Spore

[Oerwinde]

This looks like possibly one of the best games ever. Anyone else excited about it?

[블라스]

I know I am :up:
I hope it makes it to the 360.

[WhatsHisFace]

It's going to be amazing until it's whored into ten million expansion packs and crummy sequels.

[patrickbateman]

whats the tech requirements for the pc version

[THWIP*]

I know I am :up:
I hope it makes it to the 360.


IT WAS ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT-GEN CONSOLES A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. :confused:

[블라스]

Yay!

[Oerwinde]

IT WAS ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT-GEN CONSOLES A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. :confused:

Not quite. Will Wright mentioned they were hoping to get it on next gen consoles in an interview. The gaming press took that as "CONFIRMED! SPORE ON NEXT GEN CONSOLES"

He reiterated that he hopes they can get them on next gen consoles, but the editing tools in the game would suck without a mouse.

[Manny Calavera]

The Wiimote = a mouse for consoles.

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

I want to make a race of Giants. :o

[XwolverineX]

So.. We're still only hoping for a Console release.. * Sigh * :(

[WhatsHisFace]

I want to make a race of Giants. :o
That's brilliant!

And I forgot you were Matt Damon.

[Venom Jr.]

the game is strange but it might be fun....

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

That's brilliant!

And I forgot you were Matt Damon.

I am not Matt Damon. :cmad:

[Venom Jr.]

who is mat damon???

and have u even seen the game Mr. smash'in bash???

[SouLeSS]

Delayed till last 2008, more than likely 2009.

Owned.

[Venom Jr.]

Lol :)

[Gilpesh]

EDIT- Nvm.... stupid Amazon getting the hype up.

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

who is mat damon???

and have u even seen the game Mr. smash'in bash???

Well dur.

[Dark_Lord]

Release Date: Sept. 7th 2008 (http://www.spore.com/screenshots.php?movieID=7&play=hi)

[Jerry!]

Thank god I haven't been following this game since it was announced, my hopes would be absurdly high.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

This game does look good when you hear the guy talking about it, it seems the younger Dustin Hoffman wants to go use games for better and save the universe.


14min 2007 Demonstration

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/86368.html#comments_top

[.Rorschach.]

They just released the creature demo.I already made Gojiraa,and now my girlfriend is making Mossura

[Sugarculted]

There's a huge amount of penis monsters being made at the moment. Check YouTube. Downloaded the creature demo...twas rather fun :up:

[Raiden]

There's a huge amount of penis monsters being made at the moment. Check YouTube. Downloaded the creature demo...twas rather fun :up:

I wonder if vagina monsters aren't far behind... :oldrazz:

[.Rorschach.]

There are some Goatse monsters floating around

[SalaciousVC]

LOL,way too many penis monsters

[DorkyFresh]

my friend bought the creature creator last night and i got to fiddle with it. from the limited selection we had (it only cost $10), we had fun with it. you can shape almost all aspects of your creature and the texturing really brings the creatures to life. i have a big gripe, however, and i'm not sure if this will be addressed in the full game, but the animations for creature actions (happy, sad, dance, mad, etc.) are the same no matter how you set up your creature. like i said though, hopefully this isn't a problem in the full game.

[Dragons Claws]

Has anyone bought the game spore yet? If so iss on-line the only way to enjoy it or can you play it off-line too. If so, is it any good off-line?

[The Apocalypse]

I'll have to check my local torrent site. I did not know it was out yet.

BTW there is a Games section, for future reference.

[The Squirrel]

It's not out yet.

[Knightsaber Priss]

I want to get this game, but that whole SecuROM issue has me hesitant. Ever since I pu my Sims 2 games on this PC, this program has been installing alot of spyware junk on it.

[Sam Fisher]

Yup, wrong forum.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

I want to get this game, but that whole SecuROM issue has me hesitant. Ever since I pu my Sims 2 games on this PC, this program has been installing alot of spyware junk on it.

I wonder why they put such annoying things on pc games now and why devs are jumping ship to console from pc.


I'll have to check my local torrent site.

Oh.

[Colossal Spoons]

Game looks fun up until you have to invade other planets. I wish they'd have kept it more microscopic.

[Gilpesh]

Funny Spoons... that's the part I want to play so bad. Make lava planets through global warming sounds fun.

[SouLeSS]

It's alright. Defiantly not worth the buy, but it's kinda fun to screw around with all the creatures and what not. Once you get to outerspace area it gets pretty repetitive though.

[Colossal Spoons]

Funny Spoons... that's the part I want to play so bad. Make lava planets through global warming sounds fun.

Haha, well you're gonna have to suffer through the 1st 3 levels before you get a spaceship :D

[Gilpesh]

Haha, well you're gonna have to suffer through the 1st 3 levels before you get a spaceship :D

:cmad::cmad::cmad::cmad:





Haha, I know... unless cheat codes are already coming out for it. :hehe:

[Yerzrinot]

Been playing it for the last two days. Good game, still at civilization mode though.

