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[[Image:Creatures2officialstrategiesandsecretscover.jpg|left|thumb|Book cover]]This book was written by [[Toby Simpson]]. It describes [[Creatures 2]] and provides a good guide for new players - although much of the information presented in it is available in more detail on various [[:Category:Websites|community websites]], it does collect it in one place in an offline format. It is available from Amazon ([http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0782124402/ UK]/[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782124402/ US]).
 
[[Image:Creatures2officialstrategiesandsecretscover.jpg|left|thumb|Book cover]]This book was written by [[Toby Simpson]]. It describes [[Creatures 2]] and provides a good guide for new players - although much of the information presented in it is available in more detail on various [[:Category:Websites|community websites]], it does collect it in one place in an offline format. It is available from Amazon ([http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0782124402/ UK]/[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782124402/ US]).
  
As its title would suggest, the book does go into quite a bit of detail and gives numerous tips and tricks (for example, what to do in the case of unconscious norns). Unfortunately the release of this strategy guide was closely timed with the US release of the game. This led some users to believe that [[Cyberlife]] had [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?threadm=503280687wnr%40horn.demon.co.uk deliberately left things out of the manual], while it is more likely that they were assuming that the C2 norn [[genome]] would successfully retain the training imparted by users - in many cases it did not, leading to [[OHSS]]. It may also have been the case that the manual had a tighter deadline than the book, considering Mindscape's requirements for translation, packaging and distribution. Mindscape also caused certain details to be removed from the manual in order to simplify it, which may have led people to feel it was underprovisioned.
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As its title would suggest, the book does go into quite a bit of detail and gives numerous tips and tricks (for example, what to do in the case of unconscious norns). Unfortunately the release of this strategy guide was closely timed with the US release of the game. This led some users to believe that [[Cyberlife]] had [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?threadm=503280687wnr%40horn.demon.co.uk deliberately left things out of the manual], while it is more likely that they were assuming that the C2 norn [[genome]] would successfully retain the training imparted by users - in many cases it did not, leading to [[OHSS]].
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It may also have been the case that the manual had a tighter deadline than the book, considering Mindscape's requirements for translation, packaging and distribution. Mindscape also caused certain details to be removed from the manual in order to simplify it, which could have led people to feel it was underprovisioned.
 
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Book cover

This book was written by Toby Simpson. It describes Creatures 2 and provides a good guide for new players - although much of the information presented in it is available in more detail on various community websites, it does collect it in one place in an offline format. It is available from Amazon (UK/US).

As its title would suggest, the book does go into quite a bit of detail and gives numerous tips and tricks (for example, what to do in the case of unconscious norns). Unfortunately the release of this strategy guide was closely timed with the US release of the game. This led some users to believe that Cyberlife had deliberately left things out of the manual, while it is more likely that they were assuming that the C2 norn genome would successfully retain the training imparted by users - in many cases it did not, leading to OHSS.

It may also have been the case that the manual had a tighter deadline than the book, considering Mindscape's requirements for translation, packaging and distribution. Mindscape also caused certain details to be removed from the manual in order to simplify it, which could have led people to feel it was underprovisioned.