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Spore Promo Video Leaked to YouTube
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on Sat May 06, '06 04:19 PM
from the so-shiny dept.
from the so-shiny dept.
Khamura writes "As E3 draws near, those of us who have been following Will Wright's newest brainchild, Spore, are abuzz with expectation. And lo! Someone posted to YouTube a video that shows 'unedited footage of Spore that will be going to TV networks covering E3 next week'. It includes a look at the overhauled creature editor, a first glimpse of the texturing tools, and various other exciting things that had not been shown this clearly in the early prototype seen at the 2005 GDC. One of them is the ambient music when the UFO visits different planets." It certainly looks like the game we saw last year, but take with a grain of salt just the same.
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I can't wait
(Score:2)(http://www.foobarsoft.com/)
Re:I can't wait
(Score:5, Insightful)Frankly, when the game comes out and it feels like it's a whole and complete, finished game, with a suitable level of polish, I'll be suprised. Then again, such a game might not be as likely to sell expansion packs!
And another thing that really irks me: Battlefield 2 copy protection. It makes you disable certian functions of CD drive emulators like Alcohol 120%, even if you're not using them to play the game! In the modern age of online multiplayer games, why the hell would a publishing company even care? The singleplayer mode isn't the draw of many gamers today. People want to go online and interact with other people. The key to going online is usually quite literally a unique key that is shipped with the game. If you haven't paid for the game, tough luck going online! A copy of the game is therefore useless for 99% of the people interested in playing it.
I like to make a CD image for games that require the presence of a CD in the CD reader, so I don't have to deal with it when I want to burn a CD, so I don't have to listen to the drive ramp up and down, and so I don't risk damaging my precious disc. Is that so bad? I still have to use my unique key to play online, and so does everyone else. There's not a practical way to cheat that system, so what's the deal?! iD didn't require that I have a CD in the drive to play any of their games since Quake3, I think. My Diablo II account was tied to my CDkey, so it didn't matter if I ripped it to the hard drive, and singleplayer was a yawnfest. That's something I actually like about STEAM; there's no need to screw around with discs and crap.
If someone wants to play the singleplayer aspect of a game there's usually a crack or two that will let one easily do this regardless of any protections the developers care to throw at us, so it's futile trying to protect a relatively miniscule part of a game that is clearly intended to be a multiplayer online game in that way. Make a compelling, fun, online game, and they will come--because they have no choice! Gaming is a unique industry because of this. If the music industry could make it so that you had to go online to get the full value of your music for whatever reason, they'd shit their pants with excitement.
Re:I can't wait
(Score:5, Informative)(Last Journal: Sunday July 14, @11:50AM)
While this is generally true, I think you underestimate the number of cracked/private servers out there that don't check CD keys. Witness sites like epcgaming.com [epcgaming.com]. Now obviously with a legit CD key your choices are much larger, but if you limit yourself to cracked servers you can still play a lot of multiplayer games online to your heart's content.
infinite loop
(Score:5, Funny)Carlos Mencia is really funny and original
(Score:1, Insightful)(https://example.com/ | Last Journal: Sunday June 25, @09:26AM)
Re:Carlos Mencia is really funny and original
(Score:5, Interesting)I'm really impressed with the game, but I wouldn't call you names for not liking it. Frankly, I'm sick of that attitude on the web.
But, anyway, what I got out of it was that you could create a species pretty much from scratch. Then you could guide them through various phases of evolution until you get them to become super aliens that can buzz the galaxy and affect other species. Then, the planets you've touched get uploaded to a server somewhere. Eventually your game goes and downloads those planets so you can see what others have done. Essentially, it's a big open-ended game with a lot of variety. (And humor...)
To me, the game does look slick, but I think it's one of those things that just manages to appeal to several things I like. (sci-fi, evolution, advancing through the ages, behaviour of society, mindless torture of small innocent creatures...) I wouldn't say it's for everybody. I also wouldn't say that those who criticize others for not liking this game have much ground to stand on.
Populous
(Score:5, Interesting)(http://www.ironwolve.com/ | Last Journal: Friday July 09, @12:59AM)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous [wikipedia.org]
Awesome!
(Score:3, Funny)(http://syntheticmotion.com/ | Last Journal: Friday July 08, @02:58PM)
I just hope that it works well with WINE
Re:Awesome!
(Score:5, Funny)More footage and commentary
(Score:2, Informative)Publicity hurting Spore
(Score:5, Interesting)(Last Journal: Wednesday May 03, @04:24PM)
On the other hand, part of me really believes Will Wright has a time machine in his backyard.
Indirect Slashdot effect?
(Score:2, Funny)(http://www.freewebs.com/atomicthumbs)
Space Porno Video??
(Score:1)(Last Journal: Thursday April 21, @08:27PM)
The text is so small on the front page... yeah.
"unedited" video
(Score:1, Informative)Blocked!
(Score:2)Re:Wasn't a very good teaser/trailer
(Score:3, Informative)(http://syntheticmotion.com/ | Last Journal: Friday July 08, @02:58PM)
Re:Wasn't a very good teaser/trailer
(Score:2, Informative)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_(game) [wikipedia.org]
Re:Google Video
(Score:4, Informative)(http://www.nobodylikesonions.com/)
Re:Wasn't a very good teaser/trailer
(Score:2)The video in this article looks more graphicly polished, the editor has more tools and now shows textures, and I belive some of the control mechanisims might have changed (UFO flight looks different).
Not a teaser/trailer per se
(Score:2)Reportedly, this isn't an official trailer, but rather a set of clips released to the press. The evening news will go through it and pick the bits they like, and add a voiceover based on the information in the press kit. The official trailer will almost certainly be saved for a big unveiling at E3.
In terms of titilation, it would be better to watch the gameplay preview [youtube.com] (including Will Wright's voiceover, explaining what the heck is going on), or just wait for the E3 clips which will invariably hit the net not far from now.