After years of waiting, Spore is almost here. But the agony is killing me. Its so close that I can almost feel it. Now, all you people who got it already and I despise, help me pass the time with all your best screenshots.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1226/sporelc8.jpg

That took far too long to upload...

Over 300 screenshots in total. :)

Cell phase:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=290045

Creature phase:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=290052

Tribe/Civ/Space/Designers/Other:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=289518&page=2

Oooooo Spore will come out! Tomorrow!
Bet ya bottom dollar that tomorrow
There'll be Spore!

Just thinking about! Tomorrow!
Clear away the spyware and the clutter
'til there's none!

When I'm stuck with a day! That's gray! And laaaaaame!
I just look on the net! And yet! I say!

Oh Spore will come out! Tomorrow!
Bet ya bottom dollar that tomorrow
Come what may!

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love Spore! Tomorrow!
You're only a day away!

Oooooo Spore will come out! Tomorrow!
Bet ya bottom dollar that tomorrow
There'll be Spore!

Just thinking about! Tomorrow!
Clear away the spyware and the clutter
'til there's none!

When I'm stuck with a day! That's gray! And laaaaaame!
I just look on the net! And yet! I say!

Oh Spore will come out! Tomorrow!
Bet ya bottom dollar that tomorrow
Come what may!

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love Spore! Tomorrow!
You're only a day away!

I gather you are lookin forward to the game then. ;)

I really hope that my pre-order arrives in the mail on Monday...

I really hope that my pre-order arrives in the mail on Monday...

Same. Well, I didn't pre-order, I got it cheap of Amazon (£26)

I pre-ordered from EA, which is bad, because they don't give a **** about us once they've got our money.

For some reason they released it in australia 5 days ago, been playing it a bit, one game only though, but it is so different to civ that i can't really compare it, both fantastic!

We know that it was released early in Australia Ball Lightning, and we're going to get our revenge for that- for Steven Bradbury too. ;)

Glad you're enjoying it!

I really thought I could take or leave this, but I suddenly find myself looking forward to playing a computer game in a way I haven't felt since... the game 'Z' back in 1996, and Chaos Engine before that, way back in 1992.

I guess I'm bound to be dissapointed in some ways, but I've already been pleasantly suprised by some things I've seen in reviews.

Boohoohoo. The mall won't open for another 45 minutes. :cry:

:lol:

Leonel has waited so long for this day, haven't you. :p

:lol:

Leonel has waited so long for this day, haven't you. :p

Heck yes! I've been reading all about it since it was an unconfirmed rumor when I was in college!

But now I have it! See you guys in a couple of days! :D

Heck yes! I've been reading all about it since it was an unconfirmed rumor when I was in college!

But now I have it! See you guys in a couple of days! :D

Enjoy. I'm sure you'll be happy. ;)

I was worried it was going to be too 'cutesy', but I can make evil stuff!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/CRE_BelicoseHellbeast-06ee5cf0_ful.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/CRE_BelicoseHellbeast-06ee5cee_ful.jpg

Daft! That's awesome!

Thanks!

Here is a montage of my first couple of hours of playing the actual ‘game’ (really more like an interactive creative exercise - I find myself adding body parts I don’t technically need etc..)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_04-25-30.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_04-30-44.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_04-37-28.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_04-46-38.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_04-46-52.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_04-48-35.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_05-17-25.jpg

I like my blue planet.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_05-32-45.jpg

They look great! Didn't know you could get a blue planet to begin with, thats cool.

Daft those are loverly.. I am starting to understand why such "cutesy" graphics might actuall need a decent computer.

You had any trouble with your internets?

I think with such a large number of people trying to log in to the game there servers got overloaded, theres some more about it in other threads.

Here are some articles about the spore launch/server problems:

Spore launch plagued by technical problems (http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24311235-5014239,00.html)

Spore hit with server problems (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=196642)

Why are they so tightfisted to not increase server sides til they are overloaded.. EVERY launch does this!

Its almost if they want it to happen!

"Hey, our game is so popular, its distorting the time contiunum!"

Daft those are loverly.. I am starting to understand why such "cutesy" graphics might actuall need a decent computer.

You had any trouble with your internets?

I can't play with lighting or shadows set to 'high', it totally kills the frame rate. Its pretty fast with shadows at minimum. I'm running on a PC with 3GB ram, quad 2ghz, but still being let down by low-end graphics card it came with (Gefore 8400 GS).

