GameSpot – DarkSpore hands on at GamesCom 2010

A new preview for Maxis’ DarkSpore, this time from GameSpot.  Thanks to reader Mirco.M for the link!

The area we were placed in was called Cryos, a planet with floating ice fields over plasma. Before visiting any new planet, you’ll be able to check out what kind of non-player characters are going to be there and what kind of abilities they have. Each planet is vastly different from the others, so it’s crucial to see what you’re going up against and pick the best team to bring with you. We were able to play cooperatively with three other people and had our three creatures already picked out for us. Instead of playing through a game with just one hero, Darkspore focuses on a collection of heroes, so that you have plenty of variety and can create the best possible team before checking out a new planet. As we saw in our previous preview, the game will have five different creature types, each with its own resistances. Every hero that you play as will be unique, as you can customize it based on all the pickups you get as you progress through the game.

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