Darwinia? More like Creationinia!
February 22, 2009
As I cleaned up my office the other day I found my copy of Darwinia and that got me thinking about why I didn’t like the game. I remember seeing all the previews of the game and really liking the unique art style and presentation so when I saw a copy at Wal-Mart for low price of $8.77 CND I jumped on it.
The problem started after the first couple of tutorial levels. As I went through the tutorials it felt alot like a standard RTS game but with stick men and drawing commands instead of clicking buttons. As soon as the tutorial levels are over then the evelolution (Darwinism) part will kick-in, or so I thought. I can’t wait to see the weak Darwinias will die out and the stronger ones, with their unique traits, will live one.
Unfortunately that never happened. The Darwinia’s stayed exactly the same and continued to walk into the electric fence thingy and die in droves. You needed to create units and upgrade (evolve) as you would any standard RTS game.
In summary, Darwinia is just your standard creationist RTS God game with a cool art style.
