everyone get ready for SPORE

looks funnish.. I was never too big on tycoon/sims games, but this looks interesting, if you are talking about SPORE and not SPORES?

An online game that's offline, very interesting idea, and they seem to have a good grasp on how to handle it. I'm pretty sure they've got something in the works to prevent someone naming using bad words for their creatures and sending them out to other players. Maybe, maybe not. That'd be my only real concern if I were them. Doubt there's going to be any security issues with it, thankfully.

I'm thinking tomorrow or Friday I'm going to pre-order it. It looks good enough to do so. Then I just need to hope like hell it's Vista compatible. Should be though.

The primary reason for upgrading to Vista is because of games. I don't think I'll be getting another computer for at least another three years, and I kept having the feeling that my primary computer was about to die on me.

Don't think Spores will need DirectX 10, but if it does, I'm glad I'm prepared for it.

I have the same feeling. The footage looks great, the idea appeals to me, but I have no idea how long it's going to be interesting.

Regardless, I'm gonna buy my copy as soon as it hits the shelves.

I already pre-ordered it a couple months ago. It's a Will Wright game. How could it go wrong?

*cringes at the thought of Sims Online*

EBGames lists it as 10/01/07. (MM/DD/YY)

Exansion packs.

Lol.... Spore: Swingers Party Night?

Lol.... Spore: Swingers Party Night?

You know, I was thinking about Spore having expansion packs, and then the thought hit me, "So this must be why they're holding off so long. They don't really have any way (from what I could see) of having much of a reason to build expansion packs." Either that, or they're holding off until they can populate the game with enough creatures and events for each phase that people don't grow bored too quickly with the game.

I think that they are "holding off" for the reason of adding gameplay into it. So far, even though I am impressed with the game settings, I am not sure if I am impressed with the gameplay. It looks like there are 8 mini-games in the whole game and that's it, and I am not sure if it is right approach in principle. I mean I would probably play Cesar IV or Civ IV instead of simplified version of them.

Another word the game is not finished yet

The graphics style of the game reminds me of one of the first DX8 games ever made, Giants: Citizen Kabuto (aren’t they making a sequel to that game?). Anyway… the game looks good, it could be worth it, I’m with Bigjock on this one I can see my self buying this one off the shelves as soon as it comes out.

I can see the simlairity, but I think Spore might be a bit more smoother.

Speaking of DX8, I keep wondering what the specifications to play the game are going to end up being. I noticed in one video Will Wright was using an Alienware laptop to run it. No idea if it was a standard or high-end model, and beyond that, whether there was any overclocking or not.

Considering how smoothe the game ran I would imagine the recommended specs would be close to what that laptop had to offer. CPU wise most people should be okay, but some might have issues if the graphics are up to snuff.

Name doesn't sound familiar, but Google enlightens me. Looks like this guy has been plenty busy over the years.