What Happened To Spore?

[@danjlilley]

I loved the progression through spore but the tribal and civilisation stages felt empty and unfinished. The space stage was great but often felt like too much of a chore trying to micromanage everything

[@triple0verkillz45]

i liked the tribal stage... i didnt rly like the civilization stage because its so simple. I beat it in 23 minutes lol

[@Little_Miss_Carrex]

Dan Lilley Spore never crashed until space

[@TheSinfulGamer]

THATS a lie, for me it crashed everytime i died in the creature stage.

[@jimi6505]

ikr I never finished the space stage same reason only ones because I was right next to the black hole but I just like make another character

[@omegasupreme5527]

Even when the game was still new people complained about the space stage. The main thing wanted was templates for when you were colonizing since that was way too tedious by your hundredth planet or so.

[@MissyMona]

I know this was released quite awhile ago, though I have to give a small critique. You told us more about what the game was instead of giving information about what happened to it which you left only for the very end. Most people whom click your video will probably know what spore is, they're most likely looking for a more in depth look at Spores downfall over the years then an explanation of the game. This isn't to say the explanation was bad, but rather it could of used improvement and made simplified.

[@notalaeyt784]

What happened to it?, that's a stupid question tho. it's still there, nothing happened to it, it's still on steam.

[@MissyMona]

It's not a stupid question because the question wasn't about Spore alone, it was about the spore brand. It disappeared from the face of the earth, the video is meant to explain what happened to it' as a whole. If Nintendo stopped making Mario games and a video titled. "What happened to Mario" was released I'd imagine it would be self explanatory, everyone knows the old games didn't suddenly vanish.

[@Xackory]

MonakoSM would love to see u do better

[@MissyMona]

I'd like to introduce you to "Tu Quoque" It's a logical fallacy where instead of engaging with criticism you attempt to turn that criticism back on the person giving it. It's flawed because it implies that to give a critique you have to have experience in the field, when in reality you are just as much allowed to give constructive criticism. Mostly because as a consumer your critique can impact and help to improve a creator's content, you are after all their audience. So, regardless as to if I could or couldn't do better then the creator of the content, I can say with certainty that if someone was trying to help me improve that I'd take it graciously.

[@NotAviantics]

MonakoSM you are a god.

[@TheDegus01]

I WANT SPORE 2

[@VoxelStudios]

Is this a joke or have they confirmed it, cuz all I ever saw concerning Spore 2 was an article called "It's time for Spore 2"

[@splitwirez]

There was a hoax regarding a sequel a while ago from a supposed developer known as "SkyGames". WAIT...

[@VoxelStudios]

WTF, it's true XD

[@dafrontyardigans9137]

The Degus all we got was dark spore

[@jimi6505]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AFlyingCoconut]

A Breakdown Of Spore Through The Stages; Cell Stage - Basically just Feeding Frenzy. Creature Stage - Conquer everyone through battle or just show them your sweet dance moves. Tribal Stage - Some other animals are getting smart like you, this won't stand. Kill them or befriend them into extinction, it doesn't matter which path you choose, both end with extinction. Civilisation Stage - Wage war against your own kind over resources you'll all eventually end up sharing anyway. Space Stage - Fight Grox and babysit literally every planet under your control because apparently you are the only competent member of your entire species. Do this until you get bored of the game.

[@crockoclock7771]

True...

[@amirhamizan9529]

hahahaha true. Now i remember why i stopped playing it years ago

[@DJMpro1999]

Builds T3 colony fully equiped to hold of a grox invasion. Planet: HALP WE GOT 3 PIRATES!!! THEIR SHIPS HAVE 100 HPS SUREENDER THE SPICES

[@Shins_Jim]

If it wasn't for micromanaging, I probably would of played and enjoyed the space stage a whole lot more. Instead i ended up playing the creature stage and genociding every other species on the map.

[@Creepkido]

the space stage part is so true

[@gagv4759]

One day I stumbled upon Spore gameplay from 2005 and got instant depression. Imo the animations looked better and the creature stage looked more fun overall. I'm sad that Maxis removed so much content to make the game appeal to kids. The 2005 one looked way more dark and interesting. It was just more real.

[@joe-nl9jd]

Cumstar maxis didn't cut content EA forced them to

[@aquitehandsomebrit5613]

SmashBomb thats sad ;-;

[@atumra5]

Will Wright was on team science! That's why he left EA when the game launched.

[@freshboy3968]

That's when the Dark Spore comes in. xD

[@sergeantchaos4670]

Spore came out in 2008..?

[@im_jupyter]

EA happened. They screwed up spore, and ruined all of what Maxis promised. If someone knows any development of a game that is spore but better, please tell me ;v; I really want to follow up on any games like spore still in the making.

[@mikicerise6250]

Thrive is vapourware.

[@pyroball602]

Thirv (jk, Thrive)

[@triagonalco-sign6793]

thrive is trying, but it’s an indie and will probably take a very long time to develop. or maybe it’ll never leave development at all.

[@sanktsev]

Well, there isn't exactly a clear concept for it yet, but you may want to keep an eye on Starfield. It's being developed by Bethesda.

