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7.9 out of 10

Spore

 

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Best Price: £8.17

  • User Score (163)
    5.9 5.9 from 163 reviewers
  • Expert Score (143)
    7.9 7.9 from 143 reviewers
  • Value for money (22)
    8.1 8.1 from 22 reviewers
  • Features (12)
    7.5 7.5 from 12 reviewers
  • Ease of use (5)
    8.2 8.2 from 5 reviewers
  • Performance (3)
    9.4 9.4 from 3 reviewers
  • Gameplay (45)
    7.8 7.8 from 45 reviewers
  • Graphics (49)
    7.8 7.8 from 49 reviewers
  • Sound (47)
    7.9 7.9 from 47 reviewers
  • Storyline (3)
    8.5 8.5 from 3 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (4)
    7.5 7.5 from 4 reviewers
  • Control (8)
    8.1 8.1 from 8 reviewers
  • Addiction (2)
    7.6 7.6 from 2 reviewers
  • Lifespan (5)
    8.3 8.3 from 5 reviewers
  • Reliability (3)
    8.9 8.9 from 3 reviewers
  • Overall quality (12)
    7.6 7.6 from 12 reviewers
  • Playability (2)
    7.9 7.9 from 2 reviewers
  • Appearance (3)
    8.7 8.7 from 3 reviewers
  • Replay value (4)
    8.6 8.6 from 4 reviewers
  • Atmosphere (4)
    8.9 8.9 from 4 reviewers
  • Singleplayer (3)
    7.9 7.9 from 3 reviewers
  • Game depth (4)
    8.7 8.7 from 4 reviewers
  • Funfactor (4)
    6.7 6.7 from 4 reviewers
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  • Score Distribution

Experts:
9-10
(51)
7-8
(73)
5-6
(17)
3-4
(0)
1-2
(2)
Users:
9-10
(42)
7-8
(42)
5-6
(15)
3-4
(16)
1-2
(48)
  • Expert Reviews

  1. GameSpot

    4 September 2008

    Spore keeps a timeline of events, pinpointing every decision you've made and assigning you into broad categories based on your overall behavior Read more

    • Intuitive and comprehensive customization tools, Oozes charm at every turn, Impressively broad scope, Great audio and art design.
    • Individual gameplay elements are extremely simple, Early stages aren't very engaging.
  2. GameOn

    GameOn
    13 August 2008

    "Ready to take your own species on an epic journey of evolution from cellular creature to galactic god? The galaxy is yours. Read more

    • Unrivalled creature editor, Great looking game, "Original" idea...
    • ...Not so "Orginal", Bad faults
  3. CVG

    22 September 2008

    Everything you create in Spore will go into your Sporecast, viewable to other players, and searchable, online via Sporepedia, a social networking, Read more

  4. Ultra Ninjas

    Ultra Ninjas
    9.0/10
    18 September 2008

    I think I've waffled for far too long on this game and sunk too many hours in the title to warrant just how good this title is. Read more

  5. TVG

    20 August 2008

    First there was SimCity, and the people were pleased for they could build little cities and trade with their neighbours. Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. Spore, An awesome game!!

    Amazon
    10/10
    Reviewer: AlanK, Amazon
    7 September 2011

    Spore, is a game which everyone in the family has played. We love each level and enjoy creating our own creatures. Read more

  2. ITS MIND BLOWING

    Game Seek
    10/10
    Reviewer: Mohammed Halawani from Lebanon, Game Seek
    11 August 2008

    this game is one of Will Wright’s most amazing creations ever to be made...it has anything u can dream of, for the players that like simulators, Read more

  3. Spore (PC): A massive disappointment!

    	 Dooyoo
    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    13 August 2008

    The concept of this game had so much potential but unfortunately it hasn't been done properly. Read more

    • None that I can think of.
    • It is dull, tedious, boring, repetitive, far too easy.
  4. Best New Game in a Long Time

    8.0/10
    Reviewer: foodberries, reviews.pcconnectionexpress.com
    2 weeks ago

    I've been waiting for a game to come around that's interesting and fun and Spore hit it on the nose! Read more

  5. "verry good"

    CNET
    10/10
    Reviewer: topgear296, CNET
    30 December 2009

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    • space age is a bit boring
  • WikiFreak Description

Spore

Spore is a multi-genre massive single-player online metaverse video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released September 5, 2008 in Europe, Japan, South America and New Zealand, and was released on September 7, 2008 in North America and Asia Pacific territories. The game can also be directly downloaded from Electronic Arts.

Features

Spore allows players to control the evolution of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through deve…

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Spore

Spore is a multi-genre massive single-player online metaverse video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released September 5, 2008 in Europe, Japan, South America and New Zealand, and was released on September 7, 2008 in North America and Asia Pacific territories. The game can also be directly downloaded from Electronic Arts.

Features

Spore allows players to control the evolution of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through development as an intelligent and social creature, to interstellar exploration as a space faring culture. The game is broken up into consistent and dependent ‘phases’, where the end of one ‘phase’ affects the initial condition of the next phase for the player. Every phase has its own style of play and becomes increasingly complicated as players progress through the game. Players are allowed to accelerate or skip phases altogether. Some phases feature optional missions; when the player completes a mission, they are granted a bonus, such as a new ability. Also, players can ‘respawn’ their species at home base in the case that all the player’s creations are destroyed. Spore is known as a ‘massively single-player online game’ as the creations developed by players will be entered automatically into a central database and catalogued and rated for quality and then re-distributed to populate other players’ games. Furthermore, players can visit other players’ planets upon reaching the space phase. Here, players can interact with other players’ species, tribes and civilizations. Additionally, via a ‘MySpore’ page, players can receive statistics on how their creatures are faring in other players’ games. Personalities of the species created by the user are dependent on how the user has played them. The game platform is Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and iPod. It has a single player mode and falls under the genre of god game, life simulation and real-time strategy.

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  • Manufacturer's Description

Spore™ is your own personal universe in a box. In this universe you can create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilisations and even scul…

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