Are you getting Spore?

Short answer: Yes
Long answer: I've put in a couple days off of vacation in September when I get it.

P.S. Madden has been the same game for the past 10 years, you've got one you've got them all. I swear E.A. thinks Madden is pokemon, gotta catchum all.

Short answer: YES

Long answer: Yes but not until I can upgrage from this MacBook to a MBP

Ed

Duh YEA!

I hope that you dont need to have the CD in the superdrive while playin!

Are you getting Spore?

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No.

Not sure. Definitely won't get it right away. I still don't know what the game is about, what the goals are etc.

And a definite no if it doesn't come out on Steam.

I definitely am, I'm getting it for Windows though.

Chone said:

I definitely am, I'm getting it for Windows though.

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It's a hybrid disc. Will run on Mac and Windows. Why would you guys play it in Windows when you can play it in Mac just as well? Do you ENJOY dual booting?

What's spore??

palebluedot said:

It's a hybrid disc. Will run on Mac and Windows. Why would you guys play it in Windows when you can play it in Mac just as well? Do you ENJOY dual booting?

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That's pretty nice to know actually (the hybrid disc) but the thing is, it won't run the same on Mac as it will on Windows, no game I have ever tried has (not even games made by the gods of development, Blizzard, which develop their games simultaneously for the 2 platforms, I'm certainly not going to trust a Cider game published by EA ).

That aside, my Mac only has a measly 7300GT (for the moment) so I'd have to play it on my PC anyways

I definitely will, though it's a toss between running it under Windows or Leopard.

Hell yeah. I have the creature creator and it's pretty sweet, I can't wait to play the full game.

No.

1. Uses SecuROM for the Windows version, and I have heard the company is busy developing SecuROM for Mac OS X as well. I don't want a game to mess up my system.
2. It's not really a Mac version nor a Mac port, it's a Windows version squeezed through Cider, meaning it will run extremely poorly.
3. Cider doesn't seem to support GMA950 (or at least Spore), meaning all intel Mac minis and pre-latest revision of MacBooks won't be able to run it.

Spore does look like a nice game, but I have no choice to pass on it.

I'd like to, but I have an older MacBook, so my graphics card makes it impossible. Interestingly enough, though, the GMA 950 is supported under Windows. So once I get a bigger hard drive so I have room to install Windows through Boot Camp and actually get around to purchasing a copy of XP, I'll probably buy Spore.

It's a shame too, because I was really looking forward to the game. It's probably better for me to not be able to play it though since I'm going to have a busy semester at school.

The day it comes out!

But Im unsure if Ill install it under Leopard or XP......

palebluedot said:

It's a hybrid disc. Will run on Mac and Windows. Why would you guys play it in Windows when you can play it in Mac just as well? Do you ENJOY dual booting?

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If I get an ounce extra performance then yes. I've paid money for my computer and I want to get the best out of it.

Nope. The darn game wont run on my macbook. (2.1GHZ 1gb ram) If I upgrades to maybe 2 or 4 GB of ram would it work? or is it the macbooks graphic card....?

bbbensen said:

The day it comes out!

But Im unsure if Ill install it under Leopard or XP......

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Same here, good to know I won't have to decide before I buy. I don't have as high of hopes for this game as I did for the Orange Box lets say but I think it'll still be well worth it.

I was put off by the half-assed creature creator though. Paying for the full version?! Heck no...

I want to but I'll have Tales of Vesperia and soon to be Warhammer to play....

Hawkeye411 said:

What's spore??

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its a life simulation game. not like the sims though. you make your own creature, and try and help it survive in a world. look here

its very cool
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OF COURSE IM GETTING IT!

Got it on pre-order. Will most likely play on Windows though as I don't want to fill my Mac partitions up with crap. I do the important stuff on the Mac and leave the pointless stuff to the PC side .

Yes, got the Monster Creator this week.

raggedjimmi said:

Not sure. Definitely won't get it right away. I still don't know what the game is about, what the goals are etc.

And a definite no if it doesn't come out on Steam.

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It's kind of like a creature-evolution based civilization that is in the spirit of modern gaming, meaning there is lots of room for creativity on the user's part. You know, it's "open". Designing your own creatures and vehicles, everything about it is creativity waiting to happen. Besides that, it has great graphics, looks like the gameplay is done well, and is a huge game. Just the creature creator took FOREVER to download, and it wasn't traffic because I waited a while before downloading it.

Oh yeah... and I'm definitely getting it. My bday is Sept. 24th, lucky me!

Yes, but not until I get bored with Quake Wars which could be a while

And if UT3 shows up this fall (and/or Gears of War and/or Starcraft 3) I'll have a REAL problem. Technically I can afford them all in money... but not in time!

nagromme said:

Yes, but not until I get bored with Quake Wars which could be a while

And if UT3 shows up this fall (and/or Gears of War and/or Starcraft 3) I'll have a REAL problem. Technically I can afford them all in money... but not in time!

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Starcraft 3 definitely isn't gonna be released this year