[@SlightlyInactive]

Ea ruined all of maxis. Any maxis game. Maxis had so much potential in all of their games. Sim life, sim city. The sims. All dead games. At least city skylines picked up on sim city. Hopefully someone, some developer builds a game similar to spore. Or that ea will one day release the source code like they did with sim city

[@pradashui3026]

i think they should make a second spore including the fish stage as well as having the space stage like galactic adventures

[@JumpingJaggi]

shaolin The fish stage is what the cell stage became

[@pradashui3026]

i see, but they could still have the fish stage they originally had right after the cell stage

[@PagChomp190]

i was so hyped as a kid when i saw the trailer for spore in the TV and they showed a "crocodile" swimming in the water but i got pretty disappointed after i first played it :( ... nevertheless it was still a fun game and made my childhood pretty sweet

[@littlesylveon8891]

shui There's a mod that enables the aquatic stage, but if they do make a spore 2, I feel like there should be an option into whether the character wants to go inland or continue living as a sea creature.

[@kade721]

And proper military wars with soldiers and crap

[@trroyyc]

The idea behind Spore is amazing. If only they had put more effort into it. I first played it on the DS when i was a lot younger, then played it on the computer for nostalgia's sake.

[@tjeulink]

The DS version is nothing like the pc version..

[@trroyyc]

I know. But the DS version had a special place in my heart, it was one of my favorite games. So even if the two versions vary severely, they still have the evolution part in common, which is why I loved it.

[@gamerboygaming]

There's a DS version?!?!?!?!??!??! *Dies*

[@AntounSawires]

I always loved Spore and I wish they make another one with modern graphics. Awesome content keep up the great work!

[@TheSandboxSocial]

+Antoun Sawires Hey, Thanks! It would be so cool if they either remade Spore or something similar that was more polished and had a lot of depth to it.

[@Quinnandfriends1]

The Sandbox Social look up Thrive, its open source so it'll take a while to finish but it's promising. They've almost finished their version of the microbe stage.

[@ayandragon2727]

11 months late? Yeah, but there is the "beautiful" game... Dark Spore... That replaces the creativity and desing with diablo like gameplay. Better combat then spore... But that's about it.

[@Vullurian]

Dag Johansen source?

[@Vullurian]

its just a rockpapershotgun article lol

[@LiptonTeaGodly]

Coming from some guy, who when he was a kid, all his computer could play was Spore at low settings. I played the living shit out of this game, found the secrets and little exploits here and there...but when I found the Spore GDC footage, I just felt cheated. That version I saw playtested with a commentary by the developers, looks so much better than this garbage we got handed. *For instance:* In the original demo/version of Spore that was initially created AND designed to be the definitive edition of Spore wayyyy back in 2004-2006, they had analysed animal body movement patterns and integrated some of their own patterns into the game engine. *What does that mean for gameplay?* Well, it means you can design a three legged animal, that would move and behave realistically like a three legged animal. The Cell Stage was also expanded, it wasn't just simple veggies and meat, (that doesn't make any fucking sense even if you ARE A CHILD, science teaches you that cells don't eat veggies and fucking pieces of meat in the sea) you had different variations of microbes/organism that could hunt you and WERE more powerful than you, so you had to runaway or hide/evade. They would also mutate and change with you, as your cell evolved. You would also reproduce realistically like a multi-cellular organism, rather than *in 2008 EA Spore* you squiggle into them and a egg pops out. *The Water Stage* The guy in this video is right. What happened to that? There was no point in cutting it, that would of been the coolest stage in my opinion. Huge leviathans, pack hunters like Dolphins and big predators such as shark-like creatures, again all creatures had realistic behaviour and movement or AI intelligence. I don't see why they cut that, because being me at 8 years old I even questioned it back then, all those years ago. A body that is flat with legs coming out of the water suddenly to colonise? Okay. At least in the *GDC version of Spore* it made a little more sense. This game was good, don't get me wrong. BUT, it could have been better and made more money if they simply went for the realistic route! I don't even have to tell you that kids literally were not interested in this game back in 2008, back then oh COD and Halo were all the rage! If they had gone the realistic route/scientifically accurate route they would of made a lot more money, and as such a more fulfilling game. Don't believe me? Okay, here you go: *GTA 5, The Last of Us, Dark Souls, Moonbase Alpha, etc etc* Furthermore, I would love to contact the developers and I have tried! The reason being is that I want obtain a copy or a demo copy of the original *2005 GDC Spore*. To me, that would be enough of a game even with shit graphics and a resolution of 480p. For fucksake EA, you ruin games! I want the Original *GDC* spore to be released! Like or reply to this comment if you feel the same, LE out. The edit was for a change in my YT name.

[@SplitGoose]

What does GTA 5 and Dark Souls or The Last of Us have to do with scientifically accurate?

