Spore

By RawmeatCowboy Full review here A portion of a C3 review… The Spore concept is a difficult one to transfer well to weaker hardware, but thankfully EA have not tried to shoehorn in anything unnecessary to a good gaming experience. Sadly, what is here, in regards to fighting and journeying, doesn’t hold up i...

By Kris Pigna Unlike the universe-spanning PC simulation it's spun off from, Spore Hero is a disappointingly generic third-person platformer with some very light "Metroidvania" influences. You start the game with a barely evolved creature that crash lands on an unfamiliar planet, and you then exp...

By Justin Haywald When Will Wright first talked about his plans for Spore, he set expectations so high that no game could've possibly lived up to the hype. Spore was a good game, but instead of doing one or two things really well, it was more like several decent games tossed together. Spore's recent expansion,...

By MTV Video Games “Spore Galactic Adventures,” the first major gameplay expansion, is an effort to change that. “Spore” has an endless late-game; players who are able to reach the final Space Stage with their created species see the galaxy open up before them into thousands – perhaps more – of discrete sta...

By ballightning TNT Productions (Terry) was another of the privilaged Spore users who got to try out Galactic Adventures at the recent Adventure Camp, here is his review plus some Q&A’s.   Spore Galactic Adventures Creators Camp Review  Firstly I would like to personally thank MaxisCactus and the entire staff at Maxis for giving myself and my other fellow creators/friends (Ceece, Fotosynthesis, [...]

 UK By David Rankin » It takes a brave developer to bring out a platformer on the Wii, home of Mario Galaxy, one of the greatest examples of the genre ever made. Taking on such a big-hitter, even if not directly, requires something a little bit different ...

 UK By David Rankin » It takes a brave developer to bring out a platformer on the Wii, home of Mario Galaxy, one of the greatest examples of the genre ever made. Taking on such a big-hitter, even if not directly, requires something a little bit different ...

And toys and play, Wright says, go hand-in-hand. If you step way back and look at Spore as a whole it's meant to show a grand arch, the story of life," her said. "The Sims is like the story of life on Earth, Spore is life with a capital L." Goodwin says Spore "amplifies the imagination."

By rss@youtube.com (GamezChannel) Spore E3 Trailer Spore is a multi-genre massive single-player online metaverse video game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. It allows a player to control the development of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through development as an intelligent and...

By ballightning Executive producer Morgan Roarty is here to take us around the add-on to EA’s PC hit, and talk of piracy and hardcore dissatisfaction is rapidly side-stepped as we pile into chatter on Spore’s mainstream success. The numbers make good reading, the Creature Creator having been downloaded over 6 million times, with 3 million copies of Spore sold, and over 64 million creatures invented. ‘Goals’ are key - tasks for creatures to complete, and these can be racked-up in succession in true sandbox style, allowing players to probe the limits of the game itself; the platform Maxis are offering us. If nothing more, Galactic Adventures’ toolset should be a sturdy test of just how robust the Spore game engine really is, and the quality and depth of the...   [read the full post]

By Nate Ralph One of the most praised parts of Spore was the creature creator that allowed players to pull and prod body parts every which way to design amazing creatures, which would then animate in a lifelike fashion. Spore Creature Keeper takes those monsters and dumps them into a virtual-pet game ai...

 CA - Ok, so the story isn't that typical, but the game wastes a lot of its concept and style points (just read that previous synopsis) by failing to capitalize ... Wii Review - 'Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars' WorthPlaying.com Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars (Wii) CNET Reviews all 3 news articles

By Joe Haygood While DRM has been around for several years in the PC world, it was not until Spore that the DRM arguement came to a head in popular culture.  Spore was a mainstream title that exposed the good and bad of DRM, and the arguements for and against having it in your game.

By Brian Crecente Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars is one of the better Wii titles of the year. Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars was developed by Red Fly Studio and published by Gamecock. Released on December 2 for the Wii, retails for $49.99. Played through the entire campaign.

PopMatters  TX - That’s the other reason “Spore” is so huge: It’s the Next Big Thing from the guy who made the best-selling PC game in history — a “virtual dollhouse” in ... Expansion Review: Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack PopMatters all 2 news articles

By Ben The variety avaliable in the creature creator is staggering The creature stage revolves around judging whether to make friends or hunt depending on your species' own needs 7 Will Wright is an ambitious man; with the hugely popular Sims series he defined the God game. So

By Nick One opinion which seems to be echoed in every situation involving invasive DRM software is this: the DRM will be hacked out by pirates within days of release (in this case, Spore was available pirated before its release date) so the users who pay for the title get saddled with resource-hog...

