New Parts Pack Please

Takben · 03-10-2009, 10:03 AM

I think it's time for a new parts pack. I understand that they have been busy making Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena but still...come on Maxis!

Rebecca1208 · 03-10-2009, 10:08 AM

New parts pack please

Me loves creating

TheMrZ · 03-10-2009, 12:44 PM

parts packs means more money to play adventures on GA, even though you've already bought GA.

You have to pay more to continue using what you already have, it's almost like a subscription. Releasing parts packs enough could make Spore equivalent to a subscription game!

CnC I don't mind having to pay for to use all the GA adventure, it came out before GA, but another one I wouldn't want to pay for.

Especially as the new parts actually add very little to the gameplay or creations. You don't notice hugely that in an adventure someone has a cnc part on them, it doesn't affect the gameplay experience. You're paying more for something that doesn't do much to the gameplay.

Also, are any of the parts going to be something amazingly different that creators couldn't mimic or get close enough to with the current parts? Very little in CnC changed your creation capabilities much. Exoskeleton limbs were much better for that than the cnc parts.

TheMrZ · 03-10-2009, 12:45 PM

oddly it seems to have double posted...

Rebecca1208 · 03-10-2009, 12:55 PM

Hmm, did not think of that.

Well, if we could have more free parts in a patch, like Exo-Skeleton limbs, I think that might be a possible solution?

Hannan100 · 03-10-2009, 03:46 PM

I'd be very happy to have a new parts pack! Sure some people may complain it could make a lot of adventures unplayable for the people who don't buy it, but I'm sure there would plenty of adventures that don't use them.

Takben · 03-10-2009, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMrZ

parts packs means more money to play adventures on GA, even though you've already bought GA.

You have to pay more to continue using what you already have, it's almost like a subscription. Releasing parts packs enough could make Spore equivalent to a subscription game!

CnC I don't mind having to pay for to use all the GA adventure, it came out before GA, but another one I wouldn't want to pay for.

Especially as the new parts actually add very little to the gameplay or creations. You don't notice hugely that in an adventure someone has a cnc part on them, it doesn't affect the gameplay experience. You're paying more for something that doesn't do much to the gameplay.

Also, are any of the parts going to be something amazingly different that creators couldn't mimic or get close enough to with the current parts? Very little in CnC changed your creation capabilities much. Exoskeleton limbs were much better for that than the cnc parts.

Whoa, you have to pay for them again and again? Why?

Inthractus · 03-10-2009, 05:30 PM

Some new clothes would be nice as parts pack. Also some buidling parts like.

Takben · 03-10-2009, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Inthractus

Some new clothes would be nice as parts pack. Also some buidling parts like.

Yeah, I really meant for any editor. So that kind of thing would be great.

Shrooblord · 03-10-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Takben

Whoa, you have to pay for them again and again? Why?

I think he means that he thinks you're trying to vote for another Parts Expansion. And I think YOU think you're saying that you're voting for another Parts Patch (woah, what? I think you think to think that I think is what I thought you thought...

).

Takben · 03-10-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Shrooblord

I think he means that he thinks you're trying to vote for another Parts Expansion. And I think YOU think you're saying that you're voting for another Parts Patch (woah, what? I think you think to think that I think is what I thought you thought...

).

That's what I thought...I think...

STARFISH75 · 03-10-2009, 08:58 PM

Yes, and for vehicles and houses too!

maybe parts for huts, plants and cells!!!

I'd love to see more actions. That was the big draw from the first parts pack

IamSpore · 03-10-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMrZ

Also, are any of the parts going to be something amazingly different that creators couldn't mimic or get close enough to with the current parts? Very little in CnC changed your creation capabilities much. Exoskeleton limbs were much better for that than the cnc parts.

I think you'll find there are many creature parts besides the ones in cnc and spore that are completely different. Seing as we have the entire biological world to draw on, it doesn't take a genius to find new parts. And that doesn't even include the possibilities for parts in other editors, clothes, or maybe things that give you abilities in GA, for instance the Mech&Magic idea.

TheMrZ · 03-10-2009, 10:53 PM

Tab: What I mean is if we were to encourage EA to sell more parts packs, they'll continue to do so.

Thus the problem arises that with each new release, to be able to use Spore and GA to their full potential you must buy the new pack, as all the best creators will start using them in their creations.

Hence if you fail to buy the new packs, GA becomes useless after a while and Spore is devoid of any decent quality creations. To continue using the games you already own, you are regularly having to pay sums for something you don't necessarily want.