[@SlightlyInactive]

SplitGoose idk but speaking of gta, there ain’t gonna be a gta 6. I heard of an interview with the rockstar lead developer of the gta franchise who said he doesn’t wanna publish a game that would anger the media. He doesn’t want to get buried in lawsuits from shitty liberals

[@timyu3473]

I fully agree with all you sed

[@arikaaa69]

As a gamedev student, there is one important thing about game development that I feel not enough people understand. Gamedev is FUCKING HARD! Spore is such a huge and complex game finishing it exactly as intended, with realistic creature movement, the aquatic stage and each stage having overall more complexity would be insanity. There is so much that can go wrong at any point, whether that be some art assets not getting finished on schedule, endless bugs that could at any point destroy the inteded experience, keeping all the different mechanics in balance and the urge to add even more elements to the game and so on. The aquatic stage while interesting in theory must have taken more time and effort than the team had to make a product that was worthy of shipment. Even with a great publisher it would still be hella difficult to get it done. The team must have decided that aquatic was the least necessary stage for the overall function and experience of the game as a whole. Managing realistic movement for infinite custom creatures that consistently work would also be extremely difficult to get right without a thousand bugs breaking the game in unique unfun ways. I know first-hand the disappointment of not getting in important parts of the game concept. From small student team to huge AAA releases, it is extremely easy for devs to overscope, and if the stuff that doesn't work isn't cut fast enough, the time loss on those elements will ripple through the rest of the game like a cancer cell. At the end of the day, a game eventually needs to wrap up its development and ship. If not, you're simply not gonna have a game that people can play, and if it can't be played everything will be a waste.

[@LiptonTeaGodly]

@@arikaaa69 Responding to a three year old comment...but ok! Mate, 4-5 years of game dev is more than enough time to implement the features I listed, better cell stage & water stage. Have you EVEN watched the GDC spore video? They had it literally finished seeing as they could RUN A DEMONSTRATION IN REAL TIME. I'll tell you what happened : EA intervened in the development process several times and continually set new deadlines as is now their standard for games in 2010+. But ya know disregard the 80+ likes that agree with me and totally don't watch the GDC video to understand my perspective... **>You sound more like a frustrated Indie developer**

[@MrHootsMannST101]

It's amazing how spore still holds up even in 2017.

[@notcraig255]

Most people are in to the creature stage and creating creatures its the best one tbh

[@COVID-19_Crab]

SpaceTaco 101 I know you! Btw I miss your pivot animations.

[@Astro_Guy_1]

amazing how tf2 still holds up in 2017

[@SinoroxReal]

no tf2 doesnt xd

[@notyouraverageskittelz696]

don't u dare fuck with tf2

[@endertronicinc.7463]

say what you want,it's still better than no man's sky

[@fmlAllthetime]

So it's better than a terrible game...? That's not a high bar to set.

[@endertronicinc.7463]

fmlAllthetime but it IS one more reason not to buy no man's sky though

[@EdelesTTRPG]

No man's sky aint a terrible game , it just did not adjust to the hype so everyone hated it

[@saintpres4ge533]

Just saying no man's sky, they promised a lot but the hype forced them to release before they added what they wanted, they've since patched and added most of what they promised, dunno about multiplayer through, a game that looks like a better version is Astroneer, but it's still in alpha

[@ballom29]

no man's skies and spore have the same fundamental flaws... except spore at least didn't threw ton of lies and delivers a finished game.

[@CheesePotato]

Spore always remains one of my childhood games. I think I might revisit my childhood by buying the game on Steam instead of pirate it like I always did.

[@kit2799]

CheesePotato you should probably buy the dlc's even if this post is a year old

[@alexatanasiu6991]

Justin Padilla are you Anthony padillas brother or something?

[@bumbb]

Yea, one of my favorite childhood games, my dad bought a Spore disk in 2008 and we still have it. C:

[@ambitiousram]

absolute same

[@dreadlordcthulhu9597]

this may be four months old, but you may not want to get it on steam. Reading the reviews will tell you why. I use steam for every other game, but try Origin. It has worked for me and is easy to install.

[@stupidstuff9046]

This game just needs more variety. After a week or two you've done pretty much everything there is to do

[@myssledissle]

Have you killed an epic? Or fucked up an entire planet? Or made creatures based off animals or pokemon or whatever else? Have you named a creature MiMi yet?

[@alberto6390]

yeah I guess i could do that... or I couldn't do something else that is only slightly less repetitive and play league of legends.

[@askmaster7190]

is it worth 25 dollars?

[@casschoemakerr]

Catsaretheworst what happens if u call one mimi

[@littlellama400]

Catsaretheworst i once tried to recreate phoenixes and the nightfury on Spore (but they looked pretty weird)

[@StarFoth]

I loved Spore, racking up more than 1000 hours in galactic adventures

[@Yolen16]

I wasn't much more than a kid. I started playing it without knowing it and it felt really good. Surely on my favourite list. Nowadays games don't ask you to utilize imagination.

[@DarkMagickan]

Nothing happened to Spore. It's still there.

[@TheSandboxSocial]

it sure is! but for those unaware of some controversy during development and release and some negative player feedback along with the mega vision and hype for the game at the beginning.. This video along with my other what happened to videos are made to inform the details ( Good & Bad ) in a fun brief way. But thanks for the comment! :)

[@vaulttechnition2576]

what's the best way to deal with civilization stage?

[@DarkMagickan]

+Vault Technition Best bet is to go Economic. Establish trade routes, offer gifts to other cities, and you can eventually buy them. You basically win without a fight.

[@interneteditor5258]

+Vault Technition I find that economic is easiest. No attack, just need alot of spice

[@xtrashocking]

The problem IS nothing happened. No updates, no spore 2, etc.

[@neufeldr1]

in my opinion the space stage was really boring, all the stages leading up to it were wonderful, but the space stage got extremely dull after less than an hour of game play.

[@Plasstyre]

I'll choose to respect your opinion friend. Personally, I loved the space stage.

