After trying out the demo, I bought the game on a chance that it was going to be good. I?ve heard from a few people that it was good and I?ve read good reviews, but the demo was discouraging because it didn?t give you an idea of the story. Technically it did, but it wasn?t made aware. It seemed like I completed the story, which was a weird thing to happen in a demo.
The story to the game is as follows: This scientist created a world with really good AI; green computer people that have digital souls. These are the Darwinians. They live in Darwinia. But virii have attacked them and now you have to kill them and replendish the Darwinian population. You help the Darwinians and the scientist with this task. This is pretty much it. Throughout the game, though, the scientist explains how the entire world of Darwinia works. He explains all about Darwinia and the Darwinians and how they are created, live, evolve and what happens when they die. It's interesting.
The game starts out slow paced and speeds up later. This is about the same time when you get to the red Darwinians, corrupt versions. They also start getting more creative with level design and you?ll need to use more strategy to win. There are a few levels, though, that look really difficult, due to so many enemies, but are way too easy. Still, at times, the game has me asking, ?What are they going to hit me with next??
You may wonder what the scientist is doing while you?re here doing all the killing. Throughout the game, he works on updating the programs (weapons and other tools) that you use in the game to help you. He either makes increases efficiency or adds new capabilities to them. And you get to choose what you want him to update. You won?t have time throughout the game to update all of them so, choose well.
Other than a few questionable level designs, the game lacks polish elsewhere. In some of the last few levels, having the sound quality turned all the way up induces crashes in later levels. There is no patch available yet, so tuning it down is the only option. You still get a lot of slow downs and pauses. It?s annoying, but never got me killed.
The game?s strongest point is its display of personality. Every time you start the game, a different introduction shows. It cycles through a hand full of them. The game also does a good job of making you feel connected to the Darwinians by personifying them through the stories the scientist tells you. And the graphics close the deal; they are most unique and colorful.
Overall, the game stands as a simple strategy, providing hours of fun for even non-strategy gamers. The price also helps drown out the lack of polish.
The story to the game is as follows: This scientist created a world with really good AI; green computer people that have digital souls. These are the Darwinians. They live in Darwinia. But virii have attacked them and now you have to kill them and replendish the Darwinian population. You help the Darwinians and the scientist with this task. This is pretty much it. Throughout the game, though, the scientist explains how the entire world of Darwinia works. He explains all about Darwinia and the Darwinians and how they are created, live, evolve and what happens when they die. It's interesting.
The game starts out slow paced and speeds up later. This is about the same time when you get to the red Darwinians, corrupt versions. They also start getting more creative with level design and you?ll need to use more strategy to win. There are a few levels, though, that look really difficult, due to so many enemies, but are way too easy. Still, at times, the game has me asking, ?What are they going to hit me with next??
You may wonder what the scientist is doing while you?re here doing all the killing. Throughout the game, he works on updating the programs (weapons and other tools) that you use in the game to help you. He either makes increases efficiency or adds new capabilities to them. And you get to choose what you want him to update. You won?t have time throughout the game to update all of them so, choose well.
Other than a few questionable level designs, the game lacks polish elsewhere. In some of the last few levels, having the sound quality turned all the way up induces crashes in later levels. There is no patch available yet, so tuning it down is the only option. You still get a lot of slow downs and pauses. It?s annoying, but never got me killed.
The game?s strongest point is its display of personality. Every time you start the game, a different introduction shows. It cycles through a hand full of them. The game also does a good job of making you feel connected to the Darwinians by personifying them through the stories the scientist tells you. And the graphics close the deal; they are most unique and colorful.
Overall, the game stands as a simple strategy, providing hours of fun for even non-strategy gamers. The price also helps drown out the lack of polish.
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