Thanks Introversion for a wonderful game

[TheGreenKnight]

I finally got around to buying this; I bought a newish copy from eBay.

I have to say it is amazing. The graphics, the fact that I am playing it on a P3 866 running Linux, the little Darwinians who you start to feel protective towards, Dr S the Sir Clive Sinclair lookalike, the start-up intros, the music - awesome.

There's a lot more to this game than first meets the eye. Darwinians somersaulting, the box-kites which I have yet to understand. These things are giving the game depth and the game is drawing me in in a way I haven't experienced for a long time.

I love Darwinia

Regards,
TheGreenKnight

[Babylon5]

That's pretty much the same reason why I liked Darwinia, but I still never got into it as much as Uplink.

[Darksun]

the box-kites which I have yet to understand.

They're part of the Darwinian funeral ritual. They guide souls to the central repository (darwinian heaven)

[xander]

(darwinian heaven)

Hrm... that brings up an interesting question in my mind. Is the Soul Repository heaven? or is it more like Purgatory or Limbo? It is a place where their souls are dissasembled, and put back together again -- sounds like some of the higher circles of Hell, to me. However, there is the promise of rebirth and renewal -- the possibility of redemtion (i.e. Purgatory). In some senses, Western Christian thought doesn't even really apply, as the idea of reincarnation is not a part of that philosophy. What happens to a Buddhist when they die? or a Hindu?

xander

[trickfred]

(darwinian heaven)

Hrm... that brings up an interesting question in my mind. Is the Soul Repository heaven? or is it more like Purgatory or Limbo? It is a place where their souls are dissasembled, and put back together again -- sounds like some of the higher circles of Hell, to me. However, there is the promise of rebirth and renewal -- the possibility of redemtion (i.e. Purgatory). In some senses, Western Christian thought doesn't even really apply, as the idea of reincarnation is not a part of that philosophy. What happens to a Buddhist when they die? or a Hindu?

xander

Ah, the firey ritual of Carousel. Maybe they'll be renewed.

No tears for Caesar!

[TheShifter]

That's pretty much the same reason why I liked Darwinia, but I still never got into it as much as Uplink.

i cant decide which i prefer. it is tough - all IV's game are sooooo awsome

tom

[N0ught]

I love all of my children equally.