[@skyguyflyinghigh]

the problem was that spore was a billion kilometers wide but a centimeter deep. spore is a very good game but it could have been so much more. to explain further there were two main "groups" during the creation of the game one favoring a "cute" shallow approach and the other side for a more deep scientific experience, there was not only the aquatic stage cut but also a few other stages to appeal to a more casual audience there was a long statement by will wright going into more detail. there was multiple stages cut and these were not promises that were not filled like in the case of no mans sky these were things that was in the game but got cut out to appeal to a more general audience *again let me say i do really like spore... but it just makes me sad how they cut so much content.*

[@TheSandboxSocial]

Couldn't agree more! I was excited by the idea of the game and it's potential and I had some fun playing it when it came out, however you can tell how shallow the game play was, the space stage was the most fleshed out and interactive but it really took away from the game as a whole and it's progression.

[@skyguyflyinghigh]

good to see a content creator replying to comments, you sir just earned a new subscriber

[@FoundedScreenLady]

Wtf. Ever heard of a period, makes it hard to tell when you stop or start.

[@skaithespirit1184]

Well,to be honest,most of the cut stages were very simple/were mixed into other stages,for example,the Molecule stage was litterally just Tetris,the City stage was merged with the Civilization stage,and most of the gimmicks Terraforming stage were added into the Space stage.

[@drawinrequests6311]

there was not a single punctuation in this comment

[@jarodathehunter9124]

Get the PlatinumSpore and Dark Injection mods, they add so much more to the complete Spore set up. I can't really play it without them anymore.

[@potatozinc]

How do I get the mods? I want to buy the the game and all its expansion pack. I never bought the game when it was released. I finally have time to play now. I really want the fish stage mod. Does that still exist? Thanks!

[@psgaming101craup4]

Estee Howsare Aquatic stage? Ya it still exists.

[@potatozinc]

THANK YOU!!! Gonna have to find what mod gives me the temporary aquatic stage (I found a mod that just has everything in aquatic because it makes the planet a water world, but I am not sure I want that).

[@sqoosh4121]

You say as people realize you need galactic adventures.

[@TheSandboxSocial]

Did you enjoy Spore? Did it live up to your expectations?

[@azhurelpigeon]

Spore is my favorite game of all time so yes, it absolutely did!!

[@bokiradulovic1961]

+azhurelwarrior same

[@monkeypower5894]

The Sandbox Social I love spore :D

[@evangelinebermeo404]

I like it I play it every once in a while to create,but theres a lack of creativity. What about sky cities or underwater cities. Or aquatic creatures, atmospheric creatures, and arboreal creatures. Id like to make a better spore called Spore Evolved.

[@corruptor55]

Well, I think Spore is a great game, I just hate the occasional screen freezes, and I don't know why the saves fail every few times. It's been 8 years after the game was released that I first played it, and these errors should've been fixed/partially fixed by now XC

[@Apollo9898LP]

I'd really like to see a reimagining of the creature stage. just expand on the concept of making your own animal and seeing if it can survive in a huge open world

[@sansgaming7613]

i would like that water stage

[@markdrakan]

I love Spore and still play it now. I can loose myself for hours in the different creatio suites. I would love a sequel with updated creators. Eg. more paint options maybe allow paint of individual parts than just base/coat/detail. And the cube slider for depth available on all parts

[@venoumusgammer4112]

I hope they make a Spore 2 one day. Adding a water stage and a medieval stage after tribal stage. Adding random events maybe like plauges , wars, alien invasions and stuff like that

[@TheSandboxSocial]

Love these idea's! I just wish the current stages had more content and lasted longer.. It should be the journey to get to the end that is the most fun not rushing through to get to the space stage because it has the most content.

[@venoumusgammer4112]

The Sandbox Social totally agree. Each stage does need loads more to do. Also make the planet more detailed. Maybe snowy areas, dense forests, beachs and such. The map in the first game was bland. Each stage should change the world too. I'm the society stage (I think it's the name haven't played in a while ) have roads that connect major cities, different nations and all that. Idk what the odds are for a sequel one day but I hope it builds off the potential this game had

[@mewtwo4827]

Let's bring Spore back to life.

[@ActivationComplete]

I never found anything wrong with this game. I was happy that the tribal stage and civilisation stages were brief, they felt more like a backstory or long character design process than something that should have been much larger. It was a completely unique game, and although most of people's gameplay was about being in space it wouldn't have been the same without the other stages.

[@thegamingboyo3760]

I loved Spore before but now IT feels so sad for me that the game never updated and i wished the cell stage was longer and My favourite stage was the creature stage and cell stage R.I.P Spore i still like to play the game sometimes sorry IF im bad at english

[@zerbgames1478]

Spore is one of my favorite games of all time. I found the entire experience up until the later stages fantastic. Even the later stages were still really good. I was straight up addicted to this game for a good 2 years of my life.

[@FREDDYBURGERKINGThatKpopguy]

i havent played this game since 2011 lol and when i watch your video i starting to play it again :D

[@TheSandboxSocial]

+FREDDY BURGER KING haha that's awesome. I know the feeling, whenever I see old games I love I wanna go replay them, such nostalgia :)

[@brittonwhite8122]

spore is such sweet sorrow? Yeah... Wait... Does that work? Lets just say spore is good.

