We say “sometimes” because server errors have plagued the game since the beginning. Like SimCity, EA insists that requiring players to be signed in and online the entire time they play has nothing whatsoever to do with digital rights management, or making sure that each copy of the game belongs to only one player.
Requiring players to be online all of the time in a multiplayer game is logical: that’s how the players communicate with each other. For a single-player game, it makes less sense.
Not long after the game launched, waaaaay back in 2011, the servers locked out new players. At the time, EA insisted that being online was important for storing your loot and playing in co-op mode, and an integral part of the game experience.
Unfortunately, an integral part of the experience of running a game that requires users to log in to a server to play is maintaining those servers, or getting those servers to work correctly in the first place. “[Darkspore] is for almost all intents & purposes an abandoned title,” mourns an announcement on the game’s official forum.
As of right now, you can still buy Darkspore from EA’s Origin download platform. So that’s good.
Only twenty bucks, nice.
The full announcement on the forum front page from the admin is:
Darkspore is no longer developed. It is for almost all intents & purposes an abandoned title. If you cannot play the game & have flicked through technical issues for any fixes, then contact EA Customer Support; especially if it regards CD-Keys or refunds.
Error 73003 has gone unfixed & remains an issue.
Error Code 3 has arisen for the majority/all & remains an issue.
I will however keep the forums here as clean & tidy as possible in my spare time. Why? Well why not. If it helps anyone with minor problems, or find their way somewhere, then that’s great.
Darkspore Delisted From Steam, Plagued With Game Breaking Issues [GameTrailers]
by Laura Northrup via Consumerist
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