SporeWiki:Chat


 * For general discussion about spore regarding whatever you like. This is going to be expanded a little at some point, but for now it's just a whatever chat regarding spore, enjoy! -- Mason11987 (T - C - E) &infin;

All this hype...
Thank you for setting this up by the way, Mason. :P Anyways, with the amount of hype Spore is getting, amazingly a whole year before the speculated release, wouldn't it just suck if it turned out to be a flop? I mean, with what we've seen so far, there is a very small chance that this game isn't gonna be awesome, but consider for a moment picking up your pre-ordered copy, rushing home, installing the game, playing for an hour and realizing that it's all been a waste of time... That would suck so much... LOL I'm not trying to bum any of you guys out; it's almost guaranteed that Spore's gonna be sweet, but still... Torvik 13:31, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
 * O I completly understand. This is bar-none the most anticipated I have ever been about any game since I knew what a video game was.  FF8 which I was very very excited for didn't quite live up to what I wanted.  FFX most certainly did.  Black was a let down.  Civ4 I was incredibly excited about and it was everything I expected and more.  I'm expecting spore to top my expectations that I had with ALL of those, so it better or else... lol -- Mason11987 (T - C - E) 14:45, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
 * Well, the hype is understandable. I remember programming a game with my brother on our C64 back in the mid 80's which had "sort-off" the same concept. It was called "evolution" or something. You started out as a microbe. Then when you completed the level you became a frog, and so on. Upto the point where you'd become a human. I enjoyed that immensly! And in Spore I'll be able to further evolve "my" sentient creature. That and the fact that it's Will Wright new brain child, makes for a combo that just has to be a succes. But the downside of a hype (anyone remeber StarWars Episode 1?) people start getting a certain idea in their head as how it's "supposed" to be. And a lot of people will get upset/let-down/angry/..[fill in appropriate frase].. if it doesn't match their specific idea, or is even better. So I try not to get my hopes up too high. That way a possible "let-down" won't impact me so much. But it's really hard not to. Seeing all the different interviews and gameplay movies. I can't help but stare mezmerized and drool.Burtzurker 07:41, 23 July 2006 (PDT)

On pre-ordering; Anyone know if preordering it is available for the EU? Burtzurker
 * As far as I know, pre-ordering isn't availble through EA/Maxis online yet (correct me if I'm wrong), but I know of people who have pre-ordered through their local game stores in real life. So really, it all depends on your real life game retailer if they are pre-ordering yet or not. Torvik 12:15, 23 July 2006 (PDT)

I'm contemplating on pre odering mine from EBgames. It costs 50$, but I'm willing to pay that. The only reason I'm holding back is that I KNOW the release date will change. Its a pretty crumby reason not to pre-order it, though... I guess I should pre order it know,seeing as its better to do so than having to scrounge up fifty bucks when its released, which I have know. --Alpha dilophosaur
 * I imagine the game will cost $50 just like every other new PC game (that is decent), and who cares if the release date is pushed back, you'll still have it pre-ordered. I doubt the game will come out later then April of next year or early may at latest, 3 E3s for Spore is one too many. -- Mason11987 (T - C - E) 17:37, 2 August 2006 (PDT)

The name
I, personally, am extremely glad that Maxis decided not to call the game "Sim____". I read somewhere that the game was this close to being called "SimEverything". For one thing, I think the whole Sim- thing is getting a little tired, and for another, the game has nothing to do with Sims, the little people driving around in SimCity and whom you control in The Sims. Sims are basically human. Well you're not going to find humans in Spore, unless you are extremely talented in the creature editor. And as a third point, Spore is such a cool word and such a cool name for a computer game that spans the entirety of existance itself. It plays off the huge nature of the game by being such a short word. Of all the coolest things I've heard about Spore so far, its actual name is probably one of the coolest. -- Torvik 13:29, 11 August 2006 (PDT)
 * I definitly agree, I love the same spore, and I'm definitly glad they kept it. The name is so short and smooth I love it, I also love the name Wii though :). -- Mason11987 (T - C - E) 14:46, 11 August 2006 (PDT)
 * Yeah, Spore is such a cool name. I think Will Wright referred to it as "SimEverything" as a joke though -- I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have actually named it SimEverything. ;)  Anyway... yeah, I like the name Spore, but not as much as all the cool features it has! Andy 16:26, 25 August 2006 (PDT)