[@spore9581]

dam the game was amazing but EA killed the game with incativicty that means updates the game could be even better but i can see the devs had fun with the game but EA fucking killed the game and that makes me sad cause i love to bits the game RIP SPORE 2008-2010

[@codyandaydenhuynh7365]

goats and a llama Spore isnt dead, with TONS of players registering every day! It just isnt updated

[@codyandaydenhuynh7365]

Also if u want nore parts and such use mods

[@spore9581]

ik but with the no updates your having this game that has alot of potetial that can be a better and more awsome game yes i wam aware that people play the game but still creators dont really give more shit anymore ea even made maxis cancelled

[@joe-nl9jd]

goats and a llama the developers got cut off funding and maxis was taken off the project

[@danibelu6306]

If ea destroyed spore , I will ruin the intro , here it is EA GAMES , BULLSHIT EVERYDAY

[@tyrannapusandfriends6254]

One of my favourite games... Just wanted the plant editor, cell editor, aquatic stage and other small things.

[@allenbus9685]

Me too, too bad they completely ruined Galactic Adventures. Easily one of the worst expansions ever for any game I've ever played.

[@captainobvious9201]

I heard the aquatic stage was removed due to the creature's movement being too buggy.

[@Shadybish]

movement to buggy... then fucking fix it!!!! dont remove the entire fucking stage!

[@myssledissle]

Spend a entire fuckimg week fixing it if you have to. Fish creations and whales and sharks would be awesome! It would have added a lot of repeatability, ( I say that like there isn't any) and would have extended its lifetime past the few thousand that still play it.

[@DaDerpyBro]

Cats, it's called replayability, or replay value, and yeah, scrapping all of the work on the aquatic stage was a stupid move.

[@xxawesomexx8586]

Atlas bugs are just problems with the code, it can always be rewritten/patched, i guess for some reason they didnt put that much effort in

[@RokuroCarisu]

There was never supposed to be an aquatic stage. The creature stage was going to have accessable and populated water areas, but that didn't make it into the release version. EA probably wanted to add it later through an expansion, but that was never made.

[@flambo0yvn7zz-30]

We're in 2019 and I'm still playing and enjoying Spore as much as I did few years ago

[@tuckercaldwell4965]

The galactic adventures extension is the best imo. You can create planets, adventures, and can make creatures pretty much as complicated as you want. It is a little limited though, but games have the potential to be much more complex now so I hope a better more realistic adaptation of Spore with more possibilities will come in the near future. Spore is an awesome concept, but a little simple.

[@zostg.turret9881]

Even its 2017, Im still playing it, its such an beautiful/art/living game, simulation how our pets met with others.

[@daretheclaw]

Omg if they made a Spore 2, I would fall to the floor bawling with euphoria

[@pixelg7047]

Technically, there is "dark spore" (or something like that) the only thing iy Has to do with spore is the title tho

[@filiperiksson7589]

Your videos are very well done, I'm surprised your channel is so small. You deserve more.

[@TheSandboxSocial]

+Filip Eriksson Hey, Thanks so much! I guess to me it doesn't matter if I have 60 or 6,000 subs I'll always provide as best quality content as I can, I'm leaning heaps along the way and it's loads of fun! I just want to share my passion for Sandbox Games with everyone in a fun, informative way :)

[@penguinthepegnuin59]

No matter how old or not popular this game is, i still fall in love with this game

[@Quinnandfriends1]

Do a video on Thrive, raise awareness of it.

[@sofianabou-chleih650]

AnglerProductions please , I'll subscribe if he does that !

[@sockman3348]

Legend says Thrive is actually being worked on. Thrive is basically Spore Origins, aka Cell Stage. It doesn't look like they are even done with the cell stage. Anyways, it's latest update was a new GUI look. They pretty much need a giant dev team and a TON of funds to achieve their vision.

[@dudecool7915]

Sockman ! No, they're doing all the 'stages' that were in spore and more than that.

[@PadsterX]

@berserker3247 no, they probably won't finish anything other than their first stage because they have not enough people to work with and no real funding either.

[@dragonvarine7553]

True, they may not have enough, but if they do get a bigger team and because they're "hiring" they will eventually do all stages.

[@jimothyj2638]

Creature stage = best stage hands down

[@duckrachnidguy9461]

Most awkward too when playing around people who haven't seen Spore at all

[@thevioletprince4906]

spore was my favorite game ever and it makes me very nostalgic

[@nicolasweber1442]

I loved spore, combining it with the galactic adventures DLC made it a big part of my childhood

[@nickvenn5453]

I gave you a dislike but I'll let you know why because I liked a lot of how you presented your video. Finding royalty-free background music can be a challenge. I found your selection distracted from the message of the video. I feel like you touched on most of the concerns, but at 6 minutes I felt that you could have gotten more deeply into your findings. Make a longer video and really get stuck into a rhythm. I know that I was excited about the game, as were many of my friends. We all deeply enjoyed the creature creation stage of the game but each subsequent part of the game felt radically different from the last, and some of those game modes were not fun. I would have liked you to dig your teeth into how the stages of the game really felt like different games. Your intro was short, compelling and told me what to expect from you. Great! One large thing which you didn't address at all was how successful the beta was. Was it a beta? Maybe it was a trial. It was basically just the first two stages of the game, and for many people, those two were the best parts of the game. We spent hours in there making all manner of whacky and wonderful creatures. when the game finally released, there was nothing compelling for us beyond those stages. Also, there were no improvements to the creature creator! People were hopeful and expectant that it would mature and let us create less-cartoony things, but that wasn't the case at all. The game stagnated and wasn't a good experience. And lastly, you didn't address the ending of the game. Once you got to the centre of the galaxy, it was essentially game over as that was the win condition. It felt bad and was on the level of the ending of No Man's Sky. There was no satisfaction.

