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So, I take it this is some kind of game? What’s so great about it?
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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.
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=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.
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Actually, the system requirements are supposedly not much more than those for The Sims 2.
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.
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…
[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.
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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.)
What’s also cool is that everything is user created, from the creatures and plants to the buildings and vehicles.
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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.
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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.
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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=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.
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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.
