Spore Patch 1.03 is here, 24 new parts!

[Ball Lightning]

The third spore patch has come out, with some minor bug fixes and 24 new parts! These include 12 new legs and 12 new arms. Full information can be found here.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Ah, at first I thought these were just new combinations of the same old segments- but it's entirely new stuff! Awesome.

I hope I can use these parts without the parts pack.

Now, I wonder which bugs have been fixed... ah, they've fixed up the backgrounds appearing in creature pictures- that's a plus.

 

[GoodGame]

Thanks for the heads-up. The new parts are limbs.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Brief experimentation confirms that you cannot combine endo and exoskeletal limb segments together in a single limb- but the new parts are awesome nonetheless. If only they did the same for the parts pack they're charging for.

 

[Rub'Rum]

What? New parts for free? Okay. This is just getting more and more ridiculous by the minute. I'm a really confused consumer.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

This is free, but 'Creepy & Cute' isn't.

 

[Rub'Rum]

This is free, but 'Creepy & Cute' isn't.

I'm aware of that. It just doesn't make sense.

 

[JtheJackal]

I'm aware of that. It just doesn't make sense.

What about it doesn't make sense?

 

[Rub'Rum]

What about it doesn't make sense?

Giving things for free and selling some of the same at the same time. It just reinforces my feeling that I shouldn't be paying for this ******** expansion.

 

[SpurnSpore]

Giving things for free and selling some of the same at the same time. It just reinforces my feeling that I shouldn't be paying for this ******** expansion.

Yeah, as I suspected new creatures etc have hit sporepedia unless you have the " creepy cute "expansion you cannot inspect or download them!
Making Spore segregated to those that have and those that haven't.
Sly of Maxi$.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

To think of it more positively, the people who don't buy it are those who are committed to not supporting this disgusting expansion policy, so we're in good company.

 

[RichPowers]

That sucks.

Before Spore came out, I was concerned that EA's desire to "monetize" the game through never-ending expansions (that term is a bit generous given how little game-changing content you get) would end up fragmenting the Sporepedia, arguably the best part of the game. Imagine how jumbled it'll get once four or five expansions have been released.

 

[salty mud]

So I get 24 parts for free in this update, but pay £10.00 for 60 parts? In the next patch will there be another 24 parts? I'll have received 48 parts for free then...

Honestly... What monster have Maxis created?