SPORE™ Collection

I was primed to love this game so my disappointment was even greater. I hoped it would be the evolution simulator it promised but instead it was a mediocre creature builder. Fundamental decisions you made about your creature's morphology (body plan) could be overturned between levels. Basically you earn points to buy upgrades. In the main screen the creatures all behave the same. Sing the same songs, do the same dances. The distinctions are minor and arbitrary. There is never a sense of there being an ecosystem. And then a giant monster appears..... Not worth full price by any stretch.

the game itself is fun. is that nostalgia talking? probably. graphically its nothing special, quite a few blurry textures and you have to effectively mod the game to run it at 60fps. it does work on linux with tinkering, and at least unlike the steam version you dont have to contact ea support to get the cd keys that you paid for when buying the game. also, dont expect to be able to find hd textures mods overall a decent game, highly recommend if you have nostalgia for it, if not then i somewhat recommend it still

it's barely playable because the crashing rate it's really high and i have a good pc. Please fix this issue

I loved the game and hype was corresponded. BUT after a short while playing, just when you believe your creatures are going to be great , they bring you to build cities, no creatures anymore. Then the game expands to universe, and all the AI stuff and the really exciting thing about creating your creatures goes away. Really dissapointing. No evolution at all.

The last time I bought a game the day it came out, and the reason for that - Spore, the biggest $50 disappointment I ever had. This was supposed to be Will Wright's crowning achievement, Sim Everything, but the game itself was obviously stripped to the bone with the intention of selling Expansion Packs. Which didn't materialize because of the game's failure due to the extremely restrictive DRM scheme - I couldn't eve GIVE my copy away. Now, the game is not terrible. It has some charming aspects, and I'm buying it again here at the very good sale price of $7.49. It was definitely not worth $50, but $7.50 - yeah, it's worth that. The creativity involved in designing things makes up for the deficiencies in the game play (and that stupid DRM is gone! Yay!). I'd still be willing to pay $50 for the game Will Wright wanted, though.