Spore.

[Shaved Monkey]

Has anyone seen this game? Its made by Maxis and is due out 4th quarter of this year.

It looks like people could lose years playing this game.

I won't bother trying to explain it as I won't do the game justice, but here's a video regarding the game and what you can do.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330420559198&q=spore

This game looks so intense.

[DS]

I was going to post a thread about this but decided not to. The game looks great but for some reason I can see it getting boring after a while. I will definitely purchase it though.

[Requiem]

Yeah, I was thinking of posting a thread on it as well. Didn't want to check if there was anything out about it already... but yeah, I will definitely buy this.

As for it getting boring. I dunno... the first Sims game kept me entertained for a long time. Hell, I could probably pop it in if I found my CDs and it would entertain me once again. I just loved creating things...

I could see this getting boring after a while, but it would always have 'replay' and 'return' value. You could do it a second time, and nothing would be the same depending on the different things you did.

[DS]

Yeah the first Sims was great. But I found myself bored of Sims 2 after a week. I think it would be fun for the first few plays but after I've blown up all these planets and taken a bunch over I think it would just be a snooze fest. I would most likely have to start a whole new race or something. Maybe make them retarded but quick as a mother.

[Requiem]

Yeah, I would seriously have too much fun creating creatures. I'd especially try to create things like from star wars, or from like Futurama.. lol

Also, the building/vehicle editor could keep me entertained for a while too.. populate a new planet and just spend all my time creating sweet things while they live their lives.

[Xero]

Man, I heard about this and I wanted it. Now I've seen part (up to 10 minutes) of the video and I NEED this game. I'm really into these "fucking around is the key" games.

Now the question is, how many phallus creatures will there be?

Also, anyone know if it'll be free to get shit from online? And can you play it offline?

[DS]

It constantly downloads other players planets and creatures and everything they build so there is no fee to get this stuff. And I'm sure they will make it offline as well and just have computer created creatures.

[Requiem]

Will Wright is going to take a lot of shit from those religious fanatics who see it as playing God and such. Which essentially it is.. (in addition to playing God, which isn't much different from current RTS games), is the fact that you'll be evolving a creature from scratch basically. The anti-evolution people are going to be all over this.

[DS]

I don't see it making that huge of an uproar honestly.

[Requiem]

I think judging by his success with Sim City, and then the Sims. I believe people will definitely take notice. I think it will definitely be an instant best seller. If Sims (which has no end goal) can become as popular as it did, I don't see why this won't.

After attracting so much attention, I don't see how those people could ignore it.

[DS]

I was just saying that I don't think there will be anything about religions groups taking it on. I have no doubt this game will be big.

[Requiem]

What I'm saying is that it will get big. Therefore, these religious groups who are so against evolution are going to notice it. People get riled up about lesser things, and video games are definitely a topic that people jump onto anymore. Hell, the thing with GTA was just the start.

[DS]

The thing with GTA is different. Nobodies going to go out and start a series of evolution after playing Spore. Even if something did happen it would be so small that you would have to do an advanced search just to find it.

[Requiem]

I don't think you understand what I'm saying.

-The Video Game industry is a hot topic in the media these past few years. It just gets bigger and bigger.
-Evolution has always been a hot topic for debate.

In April 05, The Sims had shipped over 52 million copies in 17 languages. By that same time, Sims 2 had already sold over 4 million. (That was only 6 months after release)

A company with this magnitude of success is going to draw attention. If it were just some nobody company that came out with Spore, I doubt it would make a ripple in the world. But coming from a company with such world-wide success, it is bound to attract attention.

Even Jack Thompson was targetting Sims 2 for supposed nudity. (complete bull, but he still tried to go with it.. I'm sure you've read the article, or can find it.) If he can target them for something as non-existant and stupid as what he was saying, other groups can target them for their evolution game. It will be an instant multi-million seller, no doubt about it. With that, it's going to attract all kinds of attention. Both wanted and unwanted.

[DS]

I get what you're saying and I'm saying that nobody will bring up the evolution argument.

