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EA releasing Spore creature creator early
Qais Fulton02.13.2008 16:30 (205 day(s) ago) 29 comments

EA releasing Spore creature creator early screenshot

Yeah yeah, Spore's release date has finally been announced and people are really excited that it turned out not to be vaporware. In a handful of months we'll be happily building a civilization/war machine to decimate whole planets, or peacefully cohabitating if that's your bag. But god damn it I want to build weird aliens and I want to build them now! A huge part of the fun of Spore will be the mad science and creativity that goes into creature creation, and the announcement of a release date only serves to remind me that I can't do that now.

Thankfully, EA understands our torment, and following in the footsteps of Maxis' The Sims 2, has announced their plan to release a character creation only version of Spore prior to the full game's September release.  EA has yet to reveal a release date for this sweet sample of Spore ambrosia, or whether it will be released as a free download or sold as an individual game.  Hopefully they have the good sense to release this version as a free download (or as a giveaway for pre-order), but even if they don't it's highly unlikely the creature creation edition of Spore will just sit around on store shelves.

Complain about corporate greed and profiteering all you like, considering the torturous wait we've had to endure I'd gladly pay a nominal price for the character creation version of Spore, and I suspect many of my alien-hungry brethren would too.

[Via Ars Technica -- Thanks, Justin]

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yay! i love this tool....





Nubc4kes's Avatar
Nubc4kes at 02/13/2008 16:33

That's kinda cool. I hope they don't ask too much for this because probably wouldn't hand over more than $15 bucks for this. That's just me though...
episodic's Avatar
episodic at 02/13/2008 16:33

Huzzah! Let's pray it's not 2 weeks prior to release.

I WANT IT NOW.
McSnow's Avatar
McSnow at 02/13/2008 16:37

Am I the only person who does not have the slightest bit of interest in Spore?
I enjoy my god games, but I just have this premonition that it's going to be a complete and utter disappointment.
I can only see it turning out as a collection of repetitive mini-games interspersed by creature creation and what will most likely be a very simplistic RTS end game.

I can admit its got some great ideas and the preview videos of creature creation are clever, but that doesn't necessarily make it an enjoyable game.
Knives's Avatar
Knives at 02/13/2008 16:37

So the September release might be real?!?!
Clockwork's Avatar
Clockwork at 02/13/2008 16:37

Hopefully it's a free download. Man, I'm gonna spend hours upon hours using this thing.
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 02/13/2008 16:39

I'd be pissed if they made me pay for it... or at least I'd grumble under my breath as I bought it...
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mix at 02/13/2008 16:44

can't wait! Hopefully the create-a-thing is huge, unlike the sims.
grrza's Avatar
grrza at 02/13/2008 16:46

Bah, if it's greed, who gives a fuck? I want this Now!

It also kind of makes sense since the worlds will be populated with other people's creations. This will allow a decent database of creatures to be created before the release date.
Guagloves's Avatar
Guagloves at 02/13/2008 16:50

SWEET. I can't wait to play around with this.
that1dood's Avatar
that1dood at 02/13/2008 16:51

Freaking SWEET! I can't wait to create my fish balloon monsters of doom!
godkow's Avatar
godkow at 02/13/2008 17:23

If it ends up being free, then DO WANT!
adultswim810's Avatar
adultswim810 at 02/13/2008 17:26

yay the moment i was expecting like september of last year is finally... being announced... that its gonna come out eventually!woo
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 02/13/2008 17:48

Now people will have something to tide themselves over with for when the game inevitably gets delayed again.
angusm's Avatar
angusm at 02/13/2008 17:58

DO WANT!
DO WANT RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 02/13/2008 18:06

I will buy it for no more than 150$
Murder64's Avatar
Murder64 at 02/13/2008 18:31

Better be free. Can't wait.
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Crunshii at 02/13/2008 19:32

I dont know... The whole concept is interesting and all, but looking from the graphics, looks worse than WoW style for kids.

If the whole theme concept was dark, brutal, killer, SURVIVAL, serious like, YOU GOTTA SURVIVE Biotch or u will die!, then I would say: "FUK YEA!" but looking at it, looks like many 5 year old kids of mega nerds will be playing this.

Which is not a bad thing, it looks like a game they could use to teach kids a little bit more about evolution/survival in middle schools.
BlackbeardonGuitar's Avatar
BlackbeardonGuitar at 02/13/2008 20:16

I hate your name (Qais), I hate your picture, and I hate all the fucking dumbass bullshit you write.
Vanima's Avatar
Vanima at 02/13/2008 20:42

Well there sim creation tools were always free so I'd like to think that this one will be free as well. Maxis was always good to the players so I've got hope for this.
MistuhX's Avatar
MistuhX at 02/13/2008 20:45

Can't pay to only create creatures and do nothing else. If it's free...good, if not...very bad. I don't pay for demos.
Amayirot Akago's Avatar
Amayirot Akago at 02/13/2008 23:22

DO WANT SO BADLY.
carrierj1's Avatar
carrierj1 at 02/14/2008 01:22

I don't understand. Who wants this game?
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 02/14/2008 12:53

I don't fucking know why people care so much about this piece of shit.
Fading_Star's Avatar
Fading_Star at 02/16/2008 02:41

Sweet.
SWE3tMadness's Avatar
SWE3tMadness at 02/17/2008 18:11

Eh, I honestly wouldn't pay that much for the creator on its own.

As a preorder gift or free demo though? Hell yes. :D
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dprime at 06/16/2008 16:42

Pointing to corporate greed as the cause of problems is usually a consequences of incredible lazines (not that that's what you were doing here, of course). If they do choose to release the character creator for a cost, a good consequences will be that only the people who really, really want to build characters early will buy it, which doesn't sound like a bad idea. If not, they will release it for free because they want as many characters as they can. They're probably thinking of the long-term value of the software either way, as that's what will make them green in the end.
craineum's Avatar
craineum at 06/17/2008 14:48

Its here...
mister1337's Avatar
mister1337 at 06/17/2008 15:43

Petey is just doing this to try and convince us that this game is actually coming out.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 06/19/2008 09:24

yay! i love this tool.

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