Spore Creatures

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  • Summary: Spore Creatures gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. Spore Creatures gives players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect ofSpore Creatures gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. Spore Creatures gives players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs. Players can then seamlessly share their creations with the world or explore infinite new galaxies created by other gamers. [Electronic Arts]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 20
  3. Negative: 3 out of 20
  1. Games Master UK
    90
    A triumph - a constantly evolving, charming and surprising triumph. [Oct 2008, p.83]
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  2. Nintendo Power
    80
    The realistic way these creatures move and act is by far the game's most impressive feature. [Nov 2008, p.95]
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  3. 3DJuegos
    70
    Spore Creatures is a decent demonstration about the power of Will Wright's ideas in a videogame that tries to imitate the PC version customization possibilities. The result is obviously limited but it's still a very suitable adventure for the kids above all.
  4. Nintendo Gamer
    60
    Perversely, there are complex ideas in here but the game itself is pretty simple, rather repetitive and often clumsy. [Nov 2008, p.62]
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  5. Pocket Gamer UK
    60
    Not the cheap cash-in you might have feared and yet still a portable game that runs contrary to all the aims of the PC original.
  6. Eurogamer
    50
    The wonky camera and repetition is annoying, but it still just about works as an average exploration game. What it doesn't offer is any sort of Free Play option where you can do your own thing.
  7. HellBored
    35
    In conclusion: If you want Spore, buy Spore. If you don’t mind wading through hours and hours of the most basic, linear, join-the-dots repetition for the sake of a stripped-back creature creator on your DS, then why not? Knock yourself out. Just don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. nintendo-sekta
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    Игра хорошая, но возможно на меня повлияло много часов в оригинальной игре. И играть в портативе в любимую игру это идеально. Но игра коротка.Игра хорошая, но возможно на меня повлияло много часов в оригинальной игре. И играть в портативе в любимую игру это идеально. Но игра коротка.
  2. Supereme
    Feb 28, 2017
    10
    Yahoo!! I was so happy that I like it the most just like Spore and it is fair and square so me and maxis just speak to each other and It wasYahoo!! I was so happy that I like it the most just like Spore and it is fair and square so me and maxis just speak to each other and It was so great also it is 2 dimensional… Expand
  4. Skitter
    Oct 4, 2017
    9
    A charming, quirky, and sometimes downright weird RPG with both semi-linear level design and semi-open world gameplay with simple but deepA charming, quirky, and sometimes downright weird RPG with both semi-linear level design and semi-open world gameplay with simple but deep customization.… Expand
  5. RobertTheGreat
    Jul 27, 2020
    6
    This Game Was OK. Back Then When I First Got It, I Did Not Pretty Much Understand This Games Story. But Now I Did. Basically The Game Is JustThis Game Was OK. Back Then When I First Got It, I Did Not Pretty Much Understand This Games Story. But Now I Did. Basically The Game Is Just Like Spore but Papercut. The Game Features Bio Powers That Make Me A Next Generation Creature, It Also Has Replay Mode, Meaning I Can Return To The Planet I Want And Start Over Again. But I Didn't Like How Finding Red Highlighted Parts Takes Almost Forever In This Game. Plus The Only Way To Get Sporeling Parts Is By Cheating. I Always Hated Staying In The Island Muckluck Of Planet Pangu. But Anyway, This Game Is OK For Me To Play.… Expand
  6. ND-Bringer
    Oct 14, 2022
    6
    Among the Pokemon knockoffs and recreations, we have Spore Creatures. A decent space adventure game with really nice customization mechanics.Among the Pokemon knockoffs and recreations, we have Spore Creatures. A decent space adventure game with really nice customization mechanics. The trailer was really eye catching back in the day. Mainly because creation games like Scribblenauts and Drawn to Life were the big cheese at the time. Games that give you the freedom to create your own story tend to be really enjoyable. Done correctly you'll age well like Dragon Ball Xenoverse. Done incorrectly, you'll age poorly like Skylanders Imaginators.

    And after playing this space odyssey about a little creature trying to save his little brother, all I can is that this is...a very good game! Not great, it's a very safe adventure that focuses more on customization than good level design. Most of the time you'll jest be completing fetch quests, interacting with the alien life, fighting the occasional savage beast. It's a very forgettable adventure.

    But as a kids game where one can just spend hours designing tons of different monsters, its pretty relaxing. If their's anything PokePark has taught me, it's that an easy game can still be enjoyable as long as things feel colorful throughout the entire adventure.

    I feel like a kid playing a game on a long car trip whenever I turn this on. The satisfaction you can feel just by interacting with goofy monsters, growing plant life, or devouring the children! Yes can do that in this game, it's terrifying and I love it. Overall a decent time waster    … Expand
  7. FritzGallante
    Sep 8, 2008
    5
    Playing Spore Creatures is like playing a tutorial: short, easy and without a (real) story. Almost every action in this game is guided andPlaying Spore Creatures is like playing a tutorial: short, easy and without a (real) story. Almost every action in this game is guided and suggested by Npc's or your avatar, and the chances to interact with the world are really few. Even replay the game to unlock all the secrets, is merely a boring lose of time.
    Less than a real game, a bit more than a trailer for the PC game.    … Expand
  8. rb
    Sep 6, 2008
    4
    I feel like I'm just not giving this game a fair shake, but I bought two copies of this to play with my son and we are both bored toI feel like I'm just not giving this game a fair shake, but I bought two copies of this to play with my son and we are both bored to tears. The endless text tutorials and forced checkbox tapping are game-stopping faults and act as a barrier between you and the things you are trying to interact with, like you're not permitted to play your own game. Creating your creature doesn't feel special and creative, it feels like a Shockwave buildit kit that might load on a website as a kind of interactive commercial. We bought this game to be able to play with each other more, and have had great luck with the LEGO games and more recently N+ (which has a brilliant natural learning curve and a level editor that allows for 10 times more conceptual creativity than Spore). A total waste of money. Fortunately we were able to sell the damned things back to the store opened at a high price, due to demand. A good game for a boy who plays games ALONE, owns no other games, has lots of free time, has patience with clunky action and prefers female gaming genres like The Sims.… Expand

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Awards & Rankings

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#87 Best DS Game of 2008
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#20 Most Discussed DS Game of 2008
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#83 Most Shared DS Game of 2008