Spore
by Electronic Arts
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Product Summary
Brand: Electronic ArtsFormat: DVD-ROM
Release Date: 2008-09-07
Platform: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac
Model: 15352
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Product features:
- Epic journey from the origin and evolution of life through the development of civilization and technology and outer space exploration
- Play any way you choose in the five evolutionary phases of Spore: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space
- Grow, evolve, interact with and battle other cultures, and conquer the planet
- Visit literally millions of planets full of other player's creations
- Single-player game provides unlimited worlds to explore and play
- Spore Creepy and Cute Parts Pack
- Spore Galactic Adventures
- Spore Limited Edition Bundle: Prima Official Game Guide
- Spore: The Evolution (Prima Official Game Guides)
- Spore: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)
Video Game Reviews of Spore
Customer Review: I really wanted this game to be good, since i first heard it a couple years ago.
Summary: 1 Stars
But it failed me.
Ok lets first get the DRM Bashing out of the way!
Technically the game is installed with the DRM so i think DRM can be considered part of the game.
DRM, It gains admin rights to ur computer without ur knowledge, i think that is by its definition is spyware, i wont really say much on drm there are smarter more well informed people out there that know more than me.
Comes with 3 installs, CANT use it on multiple computers with multiple accounts even though the manual says it can EA has said "Misprint" which really ticks a lot of people off.
If you alter you'r computer in any way, say Hard drive crash, gotta reinstall, thats one install used up for it, Couple new upgrades to ur computer? another install, Reformat the computer? Well regular tech savy people usually do that as good practice to get rid of spyware (There probably is even if the software you got says you dont have any) get rid of old data left by uninstalled games/apps, just to clear up the registry and all that good stuff that just used ur final 3rd key and After you use 3 installs you have to call EA and "BEG" them to give you another serial because at this point you ARE NOT A CUSTOMER YOU ARE A PIRATE for using all of you'r 3 installs. So they will probably say NO! and tell you to go buy the game and quit being a pirate or the most least likely outcome they give you one BUT come on, the TOLL NUMBER IS NOT FREE like microsoft's XP registration number, so you can pretty much end up being paid 40-70 dollars on this phone call to prove you are not a pirate, in the end its just better to buy a new spore at that point just to play the game you "BOUGHT" sounds more like a "RENTAL" than anything else to me.
I hate the DRM, i am not going to buy this game because of it, though a friend of mine letme go over to his house and letme play his spore, and sad to say even if this didnt have the DRM, i still wouldnt buy this game, it is not a good game.
First stage, is entertaining at first, on an overworld camer view you see and control ur dude, you control a small little microscopic creature and eat meat or plant microbs while dodging predators and getting parts, you can attack with upgrades done using the creature creator that pops up when you advance ur creature the way you want.
Second stage, you switch a 3rd person camera angle, ALSO i should note that if you DIE on this stage you just get reborn at ur nest and allowed to go about ur business to do whatever, THERE IS NO PENALTY if u die, which is good and bad, for one its good cause if they had put it in they would mostly likely tell you GAME OVER and u have to start the entire first stage again, on the bad ur not motivated to keep urself from dieing, i went too far from my nest... how do i get back? oh ill just get myself killed no biggie ill just spawn there. You gain feet and land on land, This part is exceedingly boring and repetitive to no end. This is what you do, You make allies by mimicing what the other creatures you meet and make them like you, however they have stats like charm level 1-5 so if you want to befriend alot of creatures ur gonna have to pimp ur creature out with all those pose, charms, dance, sing and mimic using those to the creature you are trying to befriend, even if u get it all right if u dont have the right level they wont be friends which is annoying, the other way, KILL which is quite entertaining the first 3? times, the only thing you have to worry about is the other guys attacks, Bite, strike, charge, poison. Overall its easier to just kill them all though monotonise and boring since u keep doing it over and over and over until finally this stage is done, thank god.
Third stage, Tribal Stage. This one doesnt get any better, though you do get a better camera angle (overworld camer view) for the most part without the 3rd person view up till now. You also have limited things to do at this stage, essentially the same as the 2nd stage with minor differences. Buildings you unlock more as the more tribes u destroy/befriend. You gain food resources you have to manage food resources, just get a couple minions to start fishing and that takes care of all the food, never even have to click on them again unless you need them to become fighters but other than that. You can "Tame" the lesser creatures by taking them back to ur village, they lay eggs and you eat them for food, thats it for the lesser creatures, would be nice if you could ride them for combat or ANYTHING more to them but no, just no. You need intruments to entertain ur would be allies so they become allies, even though you probably have 2 arms on ur creatures they can only carry one item, yeah ONE ITEM ONLY, even though my creature had 4 arms total it only used one to carry one of them. In the end its just the same as the rest as being the best tactic is to just kill them all with a spear that you make and equip them with and attack them all and kill them all, and you know I wonder what happened to the allies i made in the previous stage? they all seemed to have disappeared did u just decide to ignore the previous allies????
