SPORE takes players on an epic journey from the origin and evolution of life through the development of civilization and eventually into the outer reaches of space. Create a creature, then control every dimension of its evolution from pond scum to galactic god. Experience multiple styles of gameplay as your creature advances through different stages of development. Fight for survival in the wild, develop a sprawling metropolis, trade and war against rival civilizations and explore the outer reaches of the galaxy. Every aspect of the universe from creatures to vehicles, buildings to plants, are created by the player and automatically shared with other players, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play. Create, control and explore your universe with SPORE.
When Spore was announced several years ago, people were astounded by the concept. Since the initial announcement, people have been taking in every epicene of information until its final release date finally arrived. Now that all the release excitement is over people are starting to get a really good feel for this game. Players will learn two vital things, first is how expansive the game truly is, and how little gameplay depth it actually overall provides. While this is a huge negative it is truly outweighed by the positive.
Unless players have been living under a cave for the past few years, they will know that Spore is all about evolving from a single cell organism into a space faring culture. How players choose to get from one stage to the next is truly up to them. For instance, early on players can become a carnivore which eventually leads to becoming a militaristic state; if they choose to take a more peaceful route they can become an herbivore and gamers will have more peaceful or subvert actions at their disposal. It is the choices in the beginning of the game that will have lasting influence on the rest of the game, and how other civilizations will treat the players.
Players will enjoy their life in the ooze, because of how colorful and friendly it is. It is also amazing how much detail the developers put in this section of the game. Many players will agree that the eyes received a lot of animation attention, because they are always on the lookout for more food. It is also a treat to see them get scared, especially when a predator is about to get them. Eventually players will collect all the parts and be able to finally crawl onto land, and this is where the Creature stage of the game begins.
The Creature stage can be best described as a third person action game. Players will take their creatures and try to become the top living organism by various ways. As players roam around the world, they will become hungry so it is important to feed them as often as possible because they could die from starvation. While walking around, players will eventually come upon other creatures, and it is here where they have a choice to either kill or ally with them. One major advantage in allying with them as it allows players to heal at their nest, and when players get the ability to create packs, they can use these creatures in their pack to help take out or ally with other creatures.
As players progress they will be collecting parts to improve their creatures. Ever so often it is advisable to go back to their nest and mate to introduce the world with the next generation of their creatures. Once players mate, they are taken to the creature creator. In here players have many options available to them, such as giving them more health, better offensive/defensive abilities, ability to fly, jump, change colors, level up their current statistics, and even more. Players will also be able to change into an omnivore if their stats support it. Needless to say the majority of the game will be spent perfecting the looks and abilities of the player’s creatures. Eventually, depending on the gamers' style of play, they will be able to conquer the entire world, which sets up the next stage in the game: Tribal.
The Tribal stage can best be described as a Real Time Strategy game. One character is promoted to the tribal leader (aka a hero that has special abilities) and the rest are workers. Depending on how the game has been played, players will have immediate access to a couple of the selected buildings: fishing, axes, spears, shamans, and more. The one sad thing about this stage is there is not a lot of customizable options here, the only thing players can do is add some clothes which will increase various stats such as food gathering, health, offensive capabilities, or singing.
From there players must build as many characters as they can, then command them to gather the one resource that means life and death: food. If players have the fishing hut unlocked they can tell their characters to pick fishing equipment and their rate of food gathering will increase. If players are feeling nice they can create a band and charm other tribes into becoming their allies. The other end of the spectrum is players can become war like and try to conquer the rest of the tribes. Each time an ally is made or an enemy is defeated players will get access to the technology they have such as more clothes and buildings. Depending on players game style they will eventually get past this level and get into the Civilization stage.
Before players can really start getting their feet wet with the Civilization stage, they will be inside the design menu making their town center, houses, factories, entertainment buildings. After players make all the necessary buildings they will create a land based vehicle and even ships (if their city is next to a water source). Once players finish creating the necessary things, their main goal is to capture all the spice nodes (the only source of income in the game) and then try to take over all the other cities in the world through military, economic, or religious means.
Also players will have to be aware of their city's needs; they will have to plan it in such a way as placing each item (house, entertainment, and factory) to keep the people happy as well as making sure they have the highest source of income. Once players complete this stage, they will be taken to the last and biggest stage: Space.
Before players begin this stage they will have to create their own space vehicle. Players will be flying around trying to colonize worlds, make friends with other species, take on various missions, and do other stuff. Players have the ability to terraform the world by making it hotter, cooler, changing the atmosphere, and even making mountains and lakes. As players progress they can create a fleet which consist of their allies ships to help players in their endeavors. Eventually players will have to figure out the entire mystery of the game by visiting the center of the galaxy, but that will be left a secret for everyone to find out on their own. That is the basic flow of the entire game.
The graphics for Spore are great; they are full of color and are especially cute. Even when players try to create a menacing looking creature it still comes out looking cute, especially when it is animated. Players will be blown away by how great the animation is. No matter what weird creations they come up with they will always animate correctly. Most enjoyable is in the Space stage when you can abduct different creatures and see their reaction while the abduction ray is beaming them up.
Available For: PC, Mac
Game Rating: 84.71%
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