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Spore Creature Creator


8.8

based on 7 reviews
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The Spore Creature Creator gives Spore fans, and those who are creatively curious, the first hands-on opportunity to design their own species and share it with their friends. All creatures designed with the Spore Creature Creator can be imported into the full retail version of Spore for PC and Mac. The demo lets players shape, paint and play with an unlimited number of creatures, using 25 percent of the creature-making parts from Spore. Gamers can then share these creations with their friends, including seamless uploads to YouTube. [Electronic Arts]

PUBLISHER:	Electronic Arts
DEVELOPER:	Maxis
GENRE(S):	Simulation
PLAYERS:	1
ESRB RATING:	E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE:	June 17, 2008

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

EuroGamer

While it acts like a pre-order incentive, in actual fact, playing the Creature Creator, it absolutely justifies itself. Even if you never plan to play Spore, it's absolutely essential you play this.

PC Gamer UK

A wonderful toy that easily justifies the price. [Sept 2008, p.82]

GameFocus

The amount of customization with each body part is quite astonishing.

Gaming Target

The Creature Creator isn't much more than a marketing tool for the upcoming Spore. Anyone itching to get their hands on the game will certainly enjoy the chance to play with the tools and build and share creatures with like-minded players.

VideoGamer

Spore: Creature Creator tells me a few things: creating new species is great fun, creation tools can be simple yet deep, people will always make the rudest things possible, and Spore is going to be a massively popular PC release.

Play (Poland)

Proof that learning about evolution can be enjoyable. The automated upload to YouTube was an especially brilliant idea. I've never had so much fun for the price of a big pizza. [Aug 2008]

Cheat Code Central

Concocting cool critters is incredibly addictive, and the ability to save any and all of your beasts for future use in the game is pretty awesome.

The average user rating for this game is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 33 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Frazer S. gave it a7:
Although it is keeps you occupied for quite some time, it's charm soon wears off and you wonder why you bought it as it only increases you craving for the original game.

PPFreely gave it a9:
There is no better tool on the market to create Penis monsters with than Spore Creature Creator.

Leah R. gave it a7:
Lots of fun for an hour or two, but ultimately it's just a modeling program, and as such the limited control eventually starts to become frustrating (especially if you have a background in using 3D apps). However, this is an immense step in the right direction for the generation of user-created content.

Paula F. gave it a9:
Fantastic 3D jumpstarted! the first time you log in you'll be creating awesome stuff. Very addicting. Looking forward to the full game play in sept.

T S gave it a10:
For ten bucks you can't get a better source of entertainment. If the creature builder is this good, I can't wait for the game.

Renee M. gave it a10:
This was ridiculously fun. I enjoyed the creative elements of creature creation and the amazing flexibility of the creator. Even with the limited choices offered in the demo, it was still a really fun experience to make a creature. I do wish the voices had been more varied to suit the creatures size (deeper voices for bigger monsters perhaps), but maybe that's in the full release. I also liked the photo and video features - what a cool idea. I can hardly wait to see what else comes out for Spore!

Andrew gave it a9:
Great! It does limit you though, no water, no flying, (only gliding) no bugs, etc etc... The mouths assume that they are near the eyes. You have a "forward" direction no matter what. Stuff like that.