[Requiem]

Maybe not immediately, but it will happen eventually. Not saying it's going to be as contraversial as the GTA thing, but I'm saying it will happen. My mind won't be changed about it, so whatever. Not like anyone can know for sure until it is released, but considering that's what the game is based around I still think it will become an issue.

Not like anything will be changed about the game, because I really don't think Will Wright cares. But, some people are going to be unhappy.

[DS]

I know what you're saying and I'm not trying to change your mind.

I just don't see what grounds they would bring up against it just because there is a game about evolution. It's not like the GTA situation besides they are both videogames. Just my opinion.

[Requiem]

I'm just saying that the video game world is being the target of this stuff lately. Before, it was movies and music.. then it shifted to movies music and video games, with more and more attention to video games over the past year.

[AareDub]

Nobodies going to go out and start a series of evolution after playing Spore.

Oooh, I can see it now.

"I bet I can evolve faster than you!!"
"nuh-uh!"

It'll be madness!!

Seriously though, this game is going to rock. Haven't been this excited about a game in a very, very long time. I could see myself getting bored with the endgame planet hopping stuff, but I guess there's nothing to stop me from just starting back over at the beginning. On the other hand, I would like to create a planet that has a wall or mountain range of some sort completely dividing the planet in half. I'll fill each half with a creature who has a tendency to kill the creature on the other side. Then I'll start breaking down the wall, slowly but surely :D

[Requiem]

LOL. I could see that Aare. I would practice different ways to kill off an entire species. Depending on what the other UFO tools are like (he didn't really show many things it could do, but he did say it was sort of the end-game thing for the game.. so you could create your own planets almost by shaping it to however you wanted. So yeah, I could see doing that.. then just letting them war it out. Or, see what crazy predators you could create, and unleash them on a tribal race. :lol:

[AareDub]

You could put the really smart predator type on the same planet as the really dumb, but fast, things and watch the hilarity ensue.

[Requiem]

haha, yeah.

Man, just thinking about that makes me want this game more. They said that at the end, you would be able to just revisit the creator for free and create whatever you wanted.. so that gives plenty of options for whatever kind of end-game you want to create yourself.

It would be sweet if you could like throw a planet into a different line of orbit, and make them collide. I would spend so much time trying to get as many planets to collide at the same time as possible. :cool:

[Destor]

This looks like loads of fun. I don't get many games for the PC but this is a definite buy.

[Requiem]

I just hope my system will be able to run it. Honestly, it didn't look too graphics intensive.

[Destor]

This looks like loads of fun. I don't get many games for the PC but this is a definite buy.I posted that after I saw the creature come out of the water. And then it kept going out and out and out and so on. WOW. Gonna be good.

[Requiem]

Yeah, you have to watch the entire thing. :drool:

[Destor]

Just that first part was enough for me to be sold. But wow, this game has a lot to offer. Just wow.

[Requiem]

Yeah, the ability to even go back and create a new race again and again.. wooooo.

I like what they're doing with the content too.. how it downloads asynchronously (no idea if I even spelled that right) from other players.

[Destor]

Yeah, that was very cool. The editing system was also highly impresive. But the scope of the game is what has me blown away.

[LoDownM]

Damn, i'm impressed. I'm defiantly getting this. The whole thing about downloading what other people have created into your game, sounds fucking awesome.

[Funky Fly]

I dunno. Seems like it'd be mindless fun for a bit before I got bored.

[Destor]

I don't know about mindless.

[Shaved Monkey]

I dunno. Seems like it'd be mindless fun for a bit before I got bored.


How can you get bored with a game that has seemingly infinite possibilities?

Also, the most important thing, you get to play God. How can it get any cooler than that?

You get to play God!!!

There's the main selling point for me.:D

[Dorkchop]

Holly balls. Do you realise how hard it's going to be to stop playing this? Do you realise how many hours upon hour upon hours everyone is going to waste on this?

"Uhh... I can't come into work today."
"Why?"
"Because I've just developed triped speccies."
"What?"

[el fregadero]

Looks pretty magnificent. I would have to get a new computer though so I'm not sure.

[Drakul]

Sorry for 'bumping' a year old topic but I thought it made more sense than creating a whole new one.

