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PC World: 8 Things Spore Needs to Do Better

PC World writes: "Spore was never meant to be all things to all people, and it's a hoot reading the mea culpas marching in from the folks who did the game such a disservice by hyping it so unreasonably. They're now calling Spore "different from what they expected." Well, what did they expect? The Sims meets Master of Orion? Dawn of War meets Impossible Creatures? Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking and Shigeru Miyamoto in a box? Will Wright (the game's creator) was never coy about his intentions here, calling Spore a casual game for casual players right from the start.

That said, and much as it's a pleasure for me to say I get it, the game's still a few chromosomes short of a genome. So I've pulled together the following list of eight mildly irritating imperfections. None were even close to deal-breakers (okay, point #1 was a three-time teeth-gnasher, but with PCs it's always a toughie to say whether crash-bugs are the game or your system) and a few probably reveal my own shortcomings as traditional (read: not casual) PC gamer. But they're at least the kinds of things Maxis needs to be thinking about as the game's sixth and uncredited "Patch Phase" gets underway."

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The 10 Weirdest Video Games You Can Play Today

From Xfire: "Anyone who's played video games for a couple of years has stuck around long enough to stumble across a few weird ones. Some are even quite popular, which is all the more reason why you'll wonder what made the developers think about making such a game and why people are loving it, despite its weirdness anyway. Not all weird video games are head-scratches. Some are actually quite good."

BlackDoomAx1830d ago

The stick of truth is a must have for any South Park fans. I spent a good afternoon on Goat simulator, a rare real open world. I planned to try hatoful boyfriend since it was free on Ps Plus. Disco Elysium is on my radar since the final cut came out; as soon as there is a discount, i will take it. Like movies, i like weird games too :)

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The 10 Best Video Games With Cut Content

From Xfire: "The four-hour director's cut known as Zack Snyder's Justice League has led to the discussion of movies in the past that might have fared a whole lot better had they been released to be more in line with the original vision of their creators. But, as it turns out, cut content doesn't just happen in movies. In fact, the act of cutting content before the release date happens arguably just as often in video games as it does in cinema."

anast1837d ago (Edited 1837d ago )

I can't believe they cut stuff from Skyrim. At release, it was a barebones game with a slight improvement in graphics.

-Foxtrot1837d ago

"Now, before we proceed, we'd like to say that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is one of the best video games ever made. It's not just a fine piece of gaming. It's one of the finest there is"

Really?

MGSV is easily the worst main line MGS game and not just because of cut story content, the open world is bare bones and there's hardly anything to do. It's repetitive, samey and is just lifeless. I appreciate the stealth mechanics, the animations and the way you can go with combat but it's not enough to keep me engaged the full way through.

Kojima should have done a twist and make the main chunk of the game a Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2 remake to bring the story full circle.

lsujester1837d ago (Edited 1837d ago )

Story issues aside, V has amazing gameplay. I'm not sure what you're wanting out of the world in terms of "things to do", it's all the great gameplay the series has always had. Useless filler that other open worlds have like collecting flags and petting horses would have added nothing to that game.

JRMVN1830d ago

THE TRUTH! I don't even know how that game gets praised. The previous ones were so much better.

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Classic Games I'd Love To See Again.

While we have witnessed a lot of remakes, remasters and even sequels to games a decade old. There are still some gems that are close to my heart that are lost to me. Here are some classic games that I'd love to either see remakes or remasters of, or even a sequel on new hardware.

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