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the3stars commented on Why Spore will suck (as a game)

the3stars — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:55:03 -0500

November 21, 2008 at 1:55 am

"Thats for sure. But I wonder about the demographics of EAs consumer base, because if this type of game is actually successfully marketed to a viable section of the gaming community, we're screwed (as opposed to its success being due only to the over hype, which means that people will hopefully wake up soon and stop buying this type of game). Stuff like the Wii and most EA games try to expand the videogame market by over simplifying and 'cashcowing' all of their products. Its what happened to TV. And Spore is a classic example of this. What starts as a $50 terrible game will slowly become a $250 mediocre game, once all the addons come out and EA decides to withdraw online support."

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the3stars — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:57:53 -0500

1. updated Nikon D300 - November 20, 2008 at 10:57 pm

edited the description
agreed: "Expensive"
agreed: "HDMI video output - 1080i"
agreed: "Large 3" LCD with Live view"
agreed: "At $1800 it has good specs relative to the $5000 D3"
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2. updated Spore - November 20, 2008 at 10:44 pm

agreed: "Strict DRM on the PC version "
agreed: "Lack of gameplay depth in each individual "stage" "
disagreed: "Good, strong sense of progression and achievement "
disagreed: "Online social networking lets you see other people's creations very easily "
agreed: "Literally an endless amount of creatures you can create "

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the3stars — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:52:55 -0500

November 20, 2008 at 10:52 pm

the3stars commented on Why Spore will suck (as a game)

the3stars — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:42:48 -0500

November 20, 2008 at 10:42 pm

"Wow Omar, you were totally right. In retrospect, I'm sure I should have seen it coming. What burst my bubble about Spore were the first few gameplay videos that came out. I realized that the game had been 'EA'ed, that is to say, it was dumbed down to a kiddie level to appeal to tweens and burnt out middle aged people. But besides that, your assessment of both the Sims and Spore are spot on, IMO. While I think that Spore had the potential to be a great game, the focus on content creation was what ruined the game. I can pretty much get the same amount of fun drawing things in the margins of my notebook in class, or by downloading the free trial of the Creature Creator. I'd say that Spore is more along the lines of (un)Intelligent Design, than Evolution."

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the3stars — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:36:50 -0500

November 20, 2008 at 10:36 pm