By Nick Amazon users’ revolt over the inclusion of SecuROM DRM with Spore continues, garnering 845 negative reviews since the release less than . Since our article this morning over 600 new reviews have given Spore a one-star rating. Wow. Since our article this morning over 600 new reviews have giv...

By thefury Which brings me to my biggest gripe: that your creature never really feels like its evolving.  You can scrap and remake your creature as you want, so if you know what is coming, you can really metagame and setup your creature for sucess.  That just really takes me out of the evolution of my crea...

By John Callaham Time magazine has posted up a list of what they think are the 50 best inventions of 2008 on their web site. In between selections like the Mars Rover, the moving skyscraper, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (that qualifies as an invention, apparently) the list include's EA's alien evolut...

By Andrew(noreply@blogger.com) That's a question many gaming enthusiasts have been asking recently following the release of the long-awaited EA title Spore, a game designed by Will Wright (the creator of SimCity) and Maxis (the studio Wright founded, now owned by EA).

 TN - Macworld's Game Room has posted a new review of Spore, Will Wright's most recent god sim. In the game players steer the evolutionary path of a lifeform from ...

By Carol Mangis A model of the Mars Phoenix lander. SimCity and Sims Spore mastermind Will Wright (here with his wife, Kim) attended to accept an award for his newest creation, Spore. I asked him what was next; all he would say was, "There are a lot of ideas floating around..." We can't wait, Will.

By Michael Masnick It would appear that gaming company EA got the wrong message concerning DRM after its Spore DRM debacle. While EA eventually backed down, it certainly did plenty to damage its own reputation in the gaming community. Hell, when we recently posted an article about EA that had nothing to do wit...

 South Africa - It really sounds great on paper and with Will Wright (the creator of 'The Sims' series) behind it you expect a delightful micro-management game that ... How evolution inspired a computer game Pretoria News (subscription) all 2 news articles

IBNLive.com  India - Spore is very different from any game Will Wright ever made till now. Yes, it has elements from his past creations such as SimCity, Sims, SimCity Societies ... Want to play God? play it with Spore IBNLive.com all 3 news articles

By Tobold(noreply@blogger.com) But EA's lawyers are busy with a class action suit over Spore DRM installing the SecuROM rootkit on the users computer. And in another tricky maneuver they are trying to explain how the manual stating that you could run several accounts with one copy of Spore was just a misprint. Does that mea...

By andrewlewin And in the meantime, Spore gave me a major urge to go get the latest SimCity and play that instead. And while I spent a few hours merrily playing Spore one weekend, it was as nothing compared to the obsession that gripped me for hours upon hours building cities the next.

By Super Jive On September 22nd, the plaintiff, Melissa Thomas of Maryland, filed the five million dollar lawsuit on behalf of all customers who purchased and installed Electronic Arts' (EA) newest release, Spore. Spore is described as a "massively single player online PC and Mac game" which shippe...

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By Chris Inspired by xkcd, having played those games and being underwhelmed by SPORE. And I'm not the only one to draw the above parallels. Here's a screenshot from the Zero Punctuation review, D Spore is undoubtedly an amazing accomplishment; it's just not quite an amazing game.

By Jonah Falcon No, really. My own review will point out some serious issues with the game, but at least they’ll be based on actual thorough gameplay, and not on two hours. And Ben once again “reviews” a game, this time Spore. It’s odd Ben would love The Sims but not Spore, since the former title is a massive micr...

By Mark Methenitis Digital Rights Management (or "DRM" for short) is back in the news in a big way with the recent Spore fiasco. DRM, much like a Spore creature, is a quirky animal, with legs of technology, a torso of law, and arms of business, but it doesn't always have a head on its shoulders. But like so many othe...