[@originalcomment4818]

rabbi shekelstein man is just a opinion

[@bananabrosgaming4280]

Finding an actual constructive comment on youtube these days is very rare. Good on ya!

[@dreamieramune]

rabbi shekelstein it’s called constructive criticism, ever heard of it?

[@lemonteurdesanuseur9686]

What I do on Spore: - Open Spore - Do the story once - Create many risible monsters in the editor for several months - Discover asymmetry - Create many more risible monsters in the editor for several months - Discover mods - Create many more more, ... well, you got the idea This is why I have around 140 hours on Spore, taking it into my top 10 most played games Why did EA shut the servers down? I don't know, but it was their worst mistake, even worse than not making Skate 3 on PC

[@Devonte-w8o]

It's 2019 and i think they should make a re-release using unreal engine

[@derpherp1810]

Spore was my childhood and i will tell that to my kids and grand kids

[@VNGAMINGTV]

I love spore. pay for it 3 times :P still play it now and then today :D

[@pegasaurisrex9707]

kinda wish there was more to the beast stage, that one was my fave. i loved the exploration aspect of it

[@avaa420]

My 2 siblings and I love spore, its really a great game....

[@sabinstefan]

I'm just a 12 years old from Romania. I remember when I was 7 and I only played Spore. Even if the graphics weren't best I loved the game! I still love it, and play it.

[@Mimi-qe7qz]

this game took over in my family and friends. but after a while you need to start over because the loooooooooooonngggg wait for the next actual story line in space stage.. you can basically obly make colony untill you met steve.. galactic adventure save it tho.. for creativity and challenging battles.. man i really want to play it again

[@canadianguy7291]

dude i fucking love the stage where you take over your planet before the space stage

[@robinkristiansen6578]

Rome+sly 2-3+Spore=childhood

[@nyancatpoptart5441]

I still love this game. I play it even to this day.

[@aironasszzz5768]

I still play spore and I love it

[@tommylee264]

How do you get it

[@HurricaneHunter03]

I loved Spore, my Sister and Father played it before i did, and oh my gosh, it became my absolute favorite game of all time, Even with the 'lack of content' it was a joy and it was great playing a game for a long time of course, i haven't played it sense 2014, trying to get it myself, but still

[@robinsea]

Hurricane Hunter03 you can buy it on origin for like £8 :)

[@immortalmecha8770]

Spore 2 is coming Edit- rock paper shotgun is asking maxis for spore 2. (Also if they updated spore over the years (EX. Minecraft), then it would still be played a lot)

[@kig-yardong6314]

Can I have the source?

[@immortalmecha8770]

Sorry i misread the article, it says that we NEED a sequel and they are asking maxis for one Link: store.steampowered.com/news/externalpost/rps/234577531159343838

[@adamfreeksack0314]

Maxis is dead though

[@zyadmohamed5360]

dude i contacted EA suport and they told me that they are looking for spore 2 if youtube allow screen shots i would show u

[@dragonvarine7553]

Bullcrap, EA support has nothing to do with the development teams.

[@General_Ace]

You forgot that galactic adventures also allows players to create their own adventures to share online.

[@PeeperSnail]

I miss Spore! I still have it on my computer but my copy is kinda fucked, so it often glitches out and the space stage works properly only 50% of the time. I've seen it on Steam, though. If I get some money I might buy that version.

[@Plasstyre]

That version works pretty well honestly. And you can register your steam version with Origin. Same goes for both expansions.

[@danshakuimo]

if you have a disk copy you can register it on origin if you contact customer support. They are actually very helpful these days.

[@rowan1016]

My favorite part about this game is that even though everyone knows it's not coming back, we still have that spark of hope.

[@gamerlords1830]

I love spore too its a really awesome game , the space stage is really awesome me and my friends love the space stage the graphics are really real too like if u love spore

[@LeonardBillsMcGoatPryor]

I remember being SOOOOOO hyped for this game back in 2008, and I used to play it a lot. The idea of creating your own creatures and evolving them, determining whether they were carnivores, omnivores, or herbivores, and played you reached the Space Stage definitely played into my interest.

[@VossMarionette]

I still play spore on occasion. Thankfully I binded the game to my original ea account before origins took control which allows me to get access to online. To bad it seems like no one else is making content. If there was a game that needs a true remake (not darkspore ew) then it would be this game.

[@TeufortCTF]

??? i made a spore account ingame around 2015, not sure how i ended up doing it

[@SlightlyInactive]

Yeah but like all legendary games. The publishers are scared of fucking it up again, or entirely. Take hl3, l4d3, or portal 3 for instance. Valve wants to get the best way to end the franchise and link all games together, but no one wants to do it, because they are either too scared of fucking it up, or because their “work on any game you want” policy. But for ea, they only care about money, and making a spore2 is hard for them, because they felt the series was a waste of money because they fucked it up so hard. But blamed maxis for it, which led to them shutting maxis down. Now ea has no one to blame if the game goes downhill, so they try to forget of its existsnce

[@Simaritan]

I liked Spore and I still have it around, but in order to be the most effective, I found that my creatures always ended looking about the same. Thanks for this review and I might just try it again later :)

[@silvered399]

If anyone sees this may someone assist me in the online things? My spore accounts don’t work and I can’t register a new one. I’ve looked all over the internet nothing has worked.. If I can’t get this fixed can anyone tell me why mods won’t work on my Spore?

