So I downloaded SPORE through legitimate means (ie. by purchasing it off of EA as opposed to piratebay), and I've been playing it off-and-on for the last two days. This game's been in development basically since the Sims came out, and it's frozen my more-than-adequate computer about seven times now, forcing me to restart both my game and my computer.
The game itself is less interesting than it's concept. Your goal is to create your own species and take them through their cellular stage, to land-walking creature, to tribal, to civilization, then to galactic conquerors. Each stage has it's own creative tinkering. You create your creature, it's buildings, towns, vehicles, anthems, etc., but it plays like Sid Myer's Civilization with Sims overtones. Most of the fun come from the actual creating, and it's immediately ripped away from you when you see that your creature doesn't cut it in real-life. Then you have to scrap creativity for the most powerful parts. You find yourself sticking some weird spiky-thing on a creature's chest because it's the only place you're able to put a powerful weapon to fight your enemies, which are constantly trying to commit genocide against you. It's like living in Dafur, I suppose.
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