Why this game isn't what some of you are thinking
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What Spore May Spawn
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First, if you haven't watched the video of this game yet, do so now. I have the same concerns that many others do about WW's games starting off great and then tanking. At least he's creatively pushing the boundaries of games though.
There have been a couple of comments about being able to take over other players worlds, destroy them, etc. This isn't an MMORPG people, that can't happen. As is my understanding of how the game works, it essentially pulls information (planets, creatures, vegetation, buildings, etc.) from other players games. That is how it creates new worlds and how the creatures exist. Any world you blow up with a nuke however, will only exist on your personal computer. Basically there's a database of all of the user created objects that everything gets pulled from.
I can't wait for this to show up on the retail shelves.
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First, if you haven't watched the video of this game yet, do so now. I have the same concerns that many others do about WW's games starting off great and then tanking. At least he's creatively pushing the boundaries of games though. There have been a couple of comments about being able to take over other players worlds, destroy them, etc. This isn't an MMORPG people, that can't happen. As is my understanding of how the game works, it essentially pulls information (planets, creatures, vegetation, buildings, etc.) from other players games. That is how it creates new worlds and how the creatures exist. Any world you blow up with a nuke however, will only exist on your personal computer. Basically there's a database of all of the user created objects that everything gets pulled from. I can't wait for this to show up on the retail shelves.