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8.7 out of 10

Spore

First seen: 6 january 2006

Information found in: from 247 sources in 26 countries.

Best Price: £17.98

  • User Score (161)
    7.9 7.9 from 161 reviewers
  • Expert Score (182)
    7.9 7.9 from 182 reviewers
  • Gameplay (55)
    8.6 8.6 from 55 reviewers
  • Graphics (74)
    8.6 8.6 from 74 reviewers
  • Sound (68)
    8.5 8.5 from 68 reviewers
  • Storyline (3)
    10 10 from 3 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (4)
    7.0 7.0 from 4 reviewers
  • Control (4)
    7.6 7.6 from 4 reviewers
  • Addiction (6)
    7.1 7.1 from 6 reviewers
  • Lifespan (8)
    8.2 8.2 from 8 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • cute as a button, flooring moments, great sound, thriving spore community, large customization package
  • sometimes too simple, extremely repeatative, takes time to install, the cruelty of nature, very repetitive

Spore™ is your own personal universe in a box. In this universe you can create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilisations and even sculpt entire worlds. In Spore you have a variety of creation tools at your disposal that allow you to customise nearly every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even spaceships. While Spore is a single player game, your creations and other players’ creations are automatically shared between your galaxy…

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  • First seen
    6 January 2006

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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  1. Spore

    Reviewer: 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 (social, adaptable, and so on), so there's plenty of reason to try a different approach. Not that these varied approaches make for drastically different gameplay, but they do give you a reason to revisit the amusing moments that make Spore unique. Taken on their own, its pieces are nothing special. As parts of a singular... Read more

  2. Spore ? PC

    Reviewer: scenta.co.uk
    8 September 2008

    Spore has a certain magical something that keeps you gripped. If you?re ready for a game to steal your life, then give Spore a try Read more

  3. Spore

    Reviewer: Avid Gamer
    23 April 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    B ig game, big promise, big concepts, big, big, big. You’ll never see a game with a larger scope than Spore. Maxis have an unholy ability to print money. Will Wright’s ‘The Sims’ ranks as the most popular PC franchise of all time. Sorry Euro Truck Simulator, it’s just the way it is. Not satisfied with controlling a family / town of miniature people, Will Wright set out to create a game that spans the history of the cosmos. From microbe to a space-faring god,... Read more

  4. SPORE

    Reviewer: RealGamer
    11 October 2008
    Overall 9
    8.6
    Gameplay 8
    8.0
    Graphics 8
    8.0
     

    Share: Digg It Stumble it! Del.icio.us Technorati Reddit Facebook We play god on an all new level with this offering from EA. Simulation PC EA Games EA Games 12+ Out Now 1 Coming from the creator of The Sims, SPORE is probably one of the most anticipated PC games in recent years, allowing you to play God on an all new level as you guide a life form from a simple cell to a space faring race. However, with all games that are hyped up to galactic proportions can SPORE... Read more

  5. Spore PC Review

    Reviewer: GameOn
    12 September 2008

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

  1. Spore review (PC)

    Reviewer: 3quilibrium, Boomtown
    9 December 2008

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  2. Awesome and addictive game!

    Reviewer: Morthon, Radioshack
    8 December 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    This game is so addictive. I thought it was kind of kiddie at first, but realized how creative and challenging the game was. Fun for the whole family. I would recommend it for all ages. I just finished the "Tribal" period and can't wait for the next challege to come. Awesome game! Thanks EA. Read more

  3. Reviewer: Review Centre
    22 November 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    A good evolution theory that puts you at the very beginning of life itself. I recommend Spore for the PC, its not a great deal of depth in terms of unites and very basic command and play this game is definitely not a civilisation series... more like CIV for a three year old. Read more

  4. ITS MIND BLOWING

    Reviewer: Mohammed Halawani from Lebanon, Game Seek
    4 November 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    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, this is a necessity, and it has never-ending stories, where you can start over and over and over without ever getting bored, as soon as its out, i’ll probably be the first guy to buy it. The game is providing you millions of possibilities with the central database, and that is what makes the game special. Read more

  5. Spore (PC): Innovative, sure, but is it enjoyable?

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    2 weeks ago
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    From the creator of The Sims comes another innovative creation in the name of Spore. This game has you start from the basic building blocks of life and evolve that microbe into a full space faring species that seek galaxy domination. Innovative yes, but does it really transfer into an enjoyable game? Gameplay ----- ----- ----- ----- The gameplay styles change throughout the different stages that you unlock through the game, The first stage has you at a microbe level that... Read more

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