The Darwinia demo

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 14th, 2005, 14:00

Has been released, C&C meets black and white meets pikmin meets meh, who happens to be a tron saddo.

http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=492

Post by **Dog Pants** » December 14th, 2005, 14:23

Hasn't this been out for ages? Or is there something new that I don't know about?

I know they recently re-released Darwinia with a different control system, and through Steam too I believe, because it was dying on it's arse. Which is a shame 'cos it's rather different. I played the last demo and didn't really like it though, but apparently a lot of people didn't and the new demo could be a different, better version.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » December 14th, 2005, 15:21

I played the demo, liked it. Bought the game, played it for a few hours before getting well and truely confused by having too much to think about. RTS = my brain hurts.

This is the same game I think but now available through Steam

Post by **Dog Pants** » December 14th, 2005, 16:09

Apparently (according to PC Gamer) it's very good, but as Spoodie says RTSs make my brain hurt so it didn't really appeal to me. Mind you, it just barely qualifies as an RTS and not in the conventional sense.

Post by **Joose** » December 14th, 2005, 17:15

Yeah, its more an old school shooter with some tactics thrown in almost as an afterthought. I found my brain started to ache due to the mad colours of death. It was like my brain had vomited into my eyeballs.

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » December 14th, 2005, 17:34

From the screenshots on the website there seemed to be a lack of prettyness.. is this true?

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » December 14th, 2005, 17:39

pixie pie wrote:From the screenshots on the website there seemed to be a lack of prettyness.. is this true?

The graphical style was the thing I liked most about the game, personally I find the quest for photorealism to be dull. abstraction FTW!

Post by **Joose** » December 14th, 2005, 17:39

Theres an overabundance of prettiness, in a wierd, oldschool way. Its not got bumpmapping or any of that modern claptrap. Just lots and lots of swishy moving colours.

Post by **FatherJack** » December 14th, 2005, 18:19

Dog Pants wrote:Hasn't this been out for ages? Or is there something new that I don't know about?

It was previously released, but it died on it's arse, partly because the makers are still a very small company. It's being re-released through Steam, and what with Gabe Newell raving about it, they've got a much larger potential customer base.

I kind of hope it does well, as it has a unique look and the creators deserve a break, but I don't think it's for me.
I have more RTS games than I want already, and something about its spacky Tron-style graphics irks me, although I can't say why.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » December 15th, 2005, 0:30

I played the demo a while ago, pretty impressive... although I can't imagine the full game holding my attention very long, it'd end up just confusing me or pissing me off.

Post by **deject** » December 19th, 2005, 18:16

Gunslinger42 wrote:I played the demo a while ago, pretty impressive... although I can't imagine the full game holding my attention very long, it'd end up just confusing me or pissing me off.

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