I have a distinct memory of my school mate, ca. 2008, whispering to me legend of a game where you could play as an entire species throughout every stage of it's evolution, eventually being able to free-roam throughout an entire galaxy and terraform planets, and everything!
This was the holy grail of games for me at the time. The one that I had been looking for. I can't remember why, but for a long time I was never able to play it myself. Probably because I had no money. But I didn't even get to go to that schoolmate's house to try it out! All I could do was watch gameplay longingly on YouTube.
One day, as the family was leaving my uncle's house where we had dinner, I laid eyes upon a copy of Spore: Galactic Edition sitting on the book shelf. I took it, and stared at it in my hands covetously, until my uncle decided to let me have it. I was one happy little brat.
I think it had a few issues running on our janky old Windows Vista family PC, but I eventually got it running through sheer will. A will to find any means necessary to play the games that I wanted to play.
The license key had already been used by my uncle, so I never got to experience the online features of the game, seeing creatures that other people had made and what not. But for whatever age I was back then, the game didn't actually end up being a disappointment for me. I enjoyed the style of it, especially the space stage. I played it through one and a half times, and then I was satisfied. Never to pick it up again.
This was the holy grail of games for me at the time. The one that I had been looking for. I can't remember why, but for a long time I was never able to play it myself. Probably because I had no money. But I didn't even get to go to that schoolmate's house to try it out! All I could do was watch gameplay longingly on YouTube.
One day, as the family was leaving my uncle's house where we had dinner, I laid eyes upon a copy of Spore: Galactic Edition sitting on the book shelf. I took it, and stared at it in my hands covetously, until my uncle decided to let me have it. I was one happy little brat.
I think it had a few issues running on our janky old Windows Vista family PC, but I eventually got it running through sheer will. A will to find any means necessary to play the games that I wanted to play.
The license key had already been used by my uncle, so I never got to experience the online features of the game, seeing creatures that other people had made and what not. But for whatever age I was back then, the game didn't actually end up being a disappointment for me. I enjoyed the style of it, especially the space stage. I played it through one and a half times, and then I was satisfied. Never to pick it up again.