Spore Creature Creation Preview - Kotaku Comments

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Klink258 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:20:13 MST

At 00:56 there is a UFO shaped like Navi from Zelda.
Hey! Listen!

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tme2nsb — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:58:34 MST

I hope my 2GB of Ram and my Raedon X1900 w/512mb of ram will be able to run this...hell, Doom 3 at max settings and Crysis at medium runs fine on my comp...so who knows. TPB will be hit hard when this game comes out :) Can't wait to buy it too.

tme2nsb

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DevCo — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:53:40 MST

I think this is moving in a more promising direction if I say so myself. I always wondered why they were not taking advantage of the social aspects of the asyncronous user content sharing more. Inclution of friends lists and being able to filter the user content in your world are perfect.

DevCo

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Malyonsus — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:48:43 MST

Evolution would be annoying anyway. Create creatures! Whether they survive or not is based on random mutations! Video games like this always have to be intelligent design based because otherwise there's no meaningful way for the player to "create."

Malyonsus

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Atrius — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:30:31 MST

@Waka in Japan: I think the "evolution" terminology is something created by the media. There are some (old at this point) interviews of Will Write where he plainly states that the game is actually "intelligent design" and not evolution.

I think people get stuck on the evolution thing because of the way you progress from a cell to a tribe and whatnot.

Atrius

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Atrius — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:28:58 MST

I don't know whether to be excited or turned off by the Web 2.0 stuff they've included. Is it going to be awesome having a facebook page attached to all of my created content or weird?

Atrius

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Spiderbait — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:25:34 MST

I am so getting a Santa UFO. Nothing more fun than santa destroying a civilization.

Spiderbait

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Waka in Japan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:12:06 MST

@Brickd:
I agree there, calling it evolution when you can just change your creature completely doesn't sound right.
Still, call it whatever you want, i call it an awesome game.
"a rose by any other name still has a good fragance"
(I just saw this in a mall today lol)

Waka in Japan

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hrabbit — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:39:00 MST

I cant wait to make some kingdom hearts-themed stuff :D

hrabbit

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Machete_Bear — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:22:37 MST

Holy crap! The base creature creation is basically the primitive editing tools of Z-Brush!

Machete_Bear

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MXs219 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:48:52 MST

I soo lost i hear about spore but i have no idea what it is and the interface looks like SIMs 2. anyone willing to fill me in on the concept?

MXs219

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cheeses — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:37:13 MST

It may be innovative and fantastically brilliant but graphically it still looks like Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. Is that the point?

cheeses

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mewlink64 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:30:32 MST

Oh man, this can't come soon enough.

mewlink64

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Malavin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:28:18 MST

The first PC game I've wanted in a long, long time. Release it, pl0x!

Malavin

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Coldbrand — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:13:18 MST

@robinhood_0:
Damn you, I was about to type the same thing. Bastard.

Coldbrand

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robinhood_0 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:58:26 MST

ve-he-cul

robinhood_0

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BornToFlail — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:39:03 MST

Thousands of walking penis societies are the inevitable result of this coupled with the user content sharing.

BornToFlail

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okenny :) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:57:48 MST

@logicaldefense: That's humor... not a troll :D
...
It's only been announced for the PC and a special Wii version but it would be nice to see it on the other consoles. I would love to see it on Xbox 360 personally but I'm still skeptical about control in the creator without a mouse... I think it's possible but I don't think it would be too easy; judging from what I've seen in Forza, it should be possible. I think that Spores content network would allow you to basically create on any platform and move it to the platform of play so it may be an alternative.

Considering how much this game cost to make and EA being a platform agnostic company, I really don't see what the push back is.

okenny :)

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trogam — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:48:28 MST

The system reqs cannot be too high. Considering that Wright is targeting a large crowd of people with this game, so hopefully it'll be the case where, "Have you bought a computer in the last 3-4 years? If so, you can run this game."

trogam

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PsycheDiver — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:42:38 MST

I can't imagine getting bored of this game.

