Easter Eggs
Gus Smedstad:
I got the Careless Parent achievement while on my way to the Core. I think it's very difficult not to, because there will be ecodisasters and Grox invasions while you're on your way, and you can't afford to return, or you'll never make any forward progress.
Space is big. Not even the beloved Star Control 2 captured how big Space is quite as well as Spore. But even beyond that, there's a penalty to your jump distance once you start getting close, and it gets worse as you go in. You absolute MUST have the level-5 drive, and even so there are several places where the gaps between the stars are too large to permit progress, despite the star density near the Core being very high.
- Gus
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Gus Smedstad on 2008 September 18, 11:50:46
Space is big. Not even the beloved Star Control 2 captured how big Space is quite as well as Spore. But even beyond that, there's a penalty to your jump distance once you start getting close, and it gets worse as you go in. You absolute MUST have the level-5 drive, and even so there are several places where the gaps between the stars are too large to permit progress, despite the star density near the Core being very high.
I don't think *ANY* game in memory has ever truly captured how BIG space is like Splotch has. As Adams puts it, "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is.".
Faizah:
I have had that same quote running through my head since hitting the space stage, and seeing the relative size of my planet to the entire galaxy. Nothing, and I mean nothing, has impressed upon me just how vast space is, not like this. I've long been a fan of sci-fi, countless sci-fi, some spanning multiple galaxies, but, to mangle the quote, "that's just peanuts to Spore." It actually feels vast. Even with my high tech engine, there are planets I can't reach. Arms of the galaxy going completely unexplored. It's mind-boggling, that's for sure.
Zazazu:
If it weren't for wormholes, I'd probably feel like I'd never get to the center. As it is, I'm avoiding it.
Gus Smedstad:
I was going to say that "The trip to the core is a lot farther than the chemist's," but I thought it would fall flat.
At least we know that our critters would survive the Total Perspective Vortex, for pretty much the same reason Zaphod did.
- Gus
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