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Will SPORE be the greatest game ever made?

YES, YES IT WILL. I will have to build a whole new computer for it, but...heck, I'd have to do it eventually.

*love*

Of course not. There have been far too many really excellent games over the past 30 years to expect that.

Time will tell... Sooner or later, time will tell.

it will be! You are lying, Llewdor. You are not a believer. Ilie, convert him...

SPORE info: http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=5g662ab9aqnqk?tname=spore-computer-game&sbid=lc05a

There's no question the game will be really freaking cool, and its lessons in procedurally generated content may have ramifications for the software industry for decades to come, but we need to see how engaging the game is over time.

A really excellent game, to me, has to make me want to play it for hundreds of hours (like the classic RPGs and turn-based strategy games of the '80s and '90s). I'm not sure Spore is going to hold my attention that long.

I'm not sure Spore is going to hold my attention that long.

seconded it looks fun to play the first time but I doubt it will be particularly engaging especially once your race of lizard (I doubt there will be hair in the game) people go into endless peace and your left tediously picking up creatures on other planets to add to your catalogue

seconded it looks fun to play the first time but I doubt it will be particularly engaging especially once your race of lizard (I doubt there will be hair in the game) people go into endless peace and your left tediously picking up creatures on other planets to add to your catalogue
That said, I did play Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri start to finish a bunch of times. So maybe I'll just start over again as a single-celled organism and build something completely different.

Possibly. I've heard many games talked up in the development stage only for features to be dropped as the release deadline looms. Fable comes to mind.

Possibly. I've heard many games talked up in the development stage only for features to be dropped as the release deadline looms. Fable comes to mind.
Daikatana also comes to mind...

I cannot wait for it to come out - though by the looks of things, I'll have to force myself to do so. I've watched the promotional videos, read everything I can about it - it looks amazing. My boyfriend summed up both his and my thoughts about it quite accurately once: "I need to get everything I want to do in my life done before the release of Spore, for I fear that after that I shall never leave my computer again".

Possibly. I've heard many games talked up in the development stage only for features to be dropped as the release deadline looms. Fable comes to mind.
SWG was the biggie for me.

As I've said afore, Spore looks like too much work for no reward and only an enjoyment contrived from the process of doing the work itself. If it was properly multiplayer then it would be awesome, but it's not really. It's sitting in your room designing creatures for no other purpose than to design creatures. If you happen to like that, then woohoo, but I would have thought that to be a relatively niche market.

It's the sort of game that everyone will buy, play for a week straight then forget about.

Not much in terms of gameplay... you just walk around, eat and mate. I can do that at home :p

As I've said afore, Spore looks like too much work for no reward and only an enjoyment contrived from the process of doing the work itself. If it was properly multiplayer then it would be awesome, but it's not really. It's sitting in your room designing creatures for no other purpose than to design creatures. If you happen to like that, then woohoo, but I would have thought that to be a relatively niche market.

the Sims? biggest selling PC game of all time?

certainly i can see the similarities...



(but yes, people may well grow tired of the game IF there's little more to it than that. it depends on the extra content and the playability they put in at the end of the day)

As I've said afore, Spore looks like too much work for no reward and only an enjoyment contrived from the process of doing the work itself. If it was properly multiplayer then it would be awesome, but it's not really. It's sitting in your room designing creatures for no other purpose than to design creatures. If you happen to like that, then woohoo, but I would have thought that to be a relatively niche market.

It's the sort of game that everyone will buy, play for a week straight then forget about.

Much like The Sims then?

the Sims? biggest selling PC game of all time?

certainly i can see the similarities...



(but yes, people may well grow tired of the game IF there's little more to it than that. it depends on the extra content and the playability they put in at the end of the day)

Nuts, beat me to it :p

Yeah, there will certainly need to be a little more sense of direction to it for it to be truly great - there's only so much one can gain from extra content.

And while we're on the subject of games that sounded great in development but then sucked big time - Perfect Dark Zero anyone? Blew through that in about 5 hours, and the only thing worthwhile about it can be summed up in a few simple words; dual magnums and the RCP90. The rest can go hang really.

From a business standpoint, they want a game you'll buy, play a bit, and then get bored and stop - because that puts you back in the market for another game.

Sony once openly said that their ideal EverQuest customers were people who played the game for years, but only logged in very occasionally. So they produced revenue, but didn't increase server load.

Will SPORE be the greatest game ever made?
No, but I'm certain that it will be exceptionally fun.

If it lives up to its potential then yes. But the same was said about Fable, and Oblivion, and STALKER, which isnt even out and has been watered down into a regular FPS.

If just one or 2 games a year were released in the form originally intended then it would be awesome.

I have high hopes for spore, and Bioshock.

YES, YES IT WILL. I will have to build a whole new computer for it, but...heck, I'd have to do it eventually.

