Spore

Platforms

• PC

  Sep 7, 2008

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  8.2

  playscore

  8.2

  17 Critics

  8.6

  36.1K Players

17 critic reviews · 4 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  Games Radar+

  9.0

  I doubt it will surprise you to hear that I don’t see Spore supplanting Half-Life or BioShock or StarCraft in hardcore gamers’ hearts. But, you know what, Will? That’s OK. Because if everyone can let go of what they’ve imagined the game to be and appreciate it for what it actually is—a gorgeous, whimsical, accessible diversion—then they’ll realize that it does indeed deliver on its years of promise.

  Reviewed on PC

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  Destructoid

  6.0

  It's not what we expected, and it's not what the game could have been: it's not perfect, or even particularly great. Yet what it offers is wholly unique, and there's a lot of satisfaction to be had in small amounts throughout its running time. I'm in no hurry to play through it again anytime this week, but heck...maybe in a month or so I'll create a whole new species and send them out to the stars.

  Reviewed on PC

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  Giant Bomb

  8.0

  All of the game's pieces may not be perfect, but combine them with Spore's originality and unique bent, with all the things it gets right, and you may find there's a pretty darn good, thought-provoking game in here, after all.

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  Video Gamer

  8.0

  At its best, Spore is wildly innovative; it would be a crying shame if a single defect were to deprive the game of the success it so richly deserves.

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  IGN

  8.8

  Rookie gamers are going to feel at home here, but veteran gamers may feel like they need more. Still, Spore proves to be one of the most unique products in recent memory, one that reaches for the stars and ends up giving us a universe in a box.

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  GameSpot

  8.0

  Spore keeps a timeline of events, pinpointing every decision you've made and assigning you into broad categories based on your overall behavior (social, adaptable, and so on), so there's plenty of reason to try a different approach. Not that these varied approaches make for drastically different gameplay, but they do give you a reason to revisit the amusing moments that make Spore unique.

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  CVG

  9.1

  Spore's triumph is painfully ironic. By setting out to instil a sense of wonderment at creation and the majesty of the universe

  Reviewed on PC
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  Game Reactor

  8.0

  Perhaps giving the world the tools to create wild semi-pornographic content and spread it across the Internet is the greatest revolution in gaming in a long time. Perhaps that should be enough for me to accept that behind the simple facade that is Spore is hidden a stroke of genius.

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  Game Watcher

  7.7

  Without the creation / sharing feature the game fails to hold much substance. It’s a broad scope of what could have been possible. For the hardcore gamer, you’ll find little to hold you. Spore is a game to delve into over an extended period of time. It’s a game to bring gamers together and while it doesn’t continue its strength throughout, it definitely shows what can be done.

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  Euro Gamer

  9.0

  We're all familiar with the innovative, web-aware customisation cloud that underpins Spore, but nobody's done it better (even though many now do it - apparently years after Maxis thought of doing it here) and the final game is proof that it was all worth it: you're all one big Designer, and Spore succeeds as much because of you and me as the many worlds scattered across the stars and the many ways we've been given to explore them.

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