Spore Galactic Edition
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Spore Galactic Edition
Customer Review: Spore is awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I really like this game. I'm really creative and that's why I have so much fun with this game. Also very addicting. When I'm at work, I wish I was home playing this game. Can't wait for the sequel to come out on May 19th.Customer Review: I have no idea what everyone is so upset about
Summary: 3 Stars
Let me start off this review by pointing out that I am not... by any stretch of the imagination... techno-challenged. I have had computers on my desk since my first Leading Edge Model D and Apple II with CPM card back in 1979 (When I was in the 7th grade). Lots of systems later (I still have a desk with a Mac and Windows machine on it after all these years). I have worked at Apple and other high tech companies in the past.
I have seen numerous posts about how only the Admin on a Mac can successfully run Spore. This is simply wrong. You should be the Admin when you install it, but that is all you need. In my specific case, I have an iMac running with 5 user accounts. 3 of them are for my sons(Parental Controls enabled on all three) and with one install on my Admin account, EVERYONE is able to play the game. Of course, if you have lots of parental controls in place you may have to give specific permission for each user to play - but play they can.
You also are likely have to run the game in each persons account yourself the first time around. The reason being that when it runs the first time on each account, it is going to tell you it needs admin permission to run various programs that Spore uses - but you only have to do this once to give that account permanent permission to run the game on its own from then on.
Frankly, I have more complaints about the dicey upgrade system which took repeated attempts to get it to successfully conclude.(That lost it a star)
I have also installed the game on a windows machine, and have had no problems. However, on this system I am the only user, so I cannot comment on how it works on windows with multiple user accounts.
The game play is fantastic! While my interests have wandered, my sons are NUTS over this game. It is amazing to watch them exercise different approaches to growing their civilizations. My oldest son decided he would get through it by only making friends... and he did it. One of my other sons has apparently been reading up on Stalin while I am not looking because his approach was very... different. I have lost of how many times my sons have started over - on purpose- so they can create new creatures, try different strategies or design new and interesting architecture for their species.
Okay, so the Securom security issue is profoundly annoying.(Lose have a star for that) Frankly, it amazes me that ANY game publisher still uses the system. It only punishes those who pay for the game. I am sure it was a bitter pill for EA when a fully cracked, Securom free version showed up on BitTorrent BEFORE the game shipped. However, having said that, I have not run into any problems with the security present on the disk.
The bottom line is that this game is a nearly endless sandbox for your kids to test out their ideas and come up with creatively conceived creatures. If you allow your children to play games (Mine are 8, 8 and 9) they are going to LOVE this and as a parent, you are going to love the fact that they are playing something like this instead of Left 4 Dead.
Customer Review: I Just Like Having Fun So...
Summary: 4 Stars
Okay, unlike a lot of people, I wasn't expecting anything revolutionary from Spore, so I didn't have THAT crushing disappointment looming... I bought Spore through Steam and played for a long time without registering, due to the 3 time limit, but I eventually gave in and I honestly don't see the appeal of it, but I suppose there are some people who enjoy having strangers boost their ego by downloading their content, etc, so that might be fun for them.
I'm a casual gamer, so I never took it above Easy, and I've had a lot of fun collecting parts, socializing creatures, and building houses, machines, etc. What I've enjoyed most about it is trying different combinations of Social, Aggressive, and Moderate behaviors to get unique powers in the space stage. This means I have started from Cell Mode about... eight times. I have never completed the game, as I like the journey and the so-called creature "evolution". If anyone is expecting science from EA, I've gotta say, this doesn't have very much of it...
Oh, and as a random side note, if anyone out there played Sim Life, way back in the days of Windows 95, it's vaguely like that, aside from much improved graphics and the ability to control only one species. That's the main reason I like it so much...
Customer Review: Spore
Summary: 5 Stars
The games great, I play it for 3 - 4 hours a day and I really enjoy how it encourages creativitityCustomer Review: A Gift Well-Loved
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this as a gift and it is being well-used and loved!! One problem with this game is that the registration key did not work... Someone probably mis-typed their own key number, which means the game isn't able to be registered. EA Games wouldn't resolve the problem unless they were sent money to issue a new key. I understand the problems of file/game sharing, but I found EA Games' response to this ridiculous! At any rate, the game is reportedly super fun and enjoyable :)