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[UristMcDwarf]

That game with Norns and stuff. I don't have it but want it.

Regale me with tales of the other side/

[RF]

Creatures was the best in terms of genetics (at least in base game, Creatures 2 had a bunch of new norns that completely revamped their genetics and made them, you know, actually survive, I don't think Creatures 3 really had anything of the sort, though) and I'd recommend it if you're wondering which one to get.

I wish they'd make a sequel instead of making shitty games for the BBC.

[lordcooper]

Umm...Grandroids?

[RF]

Umm...Grandroids?

Looks immensely creepy and really not what I'm after.

[lordcooper]

Umm...Grandroids?

Looks immensely creepy and really not what I'm after.

How can you tell?  There aren't any screenshots whatsoever that can claim any relevance to the project.

[Tilla]

Yah, the only screenshots they've had for Grandroids are either Placeholder art of Proof-of-Concept ideas, nothing at all legit.

[Aklyon]

Umm...Grandroids?

Looks immensely creepy and really not what I'm after.

Besides what the others have said about the pics, its just about the same thing by the same guy, but technologically upgraded and not stuck to the BBC. Unless you're just asking for stories, i don't understand what you're looking for.

[Neonivek]

It hardly matters talking about Gandroids. Unless your part of the donatothon (and paid substantially) you won't get to know anything about it for possible a year+

[diamok]

Sort of reads to me that he's looking for people to tell him how good, cool, awesome, or poor, bad, shit the game is.  Not recommend other games, concepts, or interject their personal ideas.

For me, Creatures was a blast, I loved the original 2 games....did not play any after which though.

I would highly recommend either of them...loads of fun to be had, whether your going to nurture your norns, leave them to their own devices, or play god/devil and do what whim fancies you at the time, you will have a good time doing so.

Take care,

[RF]

How can you tell?  There aren't any screenshots whatsoever that can claim any relevance to the project.

So, he's not basing it off his creepy monkeydroids?

[Moogie]

How can you tell?  There aren't any screenshots whatsoever that can claim any relevance to the project.

So, he's not basing it off his creepy monkeydroids?

No.

This is the only "in-game" screenshot we have so far, with a placeholder creature.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/don21a/Grandroid.png

[Solifuge]

Creatures was great fun. I remember being a giddy little dork and ordering Creatures 3 from overseas... had to save up for a while to get it, and then wait a year or so for a new computer that could run it. It was definitely worth the wait; if The Sims is like a fishtank with people in it, Creatures is like an aquarium filled with a complete alien world. I grew attached to my Norns, explored the game-world with a pair of them, taught them language with dialectal quirks for different regions, and watched them breed and evolve over time. Sometimes I'd leave it running in the background, and duck in to watch them wander around and interact with others and their little world, and having a spectrum of responses to encountering strange critters, or others of their kind who they were seeing for the first time.

It had a sense of vastness akin to the greater one you get from playing Dwarf Fortress, just with a thoroughly more biochemical and social bent. Heck, I should dig out my disk, and reinstall Creatures 3. It'd be interesting to get a fresh perspective on it. Maybe I'll do a Let's Play or Livestream of it.

[Neonivek]

My creatures 3 was stolen... so sad as I was still actively playing it at the time.

[Kogan Loloklam]

There is a free version of creatures, called "Docking Station"

http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/ds/ds_index.php

It also runs with creatures. You can't have Ettins and Grendels without the base sprite files though (which are found in creatures 3), so you will be SOL for the "original" content unless you can get your hands on it. Once upon a time they used to sell these little .exe files that added it for you. I think they shut down that store though.
There is a lot of free content out there that you can use though. There is also some open source projects for it in progress. Have fun!


Some helpful links:
Creatures Wikia
The Creatures Open Source Project
Docking Station

[Neonivek]

Yeah but Docking station is hardly a replacement for Creatures 3