05/18/05 - Gamespots' Spore E3 2005 Impressions

[ManagerJosh]

E3 2005 is under way and we made absolutely sure we took the opportunity to visit with Maxis' Will Wright to get an up-close demonstration of Spore, an all-new game that will let you evolve from the petri dish to interstellar travel. As we saw, you'll begin your life as a microscopic organism swimming around in a primordial soup, devouring any microbes smaller than you and avoiding any that are larger that might potentially attack you. Once you devour enough of your fellow microbes, you'll actually be able to evolve by using a universal editing screen. At the microscopic level, you may be able to add cilia (tiny flapping "hairs" that let you move more quickly), flagella (whiplike projections that also help you move quicky), as well as defense mechanisms that will let you fight off larger beings.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/spore/preview_6125451.html