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Here's Darkspore's Andromeda In Action

Check out another character from Maxis' space-future action-RPG thang.

Feb. 1 2011

Posted by: Brad

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more Darkspore! 

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Emmmmbarrassing.

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That name is sooo dumb.

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Just doesn't look appealing.  I'll pass
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Hmm Time Bubble...now where have I seen that before...

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This at least looks like a game, unlike Spore.

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Looks like a slow, clunky Dota clone

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@Feigr said:
" Hmm Time Bubble...now where have I seen that before... "
Damn, no kidding. It even looks the same. 
 
I dunno, the game looks kinda slow, like the engine wasn't made to handle this kind of combat. Hard to explain, just the way the enemies move and react to attacks looks bad to me. I've played a lot of Diablo 2 and Torchlight though, so I have kinda have a high bar set for this type of game. Not trying to sound pretentious, and it might feel a lot better than it looks, but that's just my impressions.
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Sooo, is this going to be like LoL?

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Maxis needs to work on a sequel to SimGolf.

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cautiously optimistic for this.  I like the idea of multi-class paths with lots of AoE status effects.  it could get really interesting with combat puzzles and strategy.  Combine that with an action-RPG with a decent story and it could be a real sleeper hit for me.  but he said the word "Tank" when talking about other combat classes.  Failure.  Keep that tank-heal-dd crap out of my games.  It's 2011 ya'll.  Time for that D&D crap to die already.

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Dude... the whole concept of this game makes no sense. "So we had this franchise that got punched in the face, but WAIT, we decided to do... SOMETHING, yes, something with it.".

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Ill just play HoN, DoTA, and LoL

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@bigcess:  "
Sooo, is this going to be like LoL?  "

My thoughts exactly. I thought I was looking at the new hero from League of Legends. It looks very slow and clunky
 
edit: I was pretty excited for this game until I saw this trailer; how does someone at the company see this and say, wait, hold on, let's do editing.
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@pavakah said:
" This at least looks like a game, unlike Spore. "
But why not build it in an engine that actually works well if you aren't going to use Spore's creation tools?
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Good grief that looks terrible.

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Why do people keep saying this looks like DotA?  This seem much more close to Diablo.  Also, looks very rough.

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@dox said:
" Why do people keep saying this looks like DotA?  This seem much more close to Diablo.  Also, looks very rough. "
I think people are saying that it looks like dota b/c the movement speed and attack speed are pretty slow and the overall style and animation are closer to LoL than Diablo. If you played League of Legends you would think the exact same thing
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@Claude said:
" Maxis needs to work on a sequel to SimGolf. "
Sid Meier's SimGolf or the preceding SimGolf?
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@FrankCanada97 said:
" @Claude said:
" Maxis needs to work on a sequel to SimGolf. "
Sid Meier's SimGolf or the preceding SimGolf? "
Sorry, Sid Meier's SimGolf.
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Spore sucks ass, why make a game based on that? Oh and since when did Maxis make bloody splatter games? I thought they only made family crap such as the sims.
 
Anyway, it looks kinda boring.

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This game throws dark.

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take a hint.  Spore sucked.  And this looks worse.  give it up.

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@Norusdog said:
" take a hint.  Spore sucked.  And this looks worse.  give it up. "
Oh hey John Riccitello, I didn't know you had a Giantbomb account
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Edited By BeachThunder

This seems like Spore, but without anything that made Spore interesting/unique.

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This is what Maxis decided to spend all that Sim cash on? Looks interesting, I didn't know they could do anything else though haha

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I've seen Starcraft maps that had less janky-looking diablo/dota action.  This is just pathetic.

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dat blood

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This game interests me but I quite dislike the art direction. I am glad though to see a resurgence in the action rpg genre. One of my favorites.

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@Chuggsy said:
" @Feigr said:
" Hmm Time Bubble...now where have I seen that before... "
Damn, no kidding. It even looks the same.   I dunno, the game looks kinda slow, like the engine wasn't made to handle this kind of combat. Hard to explain, just the way the enemies move and react to attacks looks bad to me. I've played a lot of Diablo 2 and Torchlight though, so I have kinda have a high bar set for this type of game. Not trying to sound pretentious, and it might feel a lot better than it looks, but that's just my impressions. "
Yeah, that's sort of the impression I got too. It seems like enemies can surround you easily but you can't move fast enough to avoid that, which could become really frustrating if it's a hard game.
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@BeachThunder said:
" This seems like Spore, but without anything that made Spore interesting/unique. "
 
Was Spore ever interesting? The most interesting thing was the cell stage, and even this is done by flOw better. It was unique tho, and it will be remembered for this uniqueness as one of the shittiest games to come out of Maxis.  
 
This here looks evenly dumb. 
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You can just hear the excitement in that guys voice.

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@funkpanda said:

" Ill just play HoN, DoTA, and LoL "

That could be applied to any genre. Why play deadspace 2 when you can play resident evil.....
 
 If this is indeed a MOBA, I will probably buy it. If not, no way. 
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Thrillingly mediocre.

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@tourgen:   
Mildly ironic statement, since tank/dps/healer as words started with MMOs; D&D did not officially include class roles until 4th edition, released two years ago.
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I may be the only one that doesn't think this looks terrible. A bit slow but overall i think it could be okay. I don't expect a Diablo level of polish and gameplay. However it will probably be worth 30-40 dollars after the price drops from nobody buying it because it "looks terrible".

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@wrathofconn said:
" @pavakah said:
" This at least looks like a game, unlike Spore. "
But why not build it in an engine that actually works well if you aren't going to use Spore's creation tools? "  
 
Didn't realize it didn't let you create your character a la Spore.  This sounds way less interesting now.
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I realy liked spore, I will check this out for sure.

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Edited By GioVANNI

The creature creation behind Spore was it's greatest attribute, so now they're making a Spore game without the creation aspect?

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Ah. What are you doing? 
 
I do not want a half-assed Diablo clone from you. Especially in the year Diablo 3 actually will come out. 
 
Make a new Simcity already!

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@pavakah: There is a character editor, but I don't believe it's been shown (can't say I've been following the game though).  Apparently, it's an enhanced version of the one from Spore.
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@FMinus: Yeah it's sad as when they early pre viewed it it looked really cool and interesting, but then some one had the idea to take a different approach and instead of the "science look"(as Will Wright said)they went for a "fun look" which really changed the gameplay/style.I always wondered what would happen if they kept their direction?Probably a better game?
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Now that I think about it if Maxis keeps making PC only games they are soon going to have to shut down or get mayor layoffs.You can only make PC only games for so long until you realize you're not going to fully profit from it.