Amusingly, this tallies almost precisely with the acclaim Spore received in 2008. this game makes your dreams come true.' An unusual statement, but undoubtedly a positive one.Īll told, 87 percent of Steam’s user reviews of Spore are positive. ' Used to love playing this back in the day,' recalls user Rikimaru, while Pyromancer states, ' Great game, even after 10 years.' User Theondrew is particularly complimentary, stating ' I made a moving penis and make it eat with its balls.
At the time of writing, Spore has 14,060 user reviews on Steam, which aggregate to a 'Very Positive' rating. Steam, however, seems to remember things differently. It was the No Man’s Sky of its day, or the Daikatana of the future, another game that dreamed too big and delivered too little. I remember Spore as one of gaming’s most notorious flops, a classic case of a hype bubble that blew too big and then burst spectacularly, covering everyone in a thin and sticky film of anger and resentment.
