metal_mills

"Hardcore pc gamers are a relatively small audience in the gaming spectrum, made half the size due to the fact a massive percentage are likely to be using torrents, and an equally massive percentage exclusively play MMO's or valve shooters.

There are to many developers quiting exclusive development, or any development on the pc pointing to pirracy, for me not to believe its a factor, aswell as the evidence seen with my own eyes.

But it obviously makes you feel less guilty about your own piracy to believe its not a factor."

You know things like this are cut and changed ALL the time in development right? It isn't a whole level or a large drop in violence. It is a TINY thing.

Holy shit the drugs called X instead of Y and doesn't give me a +1 to stamina? WAAHHH!

Get over it.

It wasn't included in the Australian version. I guess we weren't the only one. Pretty lame to be honest.

"If Spore sells as well as The Sims 2 I will be surprised as balls in a basket or easter eggs and cheddar cheese sandwiches!"

"15-16 hours,damn son it just came out today!"

"I dont agree with you at all. But thanks for sharing."

So far I've put in around 15-16 hours. Its been fun but this really isn't the game I was hoping.

If it was deeper it would be amazing but like reviews have said I just can't help think "this would be so much better if they added X or done Y". There are quite a few little bugs popping up like turrets that fire at nothing, planet textures not loading, not being able to attack some creatures ect and so far the Space stage has done nothing but **** me off.

Every 2 minutes someone is attacking me which means I can't explore or in fact do much of anything. Every time they attack the same city/planets with the same ships and do the exact same thing over and over every 2 damn minutes.

The game also has a very strong feeling that it would be better after the 8 expansions which are inevadable to come are released.

There are so many little problems and disappointments I am starting to get sick of the game already.

The thing is the problems don't just lie with the space stage. Tribal and Civ stage both start to get pretty boring too because its just a very very basic RTS game. That's it. Tribal is less than an hour long so that's ok but civ is much longer.

The A.I is pretty crap too. They don't have any strategy at all and send wave after wave into die.

The units are unbalanced too. Air units are USELESS. Ground is only ok at the start and ships are far and beyond the most powerful with good health, strong damage, insane anti-air damage and the ability to shoot way inland.

I still enjoy Cell and Creature stage the most. These are the only 2 times you get to shape your character into what you want and get to collect the parts and make the game feel like Spore(or should I say the spore you were expecting), not just a basic RTS.

This game seems like its an editor with a game thrown in to try the stuff out and real content to be released later.

The missions in space suck pretty badly too. For example scan EVERYTHING on a planet but it doesn't say what you have and haven't scanned or how many there is to scan. Others just include pick up and drop off missions or other MMO style missions.

I know this has been kind of a rant and overall I do like it(I love the music) but for a game that has been delayed sooooo long and has so much potential it really seems like this is a classic case of being too dumbed down for a wider market. I know its by Maxis, the creators of the sims and I knew it would be simple enough for casual gamers but some of it is just boring it's so simple. I love the sims and was hoping for something like that which had depth but also very accessible. 
The thing is this is much more simple than the sims, it lacks even that much depth.

This game is perfect for people who LOVE creating lots of cool creatures and units but for the rest who wanted a true game...not so much.

However saying all that I can't help but still keep playing it. It might be because my hype for the game dropped quickly and I'm seeing what the game has to offer now rather than what it's missing.

I'm hoping most of the bad game designs and bugs can be cleared up with patches and when the first expansion comes out Maxis listens to us and adds more depth, even if its just to what The Sims 2 has.

If you love building things: 5/5
If you wanted a great game with the editors: 3.5/5

"the game doesn't even work. My pc completely locks up with in 5min.....don't buy it now, wait until they patch it."

It runs fine for me. Try updating your graphics drivers.

I swear a lot myself so I really don't care. In fact I like them swearing because they act more them self rather than being all PG13 like they use to be in the Hotspot.

Jeff: The sores have healed, it's cool.
Vinny: She's getting on with her life.

Holy shit. That is so wrong but fucking hilarious!