Why so much hate for Space Stage?

[jer]

It has so many cool things, combat, exploration, all kinds of stuff. I love it but some people say it's boring. Maybe they just can't figure out how to play it?

[Str8_Newb]

vecause it takes forever lol

[jer]

Originally posted by Str8_Newb™:

vecause it takes forever lol

Yeah, but that's the point. It's long and has alot of content.

[Nexus]

I have to agree with EHG I love to play the space stage and if you don't like it than make another game, but always try to challenge yourself.

[C.dy]

it bad stage

[MinionJoe]

Originally posted by CodyRawr:

it bad stage

It took you four months to make a three word reply?

And you didn't even use proper capitalization or punctuation?

At least your spelling was good...

[jwardle500]

Yo bro. Does it work now? i mean has it stop crashing??

[MinionJoe]

Originally posted by jwardle500:

Yo bro. Does it work now? i mean has it stop crashing??

Spore hasn't had an update since 2010. If you've been having problems since then, then no, it does not "work now".

[Malaficus Shaikan]

The problem with the space stage is that you are the only ship trying to build, maintain and negotation for an ever growing empire.
I like the space stage but i dislike having to jump twelve planets everytime there is a grox invasion or every time an friendly planet gets attacked.

And it gets worse the larger your empire grows.
And given that most players ultiment spore goal is to conquer the entire galaxie.
You can see the problem.
Try flying from the most outer edge of the galaxie to the center while being bombared with we are under attack messege's.
Where is space stage would have been stratagy gameplay we would be busy running an space empire.
And i think that is why people dislike space stage.
It has so much empire management portential and we are stuck in a tiny ship doing the same thing over and over.

[Jools]

If I could find a Mod that allows you to have more ships I would love it so much if there is one then I would love a link

[Snapshock]

the only issue i have with space stage is the constant attacks by the grox or some other empire,so im in the middle of a mission and i have to stop to go back to my planet to die like 55 times because the grox or another empire,just to come back and see that the colony i placed is gone. plus all my ally ships get destroyed,so i have to go back and get more only for them to be destroyed in a matter of seconds...other then that,the space stage isnt that bad,but it also gets pretty boring after a few minutes.i think thats one of the reasons people hate the space stage.

[Bengal]

I really like spore, but I too got bored with space stage. I recently found a way to make it fun again. I terraform one planet in a star system to T3, on all star systems I can reach, and I destroy all other empires.

[grogcito]

My favorite stage is the space one, I don't understand why people say its bad

[Newton's Flaming Laser Sword]

It IS the worst stage, but only because it's not fleshed out enough to be enjoyably playable. Then again, it would be nigh impossible to create a stage with endless replayability. Obviously though, the game failed to deliver what it promised to be which is evident in almost every stage - especially in the space stage this rings true. An example of this half work being put into the game is the 'hologram' you can warp down to a planet with during the space stage. It's the worthless remnant of what was supposed to be a more fleshed-out feature that allowed you to actually physically warp down to a planet.

During the space stage less is more as well, which is annoying given that if you're an expansionist, you'll only be saving your colonies (and/or allies) from disasters. Or you'll be flying around collecting insignificant terraforming stuff you can't properly enjoy. Or you'll be floating trough the vast distance collecting... insignificant artifacts, which give you money, which one planet's output can equal in one transaction.

That was then of course gracefully 'fixed' with the abonomation that's called GA which allowed you to go back to walking phase. I'll not even start speaking about how that expansion ruined every previous stage if you don't hand-select people's creations..

TL;DR
Game said it would deliver tons. Delivered some. Is fun from time to time. Last stage obviously a grind as you'll reach the cap. Endgame poorly fleshed out.

Don't get me wrong, I liked the game, loved the concept and was content with how it was actually implemented. I think if they made each stage just a bit longer and get rid of the 3-way-fork-nonsense the game would've had more playability already. Have to admit I spent the majority of my time in the editors, instead of actually playing.