Fourth stage, Civilization stage. Same camera angle as the 3rd stage. This one you start to really see how bad this game is. The cool part is that You can make Buildings, Houses, Factorys, Entertainment with ur own spin on them HOWEVER nothing u do to the building really adds production or anything, just a dressed up house. Land vehicles, Sea vehicles and eventually air vehicles the land and sea vehicles are better than the rest of the creator aspects as what you do add, like Thrusters for speed ADDS ACTUAL speed to the vehicle and HEALTH and RELIGIOS/MILITARY/ECONOMIC power to for the prespective device you add on. It would be nice to be able to fully customize ur cities by having one with a different style with different types of buildings varying greatly HOWEVER, if you do change any building EVERY SINGLE building will change to become that one in EVERY CITY you own. So you cant do a cool theme here in one city and one there in another city. And again what happened to the tribal allies i made in the previous stage? they just went and left me all alone on my journey, i thought we were friends man, what happened to us?? :P
Final Stage, SPACE The FINAL FRONTIER! A different camer angle you say? WHAT? 3rd Person view of ur spaceship? Man it feels like i kinda got demoted from being the #1 king of my species to some peon given a ship and pushed out into the universe, "You havent been that good of a leader so were are getting rid of you, Good Luck out there buddy" "thank god i am not that guy HAHAHAHA". This one i was looking forward to the MOST in the entire game, on a note when you scale back you see the entire GALAXY waiting to be explored/conqured which is like the coolest thing in the entire game when you FIRST do However late on in the game after you figure out there really isnt much freedom to do what you thought u could do you just see the entire universe not as a playground but as a cubicle to do work. Now this stage is VERY buggy and just makes you see how badly they can go on a space colization sim. You get one spaceship, YES Count all the number of spaceships you can make, ONE!! later on you can gain ability to control more than one spaceship but it wont be from ur people itll have to be an ally since you cant build anymore, I gained in rank to allow another ship to be under me but i couldnt make another one at my homeplanet or one of my other colonies. Not like the real good space colonization games where you can manage 100+ spaceships out in space and micromanage them, which is part of the fun in there. The other civilizations and other races DO NOT HAVE THIS LIMIT on them PERIOD. So you are always at a disadvantage, in being only one ship against all of theirs. HOWEVER there is never any motivation to keep urself from getting killed just like before on all the levels with the 3rd person view (i never died on the tribal or civilization so i dunno if u do get punished or not on those, ill try it out sometime for fun), if u die you go back to ur home planet with a new ship without any penalty what so ever. At one point i got bored and decided to destroy all my colonies on my home planet, After i killed them all a minute passed probably less, "NEW COLONY FOUNDED on this planet" and even then i couldnt control anything at that "NEW" colony that keeps popping up on my home planet. And what the heck happened to the allies i made in the 2nd stage? the 3rd stage? and finally the 4th stage? Why did i ever bother making allies in the first place if in the grand scheme of things they DONT DO ANYTHING for me down the road? Well sure they only effect how my species does, if i kill everone im an aggressor type, if i friend everyone im a passive, and then there is the balance class, but seriously thats the ONLY reason, i would like motivation to bother with making allies in the earlier levels instead of killing them so it doesnt look like ALWAYS being an aggressor is always the best solution to the game. Oh and i have to mention that you get hit with plenty of pirate raiders on ur planets, so while ur off doing some mission you get hit with a disstress call from them asking for help so you have to do the lowly task as defender all the time at ur planets, God that GETS REALLY ANNOYING. Why am i the creator of this species stuck with this lowly task that a lower person of my species could do this like a peon or something?? So in the end you will end up mostly defending ur planets from pirates, going to ur planets for spice since thats how u make money now, you get spice thats mined from ur planets by orbiting them again another peon could do this i dont want to be stuck doing these menial tasks.
In the end, if you LOVE creating things and seeing other people's creations then get this if you love that type of game u will have a lot of fun with that aspect of the game, just dont expect any real gameplay other than that and you will be in heaven.
If you dont really like creating things or care about seeing other people's creations then dont get this game that is pretty much the entire "Meat" of the game is at, creation and Sharing. Everything else is just plain bad. On second thought just buy the creature creator you will save urself alot of money than on this hunk of junk.
Description of Spore
From the creators of The Sims comes Spore, where you evolve a single-celled organism into a galactic god whose personality and abilities are completely up to you. Then interact with other players' creatures-including ones made by celebrities! EA Games. PC/MAC, NDS.Create universal wonder in Spore, an exciting new simulation game that lets you develop your own personal universe. Work your way through five evolutionary phases, including Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization and Space, that offer unique challenges, thrills and goals. For example, you can start in Cell and nurture one species from a simple aquatic organism all the way until it becomes a sentient life form. Or you can jump right in and begin building tribes and civilizations on multiple planets. What you do with your universe is totally up to you.
The powerful creation tools of Spore are easy to use, allowing you to effortlessly design every aspect of your universe. Creatures, vehicles, building and even starships are all within your grasp. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, offering a nearly limitless number of worlds to visit and enjoy. You can also go online to view the incredible things other players have made and can even pull those items into your universe. Spore gives you the chance to make worlds and beings that evolve, grow and delight you every step of the way.
SPORE CREATURE CREATOR
Finally all that hard work creating the perfect being can be put to good use. Import creatures that you created with the Spore Creature Creator and watch them live, breath and thrive in the full version of Spore.TAKE YOUR SPORE ONLINE
While Spore is a single player game, your creations and other players? creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play within. Internet Connection Required.Minimum System Requirements
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac)- PC Minimum - Windows XP/Vista
- 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
- 512 MB RAM/768 MB RAM
- 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
- The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
- At least 4 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for creations
- Mac Minimum - Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
- Intel Core Duo Processor
- 1024 MB RAM
- ATI X1600 or NVIDIA 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
- At least 4 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for creations
- This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac), or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards
- For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least:
- Intel Integrated Chipset, 945GM or above
- 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
- 768 MB RAM
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