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Darwinia+
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 32 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Introversion Software
Developer: Introversion Software
Genre(s): Strategy
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: February 10, 2010
Summary
[Xbox Live Arcade] Over thousands of generations the peaceful Darwinians have been evolving in a beautiful digital world, but now their whole way of life is under threat from a devastating computer virus that has infected their world and decimated their numbers. Without your protection they don't stand a chance, and it’s up to you to lead them into battle to recapture their lost world in Darwinia+! Once you've proven your command ability, take your Darwinian army online and challenge your friends to strategic combat, as tribes of Darwinians slaughter one another in a desperate struggle for supremacy. [Introversion Software]
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What The Critics Said
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1UP
The multiplayer component may not be to everyone's taste, but the original game is nothing short of brilliant. Meanwhile, very much like the XBLA version of Rez, it's a game that doesn't show it's age on account of the fact that it was deliberately, stylishly dated to begin with.
Read Full Review >WonderwallWeb
You won't believe such a huge game has been released on XBLA. This will take ages to play through and is fun throughout.
Read Full Review >Play.tm
As a package Darwinia+ is darned near perfect. It packages addictive original gameplay in a charmingly retro aesthetic, making me both wonder why the game took so long to make it to XBLA and glad that Introversion took the time to make it work the way it does.
Read Full Review >IGN
Darwinia+ is one of the most impressive packages available on Xbox Live Arcade. For $15 you get two complete games set in a fascinating virtual reality.
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
While there are some flaws, I think you would be hard pressed to find a game with a larger fun to value ratio. Darwinia by itself would have been worth the price of admission but you also get the fantastic Multiwinia thrown in which makes this a great deal.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
Darwinia+ is the wine and cheese of video gaming. The palatable mix of genres might turn off some players and delight others, and the art style probably won't fly for gamers who need next-gen graphics. Despite that, Darwinia+ offers a ton of gameplay for the moderate price of 1200 Microsoft Points (or $15 in non-funny-money).
Read Full Review >GamingExcellence
Multiwinia and Darwinia are both solid games individually, borrowing from a variety of genres to produce something engaging and interesting. Having both bundled into a single package makes Darwinia+ a ridiculously solid proposition.
Read Full Review >Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
An intuitive port of two excellent games. Without doubt, one of the best things you'll find on XBLA.
Read Full Review >Totally360
Innovative, extremely slick and thoroughly enjoyable. If you fancy something that feels like a gamer’s game, and are tired of disappointingly shallow XBLA releases, then Darwinia + should be on the top of your purchase list.
Read Full Review >Pelit (Finland)
At the price of one game, you get the wonderfully weird single-player campaign of Darwinia and the multiplayer mayhem of Multiwinia. Add to this the unique retro-style presentation and you’ve got a title that is highly recommended. [Apr 2010]
RealGamer
Sure, it won’t be to all tastes, and it seems to do everything it can to put you off from the start, but for those with a taste for original ideas and an eye for careful design, Darwinia+ should be near the top of your download queue.
Read Full Review >Gamer 2.0
Nothing in Darwinia+ is spectacularly breathtaking, but it manages to rope you in with all its charm and subtle nerd humor, and you just don’t want to let go.
Read Full Review >D+PAD Magazine
There’s nothing else out there quite like it, and Darwinia+ will absolutely delight anyone who fondly remembers the arcade games of the seventies and eighties.
Read Full Review >MS Xbox World
It's esoteric in the extreme, it's nostalgic to a fault and its sentimental nature will not appeal to everyone. Plus, it'll probably take you two hours just to figure out if you really like it.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
While Darwinia+ may not be perfect, it’s great to see a game that’s not afraid to defy convention succeed so convincingly and remind us that it doesn’t take triple-A budgets and big name developers to produce a true gem.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Darwinia+ is a crazy addictive repackaging of two great puzzle real-time strategy games for Xbox Live Arcade.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
Innovative, unique and utterly charming in its self-contained universe, it comes highly recommended to open-minded 360 owners.
Read Full Review >Edge Magazine
The details of each individual victory may fade with time, but you’ll never forget the fractal patchwork rippling beneath you, or the stormy static of the clouds that clash overhead.
Read Full Review >Thunderbolt
If you’re looking for a fair value and a unique take on two stagnant genres, you can’t do much better than Darwinia+.
Read Full Review >Gamervision
Introversion put a massive amount of heart into the Xbox Live port of their beloved RTS, and it shows.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
Diverse online multiplayer battles are exciting and accessible. [Apr 2010, p.80]
Gaming Target
Darwinia+ is one of the most unique looking games on XBLA and with Multiwinia, is one of the most fun.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
Darwinia+ is one of the coolest titles currently available in the XBLA library.
Read Full Review >Everyeye.it
A nice porting for this peculiar game, full of strategy and visually entertaining.
Read Full Review >Gamereactor Sweden
Darwinia+ both looks and feels really unique. You are supposed to help the adorable little darwinien creatures to evolve and act like their god. It is somewhat slow paced and has some minor control issues, but is a really charming indie game for everyone that wants to play something different.
Read Full Review >Teletext GameCentral
Beautifully bizarre retro graphics can't hide the rough edges on this real-time action strategy.
Read Full Review >Boomtown
Sepulveda has so lovingly created? No, absolutely, unequivocally not. Darwinia+ deserves to be experienced by as many people as possible. It’s not going to be for everyone, that’s for certain. Some won’t even give it longer than the first couple of levels (which are painstakingly slow and confusing to boot) or be able to forgive it its frailties.
Read Full Review >games(TM)
Pretty much as good a console RTS as you're likely to play. [Issue#93, p.121]
X360 Magazine UK
A bit of a mixed bag, liable to entertain but for reasons that you'll struggle in vain to fathom. [Issue#56, p.104]
Strategy Informer
Enjoy it for the looks, the controls and cuteness of it all and enjoy it for the simplicity, most of all.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
Darwinia+ has an interesting idea behind it, and its retro aesthetic and aural qualities are a great touch to the game's digital world. But given all the laborious gameplay, I would hesitate to recommend it to most. The multiplayer, exclusive to this XBLA release, might add a little bit of pizzaz.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Yulia V. gave it a10:
The campaign mode is very engaging and reveals a beautiful story!
