Perfect metaphor for playing Spore
Imagine that somebody gives you a birthday present, and inside is a chess set. But it also comes with a laser lathe that can be used to create your own pieces! You can create pieces in almost any shape and color! Fantastic!
Then you set up the board and learn that this particular chess set only uses pawns, knights, and the king. The box and manual state "this game is deliberately simplified for casual players."
THAT"s what playing spore feels like. Not much game here, but the editors are great.
Now that I'm in the space stage I have difficulty imagining going back and replaying earlier stages of the game. So I can make a purple omnivore quadruped?
I can't really see the buildings or the spaceship I designed, although making them was pretty fun for 10 minutes.