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Spore--The Game

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Submitted by David Finnerty on September 9, 2008 - 10:18am

I got the game.  Concept is cool.

You start off as a cell, you eat meat or veggies (Your choice).  As you grow you evolve.  You choose how you evolve, bigger teeth, spikes, speed, poising....  Then you move to land and the process continues.

You eat veggies or meat.  You can kill or charm others.

Then comes civilization.  Build your cities and take over other cities. (This is where I am now).  Along the way you get to customize the characters look, buildings look, and control just about everything.

Next stage (after world domination) is galactic domination. (Have not played it yet)

The game is good and the play is simple.  If you die, no biggie you start over again.  The problem with the game is the DRM.

Electronic Arts has put the most heinous drm on this game I have seen in years.  To install the game I have to install EA Download manager (EA DRM PACKAGE).  To run the game you have to load the EA Download Manager.  It wants you to log in before you can launch the game.

Then EA sets this thing up to load when windows starts.  I don't know about you but I do not need a game manager launching every time windows does.  I work 99% of the time not play.

EA you have soured my view of this game by your DRM and as a result of protecting it you are going to sell a hell of a lot less of the game.  Good job.

Suckass DRM Product

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The game play seems to

Submitted by John S. Drew on September 9, 2008 - 11:20am.

The game play seems to advance quickly.  Didn't you only get this game like on Sunday?  I know you weren't playing for lengthy periods.  (At least, I'm guessing you weren't.)

Any news on if this is coming to any game systems, like say, Wii?

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John
Creator, Producer, All Around God-Like Being
"What?  Too much?"

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Hints about it.

Submitted by David Finnerty on September 9, 2008 - 2:05pm.

With the full versions of the Maxis-developed PC and Mac life simulator slated to hit alongside a scaled-down DS edition on September 7, Wright noted that any console release of Spore would be designed to take advantage of the specific system.

"Spore on almost any platform is going to be different and tied to the unique aspects of that platform," he explained. "Sitting in front of a console is very different from sitting in front of a PC. Whether you're using a mouse or a PS3 controller or a Wii wand, that right off the bat is arguing for a somewhat different design."

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Dave Finnerty
Code Monkey

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