Co-Optimus – hands on with Darkspore

As I clicked and moved my ranged character around the screen I came across a shielded enemy encampment. Since it was shielded my attacks didn’t do anything against it, so I quickly switched into a melee/tank class character that looked a bit like a fire golem and charged in. Switching characters on the fly offers some unique bonuses – the character you sub out slowly generates health back for one. Depending on which characters you choose you also get three shared abilities – so while each character has three base abilities, its their fourth ability that any one of your characters in a squad can use.  This becomes crucial for things like healing and the other support abilities.

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