GameShark writes: "Although it has the word "Spore" in its title, don't be misled into thinking that Spore Creatures is just a smaller version of its PC big brother. This is an adventure game with a clear-cut, albeit simple, goal. Your pal Little Oogie is captured by a strange alien craft, and you must rescue him. Your mission takes you to several planets with various terrains ranging from lush jungles to frozen tundras and to burning deserts. These regions are populated by exotic wildlife, which will either be friendly or hostile to you. You have to either befriend or fight the locals in order to survive, and carry out a series of missions to continue to the next region or planet."
What's Hot:
+Decent creature editor
+Badges for completing achievements
What's Not:
-Repetitive gameplay
-Storyline restricts creature creation
-Creature friends get in the way of certain tasks
-Problems with stylus during creature editing
Insidegamer.nl: If Darwin had been a game developer, he would develop Spore Creatures .. In this game you explore with your homemade Spore being the wonderful world and try to evolve.
"Now it has become apparent that for all EA's reputation destroying efforts to ensure punters bought Spore, they may have actually acted to entice gamers to pirate the game. Forced between a choice of downloading the game for free, or effectively renting it from EA, punters voted with their clicking finger." - gameplayer reports
That picture is kinda wrong, considering the amount of illegal downloads of games like Spore I think we ('we' being gamers in general) are screwing the DRM up the backside, not the other way around.
Nice image, I didn't buy Spore and I'm glad because above DRM the game was hugely overrated.
Hugely overrated would probably be an understatement.
Gosh, that game was disappointing.
That game really needed more game to it. Creation stuff was great but it should have been secondary to game play not first.
About writes: "A spin-off from Will Wright's massive world-builder, Spore Creatures for the DS keeps the creature creating but loses all the awe of Spore. With a seemingly random storyline and a dull fighting mechanic, this is a weak interpretation of one of the biggest games of the year."
Pros
* Spore Creatures has a lovely, comic book-like aesthetic that plays with 2D and 3D.
* Adding wacky body parts to your creature is fun -- for a time.
* The DS's WiFi connection lets you show off particularly crazy creatures.
Cons
* Boiling down a huge, open game like Spore into a tiny adventure just doesn't work.
* Storyline feels random and tacked on.
* The fighting mechanic (i.e. scribbling on the screen with your stylus) is boringly simple.
