Spore has been in the making for a while, and we have been witnessing the hype build up and up... but is the hype
Spore has built up an incredible amount of hype, but games NEVER live up to this amount of hype. Many gamers believed the hype, and are quite annoyed.
But this does not take away from the fact that spore is a great game in its own right.
You start the game as a miniscule cell, eating plants or other cells to survive. The cell phase is visually pleasing and quite a fun little arcade game. You evolve your cell and try to survive.
then you evolve to a creature. If you played this phase as any other game, you WILL be bored and annoyed. but this phase has many charms the mainstream group of gamers (ie: trolls) will never understand. From witnessing a UFO abducting other creatures, to seeing how high that spice gyser will launch you, the creature phase has several wonderful charms.
Your creature now has become sentient and forms a tribe. The Tribal phase lacks depth, but is an enjoyable experience that teaches you the basics that you need for the next phases.
Civ phase is interesting. you are fighting for global domination against your own species. (dif factions of them) And you will have military, economic and religious units to conquer the globe in dif ways. Civ phase is enjoyable, but then you get to the MAIN game in my opinion.
Space Phase. Space phase has millions of planets to visit. there really is no way to explain the scope and size of the space phase. Its so fun to just cut back and shoot stuff! or pump crap into the atmosphere and watch a beautiful planet die (with nice use of terraforming epuipment, you could have the sequel to an unconvient truth, or FIND EARTH, yes EARTH is in the game, along with our solar system.... somewhere...)
Spore may make some very angry, failing to live up to the hype, but in reality its a very fun game.
a solid 8.5 out of 10