Having kids, I imagine, must be a fantastic laugh. Just imagine the myriad opportunities for abusing your position as parent: you could condition them to be afraid of facial hair, or convince them that they are only being kept and fed so you can slaughter them once they’re suitably plump. Tragically, due to my chronic halitosis, Creatures 3 is probably as close as I’ll get to ever being a daddy. The Creatures series is actually a bunch of artificial life simulators that can only be loosely described as games. Your task is to raise Norns right, and this involves everything from teaching them English to making sure they eat properly. Once they reach an age of maturity they’ll try to find a mate whom they can kiss, which makes a baby (so that’s how it works). Their genetic characteristics will get passed on to their children, and they’ll interact with their progeny, and even teach them to talk and so on. The little guys need things to interact with in their little world, and there’s no shortage of stimuli. As well as all the gadgets, toys, machines and vehicles that clutter up the huge, living spaceship the Norms inhabit, there are also two other races: the mysterious but friendly Ettins and the mean Grendels. The other life forms are also AI-driven, and they’ll talk to, fight, play with and generally muck about with your charges. But thats it, then it gets very boring.
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Boring after a few games
Value for money
Limited value
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