Evolva
A game in which mankind sends its bio-engineered troops to stop a parasite race from destroying the universe. Evolva combines the excitement of a fast paced shoot-em-up with the tactical challenge of…
Evolva is an adventure developed by Computer Artworks, released 1 June 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Evolva is
Evolva is an adventure game developed by Computer Artworks and released in 2000. It was published by Interplay Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on A-Life.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A game in which mankind sends its bio-engineered troops to stop a parasite race from destroying the universe. Evolva combines the excitement of a fast paced shoot-em-up with the tactical challenge of commanding a squad. Fight against the alien parasites and save the planet. This is survival of the fittest!Appealing scenery with an other-worldly feelingAn unusual character development system based on mutationsUse your GenoHunters' unique abilities to your advantage
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Evolva holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 or better. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Evolva launched on 1 June 2000, within three weeks of Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition, Shogun: Total War, Perfect Dark and Ground Control. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition, Shogun: Total War, Perfect Dark, Ground Control.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Evolva yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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