[Someone Else]

One of the more interesting, unique games coming out for any platform would be Spore.

http://www.gamespot....ex.html?q=Spore

You start of as a little single-cell organism, playing a game much like that fish one where you eat the smaller fish to get bigger, to eat even bigger fish. Yeah, that's the one.

In the Creature Phase, you become a creature and I mean, ANY kind of creature; customization is amazing here. You have to just survive here, not be eaten, and eat whatever as long as it's part of you diet. You could be a herbivore, at any rate. I don't know what you do to advance through this stage, maybe time is all that's needed.

Enter the Civilization Phase, this is where you have more than one creature to control. You have to build up a settlement for your creatures to survive. I think they have a religion, too. Or maybe not a religion per se, maybe it was just different cultures.

Now you go to the City Phase, where your creatures try to control the planet - peacefully or otherwise!

Finally, you have the Galatic Phase. Your creatures want to spread to other planets to have their numbers grow even further. You build a spaceship!! The spaceship is customizable, too!


Yup, that's it. Pretty simple of a game, huh?

[Golden Legacy]

Will Wright is an absolute genius. :) The scope of this game is incredible: from a single-celled organism to exploring the galaxy?

Just amazing.

[Nick Presta]

My cousin got to meet Mr. Wright. He was a pretty cool guy.

Spore looks amazing. If you can, download the 50-something minute videos from YouTube or something. They really show the potential of the game and they're awesome.

I may get a new rig just for this...

[Sea of Time]

The guy is a genius and if this game lives up to the hype, which it should, it could become one of the best games of all time.

If I had a PC that was powerful enough, I'd buy it in an instant (when it comes out), but for now, I'll have to sit tight and wait for a new comp.

[Toasty]

I might be getting a new PC within a year or so, and what surprises me, is that the one I'm getting, is twice as powerful as our family PC, for $400 less. We did get the family PC in 2000 though.

Anyway, this game does look pretty interesting, but I doubt it could be considered the best game of all time. Depending on the price, I might get it.

[Golden Legacy]

Certainly one of the most epic games of all time, you can't deny that. Just the sheer possibilities alone already make it a winner.

[Someone Else]

It might be one of those kind of games where once you've played through it, you don't feel like you need to go through it again.

There may not be much incentive to go through with a new kind of creature, but let's hope not.

[Golden Legacy]

Will Wright mentioned in an interview that they're still deciding whether it's possible for your creature to become purely acquatic. If it's not included in the main game, then it will be added in as an expansion.

[Someone Else]

Oooh... expansions? I change my mind. :)

[Somia]

This really was an good idea, just imagine all teh possibilities. =3
Can't wait till I get my hands on it.

[Sea of Time]

I don't know if I would want to create a totally warped creature and laugh at it, or create a cool creature that I can live with over a period of two hundred years. :P

Yes, the possibilities are endless aren't they?

[Someone Else]

I want to make a cat-like creature, because I love tigers. =)

They say the smallest creature you can make will be the size of a hampster, and the largest, roughly the size of a full-grown African Elephant.

[Golden Legacy]

The concept of creating furry, galactic hamsters to explore the universe is very amusing. :P

Just simply amazing what the possibilities are.

[Someone Else]

Yeah, and each creature has a set of stats, like stealth, strength, and speed and such.

I imagine a hampster would be more prone to have stealth with decent speed.

But that means I'd have to conquer cities peacefully... bah.

[Golden Legacy]

Or spread disease.

Speaking of which, is that possible, for your creature to be prone (or resistant to) disease? And likewise, can sudden "mutations" occur as the creatures evolve?

I'm really curious to see just how realistic and epic this game is, and how much detail the studio is putting into it.

[Someone Else]

Not sure about disease, but mutations seem like something Spore should have.

Can't wait 'till they have a demo out, which I think they should make one.

[Someone Else]

Bumpage. This can be moved to the parent "Other Games" board seeing how Spore is apparently being released on all platforms.

http://pc.ign.com/ob...735/735340.html

Good thing to, seeing how unpopular computer gaming is, here anyway.

EDIT: Ya know, I just watched the 15 minute developer demonstration on IGN and I REALLY want this game! It looks like something I could keep coming back to. The Space Phase looks awesome! I love games that allow you to just play around absolutely any way you want to. This looks more like your game than the developer's game with all the deep customization, and that's something I haven't seen in a long time.

Too bad it doesn't come out till Q2.

[Saturos S.]

The only consoles I own are GBA and a pc. So PC games pretty... appealling to me. As for the game, I've only really heard good things about it. It's finally an original sim again, or so at least it seems.

[Golden Djinn13]

I'm into more of strategy games, but this one seems to be somewhat strategy involved. I'll watch out for it, as it nears its release.

[Someone Else]

It's more of a Strategy than a Sim. I guess you could think Sim City, just a bit more personal?

[Golden Djinn13]

^ So true, it seems like a Sim City type game except you can control individual characters....And destroy things. :rolleyes:

[Someone Else]

I also wonder if we could have creatures with clothing. Nothing elaborate, just things like loin-cloths. Gotta have my cavemen doods.

Also, we can have bipeds, but I have to wonder if they could be like humanoids?

[Nyktos]

I definitely want this game.

[Golden Djinn13]

Spore Main Website

I just found this site, for those of you that may not have seen it. They also have more screenshots, videos, etc.
Now it really looks a lot more exciting to me, than it did a couple hours ago. :rolleyes:

[Sea of Time]

Cool intro, and I am more excited about this game now. It's a lot deeper than I thought it was and it takes 'sandbox' gaming to a whole new level. Awesome.

