Spore Arrives on PC, Nintendo DS September 7

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  Making a game like this appeal to children is a fantastic idea. I hope more kids get a working knowledge... : windowpane
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    Bullshit. As a consumer, I want the game I want. I dont want this game for educational purposes. I was i... : stygian_whisper
    • I for one like the eyes.. : deadlycookie
  • The idea may not be bad, but this is not the game that was advertised for over two years. I loved the ori... : pillzer
• the eyes are probably a result of user-designed creatures. when retail hits expect to see more cock-base... : smax
• Uh, sorry but I don't understand when people post that the game is just now "becoming too cartoony." That... : gooblerampling

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  Just because we're hardcore gamers doesn't mean we can't enjoy games like Simcity and The Sims as well! : dpgagnon
  • ^^^^ : pigvomit
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    I think that's totally acceptable. I like Pikmin and Loco Roco and all sorts of weird games that you woul... : marmite
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      I don't know why you're expecting it to be crap. Has Will Wright ever made a crap game? Ever? : Arcanum
      • not sure if will wright was involved in games like sim copter and streets of simcity. : mobab
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  Did you actually play The Sims, or have you just seen screenshots? I gave up on it after a while because ... : House
  • Huh? If thinks in Sim City get too stressy, just turn down the game speed. Sim City is a really relaxing ... : code-e255
  • The Sims is really overwhelming. Took me forevero to figure out buy and build modes. : Sturm08
  • Yeah I "completed" the original - reached the top of the military career and then earned enough money to ... : marmite
• you know they made more than the Sims right? Like a certain hardcore city simulation you may have heard o... : derelict515
• It's true! I think the game is going to sell amazing, don't get me wrong, but I think 'hardcore' gamers a... : silentzero
• Me neither. When I first heard about it I thought it'd be a semi-realistic evolution simulator. Now it ju... : jtthe2nd
• The stages of the game correspond to a number of classic games that many hardcore gamers grew up with. In... : BlackCat9
• More often than not, hardcore gamers need to be punched in the dick. : walker270
• A 'hardcore' gamer is just someone who plays games a hell of a lot more than most and knows exactly what ... : Master Tonberry

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  The original pilot Wright demonstrated years ago was much less cartoony. I really don't like the art dire... : Ojalo1982
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    I saw a talk at GDC last year about this exact problem. It was pretty interesting. Don't remember the n : Arcanum
    • That's actually real interesting. I didn't know you had the ability to drill down to more advanced option... : Ojalo1982

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• Seriously. Worst video ever :( : PenicillinX57
• Yeah, that was really awful. I'm really excited about the game, and the video was completely dull, unint... : Arcanum

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  okay, okay, let me get this straight. people bitch when games hit their dates, but lack some content p... : dahanese
  • Hey now, I think I've been very patient with this game given the sheer number of times it's been delayed.... : Ojalo1982

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  Wow, I suppose it's not a coincidence since the movie did have a not-so-subtle reference to the "Big Bang... : rapiddelivery
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    Also, I can't wait for the religious folk to get wind of this; it's going to be messy. : rapiddelivery
    • I'm happy their God gave me the free will to ignore them. : snuff
    • i'm not so sure. In this world there is clearly a creator. This should be right up their alley : Neech
  • The big bang theory is not Evolution theory - just thought I'd be nitpicky and point that out... : Plinth Inc.

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• It's Will Wright, I don't see how it can be bad. *goes back to SimCity 4* : JimRune
• For whatever reason, it doesn't seem like an outrageously long development time to me. Spore developme... : Johnny Law
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  How about a little game named TF2.. only 8 years on that one! : datim
  • Illegal example. : snuff
  • Good old Duke comes also to mind. : omontero
• Is anyone else really pissed off at how a certain game single-handedly increased expectations/dread for g... : Charmplus

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  Tentacles are always R-rated. : qtussin
  • Is it better if Japan and tentacles aren't mentioned in the same sentence!? : sartori69
• Animals doing the nasty to the sounds of Barry Manilow and acknowledgment of the concept of evolution. : BlackCat9

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  You are a great person. : Chris Faylor
  • You should have his babies. : windowpane

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• no kidding. I wouldn't even waste time releasing that. : jonin

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• READ. It says it's a new trailer they are posting. : avatar_58
• this amazing secret is revealed in sentence TWO of this two-sentence news post! : yAak
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  the original post was one line long announcing the date with no references, or video. : captain hampton
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    This is true, though the post was updated ASAP (like less than a minute). : Chris Faylor
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      Because we strive to bring you the latest and the fastest breaking news coverage :D : Chris Faylor
      • if you hit F5 fast enough you can watch it being typed : enigmatic
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    ahh, sorry bout that then : yAak
    • no worries ;) : captain hampton

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• yah... waste of front page space, my bandwidth, shack's bandwidth and my time. : Madwacker
• Publishers should pay a CO2 fee for company logos, warnings and copyright infringement threats. In TV ... : MatzL.E.
• Yeah that trailer was a professional pile of nothing : razorblade79

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  I would bet money that the larger portion of video game buyers have no idea this game exists. Now is the ... : Magus
  • Correct. While you'll hear some hardcore gamers whining about how long it has taken and that they have lo... : Sgt_Boomstick

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• because expectations are naturally towards something watchable when you click play, not a 3 second logo f... : thebigbeefsandwich

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  Of course it will be....it's procedural! ; ) Also, that trailer was trash. : carbontree
  • Tailer? That was basically and animated logo. LAME : Gwyndion

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• are there gameplay videos that would suggest otherwise? (jc) : packav
• Go unnecessary cynicism. : jayacheess