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Works With Snow Leopard

Written by FV from Elmhurst

Nov 3, 2009

What are you people talking about? This game works amazing with Snow Leopard!! I just got the new 21.5 inch iMac and installed it it worked FINE!!!!! It might not work if u instal it in Leopard and then upgraded. But I installed it on Snow Leopard and it works perfect! One thing I HAVE NOT PATCHED IT and I don't know if I should.

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Very neat game!

Written by KS from North York

Oct 30, 2009

First for the ones that keep on complaining about incompatibility with Snow Leopard - I have NO clue what you are doing wrong. The game installed perfectly on my iMac (OS: 10.6.1) and runs very smooth.
Regards to the game - great replay value as no replay is the same. The game allows you to create pretty much anything, from your buildings to the way you look and so on.
I highly recommend this game for the ones who like to be creative with their gameplay.
One advice, at the end of your installation process the game might try to download the same patch twice or more times, so watch what version patch you are about download before you click the "Yes" button.

Graphics: 4.5 out of 5
Music and Sounds: 5 out of 5
Replay: 5 out of 5
Game Features: 5 out of 5
Customization: 5 out of 5

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Not Compatible with Snow Leopard as of 9/28/09

Written by JG from Currituck

Sep 28, 2009

Since upgrading to Snow Leopard, I have not been able to play "Spore." As a previous reviewer noted, the game will lock up about every 10 minutes or so, and no commands to close the program will work. Your only option is to hold down the power button until the computer shuts off.

I am running a MacBook Pro that is well within the "recommended" system requirements.

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Does not work with snow leopard

Written by RF from Iztapalapa

Sep 16, 2009

the game is awesome but, it freezes every 10 mins or so and theres no way to shut it down instead turning off my computer, i hope EA make something and deliver an update soon

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Disappointing

Written by TM from Orlando

Sep 16, 2009

This is not a native mac application - it's the windows version running with WINE, which I'm guessing is the source of many of the problems others are reporting. I've also had problems getting the software to work after any updates are applied. After reinstalling from the disk I was able to launch the application only if I declined the updates.

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Spore

Written by MW from Sherborn

Aug 25, 2009

This game really puts you in charge of changing and evolving your creature to the top of the food chain! Excellent graphics and a whole lot of fun!

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Owns!!!

Written by AD from Versoix

Jun 26, 2009

Got it from a friend, love it a lot, cant say much more.

4 stars cos it did crash once, and I am picky after just switching from a pc on which everything BUT games crashed, games never crashed, not once

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Doesn't work with Parental Controls

Written by AL from Hauser

Jun 22, 2009

Installed and tested the game as admin, then tried to let the child play under a different account managed with Parental Controls.

The game would not start for the Parental Controls account. Would just abort with "Cannot contact the licensing server. Try again later." Called EA tech support that evening and got sent into a maze of teleprompts that ended with "We are now closed. Please call during business hours."

I found a post that said you can (as admin) right click Spore.app in Applications folder, Show Package Contents, go into Macos folder, and delete the cider_noui file and then the game will start for the child. True it does start, but this is going to break again at the next patch/update.

This game is a stupid waste of money.

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Great Game!

Written by JR from Loveland

Jun 21, 2009

I don't even like video games- really I have never found one that I would want to play for more than one hour. But Spore has taken my heart! It is really fun and different from any other game I've played. I suggest you at least try it- especially those of you who haven't found another video/ computer game that you like.

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Lame Gameplay and Draconian DRM.

Written by CJ from longmont

Jun 21, 2009

Spore was touted as a revolutionary gaming experience in the way that the evolution that took place during the game somewhat reflected real life. This is not the case with Spore. You can add as many legs on your monster as you want but it doesn't make any game play difference other than cosmetic. Also the copyright protection is horrible. You have to verify your copy over the internet and you can only install it 3 times and it then its useless. This is a typical DRM nightmare.

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Very cool game but.....

