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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: Decimator on April 19, 2005, 10:28:23 AM

Title: Spore
Post by: Decimator on April 19, 2005, 10:28:23 AM

I found this (http://www.gamespy.com/articles/595/595975p1.html) article while lurking on irc, and I was wondering what the rest of you think of this game.

BBALFD (http://www.gamespy.com/articles/595/595975p1.html?fromint=1) - Big Bold Article Link For Dubb :p
screens (http://www.gamingsteve.com/archives/2005/03/pictures_of_wil.php)
mp3 broadcast (http://www.gamingsteve.com/podcasts/Gaming-Steve-2005-03-11.mp3)

(http://www.gamingsteve.com/archives/images/spore_creatures.jpg)

Title: Spore
Post by: 2_of_8 on April 19, 2005, 10:35:08 AM

Eek? Looks very weird... what is it exactly, I couldn't really tell. Maybe an RPG sort of thing?
:|

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Post by: pardzh on April 19, 2005, 10:35:34 AM

Wow, I want this game. It looks like The Sims meets SimEarth... or something.

Title: Spore
Post by: Decimator on April 19, 2005, 10:39:26 AM

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Eek? Looks very weird... what is it exactly, I couldn't really tell. Maybe an RPG sort of thing?
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I'm not sure my description will do it justice, but it's a massive game that basically takes you through stages, also apparently allowing you to stay in each stage as long as you like.  There seem to be elements of survival, character manipulation, strategy, city building, and intergalactic conquest all rolled into one game.

edit: Just read the article, I suck at explaining.

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Post by: Dubbilex on April 19, 2005, 10:42:22 AM

The ultimate sandbox game:  READ (http://www.gamespy.com/articles/595/595975p1.html)

*edit* Harhar.  Seem to have missed Deci's link.  This one's the same.

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Post by: DarkScythe on April 19, 2005, 11:08:48 AM

just read thru both articles

looks awesome, and seems to offer virtually unlimited amount of replayability
especially since the way they're coding it, it will end up being a very small game, that's just awesome

a whole race in a 1K file?  :o

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Post by: Goldy on April 19, 2005, 02:00:37 PM

It does sound extremely cool. I just hope the game won't focus TOO much on just messing around with things..because without any objectives at all, the game could get boring. Think of the GTAIII games, it's fun to play around in the cities causing carnage, but (for me) it's even more fun to do missions.

Title: Spore
Post by: DarkScythe on April 19, 2005, 05:15:30 PM

unfortunately, what i'm gathering from these articles is that it will indeed be a single player game, simply because if you and a friend start playing (say on a server) and start evolving, let's say you two have begun a city and someone new joins.. they'll be really far behind :/
i'm not too sure how it'll work, maybe they'll find a way, but i suspect it will be single-player only..

it also seems to be designed as an "open-ended" game, meaning there are no clear objectives, just be the strongest that survives..

sounds fun because of the amount of features that exist for u to modify, but it also means there wont be much of a "mission" to set u against because existence of clear-cut objectives would cause you to focus on achieving that rather than being open-ended and "fun" in a lego-clay building sort of way

not sure i'm explaining this very well, but that's what i feel from reading and seeing this

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Post by: Astroman on April 19, 2005, 08:46:49 PM

This game looks to be an amazingly entertaining game, and might change the way video games are created.

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Post by: Goldy on April 19, 2005, 08:55:36 PM

I suppose it will be like Sim City, where you have things to aspire for but no actual objectives.

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Post by: duherman on April 19, 2005, 09:34:43 PM

It looks wierd...

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Post by: Plaguebearer on April 20, 2005, 11:15:23 AM

I still play black and white sometimes.  ... until I get to the world where the evil guy curses your monster, and it basically undoes everything you've worked for.

Title: Spore
Post by: Malevolent on April 20, 2005, 03:19:36 PM

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I still play black and white sometimes.  ... until I get to the world where the evil guy curses your monster, and it basically undoes everything you've worked for.

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/me is waiting for B&W 2