n0wak Posted October 12, 2008 Ugh. Spore did what flOw had done earlier and better, regardless of who thought of what when and while working for whom. It's all a copy of BASIC Snake anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Posted October 13, 2008 To be honest, the tribal and civ stages aren't amazing, however there's still some quite nice stuff in there. I kind of see everything before the space stage as an elaborate character creation anyway, the space stage is the bulk of the game and there's a fuck-ton of stuff to do there. Mucking about in the creators is fun also Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorn Posted October 13, 2008 I love both the cell and creature stages, which I've played through as both an aggressive and peaceful creature, but I hate the tribal stage. In fact, I've been unable to get past it. Tribal is pretty easy. You just need to give some food to neighbouring tribes to make them slightly friendly and then collect all the instruments you can and perform for them. Have two individuals for each instrument, two fishermen and one guy taking eggs from your domesticated animals. That will give you more than enough food and you'll be done with the stage in less than an hour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LOPcagney Posted October 14, 2008 Sooooo. How about that expansion pack. I forgot about the whole Sims expansion pack phenomenon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted October 16, 2008 Two fuckin' expansion packs announced: http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/10/13/spore-expansion-confirmed-detailed I guess this gives some credence to the rumours that content was intentionally held back for selling afterwards, based on the immense popularity of The Sims' expansions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LOPcagney Posted October 16, 2008 If only every company was a Valve... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chummer Posted March 20, 2014 Bumped from the forum graaaaaaaaveeee...... So I picked up all the Spore stuff in the Steam weekly deal for $15. Had a lot of the same thoughts ya'll did 5 years later; creature phase has fun exploration but repetitive interactions, tribal and civ stages are short and dull. But golly is that creature creator a really neat thing. While all my creatures aren't particularly creative, dragging that spine around, changing colors, adding limbs and then being able to use it inside a game immediately is kind of amazing. Also enjoying the spaceship creation as well. It's unfortunate that DarkSpore was such a mediocre game, because I would love to see this editor used in more things. I'm curious if there's anybody at EA right now trying to think of ways to implement it in new ways and recoup what I can only imagine was a huge cost making that thing. I think I'd like to see that as some sort of middleware for beginning developers who have no 3D modeling skills. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted September 8, 2016 better than No Man's Sky lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beasteh Posted September 10, 2016 Funny this game should come up after so many years. The guys at Monster Factory just did Spore this month. I laughed so hard I cried: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
