I can't believe it. Spore was going to be one of the greatest games of all time. It's been in development for a bazillion years and was evolving (pun intended) the entire fucking industry and they went and changed the fucking goddamn graphics. And they removed the water phase from the game.
So, you may say graphics don't matter and I would tend to agree in most cases. But in this case it is the stylistic approach of the graphics that has just ruined it. It's become super cartoony.
It's a fucking crying shame to be honest.
Other things that have ruined it are elements that have been changed to cater to the kiddy brigade. In the original builds when you attacked a creature it was realistic in the sense that there was blood and when it was dead you would eat your prey realistically. Now whatever you kill turns in to a PLATE of meat. :roll:
It's just so depressing how much they have fucked the game. It looked AMAZING before. Now the new build looks about ten steps backwards. I can't believe Will Wright would have preferred to have it like this. I have a feeling EA are behind this.
Observe:
Original build when the game was still amazing from 2005!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8dvMDFOFnA
DESTROYED version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGJOlq6-upY
I could be overreacting, the game still has some amazing elements and the procedural engine is just stunning. But to see something that was so close to greatness go backwards like this in to the realms of cartoon silliness is depressing as hell.

So, you may say graphics don't matter and I would tend to agree in most cases. But in this case it is the stylistic approach of the graphics that has just ruined it. It's become super cartoony.
It's a fucking crying shame to be honest.
Other things that have ruined it are elements that have been changed to cater to the kiddy brigade. In the original builds when you attacked a creature it was realistic in the sense that there was blood and when it was dead you would eat your prey realistically. Now whatever you kill turns in to a PLATE of meat. :roll:
It's just so depressing how much they have fucked the game. It looked AMAZING before. Now the new build looks about ten steps backwards. I can't believe Will Wright would have preferred to have it like this. I have a feeling EA are behind this.
Observe:
Original build when the game was still amazing from 2005!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8dvMDFOFnA
DESTROYED version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGJOlq6-upY
I could be overreacting, the game still has some amazing elements and the procedural engine is just stunning. But to see something that was so close to greatness go backwards like this in to the realms of cartoon silliness is depressing as hell.
