Removed features

The game Spore has had several major changes since first demonstrated at the GDCe 2005 show. Some players complain, claiming that the older versions of Spore was better, but there are many things today that never existed in the previous game (creature interactions are more advanced today).

These removed features were however, removed because they were glitchy, or they were removed for a future expansion. The style and graphics of Spore which hasn't changed to much, is more cute in today's Spore, in order to arrract a wider variety of players, however, this has still caused some upset with players who want a more realistic game.

Cell Stage
The cell stage in previous stages was quite similar in gameplay to today's. However, its style was differernt and more realistic. The cell edtor was more free to create differernt body plans that modern Spore's.

Creature Stage
The creature stage hasn't changed greatly since the demo's, with many gameplay features (perhaps even more than as seen in the demo's), however, the blood was removed to make the game more appropriate for young children. There is still a blood effect in the cell stage, when a cell has been killed, it releases Meat chunks and a small pool of blood.

Tribal Stage

 * Hutt editor - The ability to create hutts was probably removed because tribal gameplay is short, and requires the player to manage the tribe's health and wellbeing.
 * Shops - Shops may have been an early concept of the Sporepedia.

Civilization Stage
The older versions allowed the player to choose the walls and turrets, but now it is determined by the kind of city, the player has either started the game with or conquered.

Space Stage
The space stage also hasn't changed a great deal, there is likely to be more gameplay today than in the older versions. The galaxy in the older demo's appeared to be slightly smaller than today's Spore.

Molecular Stage
Not much is known about this stage, and it may have never existed as far as a concept. However, it was said that it operated more like Tetris. It was likely scrapped because molecules can't think for themselves, and the Panspermia theory (that life is brought to planets via comets) was favoured to make the game more exciting.

Aquatic Stage
The ocean stage was removed not long after the demo in 2005. It had problems with navigation and animation, so it was removed from the game.

City Stage
This stage was merged with the Civilization stage. It appeared to have agriculture (which has now been set back to the tribal stage).