I came across some new info about Spore, if you're interested.
The whole article is here: http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200708/N07.0823.1555.09950.htm but it's a pretty big read so I'll just copy/paste some of the parts I think would be of most interested here.

The first thing we walked up to was a similarly lowly creature, and we took the friendly approach—singing a little song, accompanied by a little swaying animation and emanating musical notes. For some reason, our song made quite the impression, and we made a new friend—snagging precious new parts in the process. As you interact with creatures, a meter pops up. Fill it up, and you’ve got a new friend—complete with a smiley-faced icon that will make Sims veterans feel right at home.

Now that the creature is a bit smarter that before, its goals are suitably more ambitious. Whereas before the goal was to find a mate and evolve a little more, now it’s all about organizing your creatures and making sure that they’re the dominant lifeform on the planet. How can you do that? By forming tribes, of course. There’s something to be said for having safety in numbers. You can’t just take a few guys and say they’re a tribe, or at least you can’t do that in Spore. Here, you’ll need to get three creature types in your posse (the official Spore term) to form your tribe. You can do it the nice way, by being social, or by intimidating your quarry into submission. It’s up to you.


While fish is tasty and all, our creatures yearned for something a little more substantial. After a quick trip to the character editor, our guys were dressed up for the hunt, with special hats, war paint and ornamental shoulder spikes. (Players will be able to design specific outfits and styles for each of the characters main actions, should they be interested in doing so.) Our creatures made good use of their big brains and upgraded weapons, bringing back huge piles of meat.

With that, it was time to do some recruiting. We followed a colored blip on the minimap to a rival village. Since we wanted to do our best to impress our new friends, we brought along gifts of meat and fish. They seemed pretty happy about the whole thing, but who wouldn’t? When we tried to recruit them by singing and playing instruments, however, their response was less enthusiastic.

You start off by building your town hall or selecting one from a bank of previously created samples. Some of the more outlandish developer designs were shown in the demo, including a building that looked like a pair of enormous Lego blocks. We picked Gandalf Hall, which was appropriately shaped like a towering version of the famous wizard. The next step is designing or selecting a harvester, which is used to gather spices. A similarly crazy selection of developer creations was present, including a Tron-like Light Cycle, skull or gigantic red stapler. (Lawyer-types, take notice—the samples were just examples of what players could themselves create. These are not likely to be in the game’s official release.)

Here, past player actions come into play. If you played with lots of aggression in the past, your civilization will likely be a militaristic one, with specialized units designed to destroy enemies and inflict pain. If you were more peaceful, your civilization might be based on commerce, with units designed to create trade routes and woo followers that way. If you take over a civilization of another type, you can then build their specialized units, so you won’t be stuck playing Rambo if you’re really an entrepreneur at heart.

Some creature:
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1148.jpg
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1151.jpg
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1156.jpg
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1163.jpg
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1159.jpg
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1152.jpg
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1160.jpg
A creature in simple armour with little texture:
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1157.jpg
Land/sea/air/space vehicles:
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1164.jpg

The game is also confirmed for the DS and it's currently being developed. The PC version (and, I think, the DS version aswell) are due out in Spring 2008. They said the Wii, 360 and Ps3 will most likely get a port but not right now.

[Xero]

I cannot wait for this. :y:

[KingofOldSchool]

yeah won't be able to play this until it comes out for the 360 or Wii.

[Drakul]

Forgot this screenshot. Am I the only one that thinks that looks like it's underwater?
Edit: Oh wait, I see smoke, maybe it's not underwater...
http://spore.4players.de/screenshots/medium/1094.jpg

There is also a youtube video which shows creatures without legs. That wasn't in the older version we were shown.

I'm hoping this comes to the Wii intact and not watered down. Surely the Wii can handle it, right? I'm not good on the technical workings of computers and consoles. Do you think it will be doable on the Wii?

[Drakul]

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[Mr Regal]

Looks awesome.

It amazing to see how much it has changed from the first video to the last.

I would lose interest in this after a while though, too time consuming for my liking.

