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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: Archem on May 14, 2006, 05:58:19 AM

Title: Spore: DS?
Post by: Archem on May 14, 2006, 05:58:19 AM

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=T000542    
I don't know about you, but I'm keeping tabs on this, I'm too curious not to!

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Post by: Arcanagirl on May 14, 2006, 06:01:45 AM

my goodness!!!!I too am very interested in this. That has got to be one of the most interesting games they have thought of, and it sounds so cool.

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Post by: neb87 on May 14, 2006, 06:16:57 AM

they should make for 360(or are they?)

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Post by: Razor on May 14, 2006, 06:27:12 AM

I know what to say; wait for the PC version!

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Post by: Drace on May 14, 2006, 08:09:44 AM

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I know what to say; wait for the PC version!

Agree'D!.

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Post by: Archem on May 14, 2006, 04:59:15 PM

Yes, I too agree, but this is too intriguing to pass up. I mean, the video for the PC version kept getting even more and more unbelievable each time they zoomed out, and the idea of something that insanely awesome being put on a handheld as inferior (well, in comparison to a computer) as the DS is just mind-blowing! I might get both...

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Post by: DragonBlaze on May 14, 2006, 05:25:56 PM

I'm just gonna get the PC version. I was reading about this game in a magazine called computer gaming world the other day, and it sounded ubelievable. I guess its supposed to take 67 years of nonstop playing to explore  all the worlds and everything.

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Post by: Archem on May 14, 2006, 05:34:45 PM

I KNOW I'm gonna get the PC version, but depending on how well they can put it on the DS, I might get that one, too. I like the idea of creating entire worlds on the way to Wal*Mart.

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Post by: neb87 on May 14, 2006, 08:23:55 PM

i will get the pc version but i need to upgrade the video card, does anbodie know cheap but good quialty cards

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Post by: Linkizcool on May 15, 2006, 02:53:18 AM

ATI Radeon X Series. I have a two X-650's in my compy, Halo PC looks 99% real.

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Post by: MrMister on May 15, 2006, 03:02:12 AM

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I'm just gonna get the PC version. I was reading about this game in a magazine called computer gaming world the other day, and it sounded ubelievable. I guess its supposed to take 67 years of nonstop playing to explore  all the worlds and everything.

It didn't take 67 years of nonstop game making.

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Post by: Linkizcool on May 15, 2006, 03:04:27 AM

They probably created a system that automatically generates new content.

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Post by: Razor on May 15, 2006, 06:27:28 AM

So MrMister, are you back yet? Or nay?

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Post by: DragonBlaze on May 15, 2006, 05:44:08 PM

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Originally posted by DragonBlaze I'm just gonna get the PC version. I was reading about this game in a magazine called computer gaming world the other day, and it sounded ubelievable. I guess its supposed to take 67 years of nonstop playing to explore  all the worlds and everything.

It didn't take 67 years of nonstop game making.

I read in compter gaming world that there were somewhere around 2 million stars in the spore universe, and each star has 2-3 planets. From what I read though it sounded like other players may live on those stars. Anyway, if you have millions of players playing the game online, each would get their own planet, so it makes sence. But yeah, they'd have to have a random planet generator or something to do that.

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Post by: Razor on May 15, 2006, 08:01:20 PM

Well, it isn't going to be an MMORPG. However, if by "player" you maybe mean "another person's species" then yes, that makes sense.

It's going to be single player due to the fact, well, you saw the video. *insert planetary explosion here*

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Post by: Osmose on May 15, 2006, 09:09:32 PM

Spore uses procedural generation which, besides being shrouded in mystery as to how it works on a software level, is able to produce random yet coherent things, including animations for your creature or other planets.

Spore is able to connect online and download new species automatically from a server that holds several species designs created by other players. It's a sort of half-online capability that serves the game better than full or no online functioning would.

Spore DS couldn't possibly be just like the PC one. I'd expect it to be in 2d and limited in designs for your creature and stuff for it to do. Trying to emulate the PC version would make it boring, when they could create a cooler game based off of the Spore concept that uses the touchscreen.

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Post by: Razor on May 15, 2006, 09:23:14 PM

Well I imagine the stylus might be like a mouse, and as far as 2d goes, I'd reckon they could pull off 3D. It would be like Mario 64 DS or something

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Post by: Archem on May 15, 2006, 10:20:06 PM

I think that they'll do a 2D universe with a bunch of sprites and stuff, and you can choose a galaxy>solar system>planet, and then edit what all happens there It might end up as an isometric view with sprites (clearly, this'll limit the creator options, but it'll still make things fun and interesting), and a possible "Download Planet" option could exist, where you could do something similar to THAS to choose what to download (register your DS and game code online, then download something to your online profile, and then choose "Download Planet" in the game's possible wi-fi mode to upload the planets/species/whatever from online. In Tony Hawk, you can download boards and sprays). That would make sense, and it'd be way more probable than 3D and ginormous.

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Post by: WarxePB on May 16, 2006, 03:51:05 PM

If they do put Spore on a handheld, it's more likely that they'd put it on the PSP. The DS just doesn't have the power to do that kind of game.
Of course, they could always put it on the Wii...

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Post by: Drace on May 16, 2006, 05:02:49 PM

Cause we.... are Wii...

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Post by: Osmose on May 16, 2006, 06:50:44 PM

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Well I imagine the stylus might be like a mouse, and as far as 2d goes, I'd reckon they could pull off 3D. It would be like Mario 64 DS or something

It's not that 3d isn't possible, more that it's not probable for something like this. The benefits of 2d outweigh the cons of 3d.

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Post by: Darkfox on May 16, 2006, 06:55:09 PM

I say... PC>DS in this case. Just won't be as smooth.

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Post by: Archem on May 16, 2006, 07:20:01 PM

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I say... PC>DS in this case. Just won't be as smooth.

Yes, that's been agreed upon, but I think that they could make it a worthwhile buy, assuming that they add something to make it interesting (like the download I mentioned earlier), or some variety of minigames. As for impossible, though, I beg to differ: the DS has two processors (not like that matters too much for the game if it's 2D), making it 2D means more content can be crammed in, the DS has a new form of microcompression developed and used exclusively by Nintendo (look it up for details), it has a heavy amount of space reserved almost exclusively for game saves, and the idea of a memory card for port 2 (the GBA port), and an expansion pack (think N64 here) means that even more data can be shoved into the tiny cartridge. I say it's very possible, but it'll take some work. And yeah, the expansion pack/memory card idea would work if they retain the possibility to remove cartridges from port 2 during play. Wii Spore does sound interesting, but it'd be more or less the PC version, sans a mouse. And PSP? Not from what I see here:
http://www.gamestop.com/search.asp?sortby=default&searchtype=quicksearch&searchcount=12&Keyword=spore&platform=0&find.x=0&find.y=0&find=Search