If it's a free patch then fine, but are EA really going to do that? EA give multiple parts packs away for free? EA not try to make as much money as possible?

Parts other than creature or captain ones would be pointless, as they have no function, and the vehicle parts really do allow for just about any shape to be mimicked.

Captain parts would be difficult to implement given the current unlock system: the 10 level max wouldn't be enough with extra parts, but you couldn't just unlock powerful parts for free. Higher levels is just a pain as the required exp increases so much each time!

Creature parts would have no effect on gameplay without creating new abilities, which I suspect will also be hard. As for aesthetic purposes, it's unlikely that the designers will be able to come up with anything which cannot be mimicked by a combination of pre-existing parts. I think our expert creators have demonstrated that just about anything can be created with the existing set.

Takben · 04-10-2009, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMrZ

Tab: What I mean is if we were to encourage EA to sell more parts packs, they'll continue to do so.

Thus the problem arises that with each new release, to be able to use Spore and GA to their full potential you must buy the new pack, as all the best creators will start using them in their creations.

Hence if you fail to buy the new packs, GA becomes useless after a while and Spore is devoid of any decent quality creations. To continue using the games you already own, you are regularly having to pay sums for something you don't necessarily want.

If it's a free patch then fine, but are EA really going to do that? EA give multiple parts packs away for free? EA not try to make as much money as possible?

Parts other than creature or captain ones would be pointless, as they have no function, and the vehicle parts really do allow for just about any shape to be mimicked.

Captain parts would be difficult to implement given the current unlock system: the 10 level max wouldn't be enough with extra parts, but you couldn't just unlock powerful parts for free. Higher levels is just a pain as the required exp increases so much each time!

Creature parts would have no effect on gameplay without creating new abilities, which I suspect will also be hard. As for aesthetic purposes, it's unlikely that the designers will be able to come up with anything which cannot be mimicked by a combination of pre-existing parts. I think our expert creators have demonstrated that just about anything can be created with the existing set.

Oh is see. Sorry about that.

Inthractus · 04-10-2009, 09:24 AM

Well sims has loads of parts, extentions etc. So why can't Spore??

Shrooblord · 04-10-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Inthractus

Well sims has loads of parts, extentions etc. So why can't Spore??

I guess because The Sims is far older, far more popular and has far more sequals than Spore. But I see a neck-on-neck race coming up though. Spore is about to either make EA go bust or win them the jackpot!

TheMrZ · 04-10-2009, 12:12 PM

EA can't go bust, they are leeching too much of society. Every penny they lose they are able to leech back through some other project of theirs. EG FIFA; eventually the money will end up in the hands of someone who wants to buy a clone of a game they bought last year with no noticeable changes.

Shrooblord · 04-10-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMrZ

eventually the money will end up in the hands of someone who wants to buy a clone of a game they bought last year with no noticeable changes.

...?

TheMrZ · 04-10-2009, 04:17 PM

FIFA is one of EA's top selling games, yet does much really change from year to year?

People accuse all sorts of game series which have really changed quite a bit over their existence of being repetitive, yet FIFA consistently gets away with making no change whatsoever to the game play.

EA aren't about to go bust because they have franchises like FIFA that they can release on a yearly basis with minimum costs for huge sales and profits. They have bucket loads they can lose on projects like Spore, should they decide to go risky.

They're not about to go risky because their entire business model relies on playing things safe, releasing games they know will sell well and releasing expansions to anything that has already sold well, to rake in more cash. Why do you think Spore got cnc and GA? it sold well, so they could make more out of selling expansions for it.

Why has the Sims2 got so many expansions? Well, the expansions will sell well due to the large number of people who already have the full game, cost very little to make relative to a full game, and bring in at least half as much revenue. The profits from such expansions are very big, and it's why EA does it.

Similarly RA3 sold well, and not only has it had an expansion, but it's also been release in multiple iterations on PC and consoles. It took a pitiful tithe to take a pre-existing game and change the control layout for console use, but it got a good income.

EA are a very predictable company. They milk products for everything they can.

Karagianis · 07-10-2009, 08:44 PM

I'd like a VEHICLES pack more really, to be honest. I've long been frustrated by the lack of a decent airplane propeller (the only 3 blade prop has strange spikes coming out the front rather than a propper hub). The only part that looks like an airplane propeller is a ships part! :P
We definitely should have had something to mark the end of Spore's first year though, I think EA/Maxis let us down there.

