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December 27, 2008

Game of the year 2008 : Spore

Filed under: Game Publishers, Games — Tags: , , , — admin @ 9:14 am

Spore, the revolutionary game from EA, has been rocking the gaming world. It’s no wonder then that Spore would emerge as the best mobile game of the year 2008.

The game is all about creating your own species, making it evolve and finally  reaching the top of the food chain as the ultimate predator. In other words, the gamer plays god and may be it is this aspect of the game that has made Spore so popular ( we humans love to play god, don’t we?)

The mobile version of Spore succeeds because it includes just the right aspects of the Spore game for PC, thereby making sure that the game is enjoyable and playable on a mobile. Spore for mobile is a 2D game and is in no way inferior to the full blown 3D version.  The game also concentrates only on a fraction of the PC version - the cellular levels. The creature creator is limited as well, but still allows for some level of customization. The basics of customizing our creations, like adding scales, teeth, antennas, etc and changing the size and shape have been reatained and are enough for hours of  pure fun on a mobile.

Bottomline is that Spore Mobile is a 2D shooter that allows you great scope for customization- limited, but still great fun on a mobile. Spore is the Game of the Year, without an iota of doubt!

October 17, 2008

Give life to your Spores!

Filed under: Game news — Tags: , , — admin @ 4:11 pm

The popular game from Electronic Arts is moving into a new dimension. EA has entered into partnership with Z corporation to make real 3D sculptures of the gamers’ spore creations. Now, that’s great work EA. Nice try at diverting us from the DRM issues plaguing the game.

Anyway, coming back to the sculptures, Z corporation’s advanced technology ( Do I really care what the technology is? Nay) will be used to convert the virtual spores that gamers create into sculptures that can be used for, hmmm, showing off to their friends maybe. Pardon the sarcastic tone, but what’s the purpose really? Spore is an excellent game to play where you give life to a creature, see it evolve, and make sure it reaches the top of the virtual food chain, but what will it in do in my bedroom?

Like I said, EA seems to be taking steps to promote the widely acclaimed game that was tarnished a bit due to the DRM issues. Many will like to get tangible versions of their spores, but am not amongst those and am definitely not  alone. Dragging and dropping “body parts” to get our spore up and alive is the game is so much, but a sculpture? Get real! People have better things to do, hopefully!

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