Attention!!
Do not listen to other reviews! This game is very fun despite what anyone says. It has the greatest custimizing system out there. You do very fun arcade like gamplay in cell stage as a fish like creature. In creature stage you are in a 3D world inhabbited by built in creaturs and creatures made by other players. After you custimize your creature for the last time, you move on to tribal stage. Tribal stage is real time strategy where you control all of your creatures. Then you go to civilization phase where it's still real time stratedgy exept you command vehicles and fight your own creature since you divided up into cities. Last, you control a spaceship with a bunch of tools and weapons. You now go from planet to planet capturing and obducting. ... Read More
Excellent Computer Game, Not Many Shortcomings
When I heard the news about SPORE, I immediately decided to purchase it when it came out. However, I became slightly discouraged by (a) the repetitive creature creator and (b) the anti-secuROM reviews on this website. As a result, I was a bit reluctant, but I ended up purchasing the game. When I installed the game with no difficulties, I was pleasantly surprised. The game was not overly simplistic, and most of its elements I found to be very fun, with only a few shortcomings.
All stages (besides the creature stage) were quite fun, especially civilization and space. I enjoyed doing various quests, colonizing, etc. The cell stage, though quite simple, was an excellent preview of the game's elements to come. And during the civ stage, it ... Read More
Fun didn't last very long
The game starts off very fun: creating, growing, surviving. The game takes you through different gameplay styles from 3rd person action adventure to RTS style gameplay. However, the missions remain the same and as you progress through the game it gets tedious and boring. 3 Stars for the game. 1 Star overall for the use of SecuRom.
A 14 yr. olds Review of a HORRIBLE game
When I first heard of Spore I was very excited because all of the reviews had been positive praising the games ability to let the user evolve the creature, and also sculpt huge empires. I was hugely disappointed when I played the game. My favorite games in the past have been the Age of Empires series as well as the Civilization series. When I heard of sculpting an empire and having your own creatures living inside of it I was absolutely pulled into the huge net that EA and Will Wright had spun. The truth is, you have little "science" involved in making your creature, and once you advance to the civilization stage you have no interaction with your creature at all. What I had wished for was to remain a god like figure during the entire game, but in ... Read More
My kids LOVE this game
OK, so it was purchased as a present for my husband, but its actually my 6 and 8yo boys who adore this game. They play it almost daily, and even have friends come over to "watch". It definitely, to me, is great for younger kids, and I would ignore the 10+ rating. My 10yo daughter likes it too. I can understand the low marks this game received since it was marketed to adults but is really a child's game. I love the concepts it has taught my kids about life, life cycles, and evolution.