Mattadon · 07-10-2009, 09:23 PM

If we do get a new parts pack, I would like a few more parts than were in CnC. Don't get me wrong, I love Cute'n'Creepy parts and use them very often but I think that £10 for 60 parts is a bit steep considering the whole creature creator costs only £5.
Who knows, maybe I'm just an idealistic boy who doesn't know a thing about parts packs.

(Since I've never used them before).
Having said all that, If/when a new parts pack comes out, I'll be one of the first to jump on the band-wagon, regardless of value for money.

Stitch1200 · 07-10-2009, 09:28 PM

A parts pack would shatter the ecomomy!

so lets get one!

Clawzo · 11-10-2009, 03:19 PM

i want most of all longer cell stage whit more parts! like all the parts in the hidden cell editor

and maybe in the creature stage some caves and desert. and even hidden part maybe. like you need that and that attack to get into the parts (blocked caves)

sry for my bad english

Clawzo · 11-10-2009, 03:31 PM

and i forgot to say that maybe it vould be cool if it was possible to drag the dead corpses around. Fks: take them to the nest and gain DNA points and maybe a part

and feed the nest. like ''im going to hunt some food but not taking the food back, im going to eat by my self''

sry for bad english

View Poll Results: What do you think?
Yes, it's been ages scince we had a parts pack!	33	78.57%
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03-10-2009, 10:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Takben Banned Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dublin, Ireland Age: 12 Gender: Male Posts: 716	New Parts Pack Please I think it's time for a new parts pack. I understand that they have been busy making Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena but still...come on Maxis!

03-10-2009, 10:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rebecca1208 Elite Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the deepest, darkest depths of insanity... and I suppose Hampton, London Age: 15 Gender: Female Posts: 8,402	New parts pack please Me loves creating __________________ Spore Profile · DeviantArt · YouTube

03-10-2009, 12:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheMrZ Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 921	oddly it seems to have double posted... Last edited by TheMrZ; 03-10-2009 at 12:50 PM..

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Rebecca1208 Elite Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the deepest, darkest depths of insanity... and I suppose Hampton, London Age: 15 Gender: Female Posts: 8,402	Hmm, did not think of that. Well, if we could have more free parts in a patch, like Exo-Skeleton limbs, I think that might be a possible solution? __________________ Spore Profile · DeviantArt · YouTube

03-10-2009, 12:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheMrZ Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 921	parts packs means more money to play adventures on GA, even though you've already bought GA. You have to pay more to continue using what you already have, it's almost like a subscription. Releasing parts packs enough could make Spore equivalent to a subscription game! CnC I don't mind having to pay for to use all the GA adventure, it came out before GA, but another one I wouldn't want to pay for. Especially as the new parts actually add very little to the gameplay or creations. You don't notice hugely that in an adventure someone has a cnc part on them, it doesn't affect the gameplay experience. You're paying more for something that doesn't do much to the gameplay. Also, are any of the parts going to be something amazingly different that creators couldn't mimic or get close enough to with the current parts? Very little in CnC changed your creation capabilities much. Exoskeleton limbs were much better for that than the cnc parts.

03-10-2009, 03:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
Hannan100 Rookie Join Date: Jul 2009 Age: 15 Gender: Male Posts: 105	I'd be very happy to have a new parts pack! Sure some people may complain it could make a lot of adventures unplayable for the people who don't buy it, but I'm sure there would plenty of adventures that don't use them.

03-10-2009, 05:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
Inthractus Rookie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: West Yorkshire, England Age: 37 Gender: Female Posts: 470	Some new clothes would be nice as parts pack. Also some buidling parts like. __________________

03-10-2009, 08:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
STARFISH75 Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: London Gender: Male Posts: 784	Yes, and for vehicles and houses too! maybe parts for huts, plants and cells!!! I'd love to see more actions. That was the big draw from the first parts pack

03-10-2009, 10:53 PM	#14 (permalink)
TheMrZ Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 921	Tab: What I mean is if we were to encourage EA to sell more parts packs, they'll continue to do so. Thus the problem arises that with each new release, to be able to use Spore and GA to their full potential you must buy the new pack, as all the best creators will start using them in their creations. Hence if you fail to buy the new packs, GA becomes useless after a while and Spore is devoid of any decent quality creations. To continue using the games you already own, you are regularly having to pay sums for something you don't necessarily want. If it's a free patch then fine, but are EA really going to do that? EA give multiple parts packs away for free? EA not try to make as much money as possible? Parts other than creature or captain ones would be pointless, as they have no function, and the vehicle parts really do allow for just about any shape to be mimicked. Captain parts would be difficult to implement given the current unlock system: the 10 level max wouldn't be enough with extra parts, but you couldn't just unlock powerful parts for free. Higher levels is just a pain as the required exp increases so much each time! Creature parts would have no effect on gameplay without creating new abilities, which I suspect will also be hard. As for aesthetic purposes, it's unlikely that the designers will be able to come up with anything which cannot be mimicked by a combination of pre-existing parts. I think our expert creators have demonstrated that just about anything can be created with the existing set.

