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The_Pope · 15th May 2006, 12:10

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2006/...preview/1.html

tm36usa · 15th May 2006, 12:25

I think I like this game alot, or will like it alot. Just seems like a very fun game. This weekend I watched a 35 minute video on spore off google videos but now I cant find the one I watched. Heres a link to the hour long one http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...348066&q=spore

Looks like a sweet game, cant wait for a release.

DougEdey · 15th May 2006, 12:27

Dear god I want this, I'll believe in you if I get this.

Well I'll believe, then I'll beat you at your own evolution game

specofdust · 15th May 2006, 12:30

Wowzers. That looks absolutely fantastic. I'm really hoping this won't become another sims, because I'd hate to hate what looks like it's going to be a revolutionary experience.

My one worry about this game is that it looks like if one stage was really boring or repetitive, it might mar the rest of the game. They're going to have to balance it really well, or make each stage compelling and innovative compared with the previous, to assure that people don't end up hating the game just because of a specific section.

Btw, nice to see all the clickables at the end!

antiHero · 15th May 2006, 12:53

I am wondering what the system specs gone be toplay this game? Ether pretty high couse everything runs from the CPU or average couse most comes from the server. Dos anyone know something about that?
Anyway i look forward to play it, i just love the whole concept.

Spaced_invader · 15th May 2006, 13:17

now theres a game i'm actually gonna pay money for... The last game I bought was HL2 about 18 months ago just to show you how much I would rate this game lol

specofdust · 15th May 2006, 13:24

Well, it looks very much like they had AA off from the enlarged screen antiHero. So I would assume it's running pretty shabbily right now. I think it can be instantly assumed that servers will not be expected to be doing lot's of work, that just wouldn't be a model a publisher would like.

MiNiMaL_FuSS · 15th May 2006, 13:32

this games scope seems absolutely vast.

if anybody remmbers SimLife it reminds me of that in many ways, cept with SimCity and Civilization amongst other things thrown into the mix...amazing, but i gotta ask...is this game gunna be like 30gig??! theres never been a game with so much scope, how could u ever get board.....i simply cant wait.

stephen2002 · 15th May 2006, 14:07

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Originally Posted by MiNiMaL_FuSS

is this game gunna be like 30gig??!

They are saying that basically everything in the game is procedurally generated, as in generated by the computer on the fly, so it is quite possible that the game install will be fairly small. For example, there is a 3D program called MojoWorld that generates entire planets using procedural methods. The save files for these entire highly detailed planets are usually 250-650KB.

DriftCarl · 15th May 2006, 14:12

Maybe I am just not getting this game but I dont see why its so hyped and fantastic. I agree the technology and concept of the game are unique and pritty amazing. But I dont understand the objective of the game at all. I try to think of it in a sim city type of way but I just dont see it at all.
Little creatures running about making little radar graphics at eachother seems to be all thats in the game. I think alot of people would spend an hour or so on this game on their own world. play another hour on someone elses world that they downloaded, and then never touch the game again.
I am much more excited about UT2007, Warhammer Online and various other multiplayer games.

Solidus · 15th May 2006, 14:19

i definately think if this game was online in realtime with other players and if we could interact and visit their worlds and galaxys, it would definately be allot more fun.

vts · 15th May 2006, 14:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriftCarl

Maybe I am just not getting this game but I dont see why its so hyped and fantastic. I agree the technology and concept of the game are unique and pritty amazing. But I dont understand the objective of the game at all. I try to think of it in a sim city type of way but I just dont see it at all.
Little creatures running about making little radar graphics at eachother seems to be all thats in the game. I think alot of people would spend an hour or so on this game on their own world. play another hour on someone elses world that they downloaded, and then never touch the game again.
I am much more excited about UT2007, Warhammer Online and various other multiplayer games.

everything in evolution

from literal amoeba to space flight. EVERYTHING!

then you get to play god.

watch the video.

Anakha · 15th May 2006, 15:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by stephen2002

They are saying that basically everything in the game is procedurally generated, as in generated by the computer on the fly, so it is quite possible that the game install will be fairly small. For example, there is a 3D program called MojoWorld that generates entire planets using procedural methods. The save files for these entire highly detailed planets are usually 250-650KB.

