Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest Critic Reviews

A surprisingly fun and simple RTS, with great pacing and intuitive play.

Multiwinia is, in a two words, chaotically fun.

Multiwinia is a superb showing from the developers at Introversion with approachable, entertaining RTS gameplay and style to spare.

A fast, frenzied trip back to the world that Tron forgot.

It's a gorgeous, charming and suitably priced offering.

Click into its leftfield groove and Multiwinia provides a quirky but devilishly compelling distillation of all that strategy games can be - rich, deep and compressed into intense digestible chunks. Yummy.

Multiwinia makes most other RTS games look like bloated, honking walruses.

At the end of the day, Multiwinia is both a fun and different type of strategy title.

For fans of Darwinia, this game is an instant purchase, but I’d recommend waiting on the Arcade version for online play. For anyone on the fence, pick up the demo, and here’s hoping it gets the reaction on consoles it deserves.

It's a quick game which uses its brevity as a lure with that one-more go factor scoring very highly. Its rich visual style and strong core gameplay put many other monster titles to shame.

Multiwinia has a ton of longevity to offer. The game will surprise you constantly, while the formidable AI and exciting variety of match types means there’s plenty of manic multiplayer fun to be had.

The graphics in Multiwinia have a certain retro functional aesthetic that fits in perfectly with both the theme of the game and the style of play – simple and elegant, with very little to distract you from the gameplay at hand. Little has changed from Darwinia and system specs are kept comfortably low as a result. The game is quick to load and quick to play, which is all that a game like this should be.

If you have dedicated friends to play with, pick it up. If not, wait for Darwinia+ to come out on XBLA so you can have some competition. If that doesn't sell like hotcakes, there's no hope for the world.

While it certainly lacks the complexity of most RTS titles, Multiwinia still strikes a good balance between strategy and arcade action.

Fun little RTS on the cheap, proving that creativity can't be declared extinct just yet - even in this day and age of multi-million dollar game budgets. Best when played against human opponents.

Great for getting a quick RTS-style fix, it's unadulterated fun, if slightly on the light side.

Regardless of whether you're playing single or multiplayer, the game modes in Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest are well thought out and extremely good fun, even though they will confound you beyond belief should you be a newcomer to the series or, like me, not exactly the best strategist in the world.

This game isn’t just for arcade-aficionados, it’s truly enjoyable.

Best of all, the only real resource you need to manage is the Multiwinians, so the game becomes much less about who has the best build order and more about crushing the two-dimensional skulls of your brightly coloured foes.

While it’s lacking in singleplayer content, Multiwinia is fun, simple, and addictive.