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Video Games: Spore
Date: Friday, 21 November, 2008 :: 23:21
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Spore
Brand: Electronic Arts
List Price: USD $49.99
Price: USD $33.95
Product Group: videogames
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Model: 15352
Format: DVD-ROM
Release Date: 2008-09-07
Studio: Electronic Arts
Features:
- 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
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Editorial Review:
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Reviews:
Average Customer Review: 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: The DRM is much too invasive for me, I won't be buying this game
Date: 2008-11-20 - 
Comment: My husband & kids were looking forward to getting Spore as a Christmas present. Unfortunately due to the invasive nature of the latest SecuROM we won't be buying. I see no point in being required to connect to the internet to play a computer game that isn't played online, besides the kids gaming computer is not connected to the internet.
I'm not at all happy that EA continues to force this DRM on us when according to articles, it hasn't done much to stop the software pirates. All it does is punish the paying customer. So I'll find my family a game that isn't so draconian with it's copyright protection software. The same goes for Sims 3. I've been a long time Sims fan, but if it has this garbage on it I'm not touching it.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Excellent for for ALL ages
Date: 2008-11-19 - 
Comment: Got this for my boyfriend on his 24th birthday. Upon seeing him play it, I loved it too (28 years old). We often play it together, or bicker over who gets to play it solo. My cousins (ages 10 and 13) love it too. Excellent game, lots of fun, adjustable difficulty levels. Just save the game frequently, as it has sporadically crashed twice on our Mac. (FYI, we havent had ANYTHING crash on our Mac, which we have had for one year, so I'm hesitant to think the problem is with the Mac.) Either way, the game is fun and worth the $.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Just buy it
Date: 2008-11-19 -
Comment: My son and I are TOTALLY addicted to this game. When we play a video game it is Spore we play.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: DO NOT SUPPORT EA!!!!!
Date: 2008-11-19 -
Comment: the game incorporates a draconian DRM system that requires you to activate over the internet, and limits you to a grand total of 3 activations. If you reach that limit, then you'll have to call EA in order to add one extra activation. That's not as simple as it sounds, since when you reach that point EA will assume that you, the paying customer, are a filthy pirating thief. You will need to provide proof of purchase, reasons why the limit was reached, etc, etc (it has all happened before with another recent EA product, Mass Effect). EA, of course, is not obligated to grant you that extra activation or even provide that service. In a couple of years they might very well even shut down the general activation servers, because "it's not financially feasible" to keep them running. What you will be left with is a nice, colorful $50 coaster. And you will be required to pay for another copy/license if you want to continue playing.
I TOTALLY AGGREE!!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Below Average Game Crippled with SecuROM
Date: 2008-11-17 - 
Comment: First, the game's concept is awesome.
Second, the implementation is crap. For example, you would think that if you wanted to create a warlike creature, you would gain some benefit by placing weapons and spikes all over the creature. However, this is not the case. It doesn't matter if you give him a dozen spikes, he will do the same damage as a pacificist blob with no spikes. Where is the role playing experience here? The only thing your design changes is the way the creature looks, not his stats or abilities... thus its a dumbed down evolution sim. Imagine Darwin's surprise when the monster shark that evolved huge jaws and teeth was killed by a pacifist sloth...
Finally, this is an EA title, thus it installs SecuROM, which is a hidden rootkit which you are unable to uninstall and causes random crashes, privacy concerns, etc. For the life of me I cannot figure out why publishers pay SecuROM for this disservice. The game gets cracked and released on the internet anyway, so all it does is piss of paying customers.
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Accessories:
Spore: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)
Spore: The Evolution (Prima Official Game Guides)
Spore Limited Edition Bundle: Prima Official Game Guide
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