*love*
I'm inclined to agree, though I hope I don't have to get a new computer....I can't afford one yet.:(

As I've said afore, Spore looks like too much work for no reward and only an enjoyment contrived from the process of doing the work itself. If it was properly multiplayer then it would be awesome, but it's not really. It's sitting in your room designing creatures for no other purpose than to design creatures. If you happen to like that, then woohoo, but I would have thought that to be a relatively niche market.

It's the sort of game that everyone will buy, play for a week straight then forget about.

What? Maxis making an open-ended game that you can't "win". They've never done that before!

Not much in terms of gameplay... you just walk around, eat and mate. I can do that at home :p
But you aren't a killer care bear.:p

I cannot wait for it to come out - though by the looks of things, I'll have to force myself to do so. I've watched the promotional videos, read everything I can about it - it looks amazing. My boyfriend summed up both his and my thoughts about it quite accurately once: "I need to get everything I want to do in my life done before the release of Spore, for I fear that after that I shall never leave my computer again".

2 weeks after I first heard of it, I could not leave the SPORE sites... :) :)

Hurray! Aminated smileys!

:headbang: :gundge:
:headbang: :mp5:
:headbang: :sniper:

You people do not think well of SPORE... I still do... I mean, what could be cut?

Yeah, all they've announced is the game basics.
There's not much room for cutting. They have pretty much everything they announced already.
FFS, they haven't even announced FUR yet! Fur!

2 weeks after I first heard of it, I could not leave the SPORE sites... :) :)

Hurray! Aminated smileys!

:headbang: :gundge:
:headbang: :mp5:
:headbang: :sniper:
*pulls out spray bottle*
*spritzes Minaris in face*
No! Bad!

Please, dear God, let this game tun on my computer.

This game might very well be responsible for me flunking out of school.

This game might very well be responsible for the theft of Blue Gene/L (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Gene).

This game might very well be responsible for me flunking out of school.
Skirt the shoals, friend, skirt the shoals. Learn to work smart, not hard.

The graphics look shit.

The graphics look shit.
Not what I saw. You sure you're looking at the same game?o.O

This game might very well be responsible for the theft of Blue Gene/L (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Gene).You can steal the Blue Gene/L and I'll steal the MDGrape-3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDGrape-3).

You can steal the Blue Gene/L and I'll steal the MDGrape-3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDGrape-3).

Couldn't run a program at that rate...

Sides, I'll be upgrading to /P /C and /Q

No.

I played Black & White, I know that too much creativity (and a designer who gets stuck in that sort of mindset) does not a good game make.

No.

I played Black & White, I know that too much creativity (and a designer who gets stuck in that sort of mindset) does not a good game make.
Haven't played that. We'll see.

No.

I played Black & White, I know that too much creativity (and a designer who gets stuck in that sort of mindset) does not a good game make.

Hey B&W was actually a pretty sweet game - the only real problems with it weren't so much to do with gameplay as... well ok maybe there were gameplay, but only insofar as the AI for villagers/creatures wasn't too hot, and for an old game thats really only to be expected.

Sounds like an interesting game. Thanks for giving me the heads up...I'll certainly check it out when it hits the market!

Waffles.

Sounds like an interesting game. Thanks for giving me the heads up...I'll certainly check it out when it hits the market!
It looked really good in demo I saw. Certainly looking forward to it's release.

If I could only evolve a race of war-like sentient waffles...

If I could only evolve a race of war-like sentient waffles...

You could make a cylindrical creature with a very small head, mouth, striped body (like a waffle) and limbs... in time.

You could make a cylindrical creature with a very small head, mouth, striped body (like a waffle) and limbs... in time.
I'd rather have killer care bears.

I'd rather have killer care bears.

Or a four-legged, four-armed (2 weapon, 2 grabbing), four-eyed, two-mouthed, two-tailed (grabbers) insectoid creature... with 2 mustaches...

I'd rather have killer care bears.

Or a four-legged, four-armed (2 weapon, 2 grabbing), four-eyed, two-mouthed, two-tailed (grabbers) insectoid creature... with 2 mustaches...

Or a four-legged, four-armed (2 weapon, 2 grabbing), four-eyed, two-mouthed, two-tailed (grabbers) insectoid creature... with 2 mustaches...
You read my mind.:D

You read my mind.:D
Twice!:eek:

Will SPORE be the greatest game ever made?


Nope, Armed Assault will be.



Saying anything else is heresy. Heresy is punished by castration.

Nope, Armed Assault will be.



Saying anything else is heresy. Heresy is punished by castration.
"I'm usink it." [/Rastafarian Jew]

"I'm usink it." [/Rastafarian Jew]



lol

lol
Does that mean I'm exempt?;)

Does that mean I'm exempt?;)


I'm not totally sure what it means. Thats why I responded with lol. It was funny, and I didn't understand it ;)

There is no greatest game ever made, but this one looks to be pretty good.