PsycheDiver

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Brickd — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:35:00 MST

It's more a creature buiding/management game than a game on evolution from what I've seen, maybe that's what Will Wright intended. But I'm not quite convinced, from what I've seen, that it's going to be quite as fun as the concept might be. I'll wait until it comes out.

Brickd

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Brickd — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:15:17 MST

@ArmyofJuan: 'Discovering' parts and applying them to your creature isn't evolution.

Brickd

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bluestreak108 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:13:18 MST

@ArmyofJuan:
That's not evolution, that's unlockables. Evolution would be your creature developing cool running legs because you run them away from fights, or developing armored plates because their getting attacked all the time. You would control what 'parts' your creature got dynamically through gameplay, not a menu.

bluestreak108

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ArmyofJuan — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:09:42 MST

For those of you saying theres no "evolution" in this game, you guys obviously didn't listen very clearly. The editor they had up in the video had all of the parts already so they can so you different things. But if you listen to the woman talk she says that when you play the game new parts become available as you discover them, so yes, there will be evolution.

And this game will be the greatest of all tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime

ArmyofJuan

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bluestreak108 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:08:59 MST

@gaijira:
He needed to figure out a game to put his cool evolution toy into...

bluestreak108

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Brickd — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:08:07 MST

@jayntampa: Agreed

Brickd

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MiliardoK — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:57:30 MST

So I had about 5 friends say to me during the "hey guys September 7th" "LOL DAT GAME IS DUKE NUKEM FOREVER: 2"

Shame they don't believe me... Poor misguided souls...

Course if EA delays it again or Will him self, well after this content binge I'm sure riots will ensue.

MiliardoK

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jayntampa — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:55:43 MST

That's very cool, and it looks fun to play around with. However, I was hoping for a bit more organic generation of the creature, where it evolves simply through what it goes through ... a scavenger hunt to find parts doesn't sound as interesting to me.

jayntampa

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Brickd — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:45:53 MST

It's not really a game about evolution is it. When you can change your creature from one form to something completely different in a single edit session, it's not evolution, and that's something I found disappointing. It should be a steady process of growth and change like that 'ape to man' depiction of evolution. IMO.

Brickd

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Jon-Claw — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:30:47 MST

This game is a stat junkies dream.

I think I need new boxers...

Jon-Claw

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argh — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:29:53 MST

Man, this game is going to be HUGE. It's going to dominate the PC gaming world. I can't wait. Spore & Starcraft 2 = Motivation to blow $2k on a new computer.

argh

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jarldg — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:27:54 MST

don't know why this is so heralded.

jarldg

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Scorpi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:27:04 MST

Haha, I loved the little Zelda Fairy ufo

Scorpi

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rdj — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:21:02 MST

Hmm, I can already see the submitted internet penises.

rdj

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WiggyDee — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:15:15 MST

Does anyone know if you can create slug based creatures in this game? Or generally forms of walking other than feet? E.G (dare I say it?) tentacles?

WiggyDee

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wef — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:11:52 MST

want want want want! I think I'll be happy just with the creature creator!

what the balls are the system requirements!!!?!

wef

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Dopeski — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:11:24 MST

What a smart idea to come out with the Creature Creation first. I know when I get a new game that involves a lot of play time on one character I take a loooooong time to choose hairstyle, name, etc.

Too bad Spore's going to be released right at the beginning of a new school term. Damn them!

Dopeski

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DranzerKire — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:07:48 MST

Zelda Fairy at 0:56!
I do wonder what some players would come up with, like inspired by others games.

DranzerKire

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Aethyr — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:03:31 MST

@MrFancyPants: Go awai, you disgrace the name of a good Flash game.

In other news: WHAT THE AWESOMEEEEE.

