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NYT names Spore as 2008's "best disappointment"

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In a feature titled, "The Zombies Look Better Every Year," the New York Times has named Spore as its biggest disappointment for 2008.

"If Electronic Arts has learned anything from its experience with Spore, it ought to be that a software company should just let its games do the talking, rather than relentlessly hyping a game for years before its release only to deliver a one-note electronic toy in the end," said the paper.

"Spore would not have fizzled so quickly if expectations had not been so ludicrously inflated to begin with."

Game of the year? GTA IV, obviously. Worth a read.

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Grand Theft Auto IV

PS3, Xbox 360, PC

Spore

Nintendo Wii, PC

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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