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Sales Rank: 22 in Video Games Best Selling!

Average Customer Review: (based on 3088 reviews)
Feature : Epic journey from the origin and evolution of life through the development of civilization and technology and outer space exploration,Play any way you choose in the five evolutionary phases of Spore: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space,Grow, evolve, interact with and battle other cultures, and conquer the planet,Visit literally millions of planets full of other player's creations,Single-player game provides unlimited worlds to explore and play
Publisher : Electronic Arts
Format : DVD-ROM
Label : Electronic Arts
EAN : 0014633153521
Binding : DVD-ROM
Release Date : 2008-09-07
Manufacturer : Electronic Arts
Model : 15352
UPC : 014633153521
Studio : Electronic Arts
Brand : Electronic Arts
Platform : Windows XP
ESRBAge Rating : Everyone 10+
Is Autographed : 0
Is Memorabilia : 0

Editorial Reviews for Spore:

• Product Description
  
The creators of The Sims present the next big bang - SPORE. Create your unique creature and guide it on an epic journey through a universe of your own creations. Play any way you choose in the five evolutionary phases of Spore: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space. How you play and what you do with your universe is entirely up to you. Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships.

PC Minimum - Windows XP/Vista, 6 GB Hard Drive Space, 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent, 768 MB RAM, 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 Mac Minimum - Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher, 4.7GB Hard Drive Space, Intel Core Duo Processor, 1024 MB RAM; ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
• Amazon.com
  
Create universal wonder in Spore, an exciting new simulation game that lets you develop your own personal universe. Work your way through five evolutionary phases, including Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization and Space, that offer unique challenges, thrills and goals. For example, you can start in Cell and nurture one species from a simple aquatic organism all the way until it becomes a sentient life form. Or you can jump right in and begin building tribes and civilizations on multiple planets. What you do with your universe is totally up to you.

The powerful creation tools of Spore are easy to use, allowing you to effortlessly design every aspect of your universe. Creatures, vehicles, building and even starships are all within your grasp. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, offering a nearly limitless number of worlds to visit and enjoy. You can also go online to view the incredible things other players have made and can even pull those items into your universe. Spore gives you the chance to make worlds and beings that evolve, grow and delight you every step of the way.










SPORE CREATURE CREATOR

Finally all that hard work creating the perfect being can be put to good use. Import creatures that you created with the Spore Creature Creator and watch them live, breath and thrive in the full version of Spore.



TAKE YOUR SPORE ONLINE

While Spore is a single player game, your creations and other players’ creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play within. Internet Connection Required.



Minimum System Requirements

This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac)

• PC Minimum - Windows XP/Vista
• 6 GB Hard Drive Space
• 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 768 MB RAM
• 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0


• Mac Minimum - Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
• 4.7GB Hard Drive Space
• Intel Core Duo Processor
• 1024 MB RAM
• ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100

Customer reviews for Spore:

• Great game, lots of fun. (2008-10-03)
  
First of all I have to laugh at all the people depriving themselves of a great game because of the DRM that it uses. Especially when most of their "facts" about the DRM Spore uses and DRM in general are all based on wild speculation, misinformation, and outright lies. All I can say to them is, "Your loss, not mine!"

Amazon's customer review system is intended for customers who have bought and used the product to relate their experiences to other customers considering buying the product.

None of you have bought Spore, nor have you played it. So your reviews don't belong here and should simply be deleted! IMO you are just abusing Amazon's customer review system which makes you no better than the DRM you hate.

I have lots of games protected with SecuROM and it never gives me any trouble so I don't understand all this hatred for it unless it's because you want to share your game with friends and the DRM system won't let you. To that I say, "Good, that means the DRM is doing what it was designed to do."

Bottom line, all you people posting negative reviews for a product you haven't bought or even seen are just a bunch loosers!

For everyone else, ignore all the doom and gloom criers and get Spore! It's a great game that you can play over and over again because each time you play will be different. Sure the basic them and plot (if any) will be the same but unless you make all the same choices throughout the game, it will be a different game.

I enjoy trying different things while creating my creatures, some work and some don't, but that's the who fun of the game.

I actually bought Spore twice. The first one was bought through the EA store as a downloadable game. That was before I knew of the Galactic edition. But once I saw the Galactic edition and all the extras that came with it, I enjoy the game so much I had to have it.


• Demo was fun, but won't buy due to DRM (2008-10-02)
  
I agree with many other review writers that the DRM is over the top. I won't buy this title due to the highly annoying DRM. I thought the demo that I downloaded from the publisher's site was fun, and the game seems like it has a lot of potential. I'll wait until it's in the $5 bargain bin in a few years to see it. Or until they release a version that doesn't have such demented, restrictive policies governing its use.


• I LOVE SPORE! (2008-10-02)
  
When I first heard about Spore, I thought it sounded like so much fun. Being a huge fan of Sims, I couldn't wait for the game to come out. Then I saw it would be selling for $50, and I didn't have the money. I looked around online for a cheaper price, I didn't find one but I did read all the negative reviews on Spore and it kind of put me off of the game. Still, when I finally saved the money to get it, I did, and I have to say I love it. I'm still in the Tribal stage, but the game has been so much fun. I don't know what all the negative fuss is about, but the game itself is a lot of fun and I could definitely recommend it.


• Incredible game, the first time through. (2008-10-02)
  
OVERALL, this game is indeed a classic. I had an amazing time playing through the first time, got my moneys worth for sure.

Car, plane, boat, creature, and building creation options are not infinite, but no way near restricted. A little imagination takes you a long way with this game. Most of the fun comes from watching your creation in the "real world" as game play elements are a little repetitive the second time through.

If you take your time and milk the game for all its worth, rather than rushing to the end, it is well worth the money and a gaming experience you will not forget.

After a short break, its always fun playing a new creation through.

If your into creative imagination oriented gaming, I recommend this game as well as Garry's Mod for Half Life 2, and every "sim" and "sims" game ever.


• Customization is the new part here (2008-10-02)
  
Everything except the amount of character customization has been done. I felt like I was playing a tutorial, and the the GUI was unimpressive. Let me rephrase that; the GUI was a slightly altered copy of Blizzard's older games, like StarCraft. It's a great system but I didn't feel like spore was actually offering anything new. It's a fun game but as an adult who likes strategy games, not very stimulating.