Melibabe wrote:Thanks very much for this! The animations in particular were great to see.

I wonder how long before someone sees an Epic doing that 'paw the ground, run and jump on you' one - whatever it's called.

sadly those are not in game animations.

Some of the parts are cool, the textures are something I'd probably hardly ever notice, the animations are amusing I guess. I still don't feel like buying this. It's not that much relevent stuff and the price is ridiculous even if I would like to see some of my guys do the robot and break dance.

Not to mention this is frankly a season of plenty as far as games go and there are just so many titles I'd rather spend my money on right now.

I'll probably buy the space expansion but this is just a joke in terms of cost vs value.

Really Markiem, great job. It's almost tempting... In fact, if the prize was more reassonable I'd buy. Thing I'm wanting those creepy mouths. So far, best were the free limbs, so it's good to see what the hold thing has to offer.

Amusing as they are, test-drive animations are only for Youtube. They can be considered a waste of good programming time. Programming time mostly spent before release, with all the things they had and are yet to fix...

The textures you are missing, maybe, try to apply the new designs to buildings or vehicles... Bet they count the effect as a new texture too.

Some animations you do get in-game, but just can't select them. Failing to mimc another creature's actions when trying to impress it will provoke the "Angry" or "Sad" animation, they use the "Scared" animation when a spaceship or meteor shower shows up, Epics are constantly using the "Roar" animation" and varied postures and dances are used throughout the stages - "Flip" and "Spin" among citizens of a city or colony that like you, for example, or "Sit" for when creatures go to sleep.

markiem32 wrote:I just found a thread by Sirkwan01 that includes the stats on the various parts:

http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/12263.page

Nice job Srikwan01! Now I don't have to have my OCD telling me I haven't finished the job.

Because someone might not see the link you posted so I will also post the stats here.



Mouths from left to right, ones in 1st row are carnivorous, then in 2nd row are omnivorous, in the last row are herbivorous.


b=bite
s=sing
c=charge
b2s1 b3c1s1 b4c1s1 b5c2s2
b1s1 b2c1s1 b3c1s2 b4c2s3
b1s2 b2s3 b2s4 b3s5

Eyes



Hands from left to right


p=pose
s=strike
h=health
p2 p3 p4 p5
s1p1h1 s1p2h1 s2p3h2 s3p4h3
s2 s3h1 s4h1 s5h1

Feet from left to right


s=sneak
c=charge
h=health
d=dance
sp=speed
s1d1sp1 s2d3sp2 s3d4sp3 s4d5sp4
c1d1sp1h1 c1d2sp2h2 c2d3sp3h3 c3d4sp4h4
s2c1sp1 s3c2sp2 s4c3sp3 s5c4sp4

Misc. parts, 1st row are for splint parts, 2nd row are for charm, and the last row are foe health


2 3 4 5
the same as above
the same as above

I'm pretty sure it's been pointed out by now, but in case it hasn't...

you forgot the 12 "quick paint" options.

Thanks! I really wanted to know what was in the new EP! (Love the robot dance!)

I agree there is too little to call it a parts packet. It's being sold as full, while it's a half. But still, some parts I already had an eye into. And that preview showed me some things even more interesting. Besides, those images can help to select the right parts to build a creature.
I'm saving them to my computer, waiting for my chance to use them as C&C only arrive at stores at 22nd in my city.
Thanks for the preview. It's being appreciated.

Jbotski wrote:id get it but 2 things are stopping me:
A) I don't have enough cash
And
B)Patch 3 broke my game.

I don't know if this would help you or not Jbotski, I had some problems with patch 3 as well. I finally found that if I started the game, it would freeze, but if I tried to start it again, it would boot it up, not sure why it does it, but I was happy to just get it to work.

I also would like to thank you for this post and the animation videos both you and the other poster placed in here.

As for buying or endorsing the purchase of C&C I am against it, as it has not shown me the need to use the parts and I do not make youtube videos (I think I am getting old).

My reasoning is this: I puchased the creature creator for my mother and she enjoyed it emensly. I bought for myself the Galactic version thinking it would have value for the additional $30 or so price (when it came out). Found out that my mother would not be able to play (even on the same computer) a seperate screenname and make her own achievements, so I bought her the Spore version, and she made her own account on her computer. Now as they want $20 for a parts pack that has less than half of what the Creature creator gave mother and I would need to get 2 so both her and I could use the parts...

In other words I do not think I need to spend the money on C&C as EA has yet to impress me enough to give them the remainder of $200.00+. I did not spend that much in the first 6 months of sims or sims 2 and do not intend to on this game either.

Great job and very professional. Like the first movie. Would be nice if they ad later some more scarry animations (and more sounds). Will get the C&C today

can i ask how many of these part packs will there be in the near future? and will they create a value pack for them all any time soon?

Already. If you buy Spore right now, they give you Cute&Creepy for free.
In the future, totally expected, I think.

ddong wrote:can i ask how many of these part packs will there be in the near future? and will they create a value pack for them all any time soon?

I am basing my following assumptions on Sims.

Sims 2 had 8 expansions and 8 stuff packs, plus 3 spin off games. LOL.

Value packs- yes, deluxe and mixed packs were made available after a point in time.

Not saying Spore will have this, just comparing to similar game developer/publisher experience.

Awesome! I was going to buy this expansion anyway, but now I reeeeeally want it! I especially love the new animations! Thanks for the work put into this. I looked the other day to see if I could find some images of the new stuff, but I feel like an idiot for not looking at the spore forums. lol

Got it today and I think it is worth the money (9.99 Euro). Great job Maxis. For all who like the creators, get it