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SPORE by Electronic Arts

over-rated, (not a drm complaint)

Written by CA

Oct 11, 2008

its like 4 games in one, and all 4 games couldnt stand alone ( the stages are under-developed and quickly boring)

the excitement runs out after about 2 days.

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Amazing!

Written by MW from Boston

Oct 9, 2008

The only people are giving this a bad review is the DRM thats in the game. (Google it) But this game is very fun. You start from cell and move up through the evolution path. You can control everything.

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Good and bad things...

Written by MA from Såo Paulo

Oct 8, 2008

Yeah, it`s impressive the hability of creating everything but, it`s also impressive in a negative way the fact that you can`t create more than one account per EA code.In my opinion it`s a great game but it gets limited with the account issue.

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Would be great if it worked

Written by AA from Vancouver

Oct 7, 2008

This game stopped working on my Mac. Won't work on a Vista machine I have either. Oh wait! It does work on my Mac, with bootcamp XP.

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Not Impressed

Written by PF from WEST HOLLYWOOD

Oct 6, 2008

Beware that this game has a frightening digital rights management system (DRM) that prevents you from installing it more than three times or selling it to another party when you're done with it without giving them your personal information and having your name linked with the account. Forever.

I have a MacBook Pro 2.4 dual core with 4GB ram and the 256 Video and still have problems with the planets rendering properly and the game frequently crashing.

The game play itself is quickly stale and not much fun when slogging through frequent technical problems.

I do NOT recommend this game. I recommend saving your money for something else if you can. If you have played World of Warcraft and expect that level of integration and performance you'll be sadly disappointed.

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4.5 Stars.......Pretty cool game,,,,,,and this is coming from a girly girl!

Written by KZ from Lancaster

Oct 5, 2008

this game is amazing! i walked into the apple store in our mall, and i played this game on the laptop! its super cool.......you get to create a creature, and give it a name and color it.....basically you start with a floating blob, and you add legs, arms, eyes, weapons, ears, body color, and body disigns......and then you test it on levels that you build......i was hooked on it for over an hour!!!!! and i usually dont like these things! it was awesome. everyone should buy it.
note: i have not yet bought this game so i dont know how it will work with your computer.

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It's a GREAT Game!

Written by SH from Concord

Oct 1, 2008

This is a GREAT game :)!!!!

Worth *every* penny!! How much do you pay to see a 1.5 hour movie? This is a better "investment" than gong to a couple of movies!

Hours of fun and discovery, cool graphics, etc. Just buy it! And play :)

I haven't had so much fun with a game since Claymation!

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Good idea, poor execution.

Written by CS from Exeter

Sep 28, 2008

This is the kind of game that is very easy to get excited about. The idea of starting out as an insignificant blob which will one day rule the galaxy is quite appealing. Also, the colorful adds and the customization are also appealing. As exciting as the idea is, the game play is horrible. This is how I'd sum it up: Eat, Evolve. Dance, Evolve. Kill, Evolve. Explore space, The end. It only took six hours to beat. As tempted as you may be to buy this game, I'm telling you its not worth it.

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Good game, problems running

Written by BT from Torrington

Sep 28, 2008

I have the new iMac, 2.4 core 2 duo with 4g of ram ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128mb
You think that would be enough to run this game on medium settings, your wrong. I have to play the game on its lowest settings and still is not running smooth. Crashes often too, always after I have been playing for an hour, with out saving, and loose all my progress. No auto save. But a fun game non the less

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The World's greatest game

Written by JE from Montclair

Sep 28, 2008

Spore is amazing, starting as a defenseless cell swimming, then evolving to grow spikes, cilia, and eventually into a land creature. As you now hunt or socialize, or both, on land, your brain grows and evolve with new parts and you start to grasp the idea, "I make things happen!" You form a tribe and ally or conquer other tribes. Along the tribal stage, you collect new tools, change the outfits of your tribe, and become the dominate species. This leads you to battle with other cities of your won species in the civilization stage. This stage grants you power by economic skill, religious control, or pure militaristic strategy. Once you have your hold on all cities, you build a starship. Fly out into the space, and take over the galaxy, just as you have taken over your planet...

