Discover a large living landscape the surface a world called Albia You exist in this world only as a virtual presence a sort of remotecontrol existence which the computer portrays as a handshaped mouse cursor In this world are a range of locations and strange creatures related loosely and with considerable poetic license to Northern myth You begin near to the longabandoned home of a family of Norns small furry creatures where a few eggs languishing in a brokendown incubator are almost all that remains of the Nornir race The first game in this twin pack introduces you to the world of artificial life technology and the Norns of Albia Than you can discover the allnew Norns Ettins and Grendels Explore the Shee Laboratories and discover the allnew Norns inhabiting a vibrant living ecosystem find the Genetic Splicer and defend your Norns against the vicious and diseaseridden Grendels Creatures The Albian Years is a compilation of Creatures 1 with both Life Kits Creatures 2 with its Life Kit and 6 Official Object Packs Unique gameplay centered around breeding and raising autonomous computercontrolled Norns A complex AI system that mimics real behaviors