Even so; they took a lot out that Will wanted in. With all the procedural work they did, they could have calculated the speed/strike damage/all the other hard stats with some sort of algorithm that analyzed how the creature was built; not the parts that are on it. That was put in for simplicity's sake. Most people play games that they know how something works in it. It's easy to see "This adds 1 to speed... I'll add that" instead of "how could I change the body shape to increase this creature's speed?"
As has been mentioned... It's been dumbed down quite a bit from where they wanted it. If you don't believe me, look at the first video. It looked a lot more... Brutal. More lifelike than the current poofy Chicken-Run style clouds and trees. Why? Kids think that it's fun. It's gonna be rated E. Just so EA gets more money. It all circles around to EA bashing; it really does.
I can understand the complexity meter. Imagine a creature with 500 heads... That would look stupid, cluttered, and would probably break something. With the simplistic controls and ideals and graphics(not simplistic in this case; just appealing to children) I could guarantee that kids would try to do something like this...
I thought that I heard there was a way to disable symmetry... But apparently they took that out. Just thought that I'd say that.
But, the editor really isn't bad. I really like the idea of the Sporepedia; and that your PNG is actually your save(if that's true, which it's likely). I also like how small the creatures are. An average of around 20 to 40 kb for something like that is amazing, in my opinion! That's about the size of a 2 second MP3, for comparison. Also, it is pretty freaking easy to use, and yet still allows for some pretty complex designs. The animations... Hoo boy! I don't understand how they did such a good job with that. That must have been nightmarish. All of them look exactly like their titles imply, I swear. I reeeeally got the "sumo" feel, even from a 1 footed creature.
As I'm sure that many others feel; I'm pleased with what I have, but disappointed because they promised so much more...
But what can you expect... We don't live in the future, or in a money based on desires of those without money, and EA isn't going to risk money on changing how they do things. So they had to make it simple, and less awesome. I was expecting worse than what we got, so I suppose I'm somewhat happy about what we have. Also, the game will be 50x more fun than the creator, and I'm still having a blast with it.
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