It's odvious that Spore has done terrible, just look at how many dislike posts there are compared to what people like.
Patches need to be brought out that can save this game by improving it and making it more like the 2006 version that people were expecting and waiting all this time to play,
the thing i am most annoyed about is that we are being 'spoon fed' how to play the game
for example in the form of missions and objectives such as you must fill the bar at the bottom to advance by doing what the missions say not what you want, before in the 2006 version you spent DNA points upgrading the brain in the creature stage and advancing your own way for more information on the 2006 version follow this link to a video
Spore Gameplay Video