GamePro: "As uninspired as the story is, the missions are equally unimaginative. If you're looking for much in the way of objective-based missions, you're not going to find it in Darkspore. Your tasks follow a predictable formula: see bad guys, click on bad guys, kill bad guys until you reach a boss; kill the boss.
The hacking and slashing does feel really great, the controls responding as you would expect from this genre, and there's a wide assortment of loot to keep you replaying the stages. The dungeons themselves come in a variety of flavors, e.g. weird rainforest, space deck, or lunar surface. The maps are generally easy to navigate, and I did appreciate how well the levels flowed, encouraging me down winding passageways toward my goal."
Darkspore is back on Steam, following its recent removal from the digital distribution service over service issues.
In the wake of the game's removal from Steam, developer Maxis has denied claims that Darkspore has been abandoned, instead announcing that a persistent play-denying issue has been fixed after months of gamer complaints.
GameZone writes, "Electronic Arts has reached out to us to clarify some confusion stemming from a game-breaking bug in Darkspore that resulted in players unable to log-in to the game and its eventual removal from the Steam store."
I loved playing the beta of this game and probably would have bought it on release but Im definitely waiting till I can get a few of my friends to buy it with me.
Single player was okay, but co-op is a blast. The review is pretty accurate but I think even with him mentioning that co-op is much more fun I still think it understates just how fun this game can be playing with friends.
Also, I really loved the music and atmosphere that the game provided everything just comes together and works well.