Lord Thodin said:
Internet Kraken said:
In terms of over-hyped games, Spore. That will always be my answer to this question.
I really wanted to buy that game. Whats wrong with
that game?
It's just nothing like it was supposed to be. I followed it from the beginning. When they released the demo for creature creation, I loved it. The game did nothing to make me believe that it would not live up to expectations, but it somehow failed.
First, the creation aspect of the game is fine. It exceeded my expectations. You can make nearly any creature or vehicle and the game will still find a way to have them move and behave properly (usually).
But while the creation aspect of the game is great, the game play is terrible. You make these amazing creations but you have nothing to do with them. The game play is repetitive and shallow. Your only options for dealing with other species are to be friends or kill them. Eventually, being friends stops being an option (it becomes absurdly difficult to make and maintain relationships between other species, and at some times it is impossible). So eventually you just have to kill almost everyone. And while you can build nearly any type of building you can imagine, you have to shove them into stupid little peg holes in each city. Customization is very limited there, which was supposed to be one of the games strong points. It only becomes more limited when you reach the space stage.
One of the things they always talked about was how you would be able to change planets in almost any way. Carve rivers into the planet, terraform the planet, draw designs into the planet with craters. But in the final game the only way you can change the planets is with stupid cookie cutter designs. So almost every planet, no matter how you try to customize them, ends up looking the same. This only enhanced by the fact that in order to terraform a planet you have to throw down some plants and animals onto its surface. Usually this involves planting down the same generic creatures and flora you have gathered form your own planets. I'm not even going to talk about diplomacy and combat in the space stage, suffice to say that it is both pathetic and frustrating.
TL;DR: Spore has some great customization in the initial stages, but the poor gameplay and lack of customization later in the game ruins the experience.
