# Spore release date set! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 12, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335 "2008-02-12T21:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/21 "2008-02-13T16:07:38Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] So, I take it this is some kind of game? What’s so great about it? [/QUOTE] If you like open-ended “sandbox” simulation God games games like SimCity, The Sims, anything Sim, Civilization, anything “Tycoon” (Railroad Tycoon, Rollarcoster Tycoon, etc), Populous, Black & White and so on you will probably like Spore. It’s kind of a SimEverything, starting you off at the microscopic level and letting you evolve up to a galactic civilization. It’s not perfect though. I would prefer if the “civilization” mode was more flexible in how it manages cities. It would be nice if you could cover your planet with more realistic urban sprawl. What’s also cool is that everything is user created, from the creatures and plants to the buildings and vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/22 "2008-02-13T16:27:41Z")
Really, this is the first game that should require 850 gigabytes of memory to install and regularly chomps on 4 and a half gigs of RAM. I hope I’m wrong and we peons can play it. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/23 "2008-02-13T16:36:51Z")
Damnit! It comes out right when school starts. Horrible timing. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/24 "2008-02-13T16:40:46Z")
[QUOTE=RandMcnally] Damnit! It comes out right when school starts. Horrible timing. [/QUOTE] You should skip. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/25 "2008-02-13T16:43:56Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Really, this is the first game that should require 850 gigabytes of memory to install and regularly chomps on 4 and a half gigs of RAM. I hope I’m wrong and we peons can play it. [/QUOTE] Actually, the system requirements are supposedly not much more than those for The Sims 2. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/26 "2008-02-13T16:44:23Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Only seven more months and I can build my army of talking sea otters. [/QUOTE] Vordai? Is that you… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/27 "2008-02-13T16:45:36Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Actually, the system requirements are supposedly not much more than those for The Sims 2. [/QUOTE] Really? Hm. I have to see what the system requirements were for the second Sims. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/28 "2008-02-13T16:51:30Z")
That’s two weeks after the release date for Duke Nukem Forever, right? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/29 "2008-02-13T16:55:40Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] That’s two weeks after the release date for Duke Nukem Forever, right? [/QUOTE] Ah..I see what you did there…you insinuated that Spore is never getting released… Verrrrry tricky there. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/30 "2008-02-13T17:12:57Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] That’s two weeks after the release date for Duke Nukem Forever, right? [/QUOTE] :mad: Rysto, you stole my joke! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/31 "2008-02-13T17:21:26Z")
Gah! September! :pout: I loved SimEarth, SimLife, and ElFish. SimCity and The Sims are great too. Spore has everything I want in a game. I hope this delay means they’re getting everything right. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/32 "2008-02-13T19:22:59Z")
I’ve had this on pre-order on Amazon for about forever. I just got an email from them about the new release date; they also apologized for the delay. 😉 You can read a hands-on preview of the game - the full game here: [Spore: Hands-on Preview | bit-tech.net](http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/02/13/spore_hands-on_preview/1) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/33 "2008-02-13T19:48:35Z")
And it’s going to be on the Mac as well? :: toothy jagermonster grin :: I’m not much of a gamer these days, but I want this. Start with DNA, and evolve into a galaxy-conquering super-race? Yes!! _I will destroy them all!!!_ Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha… [sub]Er, was that out loud?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/34 "2008-02-13T19:54:20Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] So, I take it this is some kind of game? [/QUOTE] Is that it? I thought the Queen Mushroom was finally making her earth takeover bid. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/35 "2008-02-13T20:48:00Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] Any news on what the system requirements are? My current system is limping toward retirement and I want to know how good a replacement I’ll need. [/QUOTE] Me too. My current desktop system will be over six years old when this game is released. Right now, I mostly use it for web surfing, so it doesn’t matter that it’s so old. But I loved SimCity (although not The Sims or any of the other spinoff games), so I’m looking forward to this one. So I plan to use the “recommended system configuration” for Spore as the baseline when I’m shopping for a new system. (Although I suspect that my six-year-old system will meet the minimum system configuration for it.) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/36 "2008-02-13T20:53:04Z")
Yeah, weird how someone’s actually releasing a game for a Mac. Oh well. I guess you losers can have a game or two to play with. I kid, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/37 "2008-02-13T21:02:47Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] What’s also cool is that everything is user created, from the creatures and plants to the buildings and vehicles. [/QUOTE] To expand a bit futher, that means you can basically create any kind of civilization you like. You can create a race of Homer Simpsons. A race of gingerbread men living in gingerbread cities. A civilization of walking penises if you like. Whatever. My girlfriend isn’t much of a gamer, but she expressed a desire to see a race of pink Tyrannosaurus Rex with little bows on them. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/38 "2008-02-13T21:18:50Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] To expand a bit futher, that means you can basically create any kind of civilization you like. You can create a race of Homer Simpsons. A race of gingerbread men living in gingerbread cities. A civilization of walking penises if you like. Whatever. My girlfriend isn’t much of a gamer, but she expressed a desire to see a race of pink Tyrannosaurus Rex with little bows on them. [/QUOTE] She obviously cannot touch this game. Tyrannosaurus Rex must **NEVER** have pink bows or be pink in color. **NEVER**! I think your girlfriend’s Spore privileges are revoked before she really got them. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/39 "2008-02-13T22:24:51Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] She obviously cannot touch this game. Tyrannosaurus Rex must **NEVER** have pink bows or be pink in color. **NEVER**! I think your girlfriend’s Spore privileges are revoked before she really got them. [/QUOTE] I think she’s still somewhat traumatized from some of the “scenarios” I used to run in The Sims 2 using a Sim versions of the two of us and our appartment. Most of them ended with Sim-me burning to death in the kitchen and Sim-GF going insane. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335/40 "2008-02-13T22:37:23Z")
Or you could have the wonderful idea I’m planning on trying…Giant carnivorous dinosaur fascists! Call it: **T-REICHS!** :eek: 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-release-date-set/437335.md?page=3)