Spore fell short of every preconceived expectation I held for it. If they had created what was in my head when I first caught word of it in 2003 instead of stretching out the development process for what seemed like a decade, the world would be a better place.
Actually It was probably released too soon, another year or so of polishing would have made it into a game rather than a toy.
Its a very impressive toy, just not a very good game but it come close. I made it all the way through which considering I give up out of pure tedious boredom on 99.9% of games means its not terrible. I just didn't want to play it again when I got to the end, which is a bad sign for something big on the randomness.
Read some thoughts from the designer here
http://www.designer-notes.com/?p=654
Also now would be a good time to try playing through it again
Its a very impressive toy, just not a very good game but it come close. I made it all the way through which considering I give up out of pure tedious boredom on 99.9% of games means its not terrible. I just didn't want to play it again when I got to the end, which is a bad sign for something big on the randomness.