Spore

[James]

It's been a few years (I think) since we first heard of Spore, and suddenly it's been released. I know some people here have bought it so I would like to know their opinions.

I wouldn't say I was extremely excited about it because I kept putting it to the back of my mind, but it was one of my most anticipated games every time I heard about it. Hearsay about the DRM on it has put me right off buying it, but I'll probably do the British thing of moaning a lot then putting up with it anyway. Some people are saying it's very buggy with their PCs on all operating systems (Vista 32, Vista 64, XP etc). People are also saying it's quite short, a game can take under eight hours. Maybe that's a good thing, keeping it going instead of being at the same stage for hours on end.

I bought Spore Creatures on the DS yesterday and played it for about an hour before I had to go do something. It seemed ok but the tutorial was going on for a bit long. The graphics are fairly similar to Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, except the creatures are 2D. It starts off with a couple of slugs who have just escaped a spaceship abducting everything by going on to land. It eventually takes the other slug and the game's story is based around getting it back. You can collect body parts by completing goals, or just by finding them lying around. Some parts have better uses, like defense. But you can't just whack everything on to make your creature the best to start with. It has a points scale which levels up when you achieve various criteria. Each different body part adds a different amount of points to the scale until it fills up.

Not too bad so far but as I said, the tutorial is a bit long winded.

[Zimbacca]

I first read about Spore my junior year of high school (2004) and have been looking forward to it ever since. 

 I picked it up on Sunday and I'm loving it. 

 I'm sure everyone knows the concept of the game where you start out as a single celled creature then evolve into a land based creature, tribal society and then eventually into a space faring race.  Some cool things they did was have the way you play in the first stage effects the outcome of the game.  I played as a carnivore so by the time I got to the creature stage I was pretty much spending all of my time hunting (which itself had more effects on where I ending up in the game).  It doesn't take that long to reach the space stage, but you have to play through to the space stage multiple times to see the full game.  But so far I have to say my favorite thing about the game so far though is that the game play it self becomes more complex as your creature does.  As the single celled organism it's pretty much swim, eat and avoid being eaten.  Now as I'm exploring space, I have to establish and monitor colonies, maintain alliances, fight wars, terraform planets, explore, and so on.   

(God that's my longest post in like two years.)

[Cobra]

I'm going to be getting this at some point.

[Sirgin]

I'm going to be getting this at some point.

Me too. I don't want to pay the full €50 (or €60?) for it. I'll probably wait until it drops to €20 or maybe even cheaper. I'm never really excited about new releases...I've got alot of patience to wait for the right price Hopefully there'll be a Vista 64 patch by then to make it less buggy.

I bought Spore Creatures on the DS yesterday and played it for about an hour before I had to go do something. It seemed ok but the tutorial was going on for a bit long. The graphics are fairly similar to Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, except the creatures are 2D. It starts off with a couple of slugs who have just escaped a spaceship abducting everything by going on to land. It eventually takes the other slug and the game's story is based around getting it back. You can collect body parts by completing goals, or just by finding them lying around. Some parts have better uses, like defense. But you can't just whack everything on to make your creature the best to start with. It has a points scale which levels up when you achieve various criteria. Each different body part adds a different amount of points to the scale until it fills up.

Sounds like fun, I might look into it when I get a DS someday

[Cobra]

€50-60? $50 over at
http://www.macgamestore.c.../detail.php?ProductID=974

[logical123]

€50-60? $50 over at
http://www.macgamestore.c.../detail.php?ProductID=974

SOOOO Tempted.... Must... Refrain... From... Spending... Money!

[Sirgin]

SOOOO Tempted.... Must... Refrain... From... Spending... Money!

See how hard it'll be to save up for that car

[Cobra]

I know I feel the same way. I want to put it off a little longer though....

[logical123]

SOOOO Tempted.... Must... Refrain... From... Spending... Money!

See how hard it'll be to save up for that car

Heh... Have you know, I saved up $850 ($350 gifts) for a guitar and stuff for said guitar, $1750 for a computer ($1200 was gifts), $325 for a Wii ($100 gifts), $325 for a GameCube ($200 was gifts), $90 for a bike, etc etc. Besides, I have over $100 dollars in Records, and over $100 in DVD's. In games, well, they are woth anywhere from $1200 and up. I have spent $1126.41 on all of my games (not including consoles), which averages out to $3.90 a game. I have been collecting for about 7 1/2 years. I know how to save money. Don't say I don't, just cause I'm a kid. Kay mate?

[Sirgin]

Heh... Have you know, I saved up $850 ($350 gifts) for a guitar and stuff for said guitar, $1750 for a computer ($1200 was gifts), $325 for a Wii ($100 gifts), $325 for a GameCube ($200 was gifts), $90 for a bike, etc etc. Besides, I have over $100 dollars in Records, and over $100 in DVD's. In games, well, they are woth anywhere from $1200 and up. I have spent $1126.41 on all of my games (not including consoles), which averages out to $3.90 a game. I have been collecting for about 7 1/2 years. I know how to save money. Don't say I don't, just cause I'm a kid. Kay mate?

Cleary you missed the humorous tone of my post.

Oh and I'd like to add that I don't see you as a kid. What makes you think that

[Tondog]

Oh and I'd like to add that I don't see you as a kid. What makes you think that

Because he's one of the youngest people on the forums.

[logical123]

Heh... Have you know, I saved up $850 ($350 gifts) for a guitar and stuff for said guitar, $1750 for a computer ($1200 was gifts), $325 for a Wii ($100 gifts), $325 for a GameCube ($200 was gifts), $90 for a bike, etc etc. Besides, I have over $100 dollars in Records, and over $100 in DVD's. In games, well, they are woth anywhere from $1200 and up. I have spent $1126.41 on all of my games (not including consoles), which averages out to $3.90 a game. I have been collecting for about 7 1/2 years. I know how to save money. Don't say I don't, just cause I'm a kid. Kay mate?

Cleary you missed the humorous tone of my post.

Oh and I'd like to add that I don't see you as a kid. What makes you think that

Sorry that I missed that. I just cannot stand people thinking that because I am not of legal age, I cannot do many things, such as save money. Heck, even my family said I wouldn't be able to save for a guitar that long. Sorry if that came out wrong.

@Tony: Not any more! (Well... Kinda still... Darn...)

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Who buys PC games?

[Haoie]

People are pretty irritated about the DMA issue.

Like all those 1 star reviews and such.

Oh well.

[Cobra]

Yeah, I saw that. I think it is pathetic to rate a game 1 star for graphics & sound over DRM, and just downright childish. If they felt it ruined the gameplay, then fine rate that lower, but otherwise save it for the overall rating.