Indeed. For a real example of how Procedural Generation is your friend, check out some of the work by Farb-Rausch, like .the .product (zip file hosted on scene.org, 64Kb) and Poem To A Horse (Also 64Kb), And these are 6 years old now.

Firehed · 15th May 2006, 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriftCarl

Maybe I am just not getting this game but I dont see why its so hyped and fantastic. I agree the technology and concept of the game are unique and pritty amazing. But I dont understand the objective of the game at all. I try to think of it in a sim city type of way but I just dont see it at all.
Little creatures running about making little radar graphics at eachother seems to be all thats in the game. I think alot of people would spend an hour or so on this game on their own world. play another hour on someone elses world that they downloaded, and then never touch the game again.
I am much more excited about UT2007, Warhammer Online and various other multiplayer games.

Why be happy taking over the world when the entire universe is ripe for the taking?

yahooadam · 15th May 2006, 18:46

It looks pretty good to me

but it sounds to me like it will get boring really fast - you know, how much can you do a similar thing

Plus its made by EA, so i wouldnt be suprised if they balls it up

jrs77 · 15th May 2006, 20:39

I am going to order it right now from amazon. Yeah right! It's already listed there.

I played SimCity till the beginning and The Sims 1+2 was a lot of fun too. BTW, Sims 2 is still alot of fun here and then.

I expect SPORE to be a really great game, with a huge amount of features.

I don't really know, if you "haters" got that right, but it will be possible to interact with the "races" that other people created, so there will be the chance for trading with and/or fighting against others. And that is the one point I miss in the Sims 2.

DarkReaper · 15th May 2006, 21:14

The thing I'm interested in is the 'massively single-player' concept - where I can get my friend's world that he's created and run amok in it - kinda like the multiplayer in black & white only without individual player power having to be nerfed for balance

greatslack · 16th May 2006, 08:17

I've still yet to see a mammalian creature, or an intelligent aquatic creature. I wonder if this is a limit of the game, or if Will Wright simply prefers land-dwelling reptiles...

eek · 16th May 2006, 10:34

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Originally Posted by greatslack

I've still yet to see a mammalian creature, or an intelligent aquatic creature. I wonder if this is a limit of the game, or if Will Wright simply prefers land-dwelling reptiles...

In the video i watched a while back, the land changes from water/land when you remove fins/other aquatic features from the creature (and vice versa) so I'm guessing that so long as you kept these features in place then you would have an aquatic creature... I't be interesting to see how your aquatic creature could survive in space though, the ship would need to be like an anti submarine that could fly.... maybe it will alll be land based after a certain level!!

Hamish · 16th May 2006, 11:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by eek

In the video i watched a while back, the land changes from water/land when you remove fins/other aquatic features from the creature (and vice versa) so I'm guessing that so long as you kept these features in place then you would have an aquatic creature... I't be interesting to see how your aquatic creature could survive in space though, the ship would need to be like an anti submarine that could fly.... maybe it will alll be land based after a certain level!!

Enterprise had space whales

15th May 2006, 12:10	#1
The_Pope Geoff Richards Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,089	Spore - the E3 preview http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2006/...preview/1.html

15th May 2006, 12:25	#2
tm36usa I am a Dremel Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Deep Underground Posts: 1,593	I think I like this game alot, or will like it alot. Just seems like a very fun game. This weekend I watched a 35 minute video on spore off google videos but now I cant find the one I watched. Heres a link to the hour long one http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...348066&q=spore Looks like a sweet game, cant wait for a release. __________________ Project Double Helix 01110100011011010011001100110110011101010111001101 100001

15th May 2006, 12:30	#4
specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,615	Wowzers. That looks absolutely fantastic. I'm really hoping this won't become another sims, because I'd hate to hate what looks like it's going to be a revolutionary experience. My one worry about this game is that it looks like if one stage was really boring or repetitive, it might mar the rest of the game. They're going to have to balance it really well, or make each stage compelling and innovative compared with the previous, to assure that people don't end up hating the game just because of a specific section. Btw, nice to see all the clickables at the end! __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

