Comments on: Spore http://www.gamecrafters.net/archives/369 Advice on making your game great. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:31:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://www.gamecrafters.net/archives/369/comment-page-1#comment-45779 Brian Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:53:30 +0000 http://www.gamecrafters.net/?p=369#comment-45779 See, I've been hearing this a lot. I think that EA really shot themselves in the foot with Spore. If not for the DRM, a lot of people would have bought into the hype and just gone out and purchased it on day one or before. The DRM made lots of people gunshy, though, which gave them some time to read reviews and opinions around the Interwebs, and those opinions have, I think, had an overall negative effect on people's opinions of the gameplay in general. The way I figure it, if I get it for Christmas, great. If it drops in price, maybe I'll pick it up. But for right now, I simply don't have the desire to play it that I once did. Are you listening, EA? You may have just lost a sale. See, I’ve been hearing this a lot. I think that EA really shot themselves in the foot with Spore. If not for the DRM, a lot of people would have bought into the hype and just gone out and purchased it on day one or before. The DRM made lots of people gunshy, though, which gave them some time to read reviews and opinions around the Interwebs, and those opinions have, I think, had an overall negative effect on people’s opinions of the gameplay in general. The way I figure it, if I get it for Christmas, great. If it drops in price, maybe I’ll pick it up. But for right now, I simply don’t have the desire to play it that I once did. Are you listening, EA? You may have just lost a sale.

]]> By: Rich http://www.gamecrafters.net/archives/369/comment-page-1#comment-45751 Rich Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:06:19 +0000 http://www.gamecrafters.net/?p=369#comment-45751 I'm a little late to the comment party, but still get to be first! What to do about Spore, you ask? Simple, don't buy it. Not just for the DRM, but also for the lackluster gameplay. I just bought a new laptop for gaming and thought that I should get a latest/greatest video game, so I picked up Spore. In addition to finding out about the DRM (boo!) I have become considerably underwhelmed by the gameplay. The first little bit of swimming through the tide pools and creature building were fine, but everything just feels too......"dumbed down?" Also, I hate that while you have a large selection of parts when creating critters, you better only choose the better ones, if you plan on being able to sing/dance/fight/etc effectively. To be fair, I haven't done much in the later stages of the game yet, so I should give it another shot, but at this point I'd say just buy the creature creator and/or play Civilization 28, or whatever number they're up to. I’m a little late to the comment party, but still get to be first!

What to do about Spore, you ask? Simple, don’t buy it. Not just for the DRM, but also for the lackluster gameplay. I just bought a new laptop for gaming and thought that I should get a latest/greatest video game, so I picked up Spore. In addition to finding out about the DRM (boo!) I have become considerably underwhelmed by the gameplay. The first little bit of swimming through the tide pools and creature building were fine, but everything just feels too……”dumbed down?” Also, I hate that while you have a large selection of parts when creating critters, you better only choose the better ones, if you plan on being able to sing/dance/fight/etc effectively. To be fair, I haven’t done much in the later stages of the game yet, so I should give it another shot, but at this point I’d say just buy the creature creator and/or play Civilization 28, or whatever number they’re up to.

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