Spore (2 Viewers)

[mr_brightside]

Got it on Saturday at JB for 79 bucks. Going fine until I got a bit into Space stage. Cunting thing keeps crashing now. Just emailed EA Support.

But anyway.....
It's pretty good but not as good as I expected. First four stages were really quick. Plus by the time you get the hang of the new controls in Tribal Stage you already move to Civilisation. Got f'd in the a during civilisation, kept dying. Changed my tactics and eventually took over ze world.

I like space stage but the constant homeworld attacks are getting tedious. Why is my system right on the edge of three war civilisations. Sure I'm a violent civilisation too but they outnumber me Currently doing a lot of trading (when shit ISNT freezing) to buy existing colonies from my allies.

Was a bit with changing the T-level of a planet at first. The tutorial didn't explain it that well. Got the hang of it nao.

I do like how you can roam the entire galaxy. I thought it was confined to area my homeworld was in at first but then I was exploring and zoom'd out to see where I was and went OH SWEET. TO THE CENTRE OF TEH GALAXY

But yeah, ultimately, pretty enjoyable. I just wish it were MOAR stable.

 

[Enteebee]

Got it on Saturday at JB for 79 bucks. Going fine until I got a bit into Space stage. Cunting thing keeps crashing now. Just emailed EA Support.

But anyway.....
It's pretty good but not as good as I expected. First four stages were really quick. Plus by the time you get the hang of the new controls in Tribal Stage you already move to Civilisation. Got f'd in the a during civilisation, kept dying. Changed my tactics and eventually took over ze world.

I like space stage but the constant homeworld attacks are getting tedious. Why is my system right on the edge of three war civilisations. Sure I'm a violent civilisation too but they outnumber me Currently doing a lot of trading (when shit ISNT freezing) to buy existing colonies from my allies.

Was a bit with changing the T-level of a planet at first. The tutorial didn't explain it that well. Got the hang of it nao.

I do like how you can roam the entire galaxy. I thought it was confined to area my homeworld was in at first but then I was exploring and zoom'd out to see where I was and went OH SWEET. TO THE CENTRE OF TEH GALAXY

But yeah, ultimately, pretty enjoyable. I just wish it were MOAR stable.

Perhaps it's your machine? You were running a non-standard version of windows right?

 

[mr_brightside]

Perhaps it's your machine? You were running a non-standard version of windows right?

Machine is fine. Well about the minimum specs. running Leopard 10.5.4
Spore is the problem.

It just crashed again whilst leaving my homeworld after defending from sum cunts

 

[u-borat]

i like it.

this thread's been here for a while...

 

[The_highwayman]

Got it on Saturday at JB for 79 bucks. Going fine until I got a bit into Space stage. Cunting thing keeps crashing now. Just emailed EA Support.

But anyway.....
It's pretty good but not as good as I expected. First four stages were really quick. Plus by the time you get the hang of the new controls in Tribal Stage you already move to Civilisation. Got f'd in the a during civilisation, kept dying. Changed my tactics and eventually took over ze world.

I like space stage but the constant homeworld attacks are getting tedious. Why is my system right on the edge of three war civilisations. Sure I'm a violent civilisation too but they outnumber me Currently doing a lot of trading (when shit ISNT freezing) to buy existing colonies from my allies.

Was a bit with changing the T-level of a planet at first. The tutorial didn't explain it that well. Got the hang of it nao.

I do like how you can roam the entire galaxy. I thought it was confined to area my homeworld was in at first but then I was exploring and zoom'd out to see where I was and went OH SWEET. TO THE CENTRE OF TEH GALAXY

But yeah, ultimately, pretty enjoyable. I just wish it were MOAR stable.

i got mine for $74 from big w.
I totally agree about things progressing too quickly.
Atm, i'm only enemies with the Grox. My species is apparently a religious one so i try to make allies first. but If they dont cooperate and their empire is small enough i just invade. Religious empires get this great socialisation tool that allows u to just fly down to a planet and instantly convert the entire planet to your beliefs. I only use it on home planets (so i get loads of cities to produce/store spice).

