Why have reviews been so hard to come by?

[Abaddon]

It seems odd to me that computer mags are only just getting copies to review.. they usually get them much earlier than the launch date.


I don't smell conspiracy, but do you think they will be relying on EA's Download Manager to patch up bugs they have not had yet time to fix?

 

[a space oddity]

Yes, rumor has it that there's a patch for Spore already. It was mentioned in the chat with the Spore-gameplay stream. They had a link, I followed it and got a download screen, it had "ea" in the ip-address...

I didn't save the link, and didn't download, so I have no proof. This bit of news I found too tricky to post in my Spore blog... so you can consider it a civfanatics scoop.

 

[Abaddon]

I wonder how long they plan to support this game?

How long will they have people filtering out the penis creatures.. 1 year, 2 years?

 

[a space oddity]

Apparently the amount of such creatures is already diminishing, and they have ads on the Sporepedia to pay for the lasting effort.

On the OT: I found an updated preview on Shacknews of someone who said that he'd get his review copy only this week.

 

[salty mud]

I have seen just as many vagina monsters... *ahem*

But the reviews should pile in this week. Shouldn't they? I mean, the game is out on Friday...

 

[Ball Lightning]

Australian magizine got the first review copy anywhere in the world and that was about 2 weeks ago, Pc Power Play gave it a 9/10.