[Drakul]

I just hope it makes it to the Wii intact, or at the very least to the 360 intact. I want a 360 but refuse to splash out on one until a large enough selection of interesting games are released for it. I'm not into Halo or whatever.

[Drakul]

The screenshots have broken and now just show red X's, so I've deleted them to speed up the page loading.

[Destor]

Post em all guy. That shit looks great. I want this one the Wii soooooooooooo bad. But I could settle for the 360 port.

[Drakul]

There is well over 100 model shots and screen shots so to save time, I'll just post a link to them.

http://www.xspore.com/spore_screenshots.html

[Drakul]

Sorry for the bump but Spore was confirmed for the Wii back in October but I just heard about it today. Unsure if anyone else here heard about this.

http://uk.gamespot.com/wii/strategy/spore/news.html?sid=6181823&mode=recent

[Drakul]

Spore is coming to DS on 5 September and it's quite a different beast from the hyped PC version.

You may have heard of Spore. The PC version is a hotly anticipated evolution sim from Will Wright, the brain behind The Sims. Like The Sims, it's one of those huge open-ended games that you could lose your life to.

On DS it plays more like an adventure as you play as one creature who is charged with saving the planet. Not much is known about why your planet is in trouble but the way your character evolves makes Spore a unique adventure taht's worth keeping an eye on.

You start as a little slug-type creature who you can move around with the stylus. As you explore the universe you'll collect all sorts of different body parts which you can use to evolve your creature. You can also mess around with your character's colour in the Creature Editor so it really will be your own personal creation.

In addition to Body Parts, you'll also collect Bio-Powers that will help you advance through the 15 levels. Excitingly you'll be able to share your creature with friends via Wi-Fi Connection.

There is also word of a possible Wii version of Spore. We asked Jason Haber, the producer of Spore, about the possibility of a Wii version and he replied: "We haven't officially announced that Spore will be appearing on Wii but I can say in secret that it's okay to get excited and you should!"

The full interview features in Issue 27 of Official Nintendo Magazine which is out on Friday.

Screens:

http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_6307.jpg

http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_6306.jpg

http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_6308.jpg

http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_6304.jpg

http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_6305.jpg

http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_6303.jpg

Source: http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=3261

I think it looks interesting but I can't say one way or the othet until I know a bit more. I thought they said the DS version would be a card game, or is that just the mobile phone version that's a card game?

[Mike the Metal Ed]

http://kotaku.com/5016479/spore-creature-creator-demo-leaks-early

Contains a link to the leaked character creator demo. Downloading as I speak, I'll check it out tomorrow.

[Drakul]

It's only leaked by a few days and there are two versions of the demo. The freee one and the one you pay something like 7.99 for.

I'd download it but I really doubt my PC could cope with it.

[DS]

This game has really low system specs so more then likely you will be able to run it. Unless you on some 10 year old laptop or something.

And it's only the Trial version which doesn't have a lot of items in it. The $9.99 one will be better to mess with if you're really interested. Still really fun though so go ahead and download it now and then just get the other one if/when it gets cracked.

[Drakul]

I hope so but my PC is far from gaming quality. It bearly ran Black & White.

[DS]

Here are the system specs actually:

Windows XP
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
512 MB RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 6 GB of hard drive space

Windows Vista
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
768 MB RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 6 GB of hard drive space

Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
Intel Core Duo Processor
1024 MB RAM
ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
At least 4.7GB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for creations.

[Gerard]

My character "Geoffrey" making use of some well known theme music.

:D


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[#BROKEN Hasney]

Someone dedicated this to me

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/7305/spore3vj5.jpg

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[Xero]

Got to say, from just the demo of the creator it's EXTREMELY powerful. Can't wait for the full game.

[PapaGeorgio]

Downloading the free one now. Did you guys get the 10 dolla one or free one with less content?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w298/i_snort_flour/CRE_-067fb1c5_sml.jpg

Deformed Brian

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/2993/spore4rw5.jpg

More cock

[Destor]

Is there a release date for this yet? Or any info on a Wii port that could be useful? Been dying to play this for two years. Seems like it's taking forever...

