| Spore | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $38.00
You Save: $11.99 (24%)
New (17) Used (14) from $29.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  3159 reviews
Sales Rank: 103
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Macintosh, Windows Vista
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15352
Model: 15352
UPC: 014633153521
EAN: 0014633153521
ASIN: B000FKBCX4
Release Date: September 7, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed Ships from Ga.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not much fun November 14, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Everyone has raised such a stink about the copy protection that I don't know how many people have noticed that this game just isn't that much fun.
I was excited about the "evolution" aspect of the game, but the evolution phases of the game aren't so much like evolution as they are like customizing a car. You earn money (DNA points) and you can buy or trade in body parts without any restrictions based on what the last incarnation of your creature was like. In real evolution, existing parts can change to take on new functions but in the game you can just trade in an arm and grow two more eyes somewhere else.
The only respect in which your choices have any long term impact is at the end of each stage of the game. For each stage, a tally is made of how much meat you ate vs how many plants, or how many species you killed off vs how many you befriended, to determine your "type"...carnivore or herbivore, predatory or social, etc. Each label that you get tagged with determined your special abilities later in the game.
The first two stages (with physical "evolution") are the only novel parts of the game. The later stages are highly simplified versions of other well known strategy games.
 I, for one, love Spore (with a few minor quibbles) November 14, 2008
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
I, for one, love Spore (with a few minor quibbles). Yeah, there could be more depth to the actual game play- I am especially disappointed with the Civization stage. And it does seem silly that, e.g. a critter with six legs has the same movement traits as one with two (or even one).
That said, however, I find myself getting absorbed by this game for hours at a time, especially in the Space stage, which seems (and probably is) practically endless with what you can do in it. Even in my primary game I can only claim to have explored a small fraction of the galxay.
More than the game itself, though, I find the various creators fascinating, and I'm constantly browsing the Sporepedia looking at other people's creations (and looking for inspiration for my own).
Are game like Civilization more detailed and 'deep'? Certainly. But Spore is just plain fun- which half the time is all I'm really looking for anyway. I get all the depth (and tedium) I need in my life from work, thank you very much.
 Break the chains. November 13, 2008
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
I don't think many of you fully appreciate why so very many people are livid about the DRM schemes employed in this game.
Our company lost three full days of production when our internet provider accidentally blacklisted the liscence servers for our production software. We had to have the software provider overnight us a new hardware key to bypass the internet validation. Now Spore uses an even more aggressive DRM scheme meaning that the $60 you spent on a game is going to lead to obscene amounts of time with tech support.
Many of you will argue that they have to have it to prevent piracy, and you would be entirely wrong. It takes no effort to find a user friendly DRM free, cost free download for the game (or any other software). The pirated DRM free version was even available before the legitimate version.
Do not support companies that use such strong arm tactics against legitimate customers! It will only hurt us all in the end.
NO PIRATE HERE, I BOUGHT THE GAME AND REFUSE TO INSTALL November 13, 2008
13 out of 20 found this review helpful
LOTTA BS ABOUT THIS JUST BEING A PIRATE ISSUE. I BOUGHT A COPY AT TOYS R US ALONG WITH THE HINTS MANUAL (MY FIRST PC GAME PURCHASE IN OVER 5 YEARS), THEN I READ ABOUT DRM AND PEOPLE REFORMATTING DRIVES TO TRY AND REMOVE IT. NO THANK YOU - IT WILL SIT IN THE PLASTIC AND BE A REMINDER TO ME NOT TO PURCHASE EA GAMES FOR MY VIDEO OR PC SYSTEMS EVER AGAIN. THE COST AND AGGRAVATION IN REFORMATTING A DRIVE FAR OUTWEIGHS AND COMPLETELY REMOVES ANY PLEASURE I MAY HAVE ENJOYED FROM PLAYING THE GAME. DO NOT EVER SETTLE FOR LESS THAN WHAT YOU PURCHASED, THE COVER OF MY GAME DID NOT SAY LIMITED INSTALLS, DID YOURS? PAY ATTENTION......
 Awsome November 12, 2008
2 out of 18 found this review helpful
Spore is a fun and very smart game. It takes you through the prosess of evoloution from a single cell to where we are now and beyond into space! I think anyone looking for a good holiday gift should buy this
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