okay, so i spent quite a bit of time on spore this weekend. i even got bernadette to play, since i thought the early levels were cool. however, after getting to the galaxy stage or whatever it’s called, the game pisses me off beyond belief. flying around with the mouse sucks. rotating the camera is hit or miss with the keyboard and sometimes requires trying to click on a control so small, and so right next to another control that flies you off the planet (literally), it’s extremely frustrating. i’m really not a fan of these missions where you have to fly around a planet, using a metal-detector-type beeping radar to tell you when you’re near something. the things you’re supposed to find are creatures or plants that seem to emit a yellow gas on the ground. however, often those animals are under large trees, and without good camera controls, you’re often left trying to see through gaps in the leaves, or worse. and, if the creature you’re trying to find is in the water, the yellow gas on the ground near him is also under water so you don’t see it at all!
maybe i’ve just been playing this game too much (really, only a few days). i think i’ve had it now, though. the galaxy level is vast, which makes it interesting, but it gets redundant and the controls piss me off almost more than the uncontrollable camera and too-tight-for-two-players that is lego star wars. don’t get me started on that one…
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