Cell
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“a brilliant experiment in 'cellular automata'”
-- Ars Technica Image
"The afterglow of completing these levels is an excellent thing, a hot cocktail that sees you feeling smart, relieved and excited to see what's coming next. Suddenly, you're having a phenomenal time."
-- Eurogamer
"The story is one of the main pulling points of the game... Playing through the whole game and finding out what's going on is exciting stuff."
-- Gamezebo
In 'Cell: emergence' players fight a nanoscale war against disease inside the body of a sick child. The fast, deep simulation of tissues, antibodies, germs, nanomachinery, and other elements is achieved with a "dynamic voxel" gameworld, within which every visual detail has meaning, reacts to the player, and interacts with its neighbors.
Inspired by tense '80s arcade games like Defender, Centipede, and Missile Command, Cell offers 17 punishing levels that require players to decipher a level's "cellular automata" simulation and then battle living processes with speed and dexterity.
Check out the videos, free demo, and articles below to learn more about the game. If you like challenging arcade style games or wildly experimental game mechanics, this may be the game for you.
"an engrossing and tense fight with a virulent pathogen"
-- Electron Dance
Free Demo
Version 1.1 of the demo, which features three levels instead of one plus visual tutorial screens, has been rolled out to the following mirrors.
GET THE FREE DEMO FROM DESURA
GET THE FREE DEMO FROM STEAM
Videos
Due to the unfamiliar game mechanics, we strongly advise new players to watch the "Tutorial" video below in order to ease the learning curve.
Trailer
Tutorial
Developer Diary on "Massively Reactive" Gameplay
"Cell HD: emergence is a futuristic shooter steeped in a wonderful nostalgia and underlined with the simple but solid mechanics of the age."
-- Just Press Start
Versions & Price
The Xbox version sells for 400 MS Points. All of the PC outlets sell "Cell HD" for slightly more. Cell HD features twice as many cells (nearly 1,000,000, or 1,500,000 for the 1.2 release), higher quality sound, and more frenetic gameplay tuned to the mouse/trackpad.
Language Support
All versions of Cell feature English dialogue. "Cell: emergence" on Xbox has subtitles and menu text in German, Japanese, and Spanish. "Cell HD: emergence" on PC supports the preceding languages plus French, Italian, Russian, Korean, and Simplified Chinese.
1.2 HD Version Available from These PC Retailers.
1.1 HD Version Available from These PC Retailers.
1.1 Xbox version available for only $2.50!