[@dreamieramune]

Peril The Skywing // Wings Of Fire KZbin EA shut down spore, it’s not available online anymore.

[@braydoboss4090]

The creature stage was definitely my favorite. I wish there was a mode where things like other species become dominant, and you have to evolve to withstand things like weapons and smoke. Another thing: environment. Cold places, arid places, swampy places, even ocean places. I just want diversity

[@shogo_guy]

They should make spore 2 basically a bunch of games into one. Cell Stage = Thrive Creature Stage = Something I haven't thought of Tribal Stage = Something I haven't thought of Civilization Stage = Civilization V (Or maybe VI) Space Stage = Avorion (Could be No Man's Sky but they screwed that up a large amount)

[@DaDerpyBro]

I think that's the problem. Every stage except for the space stage was basically just a small minigame preceding the space stage.

[@shogo_guy]

okay

[@UsingGorillaLogic]

Creature stage = a really bad mmo Tribal stage = a wonky starcraft/warcraft style rts

[@shogo_guy]

okay

[@zyadmohamed5360]

you know that thrive should be a complete evaluation game doing what spore did not do?

[@frenzysporetv3431]

Man... I remember when my dad got me this masterpiece of a game that I play and record to this day... I used to play it 24/7 creating creatures, without ever getting bored (all of those are gone, sadly, because my hard disk broke). This game taught how to be creative, and inspired me to model stuff. It is a big part of my life that I will not detach from.

[@Terck]

Spore was very rushed. It had lots of missed potential and the graphics were bad. I still have hope for spore though. If they remaster the game with better graphics and more content, the game could become the next Minecraft (by that, I mean it could become the next bestselling kids game).

[@shibainu492]

Terck I dunno why, but I loved the bad graphics.

[@SlightlyInactive]

Spores never gonna get remastered or redone. It’s up to the community. Ea is too stuck up and retarded to listen to the community. They recently shut down the sporum, so there’s less hope than before

[@Alzuun]

man this game was my childhood, so i will always find some enjoyment while playing, but now i feel the limitations it gave despite how much time i played it. (still like it tho :Y)

[@thebeingdestroyerofworlds8690]

why are all oberhyped games from maxis

[@comedymask5340]

The being destroyer of worlds EA Oppressed them.

[@zyfigamer]

At first I thought it was gonna be a massive multiplayer experience across a whole galaxy filled with players each controlling their own race and progressing through their stages with dynamic but balanced interactions.

[@spyguy6249]

this does not answer the title question. Why did it end up being shit? Why did it go from looking cool to looking cartoony? Why did it go from being a realistic simulation to an arcady game?

[@cralo2569]

Spore never was shit, you just believed in hype.

[@IngetKant]

Spore was a fantastic game that I miss very, very dearly. Unfortunately, the lack of support slowly strangled out the community built around it. There needs to be a Spore 2.

[@prim16]

I still play it. I love that game, it deserved more hype than it ever got. It was not just a game, it was an experience.

[@ChloeAriT]

It's still probably my personal favorite game, it has an active player base and even got an update recently which might mean some more changes are coming - after nine years! It also has the right amount of freedom and restrictions to inspire creativity. Oh, and the fact that you can pay your allies to conquer other allies of yours without them declaring war on you is just great.

[@BlueGuyTube]

I was just a kid in 2008, so i didn't know anything about Spore's development. I once went to a friend's house, and she let me play a game where you could create your own creature. It was Spore Creature Creator. I had no idea of what this was, but i had a lot of fun creating my own monsters, and i wanted to play the game every time i went to her house. Some time passes, and my dad comes home with a game: it was Spore. I was really happy, i was going to create all the creatures i wanted! Then i installed the game. It wasn't just a creature creator, it was a full game, where you had to create an entire civilization starting from the cell stage. My mind was blown, i had never seen such a huge game, i realized that the creature creator was just a tiny part of something much bigger. I have no idea of how many hours i spent into that game, but i played it for years. I'm glad i didn't know anything about the game before i played, and that at the time i was just a kid. Made me appreciate the game more. I now can see how some people may find it disappointing (and i still crave for a real sequel), but it will forever have a place in my heart

[@TowardsTruth191]

Btw.. You have a new subscriber! Congratulations :D

[@scottydoggaming7778]

Anyone else still playing 2020? Just me.

[@TheMadRatKing]

I feel like one of the few people who still plays Spore. I love the freedom of creation, how much you can change, and all these different things you can mold around, and the expansion packs, Creepy & Cute and Galactic Adventures make the game feel even more involved. You have more freedom in the creator, and you can make your own storylines for adventures and create some great levels. Spore is awesome. Too few people know about it.

[@alexparker5127]

I loved this game. I wish they would make a spore 2 with more fleshed out tribal and civ stages and a less micromanage-y space stage. (and of course tons of new parts for customizing your creatures.

