Expansion watch

[GoodGame]

Thought I'd start an expansion watch thread, since some online stores leaked that an expansion may be released mid-November, sooner than the one that EA said would be about mid-April. One of the stores was Amazon, which is known for putting up blarney stone release dates, but the other one was Gamestop.

The story from a reliable source.
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/10/rumor-retailers.html

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cach.../Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=72792

I'd bet $50 that the average CFCer here will be unimpressed with the scope of the expansion if it's what people are thinking right now.

EDIT: UPDATE: http://eastore.ea.com/ "Spore Creepy & Cute parts"
Officially listed for November 18th. http://eastore.ea.com/store/ea/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/ThemeID.718200/productID.108090800

 

[Rub'Rum]

If it's really "Cute and Creepy Parts", I'm going to be once again really annoyed at the sad predictability of society.

 

[SpurnSpore]

I saw that coming the minute I got to the creature and building editors.
There must be literally hundreds of parts taken out of the main game (for later expansions)
Looks like they a trying to make Spore into Sims 2 creatures.

 

[JtheJackal]

Doesn't sound like an expansion but a Sims 2 Stuff Pack. It'd be too fast for a real expansion, mid-April is still a probability for an actual expansion.

 

[rupertlittlebea]

clearly doesn't meet the industry standard to be called "an expansion"

 

[GoodGame]

The EA store is finally confirming this item will ship on Nov 18:
http://eastore.ea.com/DRHM/servlet/...ge&SiteID=ea&Locale=en_US&productID=108090800

 

[SpurnSpore]

Sorry, that link doesn't show the "expansion"?

 

[GoodGame]

I updated the link in the OP. It may be that the link expires, but the ad is also on the frontpage of the eastore.

 

[mrt144]

clearly doesn't meet the industry standard to be called "an expansion"

I love that I'm quoted in signature.

 

[warpstorm]

clearly doesn't meet the industry standard to be called "an expansion"

I guess you never saw the 23 Sims expansions then.

 

[Leonel]

I guess you never saw the 23 Sims expansions then.

Guess you never saw the 104 sequels to the Land Before Time.

But on the subject, yes the next 'expansion' will be Creepy & Cute Part pack but there'll be more than additional parts.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/10/13/spore-expansion-confirmed-detailed

 

[Rub'Rum]

Guess you never saw the 104 sequels to the Land Before Time.

But on the subject, yes the next 'expansion' will be Creepy & Cute Part pack but there'll be more than additional parts.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/10/13/spore-expansion-confirmed-detailed

From reading this, it seems I always estimate the worth of something as about half or one-third of EA's estimate.

See, if the Space Age expansion and the Cute and Creepy Parts expansion were sold together, I'd deem it worth about 20-25$ maybe?

I bet they'll sell each for 25-30$. I don't even think it should be legal to sell so little content in one package and call it an expansion.

With new parts and a relatively interesting gameplay expansion as described, we almost have a worthy expansion... Almost.

 

[Leonel]

I'll probably see the exact contents of the parts expansion but I'd be more likely to buy that space expansion.

 

[Shylock]

Screw them, unless it makes Spore not a children's game I'm not biting.

 

[JtheJackal]

Well I would have preferred an expansion that expanded the early stages of the game, I like the idea of an adventure creator and being able to beam down your creature to do missions on planets.

 

[RoboPig]

This is clearly a stuff pack.
It will be an expansion pack when you can have marine creatures.

 

[rupertlittlebea]

This is clearly a stuff pack.
It will be an expansion pack when you can have marine creatures.

no

its a bleed the public pack

three dollars worth of content for $20.00

 

[Rub'Rum]

three dollars worth of content for $20.00

3 dollars is definitely how much I'd value a "parts" pack. For me it's the equivalent of downloading a couple of extra songs for Rock Band on the XBOX.

 

[salty mud]

Good God. Cute and creepy parts? I wouldn't even CONSIDER buying this until parts already in the game are given more significance. I'm not going to spend £10-£15 on a pack to give me a cute mouth, or vicious feet.

Fail.

 

[Ball Lightning]

I agree Salty mud.

The space expansions looks much more interesting.