SPORE Creatures – iPhone App Review

SPORE Creatures ($6.99)

Version – 1.0.0

REVIEW – “Move your way up the food chain in this action packed sequel!”

A couple of years ago in 2008, Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts, released a game with a revolutionary concept. The game was later released on several different platforms including the iPhone and iPod Touch platform. The basic idea of the game is that you would control the process of evolution and help creatures grow from tiny emotionless blobs into beings capable of culture and language. That game immediately took off and became hugely popular! Because of that EA has recently released a sequel called “SPORE Creatures” for iPhone and IPod touch!

The basic idea of SPORE Creatures is that you physically control the development of a single organism as it evolves. The game play consists of making your way through different levels avoiding enemies and consuming smaller, less complex organisms. As you pregress through the game you have a direct hand in what characteristics and traits your organism will take on!

As you would expect from EA the graphics and sound in this game are phenomenal! When you open up the game you are taken directly to the main menu. From here you can choose to play, edit your “creatures,” check out more games by EA, set the “options,” or get help on how to play. The menus all have a very polished feel to them and do a good job of adding to the overall feel of the game.

Once you decide to get started you will be put in control of your “creature.” The way you control him is by tilting your device in the direction you’d like to go. As you advance through the levels you will see different types of objects that are interactive. To interact with them all you have to do is touch them on the screen. Occasionally you will come across civilizations of organisms and you will be given the choice to either consume them or to become friends with them and communicate.

While this game starts out as a very simple concept, it quickly gets more intense. As you get further into the game You will unlock various ways to add different abilities to your creature. These abilities are mostly made possible by the adding of various different types of appendages. This makes your creatures abilities increase in things like “Offensive,” “Defensive,” “Movement,” etc.

I could go into much more detail about how your character is customizable and how the game progresses but words don’t do justice to how much fun this game is! The best thing is that this is a type of game that can be easily picked up and played by anyone, but it also manages to add plenty of depth and strategy into the mix. If you’ve been waiting for that next “must-have” game for your iPhone or iPod Touch you will not be disappointed with “Spore Creatures” so check it out today!

- David H.

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