yeah, definitely want this game bad.

I'm fairly certain that it will be playable offline. From what they've said, the internet will be mostly for trading your creatures, buildings, etc with each other.

Yeah it looks sweet.

In the mean time here is a flashgame someones in the process of developing

http://www.freewebs.com/thelochflash/

If you have any issues or suggestions post them here
http://www.gamingsteve.com/blab/index.php?topic=7185.0

You can find hands-on impressions at places like gamespot easily enough. Obviously the game isn't finished yet, so none of us have had a chance to play it!

its a simulator. Single player online but you can download stuff from online and download other players in games things ie their creatures, building styles, planets, etc... got this game reserved and i can wait.

Oh my god....... OH MY GOD.... All hail Will Wright! That looks bloody BRILLIANT! I can't wait!

I would. I've been going crazy for this game for the last 6 monthes or so since I found out about it and can hardly wait to start playing.

EA is loading up spyware on your computer as a part of the license agreement is that what I am to conclude from the earlier post?

It has been a long time since i've seen a complete game come out from EA... Usually they send the second half as an expansion. I just wouldn't get too hyped up for this game until it is actually out.

when is it going to be released? December of this year?

IGN lists it as 2Q (April-June). Can't wait to see it myself.

As cool as the concept of the game is, and as impressive as some of the technical functionality its boasting is....I dont understand the "cutesy cuddly cartoony" design of the creatures. I dont understand it in Gal Civ 2 either. I guess its some misplaced attempt to try and appeal to a broader audience (girls and small children?).

But I see this often in recent 4x games.( Spore, Civ 4, gal civ2...) I guess it might be effective for Spore, which will be a high profile mainstream game( as much so as a PC game can be now a days), but it seems more often like a refusal to embrace the core demographic. In Gal Civ 2's case I dont see small children or girls being interested in the game regardless of how you cutesey it up, and believe that the majority of loyal demographic would prefer a more gritty and serious depiction of game characters and elements.(you can still be lighthearted without looking like a Pixar character).


Anyways, just my 2 cents. I suppose they dont have to care what we'd prefer stuff to look like, because they know we'll buy it anyways( not having much choice for "quality" 4x sci-fi games, or strategy games where you can build your own lifeform), and they just do whatever they can to squeeze a few more sales beyond that out of a mainstream audience.


Ill probably be buying Spore, but Ill be really upset when my Klingon-esque warrior race that develops from a primordial razor-beast looks like a plush toy suitable for a 5 year old.

Spore is like combining the sims2 with sim earth and RTS elements. The early stages are over in about 3-4 hours and the space aspect is the predominant feature. You need to be able to go online in order to fully populate your Galaxy with hundreds of thousand of worlds to find and visit,annihilate, or takeover. you can also play online and actually contact live users and their worlds when you visit them (at least this was the original plan but Will said they were still working out the details at the time).

The whole Ginormous living breathing galaxy thing with tens of thousands of worlds is absolutely mind blowing. I hope they can really pull it off.