Preview: Darkspore, Maxis' 'Spore meets Diablo' action RPG; coming early 2011
Last week saw the release of DeathSpank, a game I wasn't alone in likening to "Monkey Island meets Diablo." Presumably in an attempt to avoid missing the "meets Diablo" bus, Maxis is preparing to give the PC gaming world Darkspore -- a.k.a. "Spore meets Diablo" -- in early 2011.
It's a new Spore game, albeit one focused on combat. It's described by publisher Electronic Arts as a "sci-fi action-RPG," but you might describe it as "not really what you were hoping for from Maxis." Still, the studio Will Wright built (and later left) seems to be trying its best to work the idea - an idea it's had since wrapping the original Spore, we're told - into something that will satisfy a more hardcore, multiplayer-focused PC gamer.
It's a new Spore game, albeit one focused on combat. It's described by publisher Electronic Arts as a "sci-fi action-RPG," but you might describe it as "not really what you were hoping for from Maxis." Still, the studio Will Wright built (and later left) seems to be trying its best to work the idea - an idea it's had since wrapping the original Spore, we're told - into something that will satisfy a more hardcore, multiplayer-focused PC gamer.
