24th February 2011, 9:37 PM
It's original only in that no one has ever tried to staple five different [and very, very shallow] games together before. Every aspect of the game is simplistic and brain-dead easy. The microbe segment is fun, but not much different than that free flash game that came out prior to Spore. The creature segment is really slow and really not fun at all. The two Civ segments are an utter joke, destroyed on every level by Civilization and Populous. The space segment was the best, but still just basically Galactic Civilizations, only simpler, with some sort of neat action parts tacked on. Didn't really help that your ability to interact with other civilizations was incredibly limited.
I got more enjoyment out of the free creature creator demo than I did the full game.
I got more enjoyment out of the free creature creator demo than I did the full game.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.