March 15, 200520 yr Article on the game. Screenshots. Thoughts? Personally I think it sounds really cool, I hope they can pull it off.
March 15, 200520 yr Article on the game. Screenshots. Thoughts? Personally I think it sounds really cool, I hope they can pull it off. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Interesting concept... I do not really like the look of the game. However it looks a tad to cartoony. I would be however more interested in the developing of cultures and races and the possibility of intergalatic war. And home world power struggles as they advance through the ages.
March 15, 200520 yr That looks tootally spiff-tastic. Hopefully Will can pull it off, and hopefully I'll have a computer that can run it. (w00t)
March 15, 200520 yr Whatever he touches seems to turn to gold. He certainly has a sharp mind for great game concepts. I too would like to see it a little less cartoony, art wise, but otherwise the gameplay and concept seem to be a excellent idea. I will wait a bit farther in development though before I make a call.. Admin of World of Darkness Online News News/Community site for the WoD MMORPG http://www.wodonlinenews.net --- Jericho sassed me so I broke into his house and stabbed him to death in his sleep. Problem solved. - J.E. Sawyer --- "I cannot profess to be a theologian; but it seems to me that Christians who believe in a super human Satan have got themselves into a logical impasse with regard to their own religion. For either God can not prevent the mischief of Satan, in which case he is not omnipotent; or else He could do so if he wished, but will not, in which case He is not benevolent. Fortunately, being a pagan witch, I am not called upon to solve this problem." - Doreen Valiente --- Expecting "innovation" from Bioware is like expecting "normality" from Valve -Moatilliatta
March 16, 200520 yr Looks like Sim Life, The Cool Version “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
March 16, 200520 yr Looks like Sim Life, The Cool Version It looks great. It reminds me a little of when I would breed sentient carnivorous plants in SimEarth.
March 16, 200520 yr Well, it looks fantastic. The problem with games of this scope is that they never seem to be able to fulfill the expectations they build up around themselves. Everyone expects to be able to create worlds and life and end up with a crappy simulator with two controls. Let's hope they can make it as good as they want this time. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
March 16, 200520 yr 1up article on Spore. Not as good as the Gamespy article. Also- Notes taken by Don Hopkins at the talk, and from other discussions with Will Wright. Edited March 16, 200520 yr by Nartwak
March 20, 200520 yr Whatever he touches seems to turn to gold. He certainly has a sharp mind for great game concepts. I too would like to see it a little less cartoony, art wise, but otherwise the gameplay and concept seem to be a excellent idea. I will wait a bit farther in development though before I make a call.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, according to the article, you design what things look like, he designed his stuff to look cartoony, you can design yours so its not. Anyway, I so want this game. I'm curious to hear what the devs think about how this technology could be applied to RPGs. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
March 20, 200520 yr I'm curious to hear what the devs think about how this technology could be applied to RPGs. My thoughts exactly. While I'm not particularly interested in the game itself, the idea of integrating such dynamic content into RPGs is simply amazing. Imagine creating your own custom weapons, magic, creatures etc. and have the world realistically adjust and react to them. Also, having a dynamic character generator could adjust the player's avatar according to his physical stats and even react to various in-game events. For example, you could get hit by a fireball and suffer burn marks or get slashed by a sword and retain the scars. Good stuff. :cool:
March 20, 200520 yr It basically feels like Sim Earth meets EVO - The Search for Eden. 'Meh' for now. Not that I didn't like both those games, but I'll believe it when I play it.
March 20, 200520 yr It basically feels like Sim Earth meets EVO - The Search for Eden. 'Meh' for now. Not that I didn't like both those games, but I'll believe it when I play it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think he described it as Pac-Man meets Populous meets Civilization. My only worry here is that if its as versatile as it looks, couldn't it put a lot of artists out of work? The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
March 20, 200520 yr Looks like the perfect sandbox game. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
March 21, 200520 yr The game itself looks interesting and fun, but the way it was created is what has me excited. Such a cool idea.
May 25, 200520 yr Mindblowing. Sim Earth meets Populous meets Civilization meets Homeworld (hopefully) the official site is up, http://spore.ea.com not much there, but the intro anim is pretty cool
May 25, 200520 yr Conceptually, this isn't all that different than what's going on in the Sims world now. They have the infrastructure in place for you to share your (self created) Sim content; this is basically SimEvo . What's really interesting is that the game "understands" physiology; design something (organic, structural, mechanical) and the game figures out how it (the thing that your created) reacts to it's virtual environment. That concept is so mind blowing, it is almost worth repeating... or at least reiterating . In any case, this definitely a piece of software (you could hardly call it a game) that's going at the top of my "buy" list!
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