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Darkspore

Darkspore is an interesting game- it's loads of fun, in spite of a plethora of glaring issues. If you buy this game, do so at your own risk.
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33%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:story
33% User Score Based on 7 reviews
Critic Score 58%Based on 3 reviews

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About Darkspore

Darkspore is a single player and multiplayer hack and slash game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Maxis and was released on April 26, 2011. It received neutral reviews from critics and negative reviews from players.

Darkspore was a video game that borrowed creature editing technology from Spore. It was described as "a fast-paced, science fiction action-role-playing game in which the player battled across alien worlds to save the galaxy from the mutated forces of Darkspore". In addition to the creature editor, the game featured a unique squad-based mechanic, various multiplayer options, and a player versus pla…

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Looking for games like Darkspore? Here are top hack and slash recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Section 8, Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection or Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction.

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33%Audience ScoreBased on 7 reviews
gameplay1 positive mentions

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    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
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    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
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Darkspore is a hack and slash game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Darkspore include science.

Darkspore is available on PC.

Darkspore was released on April 26, 2011.

Darkspore was developed by Maxis.

Darkspore has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked Darkspore for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Darkspore is a single player game with multiplayer support.

Similar games include Section 8, Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction, Lost Planet 2, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution and others.