Darwinia

Fun and original swarm management game, sort of Pikmin-y, sort of RTS-y, and as aesthetic as TRON.

Simple, chill, and fun, but way too slow. The game is unclear and doesn't properly explain how to do much of anything until you've figured it out for yourself (i.e. taking data centers, attacking, what can be built where, checking objectives, having objectives explained). Lack of pathfinding is annoying and slows the gameplay down as well. Recommended if you like classics, but not if you're impatient or easily bored.

The only problem this game has - it forces you to sacrifice hundrends of cute litte 1-bit darwinians to save the world.. and then you can recycle them back to life to send them straight back into digital war. 10/10. Everyone should play this. Sad that this game is quite short - well under 5h even if you are bad at rts.

One of the first real non-browser computer games I ever played, and it holds up to this day. Game is beautiful, challenging, and has a solid amount of well-scaling content. Some aspects require patience, but it's really not that bad. I don't find it tedious at all. As someone who doesn't like RTS games, I love this game because you are able to exercise total control over units (especially the squads) when you want to, and can let them manage themselves at other times. Perfect blend of hands-on action, and big picture map strategy. Nothing else like it.

i hate this game

I bought this because the visuals appealed to me and it was cheap during a sale. Played it, got confused, and then my 9th grade biology teacher shows up to blab about how the game works. Just like in high school I ignore everything he says because he spews more words than I can mentally process. If you're a simpering dolt like me you will not enjoy this.

I've finished the game a few times. I loved it. Would have loved to see more like it. Maybe more games set in this world. Like an fps down on the ground level. It's got a kind of birds eye view tron vibe.

Nice and ambient setting, pretty fun gameplay, and its fun to command smaller things to shoot at other small things.

Dr. Sepulveda, pull the udder one.

Truly a pioneer for its time. Nowadays that means lots of interface, pathing and broken level issues. Navigating those is the only challenge in this game. Did teach me not to use grenade launcher uphill. There is that.