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Quick Look: EX: Darwinia Plus

Introversion drops by to show off their XBLA release and start digital wildfires.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Feb. 5 2010

Cast: Ryan

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Darwinia+

Mark Morris

Chris Delay

142 Comments

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Edited By Toxin066

Before this QL, I'd never even heard of this. Thank goodness GB has a wiki!

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@Toxin066 said:
" Before this QL, I'd never even heard of this. Thank goodness GB has a wiki! "
Same here. lol.
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Edited By spaceturtle

EX! I love them QL EX's!

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Edited By zeforgotten

Aaaw a Quick Look EX. 
Oh well, I can survive some "This game is awesome" talk from a developer who worked on the game. 
I remember liking Darwinia and Miltiwinia a lot at some point. I wonder why I stopped playing

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Edited By THE_END

Wow.......I hate games like this.  Thanks for the QL...I'll definitely pass on this one.

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Edited By blair

S'all good baby BAY-bay.

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Edited By Majkiboy

Kinda cool it seems

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Edited By 34wsdfsdfwe

Played the original on Steam, and it was excellent. Nice to see it resurface on Live..

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Edited By thomasmolby

Cool game. I might get it again so I can play it from a better chair :-)

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Edited By Annai

Looks fun. Wish I had an XBox. :)

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Edited By Alphazero

I've been meaning to buy the first version on Steam for years... might be time on XBLA.

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Edited By nanikore

Yeah.... no.

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Edited By trace

I remember trying a Darwinia demo a long while ago for the PC, and it never really hooked me. This does look interesting, though, especially Multiwinia.
 
If it weren't for Introversion tiring of their older titles, I'd be hoping for a XBLA version of DEFCON. That was a pretty chaotic game in multiplayer, too, despite some continental imbalances and the ease of ganging up to win a game.

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@ZeForgotten:
Actually, they were quite humble and pleasant. Probably the least amount of shilling that I've seen in a QL EX
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Edited By Sniipe

God I love British people.  These guys seem really nice and a British accent makes me like someone immediately.  Also, never played it before, but I think the game looks awesome... great concept.

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@THE_END said:
"Wow.......I hate games like this.  Thanks for the QL...I'll definitely pass on this one. "


I can't think of any games that are like this. Maybe Black&White or Sacrifice, but they are differen. What did you have in mind ?!?!

But it doesn't look to good to me neither.

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God I love Darwinia. Can't wait.

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Edited By Robo

This game looks pretty awesome. Especially the multiplayer.

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Edited By Jimbo

Five years ago by the way, still has a nice look to it though.  Darwinia was ok, never played Multiwinia but it looks surprisingly good.

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Edited By MeatSim

Well I am gonna try out the trial version at the least.

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Edited By peepeepoopoo696

Interesting, like other I have not heard of this series before, but I'll check it out.

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Edited By Hemlock

Darwinia is great, if you haven't played it yet you owe it to yourself.

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Edited By Seraphim2150

I'm getting this on release.
 
Ended up chatting to Introversion at an expo, and they are a really good bunch of guys. Indie but not pretentious

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Edited By Dylabaloo

Awhhh Ryan should have let them play another game mode.

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Edited By Huzzabari

should be darwinia + points

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Edited By Earthborn

I always thought Darwinia would really benefit from the XBLA scene. Hopefully it will do well.
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Edited By Landmine

This game was great on the pc, I'm looking forward to playing it on the couch.

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Edited By hatking

I always heard about this game... never knew much about it though.  Dude I'm in.  This looks like a lot of goofy fun.
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Edited By Olimar_91

This looks excellent. I was definitely skeptical of what I'd seen before, but this convinced me. Must buy.

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Edited By ConduitFourSale

This is some trippy lookin shit!  Very interesting actually.  I wouldn't mind trying it out.

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Edited By havelava

This is a buy for me, im stoked

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Edited By spiceninja

I bought this (original not Plus) for $5 on PC sealed, in box, with post and keychain at a discount store about 5 years ago. And I've never gotten past the 4th or 5th level.

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Edited By Milkman

These guys were pretty funny but can't say I'm all that interested in the game.

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Edited By citizenjp

Awesome. I love how they have actual lore and a bit of history to the game. Deep shit for a downloadable game. Amazing art style and looks fun so I'm defs gonna hit this up.

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I've always wanted to buy it on Steam, but maybe I'm just going to get it from XBLA.

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Is it me, or does Mark Morris sound like a British version of Drew? 
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Edited By steevl

I got this game on Steam years ago and loved it. Got Multiwinia last year during the Steam sale, but have barely touched it. I'm kind of tempted to get this version too.

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@Milkman said:
" These guys were pretty funny but can't say I'm all that interested in the game. "
yeah, i got it on steam.. it was fun for an hour or two, and kind of a neat "abstract" RTS... but yeah i ran into a bug or something and got stuck, and i never went back....
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How many times did he say "afterlife"? 
 
Wish I had played this, maybe I should get it on Steam.

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How many times did he say "afterlife"? 
 
Wish I had played this, maybe I should get it on Steam.

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Edited By mrsmiley

This looks sweet! I'm definitely buying. Like a simplified RTS with awesome style. :)

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This looks sweet! I'm definitely buying. Like a simplified RTS with awesome style. :)

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Edited By numberThirtyOne

If "pulling a Brad" is dying in a QL, then "pulling a Ryan" is cutting the QL short when there was more to see... 
  
"I'm callin' it" or "we're out of time" are his go to lines.

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Tip of my hat to Ryan for politely listening through all of that Darwinia lore.

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Edited By mrcellophane

This actually looks really interesting. If I had a 360 I'd probably buy it. I'm a PS3 man though.. :(

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Supelvadia looks like buddy wakefield

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Edited By EpicSteve

Instead of getting the PC version, I've been holding out on the 360 version this whole time. Thank God!

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22:05. Oh dear.

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I remember playing the PC version a long time ago and liking it a lot. I'll be glad to play this on the ol XBLA. 

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Ughhh I can't stand the Devs talking about everything.  Just let the game speak for itself and maybe throw in a comment here and there.  Takes 4 minutes just to start the game...