Hey guys back from not posting in forever. whats up? nothing much with me. Ok formalitys are done with lets get into spore. I have spend some time playing and I feel I need to vent a little on my experiances with this less than steller game.

I know alot of people are hating on spore and I have to say I agree with some of them. The game fails to deliver on some promises made in gameplay demos and I think its sad that a much less complex game was shipped than could have been.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid … 0420559198

This video shows the gameplay I was expecting, it seems strange that the game is considerably less complex than it was in 06. The most notable is the total lack of an underwater stage. My creature went straight from cell to land I was rather confused at that. The other most notable thing lacking from the game is a real eco system. The game makes no attempt to have creatures roam or hunt or forage. Rather each creature has a nest and is pretty much the same execpt in terms of food look and attributes. There is no context I dont start as a small hunter running away from large creatures and preying on over abundant critters that roams randomly. Instead I am given a nest and pretty much just go from encounter to encounter either making friends with or killing each creature. Sure I get bigger and smarter, but my brain upgrades automatically. My home base is always there I never have to find more of my own kind. I cant "make new precdreal verbs" I cant click and drag or combine actions into new ones. If I make my tail a weapon with a spike the game dosnt give me the option to use it. The game dosnt feel like a planet. Now the things I love are the creator it makes me have a connection with my creature so I really see it progress as I "level" up. I really like the game I love being able to scuplt my creature and watch it progress into something I have designed but I think the game misses on alot of key points and could be so much better. Dont get me wrong the game is great. I just wish I could play the build from the GDC thats the game I really want. I think the game was "dumbed down" for two reasons. One, for system specs to keep it useably on old machines. Two, to make the game easyer for everyone to play. These arnt bad things but I think the game could have been really great amazing even if it were the game shown in the video I have linked. So tell me what you guys think am I the only one who thinks like this?