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(More customer reviews)Alot of people are comparing this to Diablo II, but I don't really think thats fair. While Diablo 2 has 7 different playable characters there were many, many possible builds you could create. This game boasts 100 different playable heros, but there are really just 25 different heroes with a measly base attack, 2 abilities, a third 'genesis' ability that alternates depending on which of the 4 different color variations of a hero you are using, and a passive ability.
I included Torchlight in the title of my post because thats what the levels feel like. There are about 5 or 6 different stages with slight variations that you fight in. It really feels like a multiplayer Torchlight. They try to add a story, but its horribly explained in game and you're not really playing through it. A computer pops up every once in a while and gives you a history of stuff that happened, but it doesn't personally engage you.
Speaking of the multiplayer, if you're not the ideal level for a stage, you can go back to previous stages and play them again in hopes of getting better gear. Unfortunately, you will need to plan on doing that alone. In an effort to make it more "fun" to play with your friends, your hero will be nerfed to a point where you are substantially weaker than your friend, despite having far superior gear. Basically, only play with friends or never play with friends, because once you shoot ahead of them you will be at a huge disadvantage. The matchmaking system is pretty bad too, you may or may not get the level you want to play, and once the matchmaking system finds one person the game pretty much always starts after that. You can't tell it to always find four people or try to search a little longer.
Often times in Darkspore you will run across mini-bosses that are impossible to beat. They may spawn with an ability that limits the damage they can take and they regenerate. They can have up to 4 of these random abilities, and just these two alone can be nasty. You can't always flee from these enemies, as far as I can tell they will chase you indefinitely, and the portals the transport you through the area won't allow you to enter them with enemies nearby.
Darkspore was very fun playing through the first 24 levels (1-1 to 6-4), sadly after that, it starts getting very hard and oftentimes impossible to advance. A little bit of play-testing on the developers' parts before they released this game would have discovered the major problems the game has now. In my opinion, re-releasing a Diablo 2 with slightly better graphics than what it has now would blow this game away, and I would not advise my friends to buy this game. For 50 bucks, buy a real MMO. This game is only worth 20 in my opinion.
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