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Spore media blowout: impressions, images and more!

by Ross Miller on Feb 13th 2008 3:02AM

Four Spore and just over seven years ago (hah! we're punny), Will Wright set about his extremely ambitious "Sim Everything" project. Now that we have a confirmed release date of September 7, 2008 (and some parts even sooner), it's time to recap all the Spore news from the last 14 hours:

Hands-on impressions:

Exhaustive galleries found after the break!

Spore (2-12-08)

Spore Creatures (DS)

Spore (mobile)

Spore

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Tags: DS, ea, electronic-arts, Mac, maxis, PC, spore, Wii, will-wright

Reader Comments (29)

7 Spore posts in a row?!?! Don't you guys might be getting just a little too much wood over this game. Maybe I'm just mad because my comps wont run it but I think it's time to pause and reflect.

Curse my inability to proof-read!

So much spore, so little ability to warp time to when it comes out...

I've played enough Wil Wright "games" to know better than to expect much.

Is this the next SimCity or the next SimLife?

That video totally says "Viva Pinata" to me. Even the mention that you've domesticated a species in the corner says so.

You know, I haven't heard you say anything positive about a game in weeks. Maybe you should look into another hobby.

Any idea of system requirements? I don't know enough about the Wii version to warrant buying that so I'm hoping my pc will run it.

Will Wright has said in the past that he wants people who are running Sims2 right now to be able to run Spore; check out the specs for that and it gives you an idea.

This game could (potentially) be one of the greatest games released in ages....

So in other words get ready for biggest disappointment of all time.

Yuck. This game looks retarded. Anyone remember Nightmare Creatures? I see Spore being a blown up version of that piece of crap. I just want to gouge out my eyes from the cuteness of this game. Even the ugly monsters have a cuteness. Definitely not for me....

Does anybody even care about this game anymore? Or will anyone once this turd finally releases? I just don't understand why this game is getting so much hype. Nothing about the graphics or what I've read about the game is really that compelling. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn

Idiots, all of you.

Leave it to Joystiq to make me sick of a game I've been waiting for for more than 2 years.

7 Spore posts in a row?! That has to be some kind of record.

-Mark
http://www.threevue.com

I haven't played a game I felt was made for me for a few years now.

Spore. Show me how to love again.

I'm fn sick of Spore already. ENOUGH!

This doesn't look like my cup o' tea, but a lot of people seem to be excited about it. I don't know, it just seems like a more open-ended Viva Pinata to me (and yes, I know the concept of Spore has been around longer than VP). Perhaps its timing may also be its undoing?

Possibly. Daikatana is an example of a potentially epic, world-changing game that was famously made into one of the worst games of all time (I'd put it at #4 behind ET, Superman 64, and Plumber's Don't Wear Ties) simply by timing.

Uh ohh....when Joystiq starts hyping up a game you better watch out.

This has the classic symptoms of IGNitis.

Which means this game could be epic fail.

But then again I really hope not since its been a while since the last time I played a sim type of game.

"A peak into Will Wright's office"

A 'peak'? So, am I to believe Will Wright had a mountaintop moved into his office?

Spore, the new Super Smash Bros. Brawl

With how Joystiq's front page looks at the moment...I think a more appropriate title would be "Spore media burnout".

Seriously. It wasn't even this bad for Halo 3.

ok guys , enough of the spore stuff for today

anus splatter - that is what W squared came up with

I can not wait for this game to get released so that die hard conservatives can start attacking this game by saying it is forcing evolution on our children. Intelligent design...yatta yatta yatta...controversy ensues and if we're lucky fox will run another unfair story supporting the conservatives who hate the game.
Watch, i bet you it's gonna happen

If anything, this game is even more re-inforcement FOR intellegent design.

Unless you want to say that the player isn't intellegent.

I'm going to buy this game whether I can run or not.If I can't then, I will play it on my cousin's PC. Will Wright's games have been pretty PC friendly. Well, except Sim City Societies, I don't think Will Wright was totally responsible for that one.

Looking at that picture, I can't wait for "Spore: Party Animals" to come out...

TO: Crono NDF Knights of the old school - I do agree that the game does advance the cause of intelligent design. When it comes to either of the two theories I really do not care, However I do believe that this game will garner significant controversy in the media for its nature. Its only a matter of time.

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