[QUOTE=stealth6;181445]Ye I get the same impression. I find it a real shame that they missed out on some bits like, huge multiplayer. every stage against other people, now you just face their creations… 
they also couldve made something nice out of how you create your creature, now it doesnt matter if you but the eyes on the face or the ass, you dont see any better…
its a nice game for when you are really bored, and nothing else is within reach, but it’s not something I’d go dig out of the cupboard to have a nice game…[/QUOTE]
Agree, spore was a big disappointment. The only stage that interesting on a creation level is the cell level. Here your placement of the components can affect the successfulness of your creature, do you want spikes on the front or sides etc
As soon as you reach the creature stage all that matters is that you slap the highest ranking components on your creature regardless of how it looks. I also found it disappointing that you can completely refund every component of your creature, meaning that at any point you can change your creature to one that is completely unrelated to the previous generation
tribal and civ stages are so simple that you can find free flash games on-line with more tactical depth. I have given up at the space stage because the missions were just to repetitive and tedious usually have you pick something up from one planet and drop it on another
With Spore, Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, and Mercenaries 2 coming out last week, our wallets are finally able to go back on their diet while our thumbs revel in this rather sudden call to action. Rather bizarrely, opinions on this latest batch of games are not as positive as one might expect, so this installment of Currently Hurling Controllers / Mice reads a bit like something written by grumpy old men (which, mind you, may not be far from the truth). It is a bit odd that VP2 and Spore, which both got good reviews in the media, drew such a mixed reaction from our local gaming lot, while Mercenaries 2, which fared considerably less well in the media, is making for some good coop times around these parts.
