From the creator of games such as The Sims and SimCity Brings you Spore, a game where you start off as a single cell and evolve all the way up until you get to space, and then from there it’s endless open play.

Once you start the game you have a galaxy infront of you with a few planets for you to choose from. You can name the planet and the creatures which you will play as. Once you start the cell stage you will have to pick what type of creature you would like to be, carnivore, herbivore or an omnivore. Then to evolve you have to eat the corresponding food which then gives you DNA cells to help you evolve. You also gain different parts to help you swim faster, defend yourself against other cells and several other categories.

After you have evolved onto land (Creature stage), you then go around and either make friends or attack and kill other creatures. Again to evolve its the same as the cell where you go and find different parts to upgrade your creatures and advance them onto the next stage. The way you find the parts is slightly different than the cell stage as you will find bits of skeletons lying around near the nests of the other creatures.

The Tribe stage is where you need to dominate the other tribes by killing them out right or by making friends with them. Unlike the other two stages you don’t need to find parts as you modify your tribe by the city planner located when you move the cursor over the main hut. Also when you hover over the hut you can also make another tribe member for when you expand or one dies.

The second to last stage is the Civilisation stage where you need to take out the opposing teams cities by either befriending them, converting them to your religion or by destroying them.

The space stage is the last stage and offers open ended game play. You will encounter other creatures and help them by doing jobs and trading with them for things you need to help you in your quests. You can also terraform other planets to colonise them.

So as you can tell there are 30+ hours of game play. The online content is a function where you can share your creations with other Spore users and use theirs as well.

I really do like this game and it is really addictive so be warned.