star review, if it worked. If you really want to play the first game, this isn't a bad price honestly but know that if you're on a newer rig you will simply NOT be able to get Creatures 2 to work.
