Famed game creator Will Wright said himself that his greatly anticipated life sim Spore is in its final stages, and that we should be seeing it in the spring of 2008.
"We have the game fully playable at this point and it's in final testing," Wright said yesterday in an interview with Radio 5 Live.
The game which starts players off as a single cell lets them evolve into a creature, and eventually into a civilization of creatures, needed some testing and tweaks to make sure it's as accessible as possible.
"We've had to do a lot of testing to make sure that the game is accessible by a wide group of people," Wright says. "I want the people who have played The Sims to be able to play Spore -- I don't want it to be some thing just hardcore gamers play."
[Via CVG]
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4:46 PM on 10.24.2007
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I heard the early stages are so quick and forgettable, and you are soon already going to other planets.
I've lost interest, took too long and too many other better games.
Better luck next time Will.
Only if you lack all creativity. I plan on spending as much time as possible crafting my race of genocidal aliens, not to mention their super cars and mushroom houses.
and i agree with manec, something is up!
Back to the Pitts of Hell to where it came from!
Heh.
Thanks Will!
It's pretty tough to maintain interest after two years of watching those green things with their tail spears.
I wonder if Will has balls of steel.
"Another 6 months? Goddam, this things turning into DNF" I wold have said.
I agree that they could show us some more alien types, though. How varied can it really be if all they make is spear-wielding tripods?
so ill just call shenanigans now and forget i read this
I'm not holding my breath.
@Duffy
Lol, hopefully it won't end like that.