Spores first exapansion packs
We all knew that Spore was would have expansion packs, but November 18th really was fast! it is not a full expansion pack but will contain:
more than 100 new creature-building components themed in two distinct styles—charming, cartoon-esque creatures and scary, monster-like creatures
Also announced was a much more promising expansion pack coming out in spring 2009. It is an expansion pack aimed at the space stage. It will allow players to teleport themselves down on to the planet surface; just what someone who I was talking to about this game requested!
Also, pushing the content sharing stuff, it will be possible to design adventures and share them. What these "Adventures" will entail is anyone's guess. Hopefully, they will be more thought-provoking than the fedex missions in the game itself.
Personally, the first expansion pack does not interest me one bit. If it was freely downloadable - to keep consumers interested in the product - then obviously I would download it. But the idea that I will purchase, which I presumably will have to, 100 graphics is absurd. The second expansion back, providing these adventures are as dynamic as the creature creator, sounds highly interesting. Particularly if they fix all the issues I ranted about in my review!
Stay tuned for more updates. Also, some new information has come to light about Halo 3: Recon. The expansion pack to Halo 3 being developed by Bungie. That is - despite the fact it is the only DLC I will pay for - is not in fact downloadable at all. Why? I can only assume it was bigger than 2GB. If Bugie charge £20, I will consider it as a snap, but this is why I hoped it would be DLC. They can now, in theory, get away with £40 - a price too steep for someone who, while did enjoy the H3 campaign, not enough to purchase it again. It has the same online as Halo 3, so little temptation there.
Ah well, Fable is coming. I have agreed with my friend that, once we have both clocked in 30hrs(about a day after getting the game!) of single player, we are, until online is enabled, sleeping round at alternating houses playing local co-op! Stay tuned for the full review upon release on the 24th.
Nice article. This expansion pack for Spore sounds quite interesting to me, but since I have still not gotten round to buying Spore as yet it won't really effect me.
ReplyDeleteThe Spring pack sounds enticing too, but how 'adventures' will work I don't know. Maybe it will add a new gaming style to the game, since it already encompasses most other styles, an FPS 'adventure' sounds like a good choice.
As for the Halo stuff, bleh. I played Halo 3 for a matter of just a few hours before I got completely bored. I ended up shelving it along with the other Xbox games I got bored of, so an expansion pack that I'd have to pay for does not entice me in the slightest!