But if it's anything like The Sims, I'll eat my hat. Seriously, The Sims is the lamest, most overmarketed, overhyped crap to come from Maxis. Then again, I always liked SimAnt and SimEarth.

it's definitely going to be the best game of it's genre. It's hard to compare it to something completely different like BF2 or Oblivion. But yeah, I'm definitely going to build a new computer for that game, among other things.

Spore will be the greatest game ever made until someone makes something better. At least I don't know of any other games that have procedural mating as one of its features.

Armed Assault will own. But Spore still looks fantastic.

I honestly think it will be crap.

I've never really been a fan of Will Wright's games anyways (SimCity, The Sims, etc.), but I think this attempt to mush up 6+ games into one big, endless mess will turn out to be an exercise in pretentious boredom. I mean, what's the point? There's no goal, you grow your species to do what, take over the universe? I'd prefer games with at least quasi-solid objectives, and to retain one, maybe two styles of gameplay, not change every week. And I shudder to think at the sheer size of the game (physical hard drive space, as well as system requirements), or the cost, givin the endless hipe.

In short: I think it will be a big, costly, piece of shite.

P.S. No, I don't hate sandbox style games, but most of them have at least some objective, however obscure. Except the Sims, but I hate that game with a passion.

I'm not totally sure what it means. Thats why I responded with lol. It was funny, and I didn't understand it ;)
ROFLMAO!! And that's how I win every time.:cool:

I honestly think it will be crap.

I've never really been a fan of Will Wright's games anyways (SimCity, The Sims, etc.), but I think this attempt to mush up 6+ games into one big, endless mess will turn out to be an exercise in pretentious boredom. I mean, what's the point? There's no goal, you grow your species to do what, take over the universe? I'd prefer games with at least quasi-solid objectives, and to retain one, maybe two styles of gameplay, not change every week. And I shudder to think at the sheer size of the game (physical hard drive space, as well as system requirements), or the cost, givin the endless hipe.

In short: I think it will be a big, costly, piece of shite.

P.S. No, I don't hate sandbox style games, but most of them have at least some objective, however obscure. Except the Sims, but I hate that game with a passion.
My entire objective is going deathstar on populated planets.

There's a good article on the game in PC Gamer UK this month, one of the journalists goes to Maxis HQ and builds/plays his own creature, Hank (the result of a bet whether he can break the game). It's actually increased my anticipation for the game considerably (but not up to Supreme Commander levels, and Overlord looks brilliant too).

I am saddened and disturbed nobody got my Red Alert reference.

it will be! You are lying, Llewdor. You are not a believer. Ilie, convert him...

SPORE info: http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=5g662ab9aqnqk?tname=spore-computer-game&sbid=lc05a

Oh, oh, I'll be happy to! Come on man...didn't you see how cool it is? Some people tested it and THEY liked it too!

I am NOT in the debate club. :rolleyes:

Oh, oh, I'll be happy to! Come on man...didn't you see how cool it is? Some people tested it and THEY liked it too!

I am NOT in the debate club. :rolleyes:
It shows.:p

It shows.:p

*sigh*

*sigh*
Well, hello there.[/smooth]

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=200

:D

YES, YES IT WILL. I will have to build a whole new computer for it, but...heck, I'd have to do it eventually.

*love*
So do I, but this thing is falling apart anyhow...

Don't know if Baguetten has posted here, but (pretty much) all info is on the GamingSteve's Spore forum (http://gamingsteve.com/blab/index.php?board=12.0). And to whoever said it, there will be hair.

Well, hello there.[/smooth]

Hi. Don't you hate how I'm forever sneaking in and ducking out? I do. I like a good solid hour or two for NationStates, but I don't always have it.

So do I, but this thing is falling apart anyhow...

Don't know if Baguetten has posted here, but (pretty much) all info is on the GamingSteve's Spore forum (http://gamingsteve.com/blab/index.php?board=12.0). And to whoever said it, there will be hair.

*gasp* Hair! Oh my...oh my.

Hi. Don't you hate how I'm forever sneaking in and ducking out? I do. I like a good solid hour or two for NationStates, but I don't always have it.
Yeah, but that's okay....unless those two hours include plans for me.;):p

Agh, I'm poor, I can't afford all these games.
Like Spore, and Guild Wars: Nightfall. And Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

Dark Messiah > Oblivion. Better fighting and not as intensive. I can barely run Oblivion in 800x600. I was running Dark Messiah demo in 1024xwhatever goes with 1024

Yeah, but that's okay....unless those two hours include plans for me.;):p

Ha! I saw you flirting with TBD. Don't try to be all smooth with me now. You have to pick one.

Ha! I saw you flirting with TBD. Don't try to be all smooth with me now. You have to pick one.
Yeah, but that's just a bit of fun. She's taken, you know.