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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $38.00
You Save: $11.99 (24%)
New (17) Used (13) from $32.05
Rating:  3159 reviews
Sales Rank: 103
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Macintosh, Windows Vista
Genre: artificial_life_simulation_games
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15352
Model: 15352
UPC: 014633153521
EAN: 0014633153521
ASIN: B000FKBCX4
Release Date: September 7, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 My kids LOVE this game November 30, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
OK, so it was purchased as a present for my husband, but its actually my 6 and 8yo boys who adore this game. They play it almost daily, and even have friends come over to "watch". It definitely, to me, is great for younger kids, and I would ignore the 10+ rating. My 10yo daughter likes it too. I can understand the low marks this game received since it was marketed to adults but is really a child's game. I love the concepts it has taught my kids about life, life cycles, and evolution.
 CANT RESELL November 30, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The game is so so I found it fun when I played it but after I got used to it and found myself not playing it anymore I wanted to sell it..I did...now I am going to get low ratings and or put some poor buyer through uneccissary crap because I have to get a return and they dont get to play the game unless i give my EA account username and password. EA should be ashamed. I sould be able to resell a game i buy from them. I will NEVER buy another game from anyone game company that tries to use DRM or this rediculas registeration stunt.....
The game itself is fun but playing it will make me madd now!If I ever play it at all again....
 Spore honest review November 29, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Spore is fun in the first two stages (Cell and Creature) but then the tribal stage is boring and the Civilization stage is the same thing and Space is the same as creature except you get more tools and there is no storyline so it gets boring after the first 20 solar systems that you take.
Amusing creature creation tools attached to boring game November 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really wanted to like Spore, and I even (was foolish enough to have) bought the game knowing about the SecuROM controversy. Unfortunately, the game experience is very watered down.
The cell stage is extraordinarily basic (not terribly surprising, given that you're playing a single-celled organism. You swim around, eating plant matter, meat that's floating around, or smaller creatures. You try to avoid the big creatures that want to eat you. Creature stage is a bit more coplex, but not much. Tribe and civilization stages are essentially dumbed-down versions of any civ-type or RTS game released over the last decade or so. As to the space stage, it's about as much fun as Master of Orion III was. Which is to say, not much.
What is interesting is the robust suite of creation tools. You've got a lot of freedom to make some truly interesting creatures, building, spaceships, etc. Unfortunately, you need to buy the expansion pack in order to get many of the creature body part options that should have been in the game in the initial release. If you're inclined to tinker and see what you can come up with, you'll likely enjoy the game. Otherwise, if your tastes run to casual gaming, you may like this. If you're looking for a serious species simulation, I regret to say that Spore isn't it.
And, of course, it's published by EA, so one must take into account that the company injects malware into your computer when you load the game.
Bad DRM November 29, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I can't support a game that amounts to a rental. Your purchase of this game will eventually expire as you "evolve" to using different computers (or even upgrading your own!).
If they re-release this game without the DRM shackles than you should take another look.
The central tenant of this game, evolution, is the only interactive feature they got right. Strategy and quest value is nonexistent. Good graphics though. :) They should talk to their co-workers who make Red Alert to find out how to make good quests. ;)
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