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[PCGAMESN] Forget Civilization 7, I want a new Spore game already (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[–] Ramenator@lemmy.world 58 points 10 months ago (4 children)

That's a rather rose-colored view of the game. One thing is certainly true about Spore: It's absolutely unique in its genre and we haven't really seen the like since.
But it certainly had its flaws when it came out. The main one being that the further into the game you got, the more lackluster it felt. With the space exploration endgame feeling rather empty and basically the same every playthrough, with how you developed your creature having very little impact.
There was also the whole DRM controversy which everyone complained about. The game had to be activated via EAs online servers and you could only activate it five times total. And changing your PCs hardware was seen as a new PC which needed a new activation

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago

We got a very different game then what Will Wright was originally showing in 2005 anyway, which looked way more interesting of a direction than the actual game.

But I'm done with EA since Origin, which was the last straw of bullshit I could take.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Thank bloody fuck the game is on GOG now.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Yeah I played it when I was a kid and even then I was disappointed in it after having followed development for a while. The game that came out is pretty cool but it could have been so so much better.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 points 10 months ago

100% The first two stages are awesome.

The rest feels absolutely tacked on so they could say it went all the way into the future.