Creatures 2

by Mindscape

Product Features

• One of the most innovative software programs ever made, Creatures 2 Deluxe Edition is an excellent artificial life simulation that, in my humble opinion, deserves much more praise than Will Wright's very fun but much more simplistic The Sims.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002S85S
• Item model number: 54131
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,019 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #12 in Software > Children's Software > Virtual Pets
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

A huge living world and six norn eggs are waiting to be hatched in this sequel to Creatures. Begin with your first baby creature and start exploring Albia for the first time. With dangers lurking around every corner, you must be on your guard if you and your family of norns are to build a peaceful existence. Ultimately, you may even find the genetic splicing machine and be rid of the menace of the vicious grendels forever.

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description A huge living world and six norn eggs are waiting to be hatched in this sequel to Creatures. Begin with your first baby creature and start exploring Albia for the first time. With dangers lurking around every corner, you must be on your guard if you and your family of norns are to build a peaceful existence. Ultimately, you may even find the genetic splicing machine and be rid of the menace of the vicious grendels forever. . . MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS Minimum CPU Speed: 166 MHz Minimum RAM Required: 16 MB Minimum Hard Disk Space: 300 MB Graphics Type: SVGA Graphics Resolution: 800x600 Color Depth: High Color

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Creatures 2 review (Look Please), December 4, 1999

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Meredith Meeks (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creatures 2 (CD-ROM)

Some of the other Reviews for Creatures 2 aren't so good, and I relize This, but once you get into it and you start to like the idea of saving the ecosystem, AND SOME REALLY CUTE NORNS from complete destruction,then you begin to understand your Norns, Grendels and Ettins. It's not as hard as people say. They're all close minded. this is a really challenging game, and I'll admit to that, but the norns do obey you, they do seem real, and they do listen to your commands, even if your not an animal tamer, and you can save Albia, Even if your not an expert bioligist. It's not as hard as people make it out to be. And the norns really are sweet things, I'll admit they aren't as cute and cuddly as the first Creatures adventure, but they are cute. I think that people just need to relax and try to understand the meaning of this game, which is really easy to do, I really like it. People just need to have an open opinion on some of these things. If you want my advice, this is a really interesting game, it makes you think, there are gene splicers to create your own norns, and ettins,and all types of neat adventures ready for you as you explore a computer world complete within itself, and virtualy perfect except for the Grendels.( YUUCCCKKKK! )This Truly is a great game, a work of 3D art, but if your not ready to give these creatures your full dedication and time, then this isn't the game for you, although it is fun. Have fun and play great, I hope kids of all ages can appreciate this wonderful game, but I don't recomend this game for anyone under 10 (It WILL be to hard for them! )have fun!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun with difficulty, February 15, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Creatures 2 (CD-ROM)

This is a game that I'd advise you to buy, but not without reading the pro's and con's, because this game might not be for you.

Pros: *Creatures look neat

*Sound is good

*Area is large

*What could be more fun than to raise your own creature?

*Creatures can breed.

*Third party add-ons available and encouraged

Cons:

*Game is very, very difficult

*They can easily die

*Aren't too intelligent i.e. Creature is holding food "Bob extremely hungry, get food"

*Frustrating

Even with the cons, this game is still a very good game. The game in a nutshell: Hatch creatures(Norns), teach them to speak, tickle them for good behavior, slap them for bad, feed them, care for them, get them to rest enough, get them to breed with another, get a large generation of norns.

A good game if you like to spend a lot of time on the computer.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is the best Creatures-game, I think!, June 2, 2004

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"crimsonnorn" (Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creatures 2 (CD-ROM)

1.Download the breeds and objects you find the most interesting from the net(like, the Life kits are now free!)
2.Hatch few norns, and teach them to speak
3.Explore the world with them, but be careful about going to the volcano, it has some radiation :o
4.The grendels are not really evil in this game, they hardly hit norns and are quite peaceful, but still, there's need to watch out
5.Breed your norns, and get interesting crossbreeds!
6.And so on...this game is the best ever! I RECOMMEND THIS TO EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!