Spore: Galactic Adventures Comments by Dan Griliopoulos

Sounds good, quite liked the space stage in Spore so I think I'll give this a go

spent wayyy too much time in the creature creator, so this should give me something useful to do with what I've made

The editor in GA is lovely but the problem is that underlying MMO lite gameplay. I'll probably pick it up just to have a play with the editor though.

I hope some day other genres will take note of these highly accessible editor tools and the seamless integration of other people's content.

Gonna wait a bit with GA perhaps, Spore had that Creature Editor active a few months before release so a lot of wacky creatures were already there. Something tells me it might take a bit longer before a decent amount of user missions in GA reach the same high level of hilarity and brilliance.

yeah it's going to be weird getting the game on friday to see 1000s of 'MyAwesomeTestQuestLOL' style missions

I look forward to getting started on call of cthulhu style mission involving my Octocrab http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ienKZSTMfk0

I assume the gameplay is more or less be like the creature stage, but with more specific objectives and more varied environments?

the_dudefather - yeah, the gameplay is roaming over the surface of the planet, encountering other creatures, with certain limited & simple interactions - but it's very hard to specify what else it is apart from that, as it's all down to the individual level creator.

Ryuken - I'd definitely wait a bit, until it's settled down and the good stuff floats to the top - hopefully, Maxis will select the best adventures for special notice like Paragon do in City of Heroes.

BobJustBob - wonderful content-free trolling, thanks.

"No, you're thinking of the review. They should have found someone who likes Spore to write it. "

Could be difficult with some games tho couldn't it?

Also I'm fairly sure if this was the case, every game would get 10/10, rendering reviews pointless.

The main reason I didn't buy Spore was that it was tied to one EA Account, so my sister couldn't play on the same copy, essentially this would have forced us to buy two copies (ironically had the reverse effect) has this been removed, or is it still there?

Is anyone else utterly confused?

Spore is the gayest game ever I HATE IT

GIVE ME BETA KARMA!!!!!

I don't think it should be reviewed by someone who likes the game, but I'm sure it never should be reviewed by someone who writes anedoctal evidence as if it actually meant something. And saying it doesn't match Adventure Game Studio or Telltalle games is even worse...

I'll try to get this one when it's out here, if it's overpriced I'll check out DD's such as Steam and co.

I can't help but feel that some people are being quite flippant with their karma use. "Oh, I don't like this guy, I'll make his comment hidden, even though it will make the other guy's comments incomprehensible". "Oh, this guy doesn't understand what's going on, I'll give him some negative Karma too".

I'm probably going to switch to Show All soon.

Still, it's going to be funny to see a flame war with this system, probably all posts will have negative Karma.

"Yes, it's a bit like a Star Trek / Mass Effect RPG, with your bizarre avatar playing the square-jawed Kirk / Shepard role"
What is with the incessant need of reviewers to try and compare this game to things it is? The comparisons that were being made before Spore was released by so many people (like how it was just like civilization!) and the reality of the finished product were like night and day. Do everyone involved a favour and stop making such ridiculous comparisons. They only serve to feed EAs ego and mislead readers.

"beyond the overly basic gameplay at every level"
I will never give EA any more of my money as long as there is a hair on my arse.

Odd that you call the first one basic now, i'm pretty sure a hugely positive review from here helped convince me to buy it.

You're right though, it was far too basic.

Hell yeh, a eurogamer 7/10's gotta mean splinters!

Dan could at least have tried to disguise his contempt for the entire concept behind Spore. The only parts of this review I can map onto my model of the game are the hard facts, which I knew already, and "we think there's definitely the potential to make some interesting vignettes, but not enough elbow room to make a Telltale adventure".

Do adventures add meaning to the space game? How well-integrated are they? What type of adventure did the reviewer create? What are the best adventures on Sporepedia today like? What new parts are there, and what do they do?

Varsity: When I wrote the review, there weren't many adventures on Sporepedia - they were all Maxis or journalist made. They don't add real meaning to the space stage, just more variety, and they merely replaces some of the alien-given missions. I mentioned the limited selection new parts in the article, but there is also a wide variety of new props for use in adventures.

I'm not contemptuous of Spore, I just feel it was over-hyped at launch, that each of its elements has been done better elsewhere, and that almost everybody I knew stopped playing it after a little bit of the space stage. That said, the golden thread of the creativity and user-generated content that runs through it, the joy of the animation, and the adaptability of the engine, meant I was impressed with it as I played through the first time - I was just saddened that the massive variety of creatures didn't have more effect on the gameplay.

The review is good IMO. I didn't hate spore but was very disappointed by it and expected so much more. Spore itself isn't much more than the Creature Creator with a few mini-games and the space age was mindlessly dull.

I think a make your own adventure section should have been in there from the start and would have added real depth to the game.

As it is with both being separate (one an extension to the other), the asking price seems a bit steap and each reviewed on its own seems lacking.

It is always going to be hard to review user generated content games if there is little user generated content to begin with. I think Spore's underlying problem is the inconsistency that comes with user generated content. Most of it will be crap and some of it will be okay and some of it excellent. As such it can only and should only ever expect a middle of the road rating.

It needs a good rating system and search system for adventures with tagging like LBP so people can tag levels that are designed to just get points so people can include or exclude these points depending on whether they want that kind of level.

I'll go and see if I can pick this up for 15 euro someplace. I don't think its worth the 30 euro asking price currently on EA's website.