| Spore | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: CDN$ 49.99
Buy New: CDN$ 44.99
You Save: CDN$ 5.00 (10%)
New (2) Used (2) from CDN$ 42.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 99
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista, Macintosh
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 19080
Model: 15352
UPC: 014633153521
EAN: 0014633153521
ASIN: B000FKBCX4
Release Date: September 7, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
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Crashed my system October 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This peace of sh** crashed my system, and get this, the only way I could get it to work was a full re-install of windows and than installing the cracked version I downloaded (I read on a forum that it would work). this thing is nothing but a $50 peace of worthless sh** that isn't even worth the disk it is pressed on.
STAY AWAY.
EA... You better not put this DRM sh** on Sims 3 or i will not bother buying it I will just skip right to my other solution and download it. You guys F'd up big time.
I have all my Sims stuff registered and will be emailing my complaint.
I have been a big fan of Will Wright's games for a long time but NOW I AM F***ING MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAY TO SLAP LEGITIMATE PURCHASERS OF YOUR PRODUCT. THANKS FOR THE HEADACHE.
I will not buy any more EA games October 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The DRM software that gets secretly installed on your computer and has complete access to ALL you computer's systems including the internet is going too far. I do have any priated games, I have bought all my games.(All of the Sims 2). But as a comsumer this is too much. I will boycott EA until they change the DRM they use.
Spore - No thank you October 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Spore is a shadow of what it could be. The game play has been dumbed down and it is now boring and retitive. The only fun part is the creature creation but the design of a creature does not seems to really impact it's success or failure. Add to this a DRM fiasco that only let you install the game 5 times! Save your money and don't buy this game!
Virus disguised as a game October 10, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My review will contain facts, and only facts, no commentary about EA or what's right and what's wrong. You make your own decisions.
I purchased this game 2 weeks ago.
When you first install this game, it will automatically, secretly, install a program called SecuROM into the Kernel of your computer. The Kernel is the highest administration level of your computer, it can interact directly with your hardware.
Facts:
1) SecuROM installs itself automatically when you install the game. It installs itself onto Ring 0 (Ring 3 is where most programs operate, ring 1 and 2 are your device drivers/OS, and ring 0 is the root of your computer where direct interaction with your hardware Ram CPU etc occurs). Simply put, it has total control over your computer because inner rings have full access of subsequent rings, but not vice versa.
2) The game's installer does not tell you that it is installing this program, and there's no way to prevent it. Nowhere in the manual, the online documentation, EA's website, the game's EULA does it make any mention of this software.
3) SecuROM runs automatically and HIDES itself from your operating system, it hides its folders and .dlls.
4) SecuROM CANNOT be disabled. It is hidden from your OS so you can't tell it's running unless you use special programs. Ending the process does nothing, it restarts instantly.
5) SecuROM CANNOT be uninstalled. Even if you uninstall the game completely and delete it from your computer, SecuROM is still there, still runs on your computer whenever it's on. It has no uninstaller. deleting its folder, removing the registry entries does nothing, it is now apart of your system Kernel.
6) SecuROM DISABLED MY FIREWALL!! It did it without notice, presumably to send information to EA. I don't play online, only single player. It will access your internet whenever you're online whether you are playing the game or not.
7) SecuROM uses system and network resources, and you have no control over the program whatsoever. You can not control it or what it does.
8) My system began crashing at random intervals, when it had never crashed before installing spore.
9) Contacting EA support redirects you to SecuROM support, who redirects you back to EA support who redirects you ...
10) Reformatting my computer was the only way to remove SecuROM and allow it to function normally again.
11) This is the EXACT the behaviour of the most malicious viruses out there, and it is being bundled with official software with no warning to the user - This is ILLEGAL.
Buy this at your own risk.
say NO to drm October 1, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Regardless of the quality of the game, there is no place for DRM in the software universe. If I bought the game, which I won't, I might create beings not so greedy and intrusive as the makers of Spore.
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