Comments on: Late night discussion: The first Spore expansion pack http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/spore-expansion-pack/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:50:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/ea7b03f120d906d.png" alt="dating advice for men Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> dating advice for men http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/spore-expansion-pack/#comment-686 dating advice for men Identicon Icon dating advice for men Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:20:43 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=48#comment-686 Hey, I love the way that kaka plays..... Hey, I love the way that kaka plays…..

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/c70dc2abcc729f7.png" alt="Grokmoo Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Grokmoo http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/spore-expansion-pack/#comment-32 Grokmoo Identicon Icon Grokmoo Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:57:02 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=48#comment-32 It's really a shame about Spore. I remember months or years ago feeling such excitement about it. It sort of occurred to me well before playing it that it might not be much of an actual game. I still held out hope though, all the way through the tidepool phase. When I had played about 15 minutes in the creature phase, though, I realized just what it was - a framework for selling expansion packs. Each individual stage is incredibly shallow. It seems certain they will try to fill it out with expansions. Or, perhaps not. Maybe they will just leave it as-is and sell "content packs" that don't actually do anything to the gameplay. It’s really a shame about Spore. I remember months or years ago feeling such excitement about it. It sort of occurred to me well before playing it that it might not be much of an actual game. I still held out hope though, all the way through the tidepool phase. When I had played about 15 minutes in the creature phase, though, I realized just what it was - a framework for selling expansion packs. Each individual stage is incredibly shallow. It seems certain they will try to fill it out with expansions.

Or, perhaps not. Maybe they will just leave it as-is and sell “content packs” that don’t actually do anything to the gameplay.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/eb4e6925bcc3f79.png" alt="Cyde Weys Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Cyde Weys http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/spore-expansion-pack/#comment-29 Cyde Weys Identicon Icon Cyde Weys Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:14:08 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=48#comment-29 Or even just a decent RTS for the civilization stage. The ability to truly build and customize your own units would be amazing, so long as the point costs for each component were properly balanced. Unfortunately, in Spore, all of the designing except the creature creator is purely cosmetic, and even the creature creator has severe limitations. That's really my biggest complaint with Spore. For all the effort that went into this game, I just wish there was more meat to it. Or even just a decent RTS for the civilization stage. The ability to truly build and customize your own units would be amazing, so long as the point costs for each component were properly balanced. Unfortunately, in Spore, all of the designing except the creature creator is purely cosmetic, and even the creature creator has severe limitations. That’s really my biggest complaint with Spore. For all the effort that went into this game, I just wish there was more meat to it.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/9a1ebde50782b07.png" alt="Lord Kaka Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Lord Kaka http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/spore-expansion-pack/#comment-28 Lord Kaka Identicon Icon Lord Kaka Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:09:54 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=48#comment-28 they should take Spore, and make like... a GAME out of it. Master of Orion - style. they should take Spore, and make like… a GAME out of it. Master of Orion - style.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/eb4e6925bcc3f79.png" alt="Cyde Weys Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Cyde Weys http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/spore-expansion-pack/#comment-25 Cyde Weys Identicon Icon Cyde Weys Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:36:35 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=48#comment-25 And I don't suppose the content pack will add genitals as a creature component? (+2 Mating anyone?) Forget biological realism, we have to protect the kids. No matter if the genitals didn't look anything like a human's (I'm thinking you could get away with copying off a snake). It looks like our only option will continue to be making our entire creatures into giant phalluses — if the Spore videos on YouTube are any indication, anyway. And I don’t suppose the content pack will add genitals as a creature component? (+2 Mating anyone?) Forget biological realism, we have to protect the kids. No matter if the genitals didn’t look anything like a human’s (I’m thinking you could get away with copying off a snake). It looks like our only option will continue to be making our entire creatures into giant phalluses — if the Spore videos on YouTube are any indication, anyway.

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