[Drakul]

Yeah, the PC version is out on September the 5th in Europe and September the 7th in the US for the PC but the Wii version hasn't even been revealed yet so no release date. It'll probably be another two years for a Wii version.

I tried downlading the free Creature Creator from the Spore site and my Video Card can't handle it :( So I'm going to try it out on a family members laptop to see if it works there.

[Destor]

:( Any news on console perts in general or the Wii still the most liekly one? :(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

:( Any news on console perts in general or the Wii still the most liekly one? :(

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/851/851679p1.html

That's the most recent Wii news and even that's not promising.

There is no date for PS3 or 360 either. It's confirmed for September on PC, Mac, DS and Mobile Phone

[Drakul]

I tried the download on a relatives laptop today and it's pretty good. I only made two creatures quickly.

Tiglar
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9327/cretiglar06848b4dfulne3.png
The "Tig" part comes from tiger, obviously, because of the stripes and "lar" just sounds cute.

After making the cute creature I went for one that was not so cute.Called it Stigatious. Not sure why. It's a giant, eyeless bug thing.
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8836/crestigatious06848b49fupe4.png

I have a video of each of them walking about so I might put them up.
BTW Has anyone else made GIFs?
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8733/sporegif20080619155144cg3.gif http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8526/sporegif20080619160040cy1.gif http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3226/sporegif20080619155709iv0.gif http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5788/sporegif20080619155702dz3.gif

[Extreme Angle]

i'm downloading the full version now. You get the trial version, get the torrent off demonoid, then switch the data folders, then it works apparently.

[PapaGeorgio]

i'm downloading the full version now. You get the trial version, get the torrent off demonoid, then switch the data folders, then it works apparently.

Linkage to torrent.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/45927280/spore?tab=summary

This isn't the full version still, that's not out. This is a version that comes with new HP computers and has 75% of the full version, whereas the demo has 25%

[Extreme Angle]

its on demonoid... but yeah its 75% of full version

[Mercury Bullet]

I don't know what to think of this game, it looks awesome but I'm afraid it would get old quick.

[Extreme Angle]

Yeah it does...

[Drakul]

Well, this is just a simple demo of the creature creator. The full game has 5 phases:
Cellular, Creature, Tribal, Civilization and Space. Constantly evolving your creature and choosing between being diplomatic or agressive and creating your own weapons, buildings, vehicles and stuff as well as eventually exploring other planets full of other players creatures should make the game last quite a while.

[Xero]

Essentially it's a demo teaser that you have to pay for.

I'm getting sort of tired of companies releasing demos as paid games. Either release it free or don't release it, don't gouge your fanbase.

Then again, this is EA, so...

[Drakul]

Found a cool video on YouTube.

Zelda creatures recreated using Spore
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[#BROKEN Hasney]

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[Destor]

ROFL

[UmbrellaCorporation]

AHAHAHAHA

[Impact!]

omg incredible

[Impact!]

also :rofl:

[DS]

This has been leaked. Have fun. :)

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Yeah, been playing it for a couple of days now. Fucking incredible game

[DS]

I don't know if I would go that far. It's good, but not as good as I was expecting. I'd stick it around a 7 or so.

[Boomer]

I'd basically say the same thing.

The most enjoyable part for me has easily been the space part. It is definitely the most polished part of the game, and has way more depth than any of the other parts. The fact that I considered quitting multiple times beforehand, however, means that the other parts probably could have used a little bit more depth and complexity.

I think this game is a centered a little too much around simplicity. I feel like almost everything has been dumbed down specifically for non-gamers, and the only parts that have enough depth for gamers to enjoy are the space part and the creature creator.

The creator is an absolute feat though. I'll give them that. It's so simple, yet always yields amazing results, and just takes only a few minutes of trial and error at most to figure out how to use it. And if you don't want to keep making everything the game asks you to, you can just use a preset look and change it to your liking.

But the gameplay just isn't that fun. The ability to share content is pretty awesome, and will probably end up being one of the games best selling points, but LittleBigPlanet has me way more excited about where the gaming world is heading with regards to user content. And I don't even own a PS3.

For the amount of time it took to make Spore, it should have been better.

