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Written on: September 18, 2008 by xKarma

54 Comments

Oh, here I go, checking the news since when I was away, and who do I find on the top of the screen again?

Dont bother downloading the patch. The game sucks with or without it. The coolest thing about the whole game was the box it came in.

ATTENTION PATCH DOWNLOAD SEEKERS; it's on the spore website, should be easy enough to find from the main page. just fyi.

HOW DO YOU DOWNLOAD IT?!?!?! I KEEP LOOKING AROUND AND SPORE.COM SAYS IT SHOULD POP UP WHEN I PLAY SPORE... CAN SOMEONE LIKE.... POST A DIRECT DOWNLOAD FROM THE INTERNET CAUSE THIS THING IS PISSING ME OFF

vetrijar!!!!!!!!!!!! member the comment i made on here and i was saying that i heard about no more expansion packs, that there will be just updates now, WHERE DID YOU READ THAT!!! B/c i saw it a long time ago and don't member where and my friend that went to the EA studios needs a link to a site that mentions that, some "people" need to see that information! PLEASE, can you post the link on the "1 million" article on the site! And if anybody else has read it, please post their link too, to that same article on here!! THANK YOU!!

well see it did that to me too when the huricane came and i had no internet. you need internet to instal and play the game for the first time. you need to be connected to the internet. if you live on texas coast like me then you might not have internet (especially if you have comcast).

i need help. when i go to register for spore online it says im not connected to the internet

XD; i just wanted to know since Spore is out is there going to be any other sites you shall try to run for other games or do you even plan to ever do this again? cause i think you are a awsome host and i wouyld apriciate to know any other sites you would controll/helphost. ---God Bless Da World---

COOL!! i love the idea of updates through the computer and no more CD's lol!!! thanks for the info!! :D

Lucky711, i've heard about the expansions being sent electronically too through the game, but I'm wondering since the expansions always cost to add on, will they do the same with spore? I'm assuming yes, so there could be monthly or so updates and periodically a purchased upgrade during the year. kind of like windows.

Swc19, umm i think i heard from an interview with Will Wright that there WILL be axpansion packs but not in the way you think! He said that he will be making updates rather then having to go out and buy a CD!! You just click 'update' and new stuff will be transported into your game! I think he'll be doing that every month or every couple of months!! I hope its true, i hate having so many icons and Cd's and box sets lol!

well .. guess that's what hyped up games do to us. I'm easily amused though.. give me free roam and creation, you have a happy camper here. reason why all i ever placed was gta:VC and sims. just need to get a desktop again so i can see better graphics than low res.

3. MatchNL - Sep 21, 2008 08:54 PM Spore was the biggest disappointment I've ever experienced in gaming history. There's absolutely NO substance to the game. You beat it in 2 days. Since there's nothing to do other than find relics, get cash, and take out annoying enemies, it's a shallow game. I felt like I was playing some kind of cheesy stock market game. None of your cities matter, you can just take over a new one if yours get attacked. Ecodisasters and enemies attacking is just downright annoying. Taking over a city is just *zap towers, shoot 3 mega bombs*... rinse and repeat. BORING AS HELL. There's no exploration to the game AT ALL since all the planets are pretty much the SAME. They either have a relic, have someone to trade with, or you move on. That's it. The rest of the game is like a handful of mini-games that are more of a chore than they are fun to play. No cool effects when things blow up, no depth to combat, no stats for your space ship other than Health and Energy. Nothing. I can't believe I waited over 3 years for this pile of crap. ___________________________________________________ Amen! I feel the same to! Ok, the game is good, but as a lot to be dome, and "if It have this or that". Spore is good, but not 3 years holding for a game that even is hardcore enough for my 4 years old sister...

the wont work 4 me

It would seem they will release an expansion pack. Maxis made about 16 expansion packs for the Sims, The Sims 2 and SC4. and don't forget the stuff packs.

Spore was the biggest disappointment I've ever experienced in gaming history. There's absolutely NO substance to the game. You beat it in 2 days. Since there's nothing to do other than find relics, get cash, and take out annoying enemies, it's a shallow game. I felt like I was playing some kind of cheesy stock market game. None of your cities matter, you can just take over a new one if yours get attacked. Ecodisasters and enemies attacking is just downright annoying. Taking over a city is just *zap towers, shoot 3 mega bombs*... rinse and repeat. BORING AS HELL. There's no exploration to the game AT ALL since all the planets are pretty much the SAME. They either have a relic, have someone to trade with, or you move on. That's it. The rest of the game is like a handful of mini-games that are more of a chore than they are fun to play. No cool effects when things blow up, no depth to combat, no stats for your space ship other than Health and Energy. Nothing. I can't believe I waited over 3 years for this pile of crap.

i didnt have any problems with the patch, it fixed many difficulty settings that were most annoying. The patch does seem to look like it is froze up, but be patient and it will install. Do something else while you wait, I loaded up half life and finished the saga.

Yea from what i hear and read on this site and lots others, i wouldn't install it! Good thing i didnt yet! But my game is fine, and bet the patch isnt a big deal anyway, i never installed any of the patches for my sims 2 games lol, i think spore will be fine! ty

If Spore is running fine for you, DO NOT INSTALL THE PATCH. I repeat: DO NOT INSTALL THE PATCH if your game is running fine. Spore patch 1.01 is **completely** borked. Lots of people are reporting sound lag, invisible creatures, invisible enemies, and textures that aren't loading- as well as multitudes of crashes- following the install of the patch, and EA/Maxis didn't provide a way to remove the patch. If you install this patch, you will very likely be given cause to uninstall and reinstall the game itself. Again, DO NOT INSTALL THE PATCH if Spore is running fine for you. The patch needs a patch. It's broken. It *causes* bugs that weren't there before, for me and lots and lots of others (per the official Spore support forum). XSpore may want to make this issue a different headline on their main page. It's causing lots of forced uninstalls and is making lots of people Very Sad.

Here's a forum for any troubles... http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/3173.page

it didnt install right for me, does anyone know how io can download it manually fast and free? because it was retarded and didnt work.

for me in civ stage the turrets never did anything... so you're saying that now with the patch they will work?

plavona you can place turrets on colonies which actually do help to delay destruction

ya when i tried to install it, it froze right in the middle of patching the files. I had to turn off my pc because my whole pc locked up :( I've yet to try the patch again...

anyone else having problems with the patch?