This isn't really a retraction of my last blog, more like an addition. Spore for me made a great first impression that faded pretty quickly and the had somewhat of a resugence recently. The main reason is that I've gotten a lot better at making creatures and other in game items.

All the people who have normally played video games at my house have really gotten into the game. That by itself would up my excitement over a game, but it goes beyond that. We will end up fighting against each others creatures in the game, and that is really neat. I was kind of happy to get opportunity to slaughter a world of my brothers first creation, and next, he took him turn wiping out a population of my creature creations. This collaboration, plus the extensive options for creating, make a game that has the highest replay value of any game I can remember.

So, maybe I was a little harsh at first. There are still a lot of things about the game not to like, but in many ways it lives up to its hype. I think anyone who is still playing the Sims 2, owe it to themselves to go out and get something new. Spore is a worthy succesor in the Sim series (Sim City, Sim Tower, The Sims). No, it doesn't have infinite gameplay in each game, but it does have a seemingly infinite ammount of replay. I personally don't expect to be playing it forever, but I still will be for a while, and I'm enjoying it (for the most part).

BTW, I'm just mostly focusing on the creature phase over and over.I'm enjoying the space phase more, but I still don't like the Civ phase.