What do you dislike about Spore?

[Antharius]

What I dislike about Spore (Part 2):

Spore isn't as much fun or as good as X3: Terran Conflict

[supergangspy]

patch 1.02 wont install
i want a flora creator but if there is one i would like someone to tell me
i did cheat in 1 game but i think it stops the achievements in every save which is not fair
also its too hard to get anywhere near the center of the galaxy even without the grox because of the short range so i think they should let you keep the range

[oliiee]

Not sure if this has been said because i havent read every one of the last 13 pages

In space stage when you get a message saying your under attack it either says pirates or an "unknown assaliant"
Well i want to know if its another empire or just pirates (because it can be either when it says unknown) so that i dont have to go half way accross the galaxy to save my planet from enemy empires and get there to find a bunch of annoying pirates which would of gone anyway

[weeman1963]

Crashes Crashes and , last but not least, C.R.A.S.H.E.S.

[sporemaniac4ever]

oh well its that your meant to copy them with the social abilities and if you have a high level social powers it will work almost 100 per cent of the time and the only thing i want from you is to look at my creatures

[PaleoBio]

Yup, spore most definately needs to be better. I have already posted a list of grievances further up this post, but the overall thing is that spore isn't satisfying enough. THat's the nub of it for me really - I like games that give me satisfaction in the playing thereof, and spore was going to be that - then they removed all the cleverness from the concept and made a stripped-down kiddies game.


Oh, for all of you lot who are boycotting EA games - I announce to you that you are having a considerable economic effect upon EA - since September (in fact since the Spore release date) to share price of EA has fallen constantly to 1/3 of the price that it was at the end of august! (see here for proof Quote.com U.S. Markets - Profile for ELECTRONIC ARTS INC (ERTS))

Maybe now they will listen to feedback - mwahaha!

[ErDiddly]

It is like this *:
"We is makes a very fun game *, and we is advertises it to people *."
"Yay best game ever me buy it *!"
"Muahahahahahahahaha yous is gives us allof da nice moneh *, for only about half of teh game yous was shown *. If yous is wants full game *, then yous is needs to gives us £100 or something like that in about 1 year time*, when we have finished releasing the periodic Addons *, to build da game back to wot yous was told *."
"Aww that is not very nice *."
"There is no nice in buisiness *, only all of that nice dosh *."
"You is makes me sad me is sad now *, me is complains with forum *, because me sad *, and it is fun to complain *."
"Yay moneh*!"
"We is sues yous for false advertising *."
"No yous is not because suing costs loadsa moneh *, and you is not has much we has it in the valt *."

Buissiness scammers are mean *. Some more stuff about spore that is not so very nice *:

Eye on back of head = small eye in mouth = Eyes on front of head = *?

Crabby Claws Damage = 0* Human hands damage = morethanzero *.

Creature flys onto a tree *, tree dis-appears *, creature falls to ground *, creature backs away from place where tree was looking disturved *, tree re-appears *.

Creature flys onto a rock *, creature hovers above surface while sliding off rock *.

Creature throws rock at creature's head *, creature not so very happy and rock has no affect on him *, except for making him stop for a short time *, Creature swings fist at creature *, creature gets hurt even though fist did not make contact with him *.

Big burly creature , with 4 legs *, 4 big wings *, hands with big claws *, loadsa armor and spikes *:

Flying: 1*
Running: 2*
Health: +2*
Charge : 1*
Strike: 3*

Thing with a leg and small foot and a small wing and a big bulk of frontheavyness *, and an eye on back of his head *, and a mouth on his left foot *, and a bit of bone with what looks like a blunt ram horn in it on his armpit *:

Flying: 5*
Running: 5*
Health: +5*
Charge: 5*
Strike: 5*


Senses *:
Nothing * = Hearing and sight *.
Eye * = Better sight *.
Nose * = Nothing *.
Ear * = Nothing *.
Antena like what driver ants have in stead of eyes to hear everything around it like a bat *= Nothing *.

Spikes on back * = Headbash ability *.

Fish and city stages *: To be released later as an Addon *.

They broke a very good game up into little chunks of expensiveness *.

Spore is not as good as me thourght it would be *.
Me shall play "Gary Mod" in it's (metaphorical) stead *.

Little Girl Toddler fairy princess *: "Me DO belive in rainbows*! Me Do *! Me Do*!"



*er diddly

[oOUltimaOo]

we need...more..FREEDOM!!!

following the set stages with set tasks is pointless, its like a tutorial for somethin that could be a lot bigger, i only feel free when i fly away from the dam planet!!

