Spore anyone?

I guess that would depend on the difficulty you played on and the kind of approach you take with your creatures when it comes time to either A) allying with other creatures or B) wiping them out via combat. One will be easier or harder for you to do dependnig on your early development; herbivore vs carnivore vs omivore.

You also need to find parts to evolve, they're hidden all over the game map and you also recieve them when allying or wiping out other creatures. Supposively the real fun of the game comes in when you're able to make it into space and roam the galaxy.

You also get to choose when you evolve to the next level; so when you reach the requirements you're not forced to evolve if you don't want to.

Just to add to what Spaniard said about the speed of evolving -- another thing that can really draw the game out is actually designing your creature the way you want. Parts cost DNA points. So if you want two pairs of legs, you have to spend 250 points on each pair of legs. You can tie an awful lot of time up just hunting around for points.

Love it! Picked it up yesterday and spent quite a while just as a little ameoba thing, I think that was hilarious fun. I'm taking my time, so I'm still on the creature stage, and I'm enjoying every minute.

I'm just installing it right now, but from the video's I've watched of it, it looks like a great game. We'll see in a little bit, hope it lives up to what I've seen!

My boyfriend downloaded it last weekend. I didn't know anything about the game and came downstairs to get on my computer. After surfing the internet for awhile I kept hearing this music and was wondering what it was. It was his game. I thought it was funny when his creature was trying to befriend another watching them sing/dance. Sadly there is one song I can't get out of my head. :D

But it looks like it is a fun game. Not sure if I'll ever play it, but it was fun watching him.

When my little cell dude "evolved" into a creature, my game shut off. It said there was an error and shut down. I've gotten to that point in the game twice now and both times, it has shut down. ?????

I can't believe that nobody is talking about the horrible DRM infection that EA put in this game. The SecuROM protection software they have in there has been linked to many problems with people's CD/DVD burners, burning software, firewalls, and general stability of their computers. EA also limits you to no more than 3 installs of the game before you have to call and explain why you're installing so many times. I for one don't want to have to explain why I'm using software I paid for the way I want to every time I have to re-install for one reason or another.

This is a game that my family and I have been looking forward to for around two years, and now I will not buy it, or allow that malware to be installed on my machine. Kudos to EA for their customer friendliness.

Was there an article published or something?

I'm sure there is stuff to be found about the DRM all over the net. One example: on amazon, there are a total of 172 reviews that gave it 2 stars or better, and a total of 1961 reviews that give it only one star. I'm sure part of that is some people are disappointed with a game that was hyped so big for so long it couldn't possibly live up to everyone's expectations. But most of it is because people like me are very upset that a game they have wanted to play for so long, they can not/will not play because they won't take the risk of installing it on their machine.

I keep on seeing really biased sounding articles in both directions. Leaves me wondering what the pudding really tastes like...