15th May 2006, 12:53	#5
antiHero An Ugly Pineapple! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hellsinki Posts: 1,813	I am wondering what the system specs gone be toplay this game? Ether pretty high couse everything runs from the CPU or average couse most comes from the server. Dos anyone know something about that? Anyway i look forward to play it, i just love the whole concept. __________________ Laptop: Acer Aspire One, 1.6GHz Atom, 1.5GB Ram, 30GB 1.8" HDD, Windows 7 Gaming Rig: Athlon 64 3000+ s754 @ 2.15GHz, 1,5 GB Ram, 800 GB Hdd, Radeon HD 2900 Pro 512 MB Linux Box: VIA Epia 550mHz, 512mb Ram, 200GB Hdd, Ubuntu Server 7.10 Project ~Sinus~ - Update 27.02.2007 Front Bay done! Mini Project "SuperUser" - Update 10.06.2008

15th May 2006, 13:17	#6
Spaced_invader Supermodder Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK Posts: 493	now theres a game i'm actually gonna pay money for... The last game I bought was HL2 about 18 months ago just to show you how much I would rate this game lol __________________ email me: echo "'1+&9#1)+/6@)0#+/.%20" \| tr "#--/-=" a-z those that should know, know...

15th May 2006, 12:27	#3
DougEdey I pwn all your storage Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 13,933	Dear god I want this, I'll believe in you if I get this. Well I'll believe, then I'll beat you at your own evolution game

15th May 2006, 13:24	#7
specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,615	Well, it looks very much like they had AA off from the enlarged screen antiHero. So I would assume it's running pretty shabbily right now. I think it can be instantly assumed that servers will not be expected to be doing lot's of work, that just wouldn't be a model a publisher would like. __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

15th May 2006, 13:32	#8
MiNiMaL_FuSS I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Posts: 3,075	this games scope seems absolutely vast. if anybody remmbers SimLife it reminds me of that in many ways, cept with SimCity and Civilization amongst other things thrown into the mix...amazing, but i gotta ask...is this game gunna be like 30gig??! theres never been a game with so much scope, how could u ever get board.....i simply cant wait. __________________ -Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, Take the Present as a Gift-

15th May 2006, 14:12	#10
DriftCarl Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 199	Maybe I am just not getting this game but I dont see why its so hyped and fantastic. I agree the technology and concept of the game are unique and pritty amazing. But I dont understand the objective of the game at all. I try to think of it in a sim city type of way but I just dont see it at all. Little creatures running about making little radar graphics at eachother seems to be all thats in the game. I think alot of people would spend an hour or so on this game on their own world. play another hour on someone elses world that they downloaded, and then never touch the game again. I am much more excited about UT2007, Warhammer Online and various other multiplayer games.

15th May 2006, 14:19	#11
Solidus Superhuman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,646	i definately think if this game was online in realtime with other players and if we could interact and visit their worlds and galaxys, it would definately be allot more fun. __________________ I'm a n00b in need of constant h3lp! Xbox Live GT: Mephestic PSN Tag: M3phestic Twitter: Mephestic

15th May 2006, 18:46	#15
yahooadam Ultra csavarkulcs Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,323	It looks pretty good to me but it sounds to me like it will get boring really fast - you know, how much can you do a similar thing Plus its made by EA, so i wouldnt be suprised if they balls it up

15th May 2006, 20:39	#16
jrs77 keep it simple stoopid Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ikaalinen / Finland Posts: 372	I am going to order it right now from amazon. Yeah right! It's already listed there. I played SimCity till the beginning and The Sims 1+2 was a lot of fun too. BTW, Sims 2 is still alot of fun here and then. I expect SPORE to be a really great game, with a huge amount of features. I don't really know, if you "haters" got that right, but it will be possible to interact with the "races" that other people created, so there will be the chance for trading with and/or fighting against others. And that is the one point I miss in the Sims 2. __________________ ... and always remember, that the world is an orange!

15th May 2006, 21:14	#17
DarkReaper Alignment: Sarcastic Good Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Belfast, NI Posts: 1,750	The thing I'm interested in is the 'massively single-player' concept - where I can get my friend's world that he's created and run amok in it - kinda like the multiplayer in black & white only without individual player power having to be nerfed for balance

16th May 2006, 08:17	#18
greatslack Minimodder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 24	I've still yet to see a mammalian creature, or an intelligent aquatic creature. I wonder if this is a limit of the game, or if Will Wright simply prefers land-dwelling reptiles...