Spore - An LGR Retrospective Review

Some called it SimEverything, others called it SimLetdown. Spore was quite the divisive game when it was released, but how does it hold up today? Time for a detailed look at it!

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Music used is from the Spore OST.

[PokePresto]

As a 10 year old kid that didnt read any of the hype before the game came out i loved this game. I played it to death.

[arbiter-]

I remember hearing all the hype about this game when I was young, I ended up buying it at launch. I played it, had some fun, but tired of it quickly. My dad watched me play some of the space stage and he wanted to give it a try. I installed it on his computer and that man poured hundreds of hours into this game, more than I thought possible for any one person. He wasn't a fan of any part of the game but the space stage. I remember watching him play it for years when he had no work to do in his office.

[EvillBob]

"There's nothing quite like it" is why it's still around. A game doesn't always have to be the best, just better than anything else currently available.

[bogdanbogdanovich]

The wings actually do work, the smaller ones just make you jump higher but the biggest one actually makes u fly

[Matthew-lusf]

It's kinda sad Spore won't get a sequel. I think with more work a lot of this game could he great.

[Dovahkiif]

I never really understood the disappointment until I heard all of what was originally promised in this video, damn.

[yopi_yopi]

I can understand why Spore could have been better... but I think it deserves the love from the fandom.

[Enoxix.]

Such an amazing game! Still play it today. They should really make a SPORE 2...

[drake]

When it comes to DRM this is the holy grail. Online activation, limited activations, required stool sample, etc.

[cool]

Maybe it's because I was a kid when Spore came out, but I ADORED it. Making my own creatures and taking them from a single cell to nuking planets was incredible.

[unbearifiedbear]

_"Spore... Spore never changes..."_

6yrs later and _still_ your best intro 😂

[oldmanlogan]

Spore was a let down?!? Wtf? I never knew it, for me at least it was one of the greatest games I ever played. No other game managed to capture the same essence of all that you can do in Spore.

[MobyTheDuck]

I feel sorry for Maxis.
If them had gotten away from EA, everything would be different.
Spore would be a good game, SimCity wouldnt be 'always online', The Sims wouldnt be a cash cow being milked to death by billions of DLCs, theirs games wouldnt have 10 different DRMs that get patched away by pirates in a few days, leaving legitimate customers to deal with it.

But now they are dead. Along Pandemic, Bullfrog, Origin and a bunch more.

[PregnantAdamSandler]

Spore is a game more people need to rip off, the creature creator was one of the best parts and literally no one has made another like it and that's a damn shame

[gigglysamentz]

I remember when my mom turned off the internet so I would go to bed. I played Spore until 8 am. It was memorable.

[IAmNumber]

I’m glad I got to experience this game when I was like 10, it was my favorite game ever and I had no idea about the hype and didn’t find out the game was a flop until like 6 or 7 years later lmao

[EmpressWolf]

Another fantastic review, as always.
I remember playing this game as a child... And I gotta agree, though it's really imperfect and lacking in a lot of areas, it's still a rather good game.
not to mention that being given the power to shape living beings in the shape of something definitely not for a E10+ rating is quite entertaining.

[johnnybestjojo]

even through its flaws i still love this game, overtime i hear its name i get a massive wave of nostalgia, it was my first proper game.

[coenisgreat]

"What was the stage after the Creature Stage?"

"Uhhh Civilisation?"

"No, no, there was one before that... O-oh Yeah, it was the Tribal Stage, remember?"

*Cut to the group sitting in the settlement, looking bored*

"No. I don't remember the Tribal Stage..."

"Yeah, me neither."

[Bloodcursed]

This game was brilliant. Spent many months farming achievements, creating monstrosities, and generally enjoying the game on my horrible single core 2.0 ghz cpu w/o graphics card and 2gb of ram and getting amazing performance still.