'Spore Will Change the Way People Look at Games Forever,' Claims Creator Wright

Well I bought this this morning (UK) and I must admit the user stuff is great.

Starts off really well, although the phases are quite short (maybe 20 mins for cell, and about an hour or so for the others) they are awesome to watch your creature start to develop. It dips a little come the Civ phase, where you will start to get a little worried at just how simple it really is. Civ is basically just a tank spam until everything is yours. However, you then hit space, and it suddenly hits you just how big this thing is.

All the phases up until space are basically a tutorial, they are quick and very simple, even to the point like I said when you start to get a little concerned. But when space hits, the depth and complexity goes through the roof, and it's then you realise just how epic it is. So for those worried about the simplicity, don't worry, it all comes up gold in the end.

Terroforming a planet alone involves adjusting the atmosphere in several ways, then you have to collect plant and animal life from other plants and stabalise the ecosystem, introducing various plant species, then herbivores and carnivores. Eventully you can mould a planet into a T3 class, cabale of supporting multiple colonies, turning it into a rich mining outpost. This alone can take about 30 mins or more to do. And nothing is more awesome as when you first zoom out, and suddenly you get a grasp of the shear scale of this thing.

Still, one of my best moments so far is looking on my spore page, and seeing an event stating that some guy in Germany had wiped out my race of 'Keltons' only a phew short hours after I created them. It really brings the sharing of content together when you read that someone in another part of the world has stumbled across your creature and decided to wipe them out :D

Will Wright is not saying Spore is the best game in the world ever. Please read the linked BBC article, for goodness' sake.

We are given an incredible amount of control over the game's content in a very, very user-friendly way. We decide how our game looks. Yeah, sure, there are limits but christ, this is unprecendented. This is a whole new way to look at games for many people. And I do mean many - Spore will be huge. Massive. Gigantic.

Spore will change the way people look at games forever.

I wish Will Wright and Peter Molyneux would have a knife fight to the death/to the pain.

Great designers for sure, but man....

Dear Mr Wright,

You're in for a rude awakening, as your game is about to get a slew of 70-75% ratings, because beneath the facade of a universe, there is simply a collection of mediocre flash games. I've played 2 creatures from cells to the universe stage, and I don't see any point of continuing.

Regards,
Core

Kinda sucks to have preordered the game only to then see it all over warez sites several days in advance of the release date.

Was just talking about this a few days ago and some people just couldn't understand how pirates can get the game faster than legit customers. Well here you go.

'Spore Will Change the Way People Look at Games Forever,' Claims Creator Wright

Yeah, it makes me second guess ever thinking about buying another Will Wright game. I mean, the last good game he made was Sim City 3000? That was what, in 2000? Spore is a huge disappointment and I know I won't be buying it.

Still waiting on Sim City 5.....

I'm trying so hard not to hate on this any more before playing it, but Will Wright is making it very difficult. The Sims IKEA edition really flipped the gaming world on its ear, so I have to give him the benefit of the doubt here.

wasnt the same thing said about black and white?

Anyone else feel that the first stage of the game is a glorified version of Pacman?

All you really do is swim around and eat either red or green dots to gain XP..uhh I mean DNA.

Maybe he should call his next game hyperbole...

Look. There is a chance that Wright has gone off the deep end, but look at the scoreboard. The Sims? SimAnts? Simcity? SimEarth? This guy is no Pete Molyneux, promising the world and then blaming the hardware for his failure to even touch his original boasts.

Guys, the CREATURE EDITOR is selling like hotcakes. It's spawned countless YouTube clips of the creatures alone. It's a best seller, and it's not even the game. It's not even a demo of the game.

Finally, I believe this game is coming out on the PC exclusively, at least for now, yes? Shouldn't we be cheering him on, and hoping for a success so huge that we can put it next to WoW without an ounce of irony or sarcasm?

I hope he's 100% right.

Spore Video Review - With Special Surprise Ending]g

http://dl.tv/2008/09/dltv_special_spore_1.php

The ending is crazy ...

A new unique game and the hate sticks are a flying already but how many of you have actually played it?

I'm getting it regardless. I downloaded the creator creator and my daughter and I had some good laughs. Whether or not it's hardcore enough for me I'm gonna support the effort for something different. If nothing else buy it for your kids or nieces/nephews.

Does the design of your creature actually have any impact at the later RTS stages? Or is that first stage just for 'show' or was an idea that couldn't be implemented really?

And I'm jesus christ and my meatloaf will change the way that you see the universe!

That's great, but he fails to take into account that Black and White changed the way we look at hype forever.

I certainly look at it different.

I rather have yearly Maddens and NHLs with texture changes only, as year long praised developments and hype, announcing the second coming of Jesus of a game and in the end receiving a 5 hour long borefest that Spore is.

Excuse me Mr. Wright, but your latest creation didn't impress me a bit, your dream and what you delivered are light years apart. This might seem rough, but the label on my shirt doesn't say +charisma either.

I don't know how to say this but.....I'm kind of a big deal

I don't know if it will appeal to as wide of an audience as the Sims, that had the whole housewife/dollhouse demographic going for it.

Everyone else is going to fucking love this game though. If I would have had this game as a child I don't think I would have ever played anything else.

I can't wait for this game to have some multiplayer options to it. The ability to battle other people on other planets in real time. Have civilization wars or tribal wars online. Maybe have an expansion to build large Star Cruisers and take the RTS battles to another level.

To isolate this base game to "massively single-player online game" is a great start to focus on the creatures... but hopefully expansions will evolve this game into something more for multiplayer.

Just another sim game with new technology, get over it.

It's finally here! Pumped that it's arriving on OS X as well.

Sounds like a Molyneux-ism!

Dennis?