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The glowing grid-mapped lovechild of Tron, Lemmings, and Centipede

Words: Matt Peckham, GamesRadar US
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It's easy to conceive of Darwinia being far more interesting if your Darwinians actually did get smarter over time. Imagine groups exhibiting learned behavior and clashing with other groups over the best way to get from A to B, or even a broader array of tasks than endless variations on "round up."

Darwinia has been available on the direct-download Steam service for some time now (and for $10 less than this boxed edition), so it's not really worth it to get this retail version unless you need a CD and a not-terribly-helpful instruction manual. You should also try the free demo first - Darwinia 's weird, but it might well not be your kind of weird.

You'll love
  • Retro-arcade gameplay
  • Eccentric strategy mechanics
  • Emotional (albeit short) storyline
You'll hate
  • Simplistic, repetitive gameplay
  • Stinky pathfinding
  • Clash between 2D/3D mechanics

 
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Darwinia

Genre: Strategy
Release date: Dec 14, 2005
Published by: Cinemaware Marquee
Developed by: Introversion Software
Min system requirements: 600 MHz (or equivalent) processor, 128 MB RAM, 60 MB hard drive, 16 MB video card, DirectX 9.0
Recommended system: 1.0 GHz (or equivalent) processor, 256 MB RAM, 64 MB video card
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
1 player SOLO
6 DECENT
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