[Requiem]

The space portion of this game is incredible. The civilization part is alright, and the rest I could only see playing to unlock things. That said, I am still enjoying this game a lot. The creation is crazy.. I spend forever just creating things.

[Bad Company]

Got this today, gonna fire it up when I get home. YESSSSSSSSS

[Xero]

Got this today, gonna fire it up <s>when I get home</s> in five minutes. YESSSSSSSSS

[DS]

Really big backlash about this games DRM and the fact you can only install it 3 times. While it's a pretty fun game, it's a bit too simplistic in the gameplay. Even at the galactic level, once you've done the basic mechanics at least once it's very shallow.

Fun, yes, but not worth the money to purchase it.

[Boomer]

I always felt ridiculous in how I got through the intricate stuff too. I basically started ingoring the computer during the Civ phase and just beefed up all my cities as far as they would go. Made the 48,000 or whatever required to blow everything up...it was a bit too easy.

Space was similar. I got so sick of all these stupid missions, so I just ignored them. For all the simple stuff in the game, terraforming with the right plants and animals was such a hassle. Many things, like DS said, felt so shallow. So I just attacked my enemies off the map until they no longer existed. Then I just gathered spice forever until I had enough to get all the stuff needed to get to the center of the universe.

[Xero]

After playing a few hours, I won't say I'm disappointed (because after initial reviews I knew what to expect), but it's clearly a more casual/non-gamer game. Just got to tribal and what I've played was fun but it went too quickly and was pretty much devoid of real depth. Not too crazy about the interface, either.

All in all, though, from what I've played, it's a game I could play once in a while just to have a little fun without much challenge. The creator is obviously awesome and worth it to me for that alone, but for anyone else, really, I'd wait until it's down to $30 or so. (Though I may change my opinion once I hit space.)

[DS]

From a programming standpoint, it is pretty amazing. Whatever game combines the procedural animations with an awesome physics engine (like Euphoria) will be genius.

[Xero]

I totally agree. The community aspect is also very innovative. It's definitely a game that will set trends, but it's not the killer app everyone was expecting.

[Drakul]

Ok, so I'm 2 years late but I've bought the game new for £9.99 and it should get here today or tomorrow. Wouldn't mind checking out whatever you guys have thrown togethor if you uploaded your stuff to the Sporepedia back when you played the game. So do I need your Spore names to look up your creations or something?

If anyone is worried about still having the Securom thing on their PC, even though they uninstalled the game, this might help.

Securom removal tool (https://support.securom.com/removaltool.html).

eHow instructions on removing Securom (http://www.ehow.com/how_4421446_remove-securom-files-from-computer.html).

[Extreme Angle]

Lol, was wondering why spore was suddenly on the first page...
Gonna D/L this again, I remember playing it last time then stopping when it goes into strategy style

[Drakul]

I've been reading up on the DRM/SecuROM and people are claiming it's broken their drives or monitoring their PC activity or whatever.
Looked on the FAQ page of the Securom site and it claims it does not affect PC performance and does not collect any info. Assuming they are telling the truth, good.
Though one line confuses me. It says nothing is sent to a server other than serial number, which I understand, and some "hash of your hardware" or something, which I don't understand. It says it's irreversible as well. What does it mean?

I'm really paranoid about my PC health/privacy and want to know exactly what's going into it. This is why I stick to console gaming 99.99% of the time.

[Drakul]

Steam have Spore on sale for £22, Securom free. Signed up to Steam there and then and bought the game.

I'm only at the creature phase but the game seems ok. I actually enjoyed the cell phase more than I'm enjoying the creature phase.
Messed about with a few of the editors and the building/vehicle editor isn't as veristile as I thought it would be but I do enjoy the creature creator.
My game slows down unless I have the game on the lowest settings even though I far surpass the minimum requirments.

I'd say more but this isn't supposed to be a review. Two questions for you
1. How do I search for you guys creations on the sporepedia?
2. How would I put them into my game if it's on Steam and not disc based? Disc based copied you just have to right click them on the sporepedia web page and save them in your Spore folder. Same thing with Steam?