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Well it looks like spore has taken he last couple of days from me so I'll put up a quick personal review. I am playing SPORE on my MacBook Pro with 2GB RAM and a 128MB 256MB video card and I must say so far its run rather well. All the graphic settings are on medium and the game play is smooth. I was concerned that my Pro would have a slight problem running this game as its 2 years old but so far so good.

The overall game play is very addicting. I am really enjoying the game so far. I have made it through the Cell phase and am almost completed the Creature phase. Next up is the Tribal phase and I have not even explored the whole online aspect of the game: Sporepedia, Sporecasts and sharing of creations.

The game play is pretty simple so far and I am looking forward to more advanced phases, but the flexibility of the creature/building/vehicle builder is amazing. I touched tip of the vehicle creation but was a tad overwhelmed with all the options, plus I was to play the game and get a feel for options before really attempting anything significant.

The only con I have right now is that the computer has to be online for the game to even start. It appears you can not play the game offline which I think down right sucks. Why the hell can't I play a game I purchased when and where I want without phoning home?

Oh well, I knew about the weird copy protection when i bought the game I just did not think it WAS this paranoid. Dispite this it's a good game that I and the kids enjoy. I even added my Spore creature widget

I just hope EA gets its act together and realizies that paying customers are not the enemy.