The mission of Spore is to take an organism from single-celled anonymity all the way to space-faring glory. From a game designer's perspective that's not an ... EA To Relax 'Spore' DRM In Upcoming Patch G4 TV Spore Amending DRM Rules IGN

 IN - in the making and more than a year past its planned launch, a lot is riding on Spore, the latest simulation from celebrated game designer Will Wright. ... Will Wright remakes the universe Dawgnet all 3 news articles

Oberthaler: What Will Wright gets wrong about evolution University Daily Kansan Game Review: Spore places the universe in your hands Stevens Institute of Technology The Stute ‘Spore’ Stage 5: My Take And Will Wright’s Take MTV.com

By RawmeatCowboy Unfortunately Spore: Creatures is exemplified by its subtitle. A strange mish-mash of creatures and thus no master of one thing, which is a shame as both the presentation and wonderfully paper-crafted visuals show that a lot of love was ...

Sydney Morning Herald  NJ - People were certainly in for a shock, then, when he did it again in announcing his new game Spore. Everything about Spore will remind you that it came from ... ‘Spore’ Stage 5: My Take And Will Wright’s Take MTV.com New species of game aims to take over world Irish Times

By Ludwig Kietzmann We're not sure if Amazon is secretly displeased with its recent transformation from major online retailer to caustic protester staging ground. Gamers dissatisfied with Spore's "draconian" digital rights management attacked the game's reputation en masse earlier this week, draggi...

By Michael McWhertor Earlier today, all 2000-plus reviews of Spore at Amazon.com were deleted. Temporarily, that is, and not part of an attempt to whitewash customer feedback, according to the company. Amazon reps told us that the deletion of the Spore reviews was not intentional, calling the removal of custo...

By Brian Crecente Spore, developed by Maxis, published by Electronic Arts and released on Sept. 7 for the PC and Mac. Retails for $48 to $50. Reviewed on PC. Used all creators, played through space to space level and Omnipotent rank. Earned Spore Fan Achievement.

By Wade Larson Will Wright, the man who created the Sims phenomenon, finally gave the world Spore this weekend, after a long development and teasing gamers with the Spore Creature Creator. Unfortunately, like so many movie trailers, all the best parts were contained within that $10 download. The botto...

By Randy Nelson Filed under: Mac, PC, Simulations We went into social mode at last week's official Spore launch party to chat with Caryl Shaw, producer of the enormously anticipated "everything sim." Specifically, we wanted to hear her thoughts on how the game's being received around the globe - especi...

This is just as intuitive and robust as the Spore Creature Creator , allowing you to make any sort of architecture you can imagine with a few mouse clicks. ... Will Wright: In conversation Toronto Star Will Wright, creator of The Sims, talks about his latest game, Spore Los Angeles Times

By Joystiq Staff Spore: It ships to stores today in the US so make sure you check out our coverage of Will Wright's magnum opus, including our five reasons we thing we will love this game, our first out of the box experience and some interesting Spore related advertisements.Champions Online: We get a hands-...

By Joystiq Staff Activision Blizzard hopes Starcraft II shows up in 2009Penny Arcade Expo 2008: 58,500 attendeesUnreal Engine 3 to be used for newly revealed Sky GodsGOG.com to open up for early access next week; free Interplay game offerFirst Spore reviews are predictably mixedEntire X-Com series no...

PCW: Players have had access to the Spore Creature Creator for about a month now, but after playing the game, the building and vehicle creators seem even ... Spore Creatures Review IGN Diverse gameplay, lovely for fans of sandbox games, creature ... PC World Magazine

By Justin McElroy The review embargo lifted on Spore today, and the critics wasted no time weighing in on Will Wright's oft-delayed opus. The general consensus seems to be that an amazing level of quality is there, but depth may not be, which is really the last complaint we ever expected anyone to level at Spo...

Will, I bet you feel like expectations for Spore passed the unreasonable stage about a year ago—around the time you appeared on The Colbert Report, actually. And I’ll admit that probably no one outside your development team has had higher expectations for it than I have, except possibly y...

WW: In which case, is that to say that we're likely to transition into purely designed creature or entities? WW: No. JT: We are. WW: Right. JT: So would we recognize it? WHO'S CALLING PLEASE? WW: How long was the pulse? WW: Was it the galactic plane? WW: On the other side of our galaxy?

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Oh yes, we got to play Spore. The entire thing. With Will Wright providing backseat commentary. We also got some time with the Wrath of the Lich King's Death Knight, and DS Fanboy decided to play Homie Rollerz (so you don't have to)....