Civilisation is so dull! I got bored after 5 minutes and haven't played it since. I did however LOVE the previous three stages, but when I tried starting again they had lost their charm the second time around

The logic of "it will get better with expansions" might be right, but I can't see it being their intention to make their customers long for more. If they put out a lousy game then no one will care about the EPs that come out. No one would even notice them.

Space stage and cell stages are the best in my opinion. There seems to be alot to do in space stage. My creature's class is scientist. :P
Still not sure how you get different classes.

Personaly I'm still loving it.

I have given up on my first race and since started two new ones, one is now in space and doing well as Shamans, trading with allies and avoiding war by sucking up to the space bullies by doing missions for them. The other just entered tribal stage last night, and I keep finding stuff I've never noticed before. On the planet I'm on it rains quite often, something I hadn't yet seen in the previous two games, and when I came close to a nest of an ape like creature (my own Jumonky) they got quite upset and one of them picked up a stick and threw it towards a member of my pack

Of course it helps that I really love creating stuff too

This is how I feel. I'm certainly not wasting any money on expansions.

That's exactly the logic. They've actually removed certain things (like underwater civilizations) from the base game, claiming "they couldn't get it working right before release" and will be doing that in expansions. I'm sure the depth the game is sorely lacking will also be put in with expansions. I'm not silly enough to assume EA would release something as hyped as Spore with -no- intention to do expansions, but to release a game that feels unfinished and extremely shallow due to its lack of expansions is just a bad choice. If people give up playing because they're bored long before the expansions (and I've had the game for a little over a week and I'm already pretty bored and VERY frustrated with the bugs) then they're not going to care at all about the EPs.

I also got such a terribly poor result from attempting to contact EA support about my connectivity issue, I have utterly no confidence in them whatsoever anymore (not that I had much before) and based on that, will not be purchasing any of their expansions, and likely no more EA software.

Prez, there are so many games like fl0w. Sooo many. Just look up Fish eat Fish game and you'll see what I mean.

Omgusrs?! My favorite part was the Creature age, hands down.


Spiderchi, same for me. But I suffered through it nonetheless (with cheats <3) and got on to Space age.

You think Civilization is dull?
But yeah, the alien races are kinda cool. I started over. ;<

I'd like to be able to say that this is the last EA game I'm going to purchase, but, I really want the stupid SP for Sims2. Yes, it's stupid, and yes I still want it; I'm so ashamed! lol! There are also rumors of a further Sims EP, which I guess EA is holding in reserve for the summer market if Sims3 bombs too. (Of which I've also heard rumors of the same 3 install limit, I think it was on Game Spot)

I've been living in a cave lately... what is this "install limit" all about? You can only install Spore (or eventually sims 3) 3 times?

Exactly. 3 installs, and then "you can call for a fourth". Even if you get the fourth, that's it, if you need to re-install for a fifth time, go buy a new game. The limit on Sims3 is just a rumor so far, but as it has the exact same Securom DRM, it's suspected.

Also, Forbes.Com posted the following article:

http://www.forbes.com/technology/20..._0912spore.html "SPORE's piracy problem"

The "firestorm" is beginning to hit more mainstream media.

Interesting, just found this - http://www.neoseeker.com/news/8809-...tually-worked-/

To be honest, the image at the bottom seemed to me to be the highlight of the article.

Is EA really this naive about their games? Check out this part of the link

"Electronic Arts compares its DRM solution to systems in place on services like iTunes that similarly limits the number of computers that can play a particular song. Sughayer also points out that less than 25% of EA users attempt to install the company's games on more than one computer, and less than 1% attempt to install it on more than three."

Personally I've only had to reinstall TS2 once, but I know friends who for various reasons have had to do 4 or 5 reinstalls easy. They're not even addressing that part of it but instead focusing on the number of computers




All that does is up the number of possible reinstalls to 5. Still not good enough in my opinion for me to kick out my 50 bucks. The image does rock though :D

I regret buying the game. I'll admit it was fun for a while but it very quickly started to feel shallow and to easy and I lost interest as soon as my creatures hit the civilization phase.

It just felt like such a big leap for me to go from tribal stage to civilization phase. One minute they are hunting for food and playing instruments to get along with other tribes and the next they have flying cars. I was looking forward to the evolving part of the game. Apart from what I do in the cell phase there are very little consequenses to the choices I make since I can just rebuild my creature at any time I want. The marketing of the game has been so hyped and they've talked so much about the evolution part of it. I feel cheated.

$50 for a game that you complete so fast and get bored with so quickly is to much. But at least I won't be having any problems with using up all the installs since I stopped playing it so quickly.

I'm sorry if this is the wrong place for this..if so, please move it.

I don't get this software they put on to 'police' the installation. That just puts me off totally.

I see very negative reviews of the game so far (I usually read reviews before buying games). It looks cool and both my husband and son thought so (they like creatures..aliens). But what is up with this software/malware? It seems to be putting off a lot of people.

Do they plan on doing this to Sims 3? Maybe all the negativity will persuade EA NOT to do it on Sims 3...

If they do, I won't be buying it

It's already been anounced by EA that ALL new product will contain Securom. If you have bought anything Sims related more recently than April 2007, you already have Securom on your system (this includes stuff packs). As my machine is already "infected", I'm not too worried; HOWEVER, the 3 (or possibly 5) install limit is a total crock of $#!*. When I purchase a game (or even just a license to play the game) I expect to OWN it for as long as I want. Another crock is the "one user per game", so if you have 3 people wishing to play, you need to buy three games.

The biggest crock is that EA tries to perpetuate Securom as being "anti-piracy". It's not anti-piracy, it's anti-resale, and anti-casual sharing between friends. Basically, they are trying to make their PAYING customers make up the "lost sales due to piracy", when most people who pirate a game would NEVER purchase it in the first place. It's sad when a company can't see that the biggest reason more people are turning to piracy is the adititude of the company to the people who pay $$$.

/rant

Edit: Spore is the most pirated game ever! Last I heard it was over 800,000 copies. Also, the game is ranked 17 on Amazaon.com, last I checked. Considering EA wanted to SELL 2 Million copies in September, EPIC FAIL!

haahahahhaha.
Epic fail indeedy.
I thought the game was...
iffy. I didn't have incredibly high expectations, but they about reached my lowish expectations and went no further.
I'll give it a 6, if TS2 is an 8.5 (Lowered by the upcoming TS3! <3)
I have fun with it, and it's very addictive, but not necessarily FUN. Just addictive.
Which can be handy during moments of sheer boredom.


Either way, Spore probably was a hit with casual gamers. Unluckily for EAxis, I'm a full blown computer addict. xD

Really? I'm now stuck on the creature stage :confused: I can't seem to get past the large creatures, plus no one wants to be friends :shrug:

All the while I think it's a pretty awesome game. I'll have to play it for a bit longer to see if I'll play it often!

I'd rank spore above TS2 base game, because is brings many styles of rts and rpg gaming together. I've matched gameplay elements with starcraft and up, though most are just seemed to have been "influenced" by the other games, Spore really is a multigaming type game. There will definitely be some part of it that is liked by an RTS gamer, a pure TS2 style gamer, I don't see much that's offered for them minus the creator.