04-10-2009, 09:24 AM	#16 (permalink)
Inthractus Rookie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: West Yorkshire, England Age: 37 Gender: Female Posts: 470	Well sims has loads of parts, extentions etc. So why can't Spore?? __________________

04-10-2009, 12:12 PM	#18 (permalink)
TheMrZ Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 921	EA can't go bust, they are leeching too much of society. Every penny they lose they are able to leech back through some other project of theirs. EG FIFA; eventually the money will end up in the hands of someone who wants to buy a clone of a game they bought last year with no noticeable changes.

04-10-2009, 04:17 PM	#20 (permalink)
TheMrZ Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 921	FIFA is one of EA's top selling games, yet does much really change from year to year? People accuse all sorts of game series which have really changed quite a bit over their existence of being repetitive, yet FIFA consistently gets away with making no change whatsoever to the game play. EA aren't about to go bust because they have franchises like FIFA that they can release on a yearly basis with minimum costs for huge sales and profits. They have bucket loads they can lose on projects like Spore, should they decide to go risky. They're not about to go risky because their entire business model relies on playing things safe, releasing games they know will sell well and releasing expansions to anything that has already sold well, to rake in more cash. Why do you think Spore got cnc and GA? it sold well, so they could make more out of selling expansions for it. Why has the Sims2 got so many expansions? Well, the expansions will sell well due to the large number of people who already have the full game, cost very little to make relative to a full game, and bring in at least half as much revenue. The profits from such expansions are very big, and it's why EA does it. Similarly RA3 sold well, and not only has it had an expansion, but it's also been release in multiple iterations on PC and consoles. It took a pitiful tithe to take a pre-existing game and change the control layout for console use, but it got a good income. EA are a very predictable company. They milk products for everything they can.

07-10-2009, 08:44 PM	#21 (permalink)
Karagianis Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Leicester, England Age: 28 Gender: Male Posts: 565	I'd like a VEHICLES pack more really, to be honest. I've long been frustrated by the lack of a decent airplane propeller (the only 3 blade prop has strange spikes coming out the front rather than a propper hub). The only part that looks like an airplane propeller is a ships part! :P We definitely should have had something to mark the end of Spore's first year though, I think EA/Maxis let us down there. __________________ Arrange the blocks in order of yellowness.

07-10-2009, 09:23 PM	#22 (permalink)
Mattadon Rookie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Where you least expect it. Age: 14 Gender: Male Posts: 233	If we do get a new parts pack, I would like a few more parts than were in CnC. Don't get me wrong, I love Cute'n'Creepy parts and use them very often but I think that £10 for 60 parts is a bit steep considering the whole creature creator costs only £5. Who knows, maybe I'm just an idealistic boy who doesn't know a thing about parts packs. (Since I've never used them before). Having said all that, If/when a new parts pack comes out, I'll be one of the first to jump on the band-wagon, regardless of value for money. __________________ My Spore Page Last edited by Mattadon; 08-10-2009 at 05:22 PM.. Reason: I wrote 'creature creature' instead of 'creature creator'.

07-10-2009, 09:28 PM	#23 (permalink)
Stitch1200 Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In Games workshop, waiting for the new 'nid codex. Age: 15 Gender: Male Posts: 659	A parts pack would shatter the ecomomy! so lets get one! __________________ Fear Me, for I am The Hive mind

11-10-2009, 03:19 PM	#24 (permalink)
Clawzo Rookie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3	longer cell stage and creature stage i want most of all longer cell stage whit more parts! like all the parts in the hidden cell editor and maybe in the creature stage some caves and desert. and even hidden part maybe. like you need that and that attack to get into the parts (blocked caves) sry for my bad english

11-10-2009, 03:31 PM	#25 (permalink)
Clawzo Rookie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3	draging them around! and i forgot to say that maybe it vould be cool if it was possible to drag the dead corpses around. Fks: take them to the nest and gain DNA points and maybe a part and feed the nest. like ''im going to hunt some food but not taking the food back, im going to eat by my self'' sry for bad english