Spore by EA Review
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First Spore Origins came out for the iPhone, which focuses on the first stage of the full blown Spore.
Then on 9/7/2008 the full blown Mac / PC version was released. Not only is it supported for both Operating Systems, but it’s just one disk that has both versions.
There are several stages that you bring your creature through, from an amoeba to a space faring civilization.
Each stage is a different type of gameplay.
- ‘Cell’ stage - Like an old school arcade game, eat the good stuff and avoid the bad guys.
- ‘Creature’ stage - 3D game (almost a first person shooter). You can make friends or make / attack you enemies.
- ‘Tribal’ stage - Real Time Strategy (RTS) game with limited weapons
- ‘Civilization’ stage - RTS with more weapons, vehicles (air, see and land) and spice mining
- ‘Space’ stage - Space exploration and trading. Again make friends / allies and enemies.
I’ve read some complaints that the different stages aren’t as good as other games that do that type of game. For instance the Civlization RTS isn’t done as well as a full blown RTS game. They’re right, it doesn’t and it’s not meant to be.
It’s important to look at Spore as a whole game, not the individual stages.
The most fun part about Spore is you build you creatures and items as you go.
In the early stages you evolve your creature as it grows to make it more adaptable. In the later stages, you build your buildings and vehicles.
Along these lines, there’s also the Sporepedia. This is an online database of things that other players have built that you can download and use in your game!
For me, I played with the creation tool for a while, but in the later levels I would just go to the Sporepedia and browse through the thousands of creations out there until I found one I like.
This game is a blast as you can follow your creature up through the different layers of evolution and shape the path you want the creature to go down - You can have a peaceful herbivores, war-like carnivores, explorers, etc… or any combination of them, it all depends on your (creature’s) actions.
I personally love the game, the Space stage is my favorite but I really loved all the stages.
This is definitely a game I could see myself playing over and over, creating more creatures and leading them down different paths. 
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