For many of you, yesterday's news meant that life would have to take a break on September 7th of this year. Friends will be lost and your job will likely alter to one of playing God instead of filing paperwork like you currently do. Yup, it should be a very good year.That is, until we read up on Joystiq's impressions with the DS version of Will Wright's game. First of all, it's being developed by Foundation 9 and not Maxis. Although Maxis did say they're handling "design" internally, we're not all too pleased to know that another developer is making this game and it won't be under the scrutinizing eye of Will Wright day and night.
Second, this game is going to be very different from Spore on the PC. In Spore Creatures, you're abducted by aliens, along with a pal of yours, and you must go on a long quest to save your friend. You'll make other friends, evolve and fight to survive. But, the focus is clearly on collecting items and maintaining one creature, rather than all of the awesome stuff one can do in the PC game.
That isn't to say that Spore: Creatures is a completely lost cause. The game will allow players to trade creatures over Wi-Fi Connect, so we're glad to see that. Also, the creature creation system sounds robust, from what Joystiq found. And, also the game will benefit from a good stylus-driven control scheme.
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2-13-2008 @ 12:10PM
Randy said...
So it's kinda Pokespore: Fractalus Rescue Squad?
Bleh. I knew Spore DS != Spore PC, but this looks positively full of fail.
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2-13-2008 @ 3:02PM
Sakura3210 said...
I agree with Randy. I was really looking forward to this game, but if this is what it's going to be like, I am no longer interested.
2-13-2008 @ 7:30PM
ArmiMaan said...
Is anyone surprised by this? Surely you didn't expect them to cram the entire PC Spore experience into our tiny little handheld?
I'm still interested. I fully expected the DS version to be something along these lines -- 2D and all -- and I like the style. Looks like there'll still be plenty of customization options, so I'm quite satisfied with what the DS version of Spore is shaping up to be.
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2-14-2008 @ 3:28AM
rosethornn said...
Again, agreed. This sounds more like a Pixar movie than Spore.
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