Lest we forget: SPORE
Gus Smedstad:
Cell: really dull.
Creature and Tribal: not as dull as Cell, but still not good games.
Civilization: very simplistic, but worth playing. Rather like one of those Indie RTSs, only with superior production values.
Space: This was worth the $50. It's really excellent, and it's the only part of the game that has any depth. It has lots of weak spots, like the excessive repetition of the Pirates and Hunt The Diseased Critters events, but it's really fun.
While I can understand the temptation to ignore the ship customization tool since it does nothing in game terms, you're constantly staring at the ship. It's worth spending at least a minute or two to make it look decent. Plus, I kind of enjoy tinkering with the vehicle tools more than the creature tool.
However, I had a crash after 8 hours of gameplay and lost everything from mid-Tribal to mid-Space. So it's a very good idea to save often.
- Gus
photo:
$50? You PAID for it? Pft... :D
This is my first Arr... Thank God for #Grah.
My game crashed as well, but it was only loading from cell to creature. I was still mad though.
Would someone pretty please link me to a copy of the full version of Creature Creator? :D
somnambulist:
Somewhat offtopic, but MATY and Pescado got mentioned in the Mefi thread on Spore -- by someone younger than me and with a lower user-number. Harumph.
jsalemi:
Quote from: photo on 2008 September 08, 22:52:02
Would someone pretty please link me to a copy of the full version of Creature Creator? :D
I thought the full version of the Creature Creator was part of the game, and what was released a month or so ago was just a limited preview of it?
Frally:
RE: My motion sickness - thanks for the tips. Haven't had a chance to try anything out yet, but I will fiddle around with it later tonight. Are there camera modes I could have switched accidentally? I didn't even know that was an option. I haven't touched the settings button, I've played the game straight, so let me know if there's some other way I could have toggled something I shouldn't have toggled.
The problem for me is more that the camera jerks around everytime you turn so it can always behind your creature, rather than just remaining static. When you're looking for creatures to attack and things to pick up, you do a whole bunch of turning around - it's too much for my weak stomach to handle. I remember having this problem with Tomb Raider back in the day and thus never finished that game either :(
Scrolling the view right back so that I'm playing from a birds eye viewpoint diminishes the effect somewhat. However, the birds-eye viewpoint doesn't scroll back far enough for me to have a good view of my surroundings. Also? The movies at the end of stages are done with a "rotating camera" effect, so there is no rest from the constant movement. I actually feel sick just thinking about it now. *chunders* Hopefully any camera cheats I find will fix it up. I'll keep you posted.
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