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Spore System Specs Released, Creature Creator Coming Soon

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the so-much-waiting dept.

Will Wright's long-awaited game, Spore, seems to be nearing completion, with a release slated for September. In anticipation of this release, EA has outlined the system requirements and will still be releasing their Creature Creator demo for experimentation on June 17th.

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  1. Don't Try To Make Humans... by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... they just consume all your computer's resources.

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  2. Re:Quite low by EvanED · · Score: 5, Informative

    HL2 Episode 2 only required a DX7 video card, and recommended a DX9 one. I wouldn't exactly call that game lacking shiny and high res textures.

  3. Some actual Spore news... by Bwana+Geek · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not mentioned in the article or summary is the much more interesting news that the Sporepedia is live. Go check out some of the creatures that the Maxis team has created. Some of them are quite different from those I've seen in previous media.

    1. Re:Some actual Spore news... by jthill · · Score: 5, Interesting

      So I go check it out, and I see this:

      How do you see one of these Creatures in your Spore Creature Creator? Right Click on the thumbnail image of the creature. Save the image to your desktop. Drag the saved image from your desktop into the Spore Creature Creator. Voila! The Creature is in your game.

      Whoever thought that up deserves a few moments of quiet respect.

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    2. Re:Some actual Spore news... by biovoid · · Score: 5, Informative

      Very cool. The creature data is encoded as binary in the alpha channel of the PNG. That means any creature can be defined in under 2KB.

  4. How bout that "Extended Download Service"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    If you try to pre-order, you're taken to a helpful, filled-out order form that includes the Spore Creature Editor for $9.99 and an item EA calls "Extended Download Service" for $5.99. WTF? A helpful link next to the item explains:

    "EDS means that with the purchase of your digital product, we'll keep a copy of your file for two full years, so you don't have to. You'll gain peace of mind knowing that we have your program stored and ready for you to download again at your convenience."

    So what it sounds like is, if you upgrade your PC, the only way you can lay your paws on your software that you purchased from EA is if you also pay "protection" money to them. And then only for two years. Swell, huh?

  5. Re:I did not know this was news. by howlingfrog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does knowing this before everyone else make me cool?

    This is Slashdot. We're geeks. That's how we define cool.

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