[fragriani]

i wish that spore would put all the notes in anthem creator on staves with proper notes like crotchets and quavers so people like me actually understand how to make a proper anthem

[Leafsnail]

Originally Posted by fragriani

i wish that spore would put all the notes in anthem creator on staves with proper notes like crotchets and quavers so people like me actually understand how to make a proper anthem

It's quite simple really - in fact, it has the advantage of being able to make the notes any length you like.

[fragriani]

Originally Posted by Leafsnail

It's quite simple really - in fact, it has the advantage of being able to make the notes any length you like.

cood u explain that for me plz

[ChaosHarbinger]

It's a clever little thing yes, but not clever enough. I made ten anthems to get the Ghetto Blaster Achievement, and because I like to do at least a partly-good job I put some effort into making them, but I didn't really like any of them. It was just TOO simple.

Now, I can't read or write music. I can't play an instrument or vocalise. But I can tell you what works musically just by listening to a piece play. And very little of what I heard - even after spending MORE THAN an hour working on a single anthem to test everything out - sounded like it would work properly.

And for those people who are musically talented, it is almost offensively crude and simplistic. I saw my sister play around with the Anthem Creator for a while and just dismiss it with: "So, you're guessing the tone, pitch and can't overlap notes? Yeah, smart." And she is gifted when it comes to music.

OK so maybe there's a little more to it than that, but the point of the matter is that it can only create simple tunes that are scarcely worthy of the title "anthem".

[TheDogsOfWar]

I would have liked to see customisation having more of an impact later in the game. In the creature stage, it was fantastic and just like it was advertised. However, later in the game, customising your vehicles and spaceship makes no difference to the gameplay. Zilch. Nada. The only change is aesthetic, not something players will be deeply concerned over. I would really have liked my designs to have made my choices impact how my units performed, and how much they cost. It would have made the game have great replay value.

[Leafsnail]

All this anthem discussion is irrelevant as you could probably make a mod that does exactly that.

[Vilven]

I dislike how quickly the game becomes reptetive, mediocre and un-original.

It's a nice creature creating program and a poor attempt at adding a game to it.

[joegonecrazy]

I think space stage is uter terrible. when i bought spore i thought it would be fun... but its just pirats grox and eco disaster! change that!!!!! there too many of them so you cant do anything!!! also i think when you finish the space stage i think there should be a multi player galaxy where you can allie and make wars with other players!!! that would rock!! all other stages and great exept creature which gets a bit boring...

[stephline]

What do I dislike about Spore? Let me see now....The fact that my attempt to patch the game made it unusable. That alone ruined the whole thing, and the three-install limit alongside the download manager ticked me off too.

[2008milc]

Im trying to defeat all the grox but I just found out that thats impossible because you cant reach all of their planets.

[Leafsnail]

Originally Posted by 2008milc

Im trying to defeat all the grox but I just found out that thats impossible because you cant reach all of their planets.

Wrong.

Make a planet near them have creatures.

Uplift them.

Pay them to destroy the "unreachable" planet...

[oOUltimaOo]

back to the anthem thing, oo i'm musically gifted to! funny how long it takes anyone else, musically gifted or no, to realise the anthem creator is just a lalalala muckabout music writer, not professional music writing software..jeez, just find a few notes you like, arrange them into a melody, add ambiences, and you have a semi decent noise for your city. don't try to write ****ing Fur Elise, go find a piano if you want real music! the anthem is just for fun..

[2008milc]

Originally Posted by Leafsnail

Wrong.

Make a planet near them have creatures.

Uplift them.

Pay them to destroy the "unreachable" planet...

i didnt think of that thanks for the advice

[Leafsnail]

Originally Posted by 2008milc

i didnt think of that thanks for the advice

No problem.

Enjoy destroying 2400 systems.

[Merpinx]

I have found lots of bad stuff with spore. They said you could play under-water stage, not there they said we could make plants we can`t, they hid a secret cell editor from us why???? They could of made the game much better but they didn`t

[TheDogsOfWar]

On the anthem topic, maybe we should remember spore is meant to be playable by everyone, including young kids. That said, overlapping notes would be nice.

[mevidek]

Originally Posted by GeneralMatrix

Hey all!

Spore is here at last and I'd like to hear what you dislike about the game!

Whether it the whole concept of the game, or a certain stage in the evolutionary process, what do you dislike about it and how would you improve it?

For example, in the tribal stage, you cant tell your creatures to move to a hut without clicking on the hut. To improve this ld like to see a right click menu on the Creatures and/or their icons on the right with options to “Feed” or to “Collect Spear”.

Please keep any criticism constructive.

p.s. the “What do you like about Spore” thread is located here.

The only thing that I would of liked is if you could create your own planets but overall Spore and The Sims Series are the best games ever created!