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=/ WOW!

Written by NS from Kailua Kona

Sep 27, 2008

I totally love this game. At first i really hated it and was really mad at apple because my new macbook is like a year old and it said i didn't have the right graphics card so i freaked out but i got a patch and it got all fixed and now i absolutely love it! This game a is so easy a 5 year old could play and even a 60 year old could find interest in it. This game is good for all ages!!!!!!

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SPORE = BORE!

Written by MS from Longview

Sep 26, 2008

I gave in to the hype and purchased Spore. Good grief! How do they expect good reviews from a game that has no adventure or entertainment value after you create your creature? This is ridiculous! The DRM is also a shameful addition, and EA should be ashamed of themselves for playing the Microsoft game with that stupid DRM. One user per purchase? Get real! The "wow" factor goes away quickly once the game begins. Repetitive, repetitive, repetitive = boring. SPORE = BORE!

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AWESOME

Written by IW from Southbury

Sep 25, 2008

get this. now.

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Design your creature then quit.

Written by TB from BOSTON

Sep 25, 2008

This game is high quality. It looks great, the creature and object design elements are really amazing. Having said that though it just doesn't live up to the hype. The creature is nothing more than a brainless puppet requiring you to guide it through the entirety of it's miserable life. The "evolution" is nothing more than cosmetic. If your looking for a God Sim look elsewhere. In fact this isn't a Sim at all. Each stage somehow seems disconnected giving you no feeling of continuity. The game play is repetitive with virtually no observable difference from one game to the next other than what your creature looks like. The first 4 stages seem almost incidental, merely stepping stones to the real game of galactic conquest which is ruined by tedious repetitive tasks. There is very little playability here let alone replayability. This was a great idea that was poorly implemented to create a truly boring experience. If you buy this game, design your creature, make it dance around a bit then quit - there is nothing else to see.

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Crashes on Start

Written by TC from Fort Lauderdale

Sep 24, 2008

I purchased three copies of this game, one for myself and two for family members who also have Macs. (Mine is a Mac Pro, theirs are a MacBook and MacBook Pro).

I've been playing games since I purchased my Apple II 30 years ago. I've got one big pet peeve....when you pay $50.00 for a game and it hangs on start. That's exactly what this game did at the splash screen. (The machine in question is in perfect working condition and has no problems running any other software). I have some sympathy for developers when this happens in a Windows environemnt due to the wide disparity of hardware configurations but in a Mac world (IMHO) this just shouldn't happen if the software vendor has completed proper QA testing prior to release. Shame on you EA!

EA, if you don't want to see alot more posts like this I strongly suggest you release that patch you are already teasing us with on your website that is in the making due to "reported instability and compatibility issues." Once the game actually runs, I'll reconsider my rating.

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Dissapointing game play

Written by BC from Folsom

Sep 23, 2008

I have been waiting for this game for years, and bought it the day it was released. I spent an entire afternoon playing with it, all the way to the Space stage... and have not really touched it since.

Someone else described it best as "the world's largest kiddie pool. 5 miles wide and three feet deep."

I'd add... as designed by Disney.

Once you realize that most of the changes you make, such as the shape, color, and to a large degree, the behavior, or your creature doesn't matter except as an animation, it becomes less interesting. Adding more legs does not change the speed. Longer or stronger arms does not affect combat. Changing the eyes does not affect vision.

Pretty much no matter what you do, you'll always end up in the same place.

And that gets boring too quickly.

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Amazing

Written by TO from Waco

Sep 22, 2008

Seriously, amazing. Only game I've ever liked, other than Rock Band. I'm not a gamer, but this rocked my world. 'nuff said.

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Too slow.......

Written by MV from Rochester Hills

Sep 22, 2008

My Intel imac 20" that meets all the game specs and then some 2.33Ghz ATI Radeon X1600 128MB 3GB RAM plays this game so painfully slow that it's not worth playing. My imac 24" with a video card that has 256MB works fine. caveat emptor.

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