“Spore” is the incredibly ambitious life/god Simulation title that served as the culmination of both Maxis Software founder, Will Wright’s vision of the genre, and EA’s ability to ruin everything they touch. Released in 2008 after years of hype, “Spore” ultimately flopped in the public eye thanks in large part to EA’s SecuROM DRM scheme, but also thanks to Wright overselling the project pre-launch and the Maxis team being forced to make cuts and revisions that obsessed fans could not tolerate. I, as a PC gaming apostate during the years of “Spore’s” hype generation and release, didn’t really give a fig about it one way or the other. I did, however, see Chris playing the creature stage at one point, and thought the game looked like it had potential as a follow-up to t... |
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