[@AaaaNinja]

The part I liked about the game is the fact that all of the content (the creatures, buildings, vehicles) that you see were created by someone somewhere. Everything that you created became part of the universe library.

[@Sh4rkQueen]

I absolutely loved Spore, in fact I bought the game without even checking the requirements and couldn't play for months until I upgraded my computer and that single event is what spurred me to start learning about computers and PC gaming. Spore literally started me down the path of becoming an IT professional which I am today. Very weird how simple things like wanting to play a game you spent 30 dollars of allowance on (and that you got hyped up reading about in game magazines) end up driving you towards a career. I got all the expansions, still have the CDs and everything. I have very fond memories playing the game.

[@thenarddog5630]

I love little details that make the game better, like how you can find spaceships in the creature stage and how allies from the creature stage become pets during the tribal stage.

[@thewolfofcomedy5966]

Despite how much it changed from its original concept, the version of Spore we got is still undeniably fun and timeless. It is almost impossible to get bored of, especially with mods and Galactic Adventures, there is just so much to do.

[@TormodSteinsholt]

Nice video. Plenty of background information that I didn't know about. I would've liked a segment about the current stage of the franchise and prospects of a spore2

[@genericname5702]

I hope a modern spore is made where they include a water stage, insect (or maybe just a small organism) stage, and more. Maybe the newer one could also include insurrection in your own race during the space stage or civilization stage

[@prfo5554]

It's kind of funny in a way how when Spore was first released there was so much hate for it that it probably caused Will Wright to quit Maxis and stop making video games. Yet, now everyone seems to love Spore so much that they want a Spore 2. P.S. I do play Spore every now and then about ever 6 month to a year (because I burnt myself out on the game five years ago after playing several hours in the space stage). My favorite stages are Cell, Animal, and Tribal.

[@thezigrat561]

The best part of spore is the creator. I would like to have seen a multi player version or even a 3d chat version with ones spore creations devloped

[@rowan1016]

A multiplayer would have been the most amazing thing in all of existence

[@joaosampaio2247]

It's all about the space stage bro!! I spent about 3 months colonizing space, Defeated the grox and terraformed at least 1000+ Planets. Good times.

[@at1god1]

Galactic Adventures is what made this game so much better! Some creators out there are still making jaw-dropping missions and sceneries

[@waskovadobrodruzstvi5712]

My computer won't accept neither of my spore discs ;-; and I don't want to buy it from origin

[@aggroknight4259]

Waskova Dobrodružství It's on sale for under 10$ on origin until March 6th. That might change your mind.

[@barbrimmer4632]

My grandson played this a bit in 2015 but has since moved away so is not using my computer any more. In cleaning up my files I came across it and wondered if it would be worth keeping for another grandson. There is so much more out there I think I'll just let him find his own games - probably the ones his friends are playing. Article was interesting. Thanks.

[@thegoatgotmilked373]

I remember this game for being very underrated. The Galactic Adventures expansion is where the game really shines, actually. I spend hundreds of hours in making my own "adventures". Basically making the game like a 3rd person shooter with a storyline, many locations and different alien races. I loved to do that. Recently I tried to go back and see if anything changed. And it did, for the worse. When I was into making the creations, I always worked on high details. But with the latest patch from one year ago, the limit got less. In other words: I could not use my older creations anymore and the adventures were unplayable. So that was really sad to see, because of the effort and time I put into the creations.

[@ShadowRaptor1O1]

According to the devs, the water stage was ultimately scrapped because of issues with the controls in a volumetric environment, and they couldn't think of a way to just make it different from the creature stage.

[@obviousstalinist2750]

The modding community is still quite active. There are mods in development which almost overhaul all of spore and the experience.

[@maxthecreature4674]

Spore cant die because you can have mods and the creativity is infinite

[@frogbear02]

what went wrong was we were promised a chemistry kit, but were given a colouring book

[@vibealive9751]

I played it a lot when I was a kid and as I kept playing, I noticed how much was missing from the game so I took it upon myself to install mods and look up the hidden editors to increase my creativity. I don't play the game as much as I create things because I find it much more entertaining. When Dark-Spore was released, I noticed you couldn't do much with the creatures but it sufficed with action which I'm still into today, although the games' servers are down now. I went right back to Spore and installed the Dark-Spore Parts Mod Pack and I couldn't be any more happy. Hopefully one day the servers will be brought back or maybe a remaster for PC or Console.

[@aidanallen458]

I like spore, I played it when it came out, and I still play it from time to time now. However, I have one idea that I think is a possible reason for the drop in content, attention, and more. I believe that the biggest problem with spore is that it's too dependent on the community. It loses the magic of discovering new things too fast, mostly in the creature and space stages. If you're connected to the Sporepedia and community too much, things start to get similar and repetitive. If you don't use it, the lack of creatures and races will show. Now, with the community (mostly) dead, many are forced to either, create a ton of creatures to fill their own universe or use the Maxis creations. I like the game, and mostly play to try and conquer the galaxy now, but the fact that I have to create many different creatures to fill up a galaxy to conquer really makes it feel like a chore. The game was good, and still is, but it can't keep the magic of discovery and wonder going throughout the experience.

[@roamerman8635]

It's 2018.. I won this game 15 times... It's my favourite game, but I feel like all the stages had a bit of repeating, in other words the stages really took a long time to finish and kept getting longer. I still love it.