Aethyr

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blackadvent — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:52:03 MST

WANT NOW.

blackadvent

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gaijira — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:51:30 MST

@Deadeyereborn: Hey I understand it's HIS (majesty's?) game, and I'm completely willing to wait for a good game to be become great. I'm just saying that Spore looked much more than 'half done' at E3 May 2006. It might be nice to know the reasons why the extra couple of years were needed.

gaijira

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TitillatedOcelot — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:48:53 MST

Holy friggity snap, that shit is too hot. If I were a ton ton, I would let this crawl inside my intestines for warmth. Is that wrong?

TitillatedOcelot

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liquid_kore — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:47:33 MST

Anybody know if the Mac and PC versions draw from the same database? If not I definitely wont get it for the mac.

liquid_kore

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2NinjasTapedTogether — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:47:00 MST

I'll be even more excited when I know I'll be able to play it. If not... Well, I guess I can always play LittleBigPlanet as consolation.

Still Spore looks... AWESOME. Seriously. I'm about to shoot my load into the primordial ooze.

2NinjasTapedTogether

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:46:49 MST

@Deadeyereborn: He did, September 2008. It's on Spores Official website.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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Sparx — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:45:46 MST

They really need to get on the ball and announce what this is coming to. I know they said PC, 360, and DS but Will also wanted to put it on the PS3, PSP and Wii

If I can't get it on my PS3 at least I have my DS/PC to fall back on

Sparx

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Deadeyereborn — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:43:31 MST

@gaijira: Excuse me but its HIS game he never gave a release date. Heres a question would you rather play a finished game or a half done shitty one? Mr. Wright can take his sweet time.

Deadeyereborn

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rickyyo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:42:54 MST

That was the best suprise for a UFO I smiled when I saw it all they need now is a whale and yarn...

rickyyo

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Sparx — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:42:01 MST

I could really get in to this

Sparx

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logicaldefense — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:41:18 MST

@MrFancyPants: horrible attempt at trolling. :(

logicaldefense

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gaijira — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:41:16 MST

They should call this the "Feature Creep Editor". Really, this video makes it look even more like the designers are practically bored with their own creation; making alphabet letter creatures would be charming and exciting if the game wasn't still seven goddamn months away from release.

I think at this point the great and powerful Mr. Wright owes the world an explanation, if not an apology. I can't tell you how psyched I was to play this more than a year ago.

gaijira

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MajorMcMuffin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:40:24 MST

@Trowble (XBL/PSN): Yeah, damn I want to play as much as I know I won't be running it.

MajorMcMuffin

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Deadeyereborn — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:39:32 MST

@AdamW:well what they are showing you right here is just the macro creature and building editor. The whole game will include a bacteria, tide pool, and ocean phase. Each of those Phases will have its own editor. If you want more info hit up the website. [www.spore.com]

Deadeyereborn

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:38:01 MST

System Requirements are needed so my laptop can cry.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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AdamW — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:37:31 MST

She says something about "When you play the actual game..."

What is the actual game? Is there going to be a beginning, middle, and end?

AdamW

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Deadeyereborn — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:37:27 MST

@MrFancyPants: Congratulations! You win most un-informed rumor award 2008!

Deadeyereborn

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sloth1991 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:35:59 MST

so wait is it for xbox and pc/mac or did they say it was pc/mac only?

sloth1991

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Deadeyereborn — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:35:49 MST

@Del Deadeyes: thats my name you stole it! also if you get someone to kill you get them to kill me too cause I NEED this game.

Deadeyereborn

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MrFancyPants — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:35:30 MST

It s going to be xbox360 only

new random rumor

actually Super smashb brothers brawl might be 360 only also....

MrFancyPants

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MasonL87 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:32:49 MST

The amount of epic win contained in the video is too great! RELEASE THE EDITOR NOW, DAMMIT!!!

MasonL87

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Sigma-D — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:30:32 MST

Kill me now, I want this.

Sigma-D

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whitey9 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:30:23 MST

You know what they should do? Release this game and stop showing us previews. I think this is the first time I've become almost bored with a game without ever playing it.

whitey9

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Deadeyereborn — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:29:53 MST

glee! I am going to love this game

Deadeyereborn