Spore

Remmiz · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:05 am Post subject:

Spore has been one of the biggest letdowns since The Matrix Reloaded.

Duffedwaffe · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:20 pm Post subject:

It needs a Securom crack.

Now.

Or else I'm gonna shove it right back down Wal-Mart's throat and demand a refund, because that was not mentioned on the box and I did not pay for that shit.

reepblue · Test Supervisor Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 180

My brother loves it. . And he has been really hypocritical on games these days.

PortalFan77 · GET IT, PORTAL FAN Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 285

Duffedwaffe · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

msleeper · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject:

Five casual games, duct-taped together.

Duffedwaffe · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject:

Hober · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject:

Duff, it's people like you who've made Spore's Amazon rating one star.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080908-gamers-fight-back-against-lackluster-spore-gameplay-bad-drm.html

It's just amazing that they keep trying despite DRM being proven again and again not be ineffective.

What's it that they say about insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?

Duffedwaffe · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject:

Hober · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject:

I'm with you on SecuROM being dumb, but a few points:

1) When you sound like you're foaming at the mouth (which is how the above post "sounds" to me) you're less likely to be taken seriously.

2) SecuROM isn't a rootkit.

Duffedwaffe · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject:

rellikpd · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:00 am Post subject:

Ricotez · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:30 am Post subject:

Darn, I already gone ahead and installed the game on the three computers (1 mac and 2 pc's) in our house. I guess I have to search for Spore's receipt in case one of the computers crashes...

I hate EA, now more than ever. And I hate they publish so many great games, all made by second- and third-parties, but screwing them up with their profit-menace. They are a company like all others, extremely paranoid but doing shit to prevent piracy.

I really feel sorry for Spore, since it's still a great game, even though a slight letdown. Now the casual gamers, who are not aware of all the controverse and for who the game was ment, will be spoiled by all the hardcore gamers who don't like the game and the DRM and screw up the game's public ratings.

Oh well. Doesn't this happen to a lot of games, especially the ones EA publishes? And, like mentioned before, doesn't it cool down after a short while when everyone finds out it's not all as bad as the hype suggested? I guess hardcore gamers just like to complain about new games, about casual games and about EA Games. And I'm one of them, that's why I'm complaining here.

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Hober · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject:

Ric, I sort of agree. Bioshock was very much thunder and lightning until they released a few measures to placate the fan base and the controversy sort of died.

But it seems the only way to make these guys pay attention is to hit them in the wallet, which is exactly what the Amazon bombing will do. And, strictly speaking, I have no problem with it as long as every reviewer purchased the game.

But when you start getting random internet assholes stuffing the review thread the same way the Paulians kept stuffing online polls for Their Man Ron, the intellectual dishonesty there begins to bother me.