Re: Worst Video Game Played?
Spore is not a game, simple as that.
If you want a game then dont get it!
I will fast write about all stages of Spore contains "spoilers":
1. First you play like a poor flash game where you swim around and collect stuff, fast and simple.
- You add new spikes etc. to your creature nothing else.
- I liked this, its simple and even bit too short, tho its kinda fun.
2. You get on land and forget all electricity etc. cool about your creature, in 2 generations you turn your creature to as lethal or as cute monster as possible.
- Your creatures only mission is to get food, and run around.
- This one is ok too. It lacks ideas behind it badly but is still kinda funny.
3. You develope to clan stage.
- Forget everything you did to your monster it doesnt matter anymore, all developments are forgotten and pulled to one mold.
- This is complete BS! yet toleratable, as its kinda fast.
4. You develope to nation stage.
- Very very poor copy of civilisation.
- This is even more complete BS but toleratable, as being fast.
5. You get on space age.
- Galaxy is huge yes, theres trillion zillion stars to conquer, yet you must freaking build and take care of each star on your own, run around saving stars from all raids, catastrophes etc. BS!
- This is su big BS it not even toleratable!! At the beginning its actually fun and cool. After 20 planets running around gets really really annoying.
And when you have built your 100th city that is complete copy of all other cities and you have done same BS thing to your 50th planet to stabilize its atmosphere it turns to BS who cares game.
So you want Spore? Only if you love building everything on your own, making your own looking planets, wanting to see your own looking creature, or you like sims.
If you want a game where you develope creature from almost single cell to space, DONT!
I bet there 1000 and 1 threads you can find from google which explains even more detailed why I hated Spore so much. It has/had potential. It just is way too sucky to ever reach level of playability. Beasides its EAs ultimate money making machine after sims. Aimed to have zillion extras you pay for to it. So maybe spore will become good game after some 10 years, we shall see. But for now, it is funny only for kids.
PS. I was hoping to make some creature which would turn to some electrical being or so... yeah right, forget about it. It doesnt matter what your creature looks like or what you have gotten for it after you get to clan stage.