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. There are some minor issues that bog the game down from time to time, but they are easy to overlook considering how much care and thought went into the overall package. Everything from the music to the intro bootloaders to the Darwinian's culture has been meticulously crafted for an experience unlike any other game out there. You'll definitely want to invite these little guys onto your hard drive.
Presentation - 8.5
Graphics - 7.0
Sound - 9.5
Gameplay - 9.0
Lasting Appeal - 8.5
Overall -
Mark Morris, a co-founder of Introversion Software on the indie games scene, the impact of Minecraft, and how before Notch "we all had a dream, now we know the dream is achievable", on distribution platforms - how Steam is a priority for developers - and on how the best route in to games development is trying indie, before aspiring to work as part of a team at the 'old guard' (a big name studio).
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Darwinia + was a serious sleeper hit. Probably one of the more original games out there. Some big misses though.
Coplanet: Darwinia +, Introversion Software title for the Xbox 360, will be familiar to anyone: it is a collection of two computer games, and MultiWin Darwinia, released in 2005 and 2008 respectively, which were pumped for the occasion, revised and corrected .