Written by JH from Lundby

May 24, 2009

I realy like the game, I can use a MacBook with a "GMA 950" graphic card!
I love the game, but when you have completen it twice, it is not as fun as it startet with, but I will give it 5 out of 5 stars because, it is very fun to create and there is no other games like that!
Very good graphics if your Mac/PC can run it, if it can, buy it!!

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Pretty cool game but was tough for me to install/update

Written by RS from Douglasville

May 7, 2009

I came close to not buying this based on the complaints about the DRM and problems with the update patches.

It took me about three reinstalls and four efforts at updating the program (about 3.5 hours) before it finally worked and I was able to get it registered and activated on my late 2008 MacBook Pro running 10.5.6. That was frustrating to say the least and I'm an experienced Mac user.

I finally got it up and running however and the gameplay is very novel. I'm a casual gamer without a lot of time to devote to it so I don't expect the novelty for me will wear off very fast but it probably will for more serious gamers that have more time to devote to it. With the install/update bugs, it's a coin toss as to whether I'd recommend it for others though. If you can deal with the bugs and don't plan on playing the game for hours-on-end each day, it's probably a good buy.

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Amazing!

Written by TH from Oakville

May 6, 2009

I just love this game! So many possiblitlies! Can't wait for Galactic Adventures.

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Good game but...

Written by RZ from Ridgefield

Apr 20, 2009

like someone said earlier, it won't let me install updates; so that's a bit of a hassle. the game also tends to freeze up or crash while playing, and it doesn't automatically save, so all the progress I made (which is usually a lot) gets lost. another thing I don't really like about the game is if you decide you want to start over with a planet, it deletes the whole planet, not just the game on it. I've had to delete some planets I was a fan of just because I wanted to start over with a new creature. but overall the graphics are good, the game is fun, it's just those nitpicky things that make it faulty.

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BEST GAME EVER!!!!!!

Written by TC from Berkeley

Mar 30, 2009

The game works perfectly on my MacBook,and the graphics are great!!!!!!!!!! The game is exciting at first, but when you get further you'd have already fallen off your seat!!! The game also features a creature creator pack, where you create your OWN CREATURE!!!!!!!

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OK but frustrating

Written by DS from Coventry

Mar 1, 2009

Had a difficult time loading the game. Then It will not allow me to import and install updates. It will not allow some parts of game play (perhaps do to the failure of updates to work). I really need to find a good game for the mac.

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A Decent Game, But Left Me Wanting More

Written by KS from Indianapolis

Feb 8, 2009

I think that, as a first installment of the game, it's great. But I will expect much more out of the next one. I agree with "SL from Andover" on a lot of the issues, and I can add some more. Firstly, I expected there to be more of an element of unguided evolution, meaning I thought that, through much of the game, my choices as to how I acted towards others (including being friends with too many civilizations who might be feuding, for instance) would determine more of the outcome of my game -- and maybe even how my creature looked a bit. I did have a lot of fun figuring it out as I went through the game, though, and I won't deny that I found it very entertaining. But for those who anticipated a game with an almost emergent quality to it, like I did, you will feel a tad disappointed. By and large, though, the game was fun.

The freezing up of the game during intense battles in space was annoying to me, as well, and I also didn't really care for the lack of navigation points in the galaxy. I at least felt that a bookmarking option of sorts that could be used on certain star systems would be very beneficial, although, with the plethora of star systems, even that might be cumbersome.

I hope I helped to persuade you to try this game out and have fun with it, and I hope that the problems I found with the game will be corrected in the next installment.

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Highly Addicting

Written by ML from Garland

Feb 6, 2009

Great game for all ages! This game was bought for my 16 year old sister for x-mas by another family member. I am 22 years old and in college and play it! I am lucky enough to have this game on two computers and we'll be sitting at the same table on our different macbook pro laptops and we'll play straight into the morning if the computers let us.

Even though the game is highly addicting there are some set backs.

The game sometimes freezes and if you don't save you lose everything! Occasionally I have to hold the power button to reboot my computer when it freezes. Like I said, I have a macbook pro, a little over a year old with ram to spare and It still freezes. That is my only pet peeve abought this game.

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