September 2008. One of the most anticipated games of 2008, Spore lets you customize and create you're own Species. You start of as a tiny micro-organism and have to work and evolve your creature to the end of space
You start of as a tiny cell and begin you're galactic adventure, from there you will need to evolve your creature so they will survive the harsh planes of the universe. You can Battle, Talk or Sneak you're way through civilization.
You're Species go through many phases in there life.
Phases-
The first phase of existence, the cell phase, is sometimes referred to as the tide pool, cellular, or microbial phase. The player guides simple protean microbes around in a 2D environment where it must deal with fluid dynamics and predators, while eating weaker microbes or plants. The player may choose whether the creature is an herbivore or a carnivore prior to starting the phase. Once the microbe has eaten several cells, the player can enter an editor in which they can modify the appearance, shape, and abilities of the microbe by spending "DNA points". A player may choose to remove some part from the microbe, which will refund some DNA points. If the creature dies, the player may restart from an earlier phase or point in the game. The player must also seek out special "golden shields" from meteor fragments that provide new parts for the player to use in the editor, such as spikes, mouths or limbs.
The creature phase is similar to the cell phase, but with several important differences. Principally, the environment is now truly 3D. Other creatures will inhabit the world, and most of them will have been created by other players. Creatures will automatically be introduced into the environment to maintain a balanced ecosystem. If the player creates a bigger, tougher creature, the predators that are downloaded will likewise be stronger than average.
In this stage, the basic goal is the same: hunt food to earn DNA points, reproduce, and avoid being eaten by predators. Unlike the asexual reproduction of the cell phase, the player must now locate a mate. Once the creature has laid an egg, scavengers will attempt to steal the eggs and the player must defend them (conversely, the player may eat other creatures' eggs as well). Before the egg hatches, the player will have the opportunity to 'evolve' their creature via the creature editor, spending DNA points to buy body parts. When the egg hatches, the player controls a baby version of the creature. "The Science Behind Spore" video featured a non-player controlled creature taller than a tree threatening a city, indicating the size possibilities at the other end of the scale.
In this stage, the basic goal is the same: hunt food to earn DNA points, reproduce, and avoid being eaten by predators. Unlike the asexual reproduction of the cell phase, the player must now locate a mate. Once the creature has laid an egg, scavengers will attempt to steal the eggs and the player must defend them (conversely, the player may eat other creatures' eggs as well). Before the egg hatches, the player will have the opportunity to 'evolve' their creature via the creature editor, spending DNA points to buy body parts. When the egg hatches, the player controls a baby version of the creature. "The Science Behind Spore" video featured a non-player controlled creature taller than a tree threatening a city, indicating the size possibilities at the other end of the scale.
After the player's species evolves its brain far enough, it enters the tribal phase. Physical development ceases, as does the player's exclusive control over an individual creature. The player is given a hut, a group of fully evolved creatures, a mini-map of the world for the first time, as well as two of six possible "super powers". These are unlocked depending on the species' behavior in the previous phases.
In this phase the game is similar to an real-time strategy game. The player may give the tribe tools such as weapons, musical instruments, and campfires. Food now replaces "DNA points" as the player's currency, which the player can spend on items and structures, or use to barter with other tribes. Creatures also gain the option to wear clothes that demarcate their professions. The player may also tame other creatures, and even use them as livestock.
In this phase the game is similar to an real-time strategy game. The player may give the tribe tools such as weapons, musical instruments, and campfires. Food now replaces "DNA points" as the player's currency, which the player can spend on items and structures, or use to barter with other tribes. Creatures also gain the option to wear clothes that demarcate their professions. The player may also tame other creatures, and even use them as livestock.
When entering the civilization phase, the player's tribal camp is now a city. Players now have two new editors: the building and vehicle editors. The game will attempt to detect what style of content the player prefers, download similar content created by other players and add it to the buy menu. Players can now construct a variety of land vehicles, aircraft, ships and submersibles. If players start at the Civilization phase, they may assign one of three civilization types: militaristic, economic or religious.
In constructing vehicles and buildings, as with most real-time strategy games, there is a capacity limit; building factories will increase the cap, additionally, constructing them adjacent to one another will provide a productivity bonus.
In constructing vehicles and buildings, as with most real-time strategy games, there is a capacity limit; building factories will increase the cap, additionally, constructing them adjacent to one another will provide a productivity bonus.
The space phase provides new goals and paths to follow as the player begins to spread through the universe.
The player may now terraform and colonize neighboring uninhabitable planets with special tools (water tool, volcano tool, etc). The ultimate tool is a technology which Wright dubbed the Genesis device, named after the device in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Terraforming tools include pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to act as a greenhouse gas. Left unchecked this can cause oceans to rise, then eventually to evaporate and transform the world into a desert planet, followed by a molten rock in space.
The player may cause comets to crash into a planet to create water, or force volcanoes to erupt to increase atmosphere. Players may build cities on the surface of an inhospitable planet once they gain the ability to create bubbled cities, similar in function to self-sustaining arcologies
The player may now terraform and colonize neighboring uninhabitable planets with special tools (water tool, volcano tool, etc). The ultimate tool is a technology which Wright dubbed the Genesis device, named after the device in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Terraforming tools include pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to act as a greenhouse gas. Left unchecked this can cause oceans to rise, then eventually to evaporate and transform the world into a desert planet, followed by a molten rock in space.
The player may cause comets to crash into a planet to create water, or force volcanoes to erupt to increase atmosphere. Players may build cities on the surface of an inhospitable planet once they gain the ability to create bubbled cities, similar in function to self-sustaining arcologies
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