I set the game screenshots to 'large', and they tend to look better after I shrink them down, due to auto anti-alias in the paint program I use. Print screen doesn't seem to work reliably, but you can use 'c' key to take pics, as in The Sims 2.

As for the internet, I was able to verify the game and all that on my dial-up, but browsing the online part of Sporepedia is very slow, and uploading my own stuff is very hit-and-miss. Of course, that could be due to server problems right now.

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Just to continue my critter's path to civilization:

One generation survived meteor showers, epic creatures and a UFO encounter (saw another friendly lion-man species being abducted, but none of my guys :) )

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_15-54-52.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_16-20-09.jpg

Dunno what these ruins where. Only found one of them on the continent:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_18-13-28.jpg

The game chose one of my earlier creations for an epic, I thought it looked cool!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_21-21-43.jpg

Last generation before going to the tribal phase:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_22-52-13.jpg

Spice surfing!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_22-54-04.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_22-53-53.jpg

I enjoyed spending several hours on the creature phase just exploring the continent, after I'd 'won'. I was still finding new species I hadn't met before. I allied several 'rogue' creatures, they were good in fights.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-08_22-57-37.jpg

My peaceful tribe is attacked by GoodGame's Bowsertops!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-09_00-47-13.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-09_01-12-40.jpg

Just on "the ruins" that you said you didn't know about, they are crop circles. There's a space phase mission to put crop circles on blah blah planet. :)

I know that is totally awesome, because I had crop circles and was wondering what they did, (The answer is nothing.) But that's totally sweet that you saw some of them in creature stage.

Daft, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but your creations are brilliant and beautiful!

Crop circles, awesome :D I thought it might have had something to do with the UFO. I found it after the UFO had been, so maybe the UFO created it?

@Lord Iggy, thanks :blush: I can say the same about you. I really like your Hydralisk and Penguiskan especially! :)

Daft, I hope you're uploading those beasts of yours. :)

Hey guys! Look what I found. :D

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc233/leonel1982/earth.jpg

Speaking of which, is there anyway to start a new game that isn't one of the planets available at the start?

Wow. What kind of creatures does Earth have?

Please post a guide on how to get to Earth please! :D

Why are you flying the Starship Enterprise? :p

BTW, thank you very much Dafty!

This is the general location of Earth. Just look for the Sol star system.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc233/leonel1982/finding-earth.jpg

As for species, it had become a T1 planet I guess from all the global warming. :D But I terraformed it and implanted it with a human like species.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc233/leonel1982/humans.jpg

Also my holographic Corvid's powersuit. :D

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc233/leonel1982/power-suit.jpg

That Earth map is going to be slightly difficult to follow... :p How are we meant to know which spiral arm it's in, when the galaxy can rotate around?

Awesome!!

Also, only two eco-disasters you don't have time to deal with? LUCKY! :mischief:

That Earth map is going to be slightly difficult to follow... :p How are we meant to know which spiral arm it's in, when the galaxy can rotate around?

Do you get different planets to play on than me? Just look at the main menu and use the available games as a reference!

You get different planets. It's a "random selection".

Okay maybe this will be better;

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc233/leonel1982/earth-galaxyfeatures.jpg

The red lines are unique features of the galaxy (unless the galaxy is randomized too) that you can follow. And the yellow is the whereabouts of Earth in relation. Hope that helps!

@ leonel, nice work! Though Earth does seem to have shrunk quite a bit :) The Corvid looks like a cool race.

In my game I've now reached the civilization phase.

Was about to finish off a hostile tribe of Bowsers when this UFO showed up. I ran into the forest but it left me alone. My tribe leader took this as a sign from the sky god to continue the war.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-09_05-30-01.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-09_05-32-23.jpg

I managed to ally all the other tribes.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-09_19-39-03.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-09_20-51-21.jpg

Before starting the civ stage, I took my shaman on one last walkabout.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-09_20-18-06.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-09_20-39-23.jpg

I started as a religious city, and spent a lot of time designing things, only to find they don’t really show up in the game. Detail is really scaled down for this part of the game, although kinda cool when zoomed out.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_02-24-17.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_00-58-29.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_02-05-22.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_03-43-08.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_04-01-21.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_04-07-50.jpg

Can’t say I’m enjoying this stage as much as the others. It’s like a bad copy of W40K: Dawn of War, with little relevance to the earlier stages, and its just odd. I keep getting destroyed by a hostile military power on my continent. It hurts more because I managed to get through the tribal phase without losing a single dude!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_04-34-54.jpg

Beautiful work Daft!

