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2009 · Expansion · Maxis · Adventure · Biological simulation

Spore Galactic Adventures

Expansion

Get out of your starship and turn your Spore creatures into legendary Space Captains. For the first time, beam down with your allies to take on action-packed, planetside adventures. Complete quests, collect rewards, and even create and share your own missions.

Released: 23 June 2009
Platforms: Windows macOS
Genres: Adventure Biological simulation Life simulation Real-time strategy Science Simulation Strategy
Developers: Maxis
Publishers: Electronic Arts
Series: Spore
Modes: Single-player
Themes: Action Stealth Comedy
Engine: proprietary engine
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E10+CLASS_IND 10 PEGI 12
Languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal) and 3 more
Entry: #5 in Spore
Time to beat: 10hmain story51hcompletionist

About

Spore Galactic Adventures is an expansion pack for the multigenre game Spore, developed by Maxis Emeryville and published by Electronic Arts. The US version of the game was released on June 23, 2009. The European version was released on June 26, 2009.

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Gameplay

The main feature added to the game is the Adventure Creator. This Creator allows players to create various missions, which are then populated into the Space stage in a manner similar to the other content created in the original game. Players add elements to the adventure by dragging them from a menu and dropping them into the world. Creatures, vehicles and buildings created using the game's other editors can be selected and placed throughout the world.

The player can also set creatures' behaviors from aggressive to friendly, and add speech bubbles. In addition, fixed objects from the previous stages of Spore, as well as gameplay objects like bombs and teleporters, can be added to the game.

Development

A space-based expansion pack was first announced mid-October 2008 alongside the Creepy and Cute parts pack. On June 9, 2009, the Spore website was redesigned to prepare for a Galactic Adventure.

Reception

Spore: Galactic Adventures gained generally positive reviews according to Metacritic.com. It was praised for its adventure creator which was seen as complex yet easy to use.