Poor graphics, repetitive gameplay and lack of any depth what so ever outside of the editor...
My PC Specs:
CPU: Intel Core2duo @ 3.0GHz
Ram: (1024MB DDR2 800MHz)X2 (2GB total)
Video: (BFG Geforce 9800GTX)
HDD: (Seagate Sata3 500GB 32MB Cache)X2 (1TB total)
Sound: (SB X-FI XtremeGamer Fatal1ty)
OS: (Windows XP SP3)
Performance:
In my personal experiance with the game, I've had an average of about 1 crash per hour. With no auto save this can be a real pain. The game seems to run great despite the crashes, But the game does look like its a few years old, and even thats giving it some credit..
System Settings:
There are system settings?! I almost missed them there are so few of them! Theres no auto save function, No anti-aliasing, no controls settings and no camera settings(And the camera in space stage is REALLY bad).
Graphics:
The graphics in the creator mode are close to stunning when you don't run into a bad texture mapping job. 40% - 60% of the objects in the creator are very poorly texture mapped, resulting in textures stretched sometimes beyond recognition. All of this doesn't matter though, because in game all the textures are distorted very badly, and in some cases don't even load the proper colors.
Sound:
As far as the music goes, I really can't tell you anything about it. I always turn off the music in games so I can listen to my own preferred music while playing. The sounds however, I can tell you get extremely annoying very quickily, I would say its worse than the sims!
Gameplay:
The gameplay in spore is very repetitive and lacking in any amount of depth what so ever. Anything you do in one stage of the game has no effect on the later stages of the game. For instance in Civilization stage, earning 1,000,000 is a waste of time. you will still always start the space stage with 100,000 regardless. Not to mention the editor in most cases is purely for eye candy.
Overall Rating: 2
Graphics: 3
Gameplay: 0
Quality: 3
Sound: 3
Conclusion:
If you've got plenty of money to spend and want something to keep you slightly entertained for 10 - 20 hours, As long as you don't have anger problems this game will be great for you, The graphics are horrible, the game lacks of any real system settings, and the sound is about as annoying as the sims after a few hours. The overall quality of this game just feels rushed, There are major bugs that could not possibly have been missed while this game was in development.