I want my preorder to arrive so much... :(

Thanks, Lord Iggy! Has your order been delivered yet? Also, see if you can spot your epic creature in these pics :)

I might as well finish up the story of my people getting into space...

In the Civ stage, I got defeated several times, I didn’t realise you can only restart at your saved game! I saved in a bad position, after squandering a load of money. I was able to find a way out after a few goes, but it could have been even worse and I could have had to abandon the planet/game completely.

Also, resizing these pics has ‘softened’ them and made them look better than what I actually see in-game.

Patches needed for ‘phase restart’ option, and for allowing greater graphics in civ / space stage on higher spec PC’s!

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Inevitably, I was evicted from my home continent. But in this timeline, my religious ships gave me a foothold across the sea and allowed me to survive the loss of my capitol. The evil red empire gained control of my old continent.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_17-37-09.jpg

Military powers were taking over the planet. With a converted military city, my religious steampunk machine cultists were finally able to build their own military. The other continent was split between warring factions. With the help of my ally I was able to gain control of most of it, and due to the greater number of cities there I ended up most powerful overall.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_18-14-22.jpg

Eventually, with a big war fleet and aircraft, I was able to retake my capitol, though it was no longer a religious city.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_18-37-59.jpg

We didn’t start the war, but we finished it.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_19-13-46.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_18-28-03.jpg

I used the black cloud of demoralization against the final enemy city.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_19-00-08.jpg

My original city was rebuilt as a nice place with no factories :) Although it was irrevocably militarised by this point.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_19-07-52.jpg

Victory day celebrations with antique aircraft!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_21-20-33.jpg

My ally, with his one religious city (the only non-military city left), united with me in victory. I built some more random vehicles and took pictures before moving on to space.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_21-27-24.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_21-29-55.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_22-40-26.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_22-42-46.jpg

An unfortunate incident with a giant creature!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_22-26-58.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_22-27-56.jpg

Preparing for liftoff…

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-10_23-29-17.jpg

A spaceship! I spent a lot of time designing it, and some more time buzzing my home planet. It was fun flying over old landmarks where I had been sniffing around in the creature phase.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-11_00-35-18.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-11_00-45-25.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-11_00-59-30.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-11_00-36-52.jpg

Then into space, and the moon which, strangely, had suddenly appeared in orbit…

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-11_01-03-09.jpg

And then… well, I’ve seen some cool stuff since then :) I found a Scotland-like planet I hope to colonise some day. If I can survive the aggressive Bitey empire.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Daftpanzer/Spore_2008-09-11_03-24-05.jpg

Mate, your creations are fantastic. I hope to emulate that level one day. :)

THE BITEY EMPIRE IS ATTACKING ME TOO! Who created these monsters?!

Love the screencaps.

Here is a gas giant going down the horizon while my citizens are happily celebrating me with smiley fireworks.

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj208/SimonL_images/nightfall.jpg


I'm not sure you can see planets (or moons) from the planet's surface. All I can seem to see is the sun and nearby gas giants. My planet had a moon also. Never saw it before I went to space.

I'm not worried about the Bitey Empire. I mercilessly exterminated them ages ago even when they begged for their lives like DOGS. :D

I just realized there were TWO Bitey empires in my game. I guess two different versions of the creature were downloaded.

I just ran into the Biteys. I found them when I went through a wormhole and ended up on the other side of the galaxy. On first contact they asked me if I was food. :ack:

So if they really are that evil, I have nothing to worry about from them :p

Hahah, Daft ran into an epic ZeQuaru! Awesome!

Nice Daft! I look forward to getting your creations.

@Dale, thanks! I think I have your stuff in my game, including I believe your spaceship which came as a UFO in the tribal phase!

I just realized there were TWO Bitey empires in my game. I guess two different versions of the creature were downloaded.

Same for me, one is much friendlier than the other. Also, I found one space race which doesn't appear to have any arms/hands. Surely that isn't possible :lol:

Hahah, Daft ran into an epic ZeQuaru! Awesome!

It attacked me first! It was attacking a city at one point. Although, I may have disturbed/lured it while I was driving my vehicles around to take pics of them...

Nice Daft! I look forward to getting your creations.

I love new toys to play with :) But, im afraid that's pretty much all Spore is at this point in time, and I will return to NESing eventually :)

IMO the true 'Spore' game will be finished in about 2020 after several sequals and countless X-pacs :(

BTW Do you have the game now? My spore name/account is just 'Daftpanzer'. I hope to add all my stuff soon, since the servers seem to be getting better.