[Figs]

Watched that 30 minute video presentation and watched my gf mess around with the little creature demo.

Looks fun but might be too time consuming. I definitely want to check it out still.

[Gilpesh]

Watched that 30 minute video presentation and watched my gf mess around with the little creature demo.

Looks fun but might be too time consuming. I definitely want to check it out still lol.

Screw life! Play Spore.... ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US

[Figs]

Screw life! Play Spore.... ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US


LOL, I'll probably be hooked into once my roommate and gf start playing it.

She's the one that got me into WoW 2-3 year ago. Fun game but sucked too many hours away from me.:csad:

[SouLeSS]

The first two stages are pretty fun, but once you get to the Tribal stage and Civilian stage, it gets pretty boring.

[Prison Mike]

i'll definitely try to get this. I was addicted to the Sim games.

[C.F. Kane]

The most informative reviews said that is was a mediocre game, but a great toy. I might just get it to screw around with.

[Gilpesh]

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/spore-review.ars/

Nice in-depth review/story of the guy playing it.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

The anti-piracy measure is off-putting.

[Gilpesh]

The anti-piracy measure is off-putting.

Especially cause it already has failed.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

The only people it punishes is the legitmate buyers.

[Yerzrinot]

The anti-piracy measure is off-putting.

It took me less then a minute to crack...all it does is screw over the people who buy it.

Is anyone having stability issues? Lately (once I got to tribal mode) it became really unstable and would periodically crash.

[darkdaz]

In Space phase how the hell do you defend planets without having to fight every single invader.

And how do you get the amount of ships that the invaders attack with. so far i can only get my own ship and 2 from allies.

[Spidey-Bat]

Is this game really bad? There are 1,864 1-star reviews on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000FKBCX4/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

haha

DRM

[Gilpesh]

It's Amazon bombing because of anti-piracy measures on the game.

[comic_guy04]

idk I cuffed it pretty easily I just cant do any of the online community based stuff.

[SouLeSS]

Is this game really bad? There are 1,864 1-star reviews on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000FKBCX4/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

You can get to the space stage in less than 4 hours, and once you're there if you've been a hostile race the entire time, you can pretty much only destroy and kill other things on the planets, as opposed to making them allies and such...If i had to rate the game, I'd rate it as 2/5 max, and that's major because of the creating abilities on it.

The best review I've read about it so far;

This game has some revolutionary concepts, such as automatically shared user content and amazing design tools (that were already introducted and perfected, and some would say superior by Galactic Civilizations 2 years ago).

However, there is no 'game' here. As some people put, the 'game' amounts to over simplified tasks that are monotonous and repetitive. The creature stage isn't as fun as you would imagine, as not all the parts are available, and even if they were, you are encouraged to use the 'highest stat' part effectively limiting you to maybe 6-10 parts to place onto your creature.

Why would you use a cool looking mouth with a social rating of '1' if that means that you can't befriend the other tribes and hence progress in the game?? Basically, many of the parts become useless, no matter how good they look. Furthermore, other creature nests (only one nest per species) are arranged with weak creatures immediately around you, and progressively higher level creatures at increasing distances. How predictable. Basically, its designed so that you only explore or run around your immediate nest. I always imagined finding random creatures walking around, hunting, eating, grazing, finding mates, etc. Nope. All creatures basically hang around IN or NEXT TO their nest. How lame. So basically there is no mixing of the creatures. Creatures dont wander around the world as you would think. They are all found in clumps and really only have limited interactions with each other (limited since they only interact [partially] with surrounding nests, as they dont wander around the world)

The civilization stage is HORRIBLE. Basically it amounts to the most simplified and boring RTS I have ever played. Quickly grab a few resources, and then keep clicking on 'create vehicle' and send it to the enemy city. Repeat the last 2 steps endlessly and you have the game. No strategy, no thinking, no variety. You might as well have a script do this for you.

Then there's the DRM. Let me just clarify what people are saying by adding, it not only counts installations, but changes to your hardware ! Upgrade a system component (memory, CPU, vid card) and you are out an installation. Not that it matters because its really a pretty bad game (except for the creation tools) Nice job. Basically I just paid $50 for a coaster.

[Spidey-Bat]

Yikes. Hopefully the spin offs are better.

[Timstuff]

EA is already breaking the law by having such strict DRM on their games, so what kind of message does that send to consumers? It's illegal to prevent a customer from re-selling a game that they own, which is exactly what EA's DRM does. So why should consumers respect EA's rights bt not downloading the game without paying for it, if EA refuses to recognize their rights as customers? That's what happens when a company declares war on their customers.

If someone wants to pirate a copy of Spore, DRM will not stop them, because a decent hacker can simply remove the DRM and distribute the game over Bit Torrent, where anyone who wants to pirate it for free can easily find it. The only thing that DRM does is punish people who actually buy the game legitimately, and encourage frustrated customers to look into piracy as an alternative.

