Comments on: Spore Meta-Review http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/10/07/spore-meta-review/ a group of adventurers on an epic quest Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:26:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Downloadable Content for Offline Games | Kill Ten Rats http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/10/07/spore-meta-review/comment-page-1/#comment-29073 Downloadable Content for Offline Games | Kill Ten Rats Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:03:32 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=2104#comment-29073 [...] licensed private servers). While EA is putting its customers through DRM hell (and itself through PR hell as a result), having an online component clearly helps you make sure that you the developer and you [...] [...] licensed private servers). While EA is putting its customers through DRM hell (and itself through PR hell as a result), having an online component clearly helps you make sure that you the developer and you [...]

]]> By: Aaron http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/10/07/spore-meta-review/comment-page-1/#comment-27953 Aaron Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:10:08 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=2104#comment-27953 The heart of Spore is the editors. It's the player's own creativity and exploring the creativity of others. That much is excellent, and that's why Spore will continue to be popular. But Maxis failed to give players enough to do with their creations (perhaps on purpose... expansions are coming). The Space stage is the heart of the action-based gameplay. It's fun, but really not much more dynamic and replayable than the other stages. It's possible to avoid war most of the time, but that forces the player into spending time with missions when the player might want to do other things. They ought to add a slider for players to adjust the frequency of events (invasions, eco-disasters, pirates, etc) like players could adjust the difficulty in Oblivion. The heart of Spore is the editors. It’s the player’s own creativity and exploring the creativity of others. That much is excellent, and that’s why Spore will continue to be popular. But Maxis failed to give players enough to do with their creations (perhaps on purpose… expansions are coming).

The Space stage is the heart of the action-based gameplay. It’s fun, but really not much more dynamic and replayable than the other stages. It’s possible to avoid war most of the time, but that forces the player into spending time with missions when the player might want to do other things.

They ought to add a slider for players to adjust the frequency of events (invasions, eco-disasters, pirates, etc) like players could adjust the difficulty in Oblivion.

]]> By: Julian http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/10/07/spore-meta-review/comment-page-1/#comment-27947 Julian Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:44:24 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=2104#comment-27947 I wouldn't call it bad, but I would call it extremely, extremely shallow. I wouldn’t call it bad, but I would call it extremely, extremely shallow.

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