PC Games gives Spore 73%, talk of release date online embargo emerges (updated)

Hmmm.

It’ll be hilarious if the creature creator ends up selling more than the actual game.

Just updated it.

The actual game bit of this has been raising an eyebrow since they first announced it, so it wouldn’t surprise me to see it turn out to be not quite the blockbuster some people were expecting.

The tech is really cool, though, and you have to give them props for trying something so different and so ambitious. No doubt they’ll fix everything up good for Spore 2.

Be very interesting to see what the UK lot give it.

I’ve been concerned about the actual gameplay of this for a while. I really like the civilization aspects but I think it’s got too much of a reliance on the customisation.

I’ll play it because I have to, but if I didn’t I wouldn’t. I can’t believe it isn’t the most amazing thing ever given how long they’ve been working on it.

I’d be quite interested to give it a go, if my PC wasn’t a load of old knackers.

I think it’ll run on pretty old machines.

Not as old as my machine. Betcha.

And I was right. I don’t meet the minimum specs on processor speed or video card specs. PCs suck.

“EA was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.”

Why will EA comment on a review? ‘Oh someone thinks our game is OK’ *shurg*

What’s Sackboy doing up there in the small pic?

Oh, and I think GameStar is the leading PC game magazine in Germany, isn’t it?

“And I was right. I don’t meet the minimum specs on processor speed or video card specs. PCs suck.”

My PC is nearly five years old, and even it exceeds the minimum requirements.

Something “sucks” here indeed, but it’s not PCs.

It’s official. The game is pants.

Since when was scores between 70% – 80% considered “bad” scores?

Only in the snobby world of gaming, I guess.

Newbie – I was after comment on embargo date.

Michael, it’s not bad. Eurogamer evened everythign out yesterday when Mercs 2 scored 5/10.

Perhaps this is the turnaroudn point this generation. when thigns start getting marked for what they are rather than based on their next gen flare.

We aren’t surprised anymore, so scores will gte lower and lower.

Yay, it runs on my MacBook (theoretically).

“It’s easier to wage war then to be diplomatic ”
How unrealistic!

Lol ^

I wanted to create a game where you ultimately ended up recreating 9/11 becuase it was easier.

Then a dramatic cutscene would arouse, and you’d be left thinking: Holy-OMG-IMNOBETTERTHANGEORGE.W.BUSH!!!!

I was lucky enough to get to to play at PAX, and it is actually very good. It really sucks you in with all of the decisions you get to make. Also, if for some strange reason you want to play Spore without creating anything, there is premade content for everything except cell stage.

I think I should give it a try, to be honest. It’ll be one of the “Black & White”-experiences for me: Either play it all the way, all the time, or not at all. Let’s find out.