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5.6
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Score Breakdown Based on 65 ratings
  1. 10 (6)
  2. 9 (3)
  3. 8 (11)
  4. 7 (9)
  5. 6 (2)
  6. 5 (16)
  7. 4 (5)
  8. 3 (5)
  9. 2 (4)
  10. 1 (4)

What Gamespot Users have to say about SimEarth: The Living Planet

  • Rating:7

    A set of scenarios that can go by in an hour or two and only one other game type mar an otherwise great sim game.

    By EgoAttacker | Review Date: Dec 12, 2009 | PC

    Sim Earth is definitely one of the less known of Will Wright's games. However, this does not mean it is bad. In fact Sim Earth is one of the most deep games of the time, and if you can get past a few issues, you will pro... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.5

    Some interesting elements to this game.

    By thedemon44 | Review Date: Nov 25, 2009 | SNES

    I selected just right as the difficulty for this game, because I was not sure how to rate it. The different modes varied greatly in difficultly from one another. It was fun for a while to build your planet up, and ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:1

    Confusing and Boring

    By wait321 | Review Date: Mar 01, 2009 | PC

    This is probably the worst game that I've ever played. I remember that I only played it for two days before I threw it away because it just plain sucked. I thought that playing God and creating a world would be fun. I... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5

    Will Wright's first attempt at an evolution simulator

    By chainlightning | Review Date: Oct 11, 2008 | SNES

    This version of SimEarth is far superior to the PC version, and FCI did a fantastic job of porting it to the SNES. It looks better, it sounds better, and it plays better. The major task in SimEarth is to manage a plan... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4.6

    The game that no one played!

    By Lord_Chewie | Review Date: Jul 05, 2007 | TCD

    There isn't much to say about this game. It was slow, long and very, VERY confusing. You were given a small cursor, which was a little hard to move about and selected from a menu with your controller. Perfect for a mous... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:2.7

    Meh

    By Sheper | Review Date: Jul 04, 2007 | PC

    SimEarth is a game that's ambitious. You control an entire planet! The problem is that in the end it comes down to being difficult to understand in anything outside sandbox-infinite-energy. In that way, it can be an e... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:1.5

    It's about as much fun as a claw hammer to the face.

    By iridius | Review Date: Oct 20, 2005 | PC

    I have resurrected my old 486 DX-1, complete with DOS 6.2, for the purpose of playing games like The Incredible Machine and Lightspeed. And in a move motivated purely by insanity, I decided to revisit some of my less be... Read Full Review

    3 of 6 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.4

    SimEarth seems good at first sight, but it's not all it could be...

    By Kromatus | Review Date: Aug 24, 2005 | PC

    SimEarth seems like a good game. Having your own planet and letting life evolve and become sentient on it, what could be better? Well, other games, actually. Even though it is made by that genius, Will Wright, this game ... Read Full Review

    3 of 5 users found the following review helpful