Jim: Creativity usually benefits from some boundaries, though, doesn't it? John: But I think with this, it forces creativity to operate within its boundaries. Jim: But that's a problem with gamers: their imagination outstrips what developers are able to actually make. The restrictions in place - size, not being able to use feet without legs, etc. John: The complaints about the game seem to be what it can't do. So people are annoyed at its limitations, which is silly bearing in mind its capacity. John: Kieron, you put it right in your EG thing, where you say it doesn't make you a god. It reminded me of Eskil Steenberg talking about how to make tools: if they can be fun, productivity goes up. Jim: Yeah, let's talk about the actual act of using it. Having the save file be a picture file is just genius. So we should probably talk a bit about its functionality actually. Kieron: I think we should do something about it eventually - especially as people are putting up their own creations as the PNGs you just move in. John: I had a desire to make a sofa, but it never really worked out. There's a selection of genuinely awesome stuff out there - the ED209s, the planes, the chairs. Kieron: Yeah - I actually feel a little guilt on this. Jim: Actually it's a shame that our penis coverage, so to speak, has eclipsed the other clever creations. “The Spore Creature Creator is quite good.” Anyone have anything else to add? If you are thinking of getting this game, and you know what kind of time the Sims ate up, imagine creating a whole civilization from scratch.Jim: Okay, a quick verdict. The scheduled release date is September 7, but that could change as the release has already been delayed several times. The game is hard to categorize, because it is both a real-time strategy and life-simulation game. There are rumours of other platforms, but for now, no Xbox, Wii or PS3. Spore is being developed by EA and will be available on Windows, Mac and Nintendo DS (the DS version will be focusing on creature development). The character you create will start out as a unicellular organism in a tide pool or “cell phase” and end up as an intellectual and complex being trying to reach outer space. If you don’t know what Spore is about, it will be a massively single-player online game. By downloading the Creature Creator, you can play around with creatures that you will be able to create when the game releases, which will give you kind of a head start. EA has released for download Creature Creator for the highly anticipated game Spore.
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