I'm not as impressed as i thought i'd be. I want so much to return my creature to the ocean but i couldn't. Instead i got eaten by sea monsters. Plus it feels like it's near impossible to collect all the parts without being carnivorous.

No doubt they'll release a plethora of expansion packs, but right now the game doesnt have that limitless feel of will wright's previous titles like simcity and the sims. I hate directional gameplay and missions but it's the only way to operate in this game. Why cant i choose the site of my nest in the creature stage? why can't i change the site of my capital/home planet (this would have been particularly useful at one stage where my city was completely surrounded by enemies because i decided i wanted to invade them all. My home planet shrunk from 12 cities to 5.) why can't i choose the destination when i fly through a blackhole? (i paid several million simoleons for the ability!)
also, why cant flying creatures land on anything other than the ground? i put wings on my creature because it was quicker to travel but had i not been a vicious carnivore and been a timid herbivore, it would have been beneficial to be able to fly away and out of reach of predators on the ground.

 

[jumb]

You should've made a new thread :s

I pirated it, so I can't share my stuff . I got the the space age in a day or two of casual play.

It's a lot like the Sims in how easy it is to get over it. Yeah, there's lots to do in the sims world, but after I get to the top of my career and get the "bonked 10 women" award, I suddenly get over it.

That said, it's been a great experience so far, even though from what I've seen in the space age it's going to get incredible boring and tedious. Seeding planets and making allies looks painful!

 

[The_highwayman]

You should've made a new thread :s

I pirated it, so I can't share my stuff . I got the the space age in a day or two of casual play.

It's a lot like the Sims in how easy it is to get over it. Yeah, there's lots to do in the sims world, but after I get to the top of my career and get the "bonked 10 women" award, I suddenly get over it.

That said, it's been a great experience so far, even though from what I've seen in the space age it's going to get incredible boring and tedious. Seeding planets and making allies looks painful!

i disagree. I play the sims ignoring the mini-games (or life goals). Only recently have i grown tired of it in light of more information on The sims 3. If you get sick of one sim you can always have children (legitimate or not. ur choice ) or just make a new building. they're variety and u create ur own direction. With spore, once u've fulfilled a goal u pretty much have to move forward, regardless of whether u want to or not.

 

[Roguedeth]

space stage is kind of annoying one ship to protect all your other planets.

 

[The_highwayman]

i know right. u should have 1 ship/10 or so colonies.

 

[hiphophooray123]

motherfucking unknown species killed my cuntoid

 

[jumb]

So my first species (on planet pootopia) was a herbivore and went on the "good" path the whole way. My new species is a carnivore. I collected every piece in both cell and the next one and am about to start tribal. It's really boring.


Also, those epic big fuckers with like 1,000 health suck. They 1-shot you when you attack, even though my little group are awesome at killing shit.

 

[The_highwayman]

i think those 1000hp creatures are just there so that ur never the dominant species until u reach a cultural evolution in the tribal stage.
and then u need to become the dominant race in the civilisation stage.
and then u need to become the dominant power in the space stage.



it's boring starting from scratch.

 

[hiphophooray123]

fuck, my cuntoid's own the fuck out of everyone, taking over cities in a flash.

just build a fuck load of airships and your set.


onto space stage.

 

[The_highwayman]

yeah. i was a little surprised that there wasnt a limit on the number of vehicles u could have in the civilisation stage.

 

[lpfreak]

yeah. i was a little surprised that there wasnt a limit on the number of vehicles u could have in the civilisation stage.

there is... im pretty sure.. shows up in city planner thing

 

[The_highwayman]

there is... im pretty sure.. shows up in city planner thing

i think u need to have a certain number of houses before u can build more vehicles.But even if u do max out a city's limit, there's a total of 12 cities there to use. The individual limit placed on cities is sufficiently large enough to not become a concern if you have enough cities.

 

[Aznmichael92]

i will buy it sometime soon it is quite interesting