So since E3 2005 I've been really, really, RRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYY wanting to play the game Spore. It looked so advanced, and unlike any game I had ever seen before. Going from a cell to the water, to a land animal to a tribe, to building a city to conquering the planet, to space colonization and terraforming. The animals looked so life like, they behaved so life like, and so on. Everything in space looked so realistic, and originally you were even going to be able to put colonies under water.
Well I've been playing the final product these last few days, and it seems to be downgraded. Ok, the scrapped the ocean bit because of animation problems, alright, I get that. Everything else about it however is just soooo cartoony. I can understand getting rid of the the realistic mating and maybe even the blood. But what the end product came to be as just, just so mediocre in comparison.
But how does it stand on its own without comparing it to the video footage of that awesome, lovely beta version from 2005? Well, it's pretty good. The creature creator (and building & vehicle creator) is still really fun, I love making humanoids, dinosaurs, and other things. It gets repetitive pretty fast though, so cheats help you to speed through the game, like money cheats so you're not having to constantly collect spices in a very tedious fashion just to get a colony making thing.
I'm sad that EA no longer offers online support for this game, as that would have offered so many great creatures to have in my library. Maybe there's a mod and a server for people that still like the online interaction, I don't know.
With all this said, it isn't bad or anything, considering I've been addicted to it for almost a week now, but I think it could have been better. People have made some good mods for it, which does improve the gameplay, and I like that.
I think there is a game that's similar to Spore, with a similar creature creator setup and all that. Then there's No Man's Sky, which is like Spore's space age, kinda.
Well I've been playing the final product these last few days, and it seems to be downgraded. Ok, the scrapped the ocean bit because of animation problems, alright, I get that. Everything else about it however is just soooo cartoony. I can understand getting rid of the the realistic mating and maybe even the blood. But what the end product came to be as just, just so mediocre in comparison.
But how does it stand on its own without comparing it to the video footage of that awesome, lovely beta version from 2005? Well, it's pretty good. The creature creator (and building & vehicle creator) is still really fun, I love making humanoids, dinosaurs, and other things. It gets repetitive pretty fast though, so cheats help you to speed through the game, like money cheats so you're not having to constantly collect spices in a very tedious fashion just to get a colony making thing.
I'm sad that EA no longer offers online support for this game, as that would have offered so many great creatures to have in my library. Maybe there's a mod and a server for people that still like the online interaction, I don't know.
With all this said, it isn't bad or anything, considering I've been addicted to it for almost a week now, but I think it could have been better. People have made some good mods for it, which does improve the gameplay, and I like that.
I think there is a game that's similar to Spore, with a similar creature creator setup and all that. Then there's No Man's Sky, which is like Spore's space age, kinda.
