Why should I buy it?

[Ander]

Is it a good game? I was very excited back then when it was released, but didn't have the oportunity to play. Does it worth it? Is it fun? Please share your thoughs about the game, so other people can decide if they'll buy it or not.

[I would luck me]

When I got it back then, it was blast(aside from the DRM, but that has no affect on the game itself). I think with the sale it should be a must buy, though. It's one of those games that you have to experience.

[Entropic81]

It really isn't good. The game is essentially four minigames that other games do better. Hyped to hell by Will Wright I picked this up on release. I got bait & switched bad. None of the promised features from the alpha or beta were there. The one redeeming feature is the editing package which is kind of fun but the novelty will wear off real fast. give it a miss.

[bidji]

the big disappointment was that it wasn't the game about evolution that it should have been, but rather a mediocre top-down shooter + a mediocre action game + a mediocre strategy/conquest game with a moderately funny creature creation tool thrown in for good measure. it could have been great, but the initial ambitious evolution simulator project was sacrified in order to appeal to a wider audience.
time has passed and I feel a little less bitter about the way they ruined it for the sake of selling more, but at 8 euros while you can get the much better and much more recent Portal 2 for half that, it's definitely not a good deal.

[KaylaKaze]

I'd MIGHT buy the complete pack for $5, but that's still a big if. As it is, certainly not worth it.

[Oz]

It's EA... just don't do it.

[Billick]

It's not that bad, but it was definitely overhyped. I certainly regret paying full price for it when it first came out. It's basically 5 games in one, ranging from mediocre to decent. You'll probably get your 5 bucks worth, but don't expect a whole lot more than that.

[Altair R]

One of the best games in my life. You make a cell turn in a space traveler...AWESOME...And the expansions almost make a heart attack. I buyed 50% off and must say worth every cent.
No DRM, with the expansions you can make a lot of adventures. Spore is a infinite gameplay game.
Sorry for the bad english, hermano...

[Xiane]

One of the best games in your life.....setting the standard kinda low aren't we?

Spore isn't entirely a 'bad' game, it's just not what Wil hyped.

Gameplay is simplistic and gets repetative extremely fast. The biggest 'feature' is the creature creator...which can be purchased seperately for much cheaper. And in all honesty 99% of ones enjoyment comes from making weird ass creations.

Honestly at 5 bucks you could do worse, just don't expect a monumental game. Cell and creature stages are the fun stuff with galactic becoming tolerable with the expansion. Tribal and civilization stages....will kill your enjoyment.

[Gordholm]

I bought the game some months ago, it get fast silly has a lot of bugs and of course the people who made this are the same who made the new Sim City wich is a fail and rip off. Better go buy Towns or another nice Game instead push your money down the toillett

[LordBlade]

Spore isn't a terrible game. It's just nothing too special.

When Will Wright came out with the amazing first look about this evolving world, where you create your creature down to the skeleton. Where how you design your creature determined what abilities it had, giving it long legs changes its speed. Instead we get a massively dumbed down game where your stats are just tied to the parts you put on, so your design doesn't really matter.

The game ended up being nothing like what was originally promised. Mainly because EA decided that a truly unique and groundbreaking game wouldn't sell, so they made Maxis dumb it down to a standard mindless kiddie game.

Can it be fun? For a while, yes. Mainly the cell phase... the creature phase quickly becomes boring. The rest of the phases are just endless grinding.

[Swankster]

The way how I see Spore to be played is simply "Once in a while". Yeah, 5 levels of evolution, and then ending point blank at Space doesnt make it the BEST game in the world, but I still find it to be pretty fun if you choose to get back into it. Besides, how does you end a Space level in an evolution line anyway? Is there really a proper way to do that? Sure, you destory all the Grox and whatnot, or ally with them and destroy all the other aliens, but really, what else can you do other than live out the rest of you life? I didnt expect some "Happily Ever After" business when you got to the center of the universe. Spore is indeed, an infinite game.

Now, Ive been trying to look up information in this forum, and I havent gotten much reliable info so far. Does Spore actually WORK for Steam? If it does, and Ive been reading this in a couple places, do I REALLY need an EA account and/or the CD to just play the game? It doesnt seem right if I have to, which begs the question, how on earth did Steam possibly be able to add Spore into their collection of games? That said, Is Spore really worth it on Steam?

[LordBlade]

Spore works on Steam. You will need an EA account to play as you need to log in to access content. But you won't have to download Origin or anything.

Whether you load up the game through Steam, Origin or off the CD, you will be asked to log in with your EA account.

[Xiane]

Apparently they removed the 'always on' DRM and the need for a CD in the drive. So yeah it does work for steam. And yes you need to activate it on EA first, after that little bit of nuisance its easily accessible for steam.

Still removing the flaming hoops to access the game doesn't exactly improve it itself.

[Humpypants]

Originally posted by Ozzfather:

It's EA... just don't do it.

EA published it. Maxis developed.

http://www.spore.com/trial You can try the game.

[Swankster]

Well thats just bull. But its also how content is shared, just like it was off the CD. Hmm, gonna have to give it thought. Or make an entirely new account.