Posted by
Zonk
on from the this-one's-worth-looking-at dept.
Nuskrad writes "A demo of the long awaited Darwinia by indie game developers Introversion has been released. At the moment there is only a Win32 demo avaliable, but Mac OSX and Linux demos should be coming soon. You can grab the demo from the torrent."
Re:This game like totally sucks arse
by
andcarne
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· Score: 2, Insightful
You know, graphics don't make a game. Good gameplay and storyline do. The graphics for Darwinia are also fabulous looking, they just aren't the standard type. Also, if this was free and open source for linux it wouldn't exist. The people at Introversion need to pay for their room and board somehow.
Re:This game like totally sucks arse
by
Nuskrad
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· Score: 3, Insightful
The screenshots don't do the graphics justice, it really is a beatiful game once you play it. Also, you can't really comment on the storyline, since the game hasn't been released. As a beta tester I can tell you that although the storyline is simple, it is well executed and really adds to the game.
As for not being free; the developers have to make a living someway, isn't it better they're producing something innovative rather than still working at EA? Open source software is great, but computers can't exist without commercial software.
Oh god, another great waste of my time...
by
Thumper_SVX
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· Score: 3, Insightful
OK... there's not a lot of detail out there about this game... this was the first I'd ever heard about it... so let me fill everyone in;
Imagine a cross between Populous and Black & White (not so hard... they're related by parentage anyway) set in the world of Tron... that about sums it up.
OK... so after reading the story I grabbed the demo and played it for a few minutes. I admit it... I'd still be playing it if it weren't for my lovely wife making me tea. Bloody hell, I think I'm going to have to buy this one now I've played GTA to death
Seriously, it's a matter of taste though. It's not for everyone... but if you appreciate retro styling, nicely integrated sound and graphics in your games... and at least potentially addictive gameplay then you'll like it. If you're into FPS shooters or MMORPG's then this ain't for you... this is an old-fashioned "god game" using more recent advances in hardware to make the game I think we all THOUGHT we were playing when we played populous many many moons ago.
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You know, graphics don't make a game. Good gameplay and storyline do. The graphics for Darwinia are also fabulous looking, they just aren't the standard type. Also, if this was free and open source for linux it wouldn't exist. The people at Introversion need to pay for their room and board somehow.
As for not being free; the developers have to make a living someway, isn't it better they're producing something innovative rather than still working at EA? Open source software is great, but computers can't exist without commercial software.
OK... there's not a lot of detail out there about this game... this was the first I'd ever heard about it... so let me fill everyone in;
Imagine a cross between Populous and Black & White (not so hard... they're related by parentage anyway) set in the world of Tron... that about sums it up.
OK... so after reading the story I grabbed the demo and played it for a few minutes. I admit it... I'd still be playing it if it weren't for my lovely wife making me tea. Bloody hell, I think I'm going to have to buy this one now I've played GTA to death
Seriously, it's a matter of taste though. It's not for everyone... but if you appreciate retro styling, nicely integrated sound and graphics in your games... and at least potentially addictive gameplay then you'll like it. If you're into FPS shooters or MMORPG's then this ain't for you... this is an old-fashioned "god game" using more recent advances in hardware to make the game I think we all THOUGHT we were playing when we played populous many many moons ago.
Hope this helps!