SPORE™ Reviews

Great nostalgia for me, I basically grew up on spore. Wonderful sandbox, the only 2 complaints I have are that EA are doing nothing to update the game, and also I don't like when in tribal stage, creatures from previous saves replace the randomized creatures in the tribes, I always found it weird and unnecessary. Other than that, love the game, 10/10.

I'm on the space stage at the time of writing, and the game holds out very well compared to some other sim games. It takes a lot of time and somewhat little strategy to succeed if you don't allow the NPC's to conquer before you do (which is what happened in my Civilisation stage, which took an hour to break out of). Therefore, each stage is a lot harder in the early phase compared to the end of that stage. Character creator is very nice and you can literally make a bowling ball if you want to. Other species are varied and creative. Only real negative I have so far is that the online system, where you can share your species, has been shut down long ago.

Very good, tribal kinda sucks but overall a really good game, on of my favorite games of all time, would recommend

What is there to say? Legendary childhood game, if you didn't try it, definitely do, it's unlike any other game out there. Only cons i can think of is that AI can be quite janky with pathfinding.

I have enjoyed this game for many hours, The ability to create any creature you want is very enjoyable to me, i've always wanted to create new creatures, this game allows me to make digital versions of my ideas and play as them doing quests. I would very much recomend this game.

Spore my beloved, a one of a kind experience. The game falls off after the evolution stages tho but that's not why were here... The moral of the story: Civilization sucks, return to monke

ah yes, spore, the game i loved to play as a kid and my junkie stock walmart pc could barely run it, now since the game is crashing almost every other time that i die, maybe its just the game. Love the game, but dammit man, it sucks playing for hours without saving just to crash and lose everything over and over. Think it crashed like 5 times in the past hour alone, would still recommend i guess as i see not many others are having this issue

The review is negative because the Steam version of this game is unplayable on modern systems. It crashes constantly, often at random moments, making it nearly impossible to play. Just buy it on GOG – it's much more stable than the Steam version. Spore is a perfect game from my childhood, but never buy the Steam version. EA simply doesn't care about their digital releases.

Such a solid game, even better than when I played it as a kid. I've never played the game with it's DLC's but I assure you that It's worth it! [b]If it ever goes on sale pick it up![/b] Game doesn't need Origin to launch, very good for those who don't want an account. You design and create a species, throughout your playthrough. You start at the very begining of all life, when a meteor impacts a planet and casts it's many shards across the oceans of it's surface. Where do you end it? Out there, in the stars to find out the truth of it all. Best part about this game is it's great replayability, Each stage you progress through has 3 categories you can end up in, decided by how you played and designed your species. I believe that depending on which category you end up in, you will have different benefits to start out with in the next stage. OH and don't forget that [spoiler]previous species you've created will show up in future playthroughs![/spoiler] YES, you can be competing against a species of alien you made yourself, it's always cool to see AI play against you with characters, vehicles, structures you designed. [h2]Warning[/h2] When you first launch the game it will be locked to 30fps. You can change that by editing some files, you can find out more about this from a Spore General Discussions post by a user 'Space Coward' where they credit a forum user 'Emd4600' for the tweak. Also during your play you will have to keep an eye on how frequently you save, that's right [b]this game doesn't have an autosave function.[/b] Increasing the FPS of the game might cause more instability, Idk. Although I think the game is amazing, even more so now that I'm older, I have to admit that not all stages of this game are built equal. [b]For me[/b] the game shines during it's early 3 stages. As a kid I enjoyed those the most and I can safely say that it was for good reason. The latter stages aren't terrible or anything, maybe the last stage is a bit repetetive, but overall I do think it still is a solid experience like no other. [h2] What I dislike, actually think is bad [/h2] The AI in the [b]Tribal[/b] and [b]Civilization[/b] stages is bland. They will go to war with you for no reason, the moment their relationship with your people falls below a certain amount. You can baby sit them and constantly manage their need to go to war with you, that's all they amount to. I've stopped whole raids by sending over a present... It's so weird to see 12 angry and ruthless tribals just stop attacking you, because they got some fruit from you. The [b]creature creator/designer modes[/b] limit the player with the resource budget and complexity bar. I don't like the complexity bar one bit... Maybe due to limitations of the engine or whatever other reason, it doesn't matter to me. I understand that constraints can get people to be more creative, but for me it just makes it so that my design is dwarfed at times. Another thing, this one a nit pick is that whenever you reach the point where you can progress to the next stage it is very easy to accidentally advance when you still wanted to collect some more parts and evolve your species. The button you use to check your progress/history turns into a one way ticket to the next stage, like I said it's a nit pick from me. [h1]Ending words[/h1] I recommend you check out videos on the creature creator, there are a lot of controls and techniques that are there but not very well explained. Make cool and creative creatures people~

Spore is the best game i have ever played, pretty good graphics for 2008. If you are stuck in a loop of repetive games, spore is the game for you. AND each playthrough is never the same.