[Golden Djinn13]

Sea_of_Time, on Dec 11 2006, 11:40 AM, said:

Cool intro, and I am more excited about this game now. It's a lot deeper than I thought it was and it takes 'sandbox' gaming to a whole new level. Awesome.

See, theres something about the intro that gets you hooked and wanting to learn more. :rolleyes:

[Sea of Time]

Yeah, I had no idea that you could go as far as to conquer other planets. It's very realistic (to a degree), but is still quirky in its design. It looks addictive, I'll say that much.

[Somia]

This is gonna be awsome. Brilliant game I must say, just think of all the possibilities. Can't wait till I get my hand on it.

Maybe science classes should adopt this game if it's sucessful. =p

[Golden Legacy]

A DS version of Spore was confirmed by EA earlier this week.

http://www.gamespot....ws/6165172.html

[Split Infinity]

Darn. Another reason why I shouldn't be left alone with a DS.

[Sea of Time]

I don't think it will be as good as the PC version, but that's great news for all the DS owners here at GSSF.

[Someone Else]

You guys better not get the console/handheld versions; most of you don't appreciate PC games as much as you should.

[Split Infinity]

Consoles have no system requirements, handhelds are portable, and there are tons of other problems that can crop up with PC games.

[Someone Else]

I don't really see what point you're trying to make or what relevance it bears to the topic itself. I didn't say that consoles are bad, I just said PC games are under-appreciated here. But your statements are worth arguing, which is probably what you want.

You first statement is true and is one of the biggest flaws of PC games, I'll admit. Your second statement applies to PC gaming as well (laptops, duh) so you can't count that against PCs. And as for you third statement, it's true that PC games generally have more bugs and glitches than console games, but I've never owned or played a game on my PC that had "tons of bugs" as you speak, so that was slightly exaggerated.

[Golden Djinn13]

I have to admit that now I pretty much prefer playing PC games than to playing console games. Most of them are a lot cheaper if not free, and I find their replay value a lot higher (at least for me) than to console games. I'm gonna get the PC version for this game, as it'll probably have all the features, where the console will cut some out, or modify them.

[Split Infinity]

WD, I meant that they can occur, not within the game itself, but in the compatibility, considering the space, memory, drivers, sound and video cards, the OS, and how recent the computer is. But yes, if you have all of those in place, PC games are potentially of a higher grade than games played on other 'systems'.

Speaking of which, Maxis games always seem to play better on computers. With the obvious exception of Bustin' Out, but it still wasn't as good as the original PC game.

[Someone Else]

http://wii.ign.com/a...1/771051p1.html

Doesn't sound like we're getting Spore on the Wii.

[Split Infinity]

Wow, he was harsh. What's wrong with wanting to make a 'fun' game? Isn't that what games are designed to be? This guy needs to take a load off.

[Someone Else]

You completely missed his point.

Video games are a lot like movies. Movies are entertainment, but they're also considered a form of art. Video games are in the same way. Creating video games is an art form, and rightly so. But unfortunately, video game developers aren't widely respected as artists just yet, and Nintendo isn't helping much. But, look at the Console War topic and read my summary of it.

Anyways... what vehicles would you guys create?

[Toasty]

Pfft. A spaceship, duh. :D Nah, I'd probably build a jet fighter, or mabey a car capable of hypersonic speeds.

[EDIT} But about Spore comming to the DS/Wii, I'm sure it will. There's a second article on IGN about the guy apologizing, and his opinion doesn't represent all of EA anyway.

[Someone Else]

Mr.T, on Mar 16 2007, 05:20 PM, said:

There's a second article on IGN about the guy apologizing, and his opinion doesn't represent all of EA anyway.

link please

[Toasty]

Gladly.

http://wii.ign.com/a...1/771849p1.html

Hecker fully apologizes, it's all in the article. So say hello to Spore on Nintendo consoles!

[Someone Else]

You should post that in Console Wars. It looks... interesting beside the article I posted.

[Someone Else]

http://www.gamespot....ws/6170303.html

Delay'd. Well, at least we know they care about actually FINISHING the game as opposed to releasing a half-assed version.

[Split Infinity]

Wind Dude, on May 12 2007, 02:11 PM, said:

EDIT: Oops, ignore this post. Mods delete

Oxymoron!

I agree with you on your previous point though; if Spore is as anticipated as they make it to be, a few months delay could be worth a more polished product, although the possibility of a 2009 release seems a bit rash.

[Folcon]

I think it was in GamePro, they said Spore was, at the moment, postponed indefanatly. That sucks.

[Someone Else]

Articles or it never happened!

[FlamingDuck]

I'm wondering, does the DS have the power to handle Spore? Maybe they'll just make a sidescrolling version for it ;)

Anyway, I haven't heard too much about it recently...except for whats-his-face's little rant.

[Folcon]

Wind Dude, on Jun 21 2007, 02:42 PM, said:

Articles or it never happened!

Here it is, GameInformer, issue 171, pg 43, articale, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Listed under bad. Says, "EA's Spore has been delayed indefinately..."

[Someone Else]

I dunno about indefinitely, but Kotaku always says it best:

http://kotaku.com/gaming/pc/spore-slip-sli...away-270324.php

I kinda hope it's not that they're trying to port it to consoles, considering I love to hate consoles so much. Either way, I'm glad they're not rushing it...

[Golden Djinn13]

Wow, thats really depressing. I know they will make it eventually though. (Even if its not in our lifetime :agitated: )

[Sea of Time]

I think that the people making Spore should be worried about losing their main audience by delaying this game constantly. Eventually, if the game keeps getting delayed, people are going to walk away, no matter how promising the game sounds.