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I've just finished Darwinia Introversion Software's 2nd game, the one before Defcon.
And wow it's just sublime, it's a Real Time Strategy game, in the vein of Cannon Fodder, where you're commanding an army of programs to protect a civilization of baby AI's created by a reclusive genius from recycled 80's computers. You have to fight your way through the world clearing the 'system' of the red virus who manifest as simple virus snakes, spiders, dragons, ants and then corrupted red Darwinians as well.
One of the great things about the game is how much character it and the little Darwinians have despite, or perhaps because of how simple the game is. With just a few touches, like how when Darwinians die their companions release little kites into the air and or how expressive the story as told by Professor Sepulvda is despite him being just text and a few static pictures.
There's a moment where he's talking about how they've managed to hack the visual systems to be able to see the outside world and the 'camera' pulls back to show us the entire shining sky full of networks that really managed to affect me.
It also amuses me of how much their love of the Spectrum and Sir Clive Sinclair is evident, along with things like 'space invaders' being your bombers  .
Have a look at this demo and you can download a playable demo here
Anyone else played Darwinia then? |
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