If this game fails to meet EA's sales projections, they will probably just blame it on piracy. The real irony of excessive DRM is that it does NOT prevent piracy, but in fact is an incentive for piracy. EA's gestappo anti-piracy practices are only contributing to the piracy problem, not solving it.

This video says it all.

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There is no way I am buying this game until EA dials back the DRM to what is legal. I hope thier butts get slapped with a big fat class action lawsuit, because there's no way they'd be able to win.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

If someone wants to pirate a copy of Spore, DRM will not stop them

Yup. Very dumb. If you own a legitimate copy, you will get a pinky poked in your butthole. This is encouraging piracy, dummys.



http://kotaku.com/5049498/forbes-spore-downloaded-35k-times-weds+thurs

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__SuzOiojAA&feature=related

[comic_guy04]

I'm actually glad I pirated it cuz this game isn't worth buying IMO. The newest Sims game looks to be cooler than this is. Just another case of a game being over hyped, hopefully that isn't the case with Warhammer, but it probably will.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Seems to casual for my liking. Don't like the art direction either. Having more fun with Stalker: Clear Sky, barely touched it. I wonder how the sales of spore will stack against the sims, these kind of games generally sell pretty well.

[C.F. Kane]

The game seems like the kind of thing that would be improved by a sequel, kind of like how no one plays the first GTA anymore.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

"Spore Loosens Up, Allows Multiple Account Registrations"

http://kotaku.com/5052045/spore-loosens-up-allows-multiple-account-registrations

[Unknown]

does ea have a customer service phone number to call.

i looked everywhere on their website and couldnt find one. only a faq section that doesnt answer ****.

my copy of spore played the first day and thats it.

when i open the game it doesnt come on but it is running in the background. i have tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it but to no avail.

[Philly Phanboy]

Best spore creation I've seen so far. :up::up:

O_Ma0INup8E

[Soapy]

That's amazing! Has anyone made a Xenomorph yet?

[Kahoot]

Has anyone got the game? Wanna post the pictures of yor creates that the game generates? The png files can be input into the game to create the creatures.

Like this is in my game and came from http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com
http://www.cad-comic.com/images/news/Ponkrom.png
http://www.cad-comic.com/images/news/Ponkrom.png (http://www.cad-comic.com/images/news/Ponkrom.png)

[SouLeSS]

http://ruliweb5.empas.com/ruliboard/gup/img_screen_pc/98820_1.jpg
http://ruliweb5.empas.com/ruliboard/gup/img_screen_pc/98820_2.jpg
http://ruliweb5.empas.com:8080/ruliboard/gup/img_screen_pc/98820_8.jpg
http://ruliweb5.empas.com:8080/ruliboard/gup/img_screen_pc/98820_4.jpg
http://ruliweb5.empas.com:8080/ruliboard/gup/img_screen_pc/98820_9.jpg


Starcraft is forever.

[Gilpesh]

:heart: :heart: Starcraft :heart: :heart:

[Kahoot]

Those are well impressive. I've only played around with the vehicle creator a wee bit but I could never come up with anything like that.

[Dark Victory]

I got this game yesterday and have played about an hour of it and hate it. Waste of money.

[Bathead]

According to some things I've read online, both Mass Effect and Bioshock also have DRM. Are these people crazy? I was considering buying all three of these as well as Spore but now, no way in Perdition. I'm guessing that's why they don't tell you it's included, because they know they'll lose sales. Isn't all this illegal?

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

The steam version of Bioshock hasn't got DRM.
Someone has thrown a lawsuit at EA over Spore and someone on the Bioware forums was claiming they had contacted a lawyer and planned to throw one at Bioware and EA although it seemed kinda fishy. There's some crap about them taking the limatations off

Steam also tells you if a game is using DRM. Currently, it appears the only DRM game on steam is Crysis: Warhead, published by EA.

http://i37.tinypic.com/xqdqih.jpg


Valve's and Stardocks approach are much better imo.

[Bathead]

Dumb question, perhaps, what is Steam?

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Valve's digital distribution service.

http://store.steampowered.com/about/

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Trust doesn't seem to be an issue when people are downloading illegal copys.

[Kahoot]

I'm not too clear on all the DRM stuff. Everything I read says it's bad but no one really says why.

[Gilpesh]

I'm not too clear on all the DRM stuff. Everything I read says it's bad but no one really says why.

Some DRM installs itself deep into the computer without you okaying it and the only way to get it off the computer is to reformat the hard drive.

[Kahoot]

So it's like AOL...

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

"EA Boss: Nobody Cares About DRM (But I Totally Hate It)"

http://kotaku.com/5063443/ea-boss-nobody-cares-about-drm-but-i-totally-hate-it

[Super Kal]

I bought the game a few days after it came out, and since then, I've loved it...

the chance to create the Enterprise is awesome to me :p, so the space section has me going forever :)

[Bubonic]

I remember being lots of hype about this being a revolutionairy game, and then the hype died fast when it came out... What happened?

Hopefully the same won't happen with Avatar.

[Spidey-Bat]

It's $20 on Amazon now.

[Super Kal]

lol, i should of waited :p