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I have to give this a positive review because I do love playing it... but I wouldn't be writing this review if I weren't upset about how ridiculous this game can be sometimes.... Although with that said, I have picked up all the DLC's. So, yes I recommend, but I must rant.
You start as a leader with bonuses for your empire, but if your leader dies, you lose those bonuses. Other leaders offer other things later on, but what's really annoying is when you never get to take advantage of the traits because they die much too soon. I was just playing as one of the Persian dynasties, a leader that gives a free promotion (strike 1) to all melee units made in any city and extra bonuses if you found the religion Zoroastrianism. Just before turn 12, it tells me that another empire founded that religion, so I wouldn't get said bonuses after all. I also had 3 cities going, all producing warriors and on the final turn before they were complete, turn 14 BTW, my leader dies for literally no reason. He wasn't sick, he wasn't assassinated, he just died without warning. He was 37, wtf happened. When all these warriors spawned a turn later, none of them had the promotion that they should've gotten. I feel like I have to restart the game again or play as a different leader because that's just uncool.
I had a similar experience with one of the Roman dynasties, where you play as Nero's Mom. It's a great leader because you get the spy master from the start of the game, however, it's not really worth it because once Nero is 15 or 16 he begins plotting against you, his mother, and kills you before turn 15. I had to restart and imprison him as soon as I possibly could just so that I could stay alive for a couple more turns... although it still wasn't long enough to put that early spy master to much use.
So, I'm giving this a positive review because as you can see, those experiences have not stopped me from restarting and trying again, but it has been incredibly frustrating that I spend a few minutes reading about these different dynasties and their different perks when the leader doesn't live long enough to actually take advantage of those perks! This is not like the civilization games where you keep the same bonuses throughout the whole game. It's constantly getting changed up on you. You, your court, your generals, and governors will dictate the output of your yields... and they'll die all the time... but it usually won't bother you unless it's your ruler. The beginning of the game should be about exploiting as much as you can from the bonuses your character provides for you while they last, giving ample time to do so without worrying about the ruler dying out of nowhere. Personally, I think that the starting leader should be able to last at LEAST 30 turns otherwise they are rendered obsolete. The first 15 turns are for making settlers and builders... so having them die just after setting up a decent amount of production is just stupid. literally ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid.
There's a lot that I'm leaving out here... there's a lot that I enjoy from the events.

TBH, the game is best after the first leader is long gone. It's fun having a bunch of children and seeing them compete for the throne and choosing the best most capable for the job. I prefer young leaders with wise traits, the longer they can live and serve, the longer their memory will remain with the people. It'll create events generations down the line. Events are what make this game engaging. If there weren't as many events I would've quit ages ago, but every time I play there's always a new event that I haven't been through yet which constantly makes the experience feel fresh.

I was really enjoying the game until I got to the 5th stage, where I'm supposed to make allies... However, I found myself continually turning down the difficulty until I was at Beginner and even that was a bit much. It just takes time to build up a standing army! and i can't make any soldiers if my people are starving every two seconds because I need to output more food, but if I focus on making more farms then by the time the enemy forces arrive... I maybe have four or five troops and the militia technology but it just isn't enough. It would be easier if I was only being attacked by one of the AI, but instead it's like they all decide to attack me at the same exact time and due to their combined strength, it just feels unbeatable.
I was really enjoying it at first though, the first couple hours were great and I had a lot of fun. It was just when I got to stage five and couldn't survive more than ten to twelve minutes before multiple armies invaded... It's just too much. I haven't tried out the other modes yet, I've just been playing the campaign. Sad that I won't be able to finish it.

I can't stop playing... expand the colony.... protect the queen.... get more food.... I love this ♥♥♥♥...

Worth my time. Great god game.

(While this is a positive review, I would consider it a mixed review)
This is not easy to review. I had a great time in the underworld, Elysium was difficult to traverse but had some good quests, and Atlantis? Well, it was beautiful more than anything else. My horse was useless in Atlantis because the running speed in the city is faster than the horse is. The quests were alright, but the enemies were ridiculously difficult to defeat. If I'm level 80, why am I still doing hardly any damage? My builds were fine, it's just that I could only assassinate lighter soldiers, heavies and elites, when they all team up and cast a lightning spell down on you, there's just no escape. I died more in Atlantis than any other realm COMBINED. I thoroughly enjoyed the main story and have loved the game overall, putting almost 150 hours into the game just in the past few weeks... But man... That last chapter in Atlantis was so frustrating that I don't think I'll be playing again for a very... very long time. I recommend giving the DLC a try as it is the better one of the two, but please, whatever you do, take your time and don't play in the other realms constantly or you may find yourself hating your game-play experience.

I both love and hate this game. It's not for those trying to have fun. It is a great way to kill time and get frustrated about things that are completely out of your control. It's a great game for learning to be content while the world catches fire...

pretty fun, pretty cool, although a bit laggy... almost all of the time.

I've been having a great time playing spore. I've been really enjoying it, but last night I almost quit for good and about 20 mins ago, I began considering quitting again. It's not that it isn't fun, it's that there's no autosave and the game will randomly crash occasionally. Last night I made it all the way to space exploration part of the game and it was going great, until my game crashed. When I loaded the game up again I was back at being in the tribal stage because I hadn't made a more recent save. I grinded all the way back up to space and then called it a night. Today I've been doing pretty well, expanding as one does, saving as often as I can remember to, but then a crash comes out of no where and I'm out 30 mins of progress. It's fun because you lose track of time, but then you crash and all that time you lost track of is gone forever and you have to do it all over again.... it's very upsetting. I'd recommend it if it didn't crash so much, but it crashes a lot so be warned.

I really wish that there was online coop so that I could invite my friend to roam the galaxy with me.... but even without that as an option I'm having a great time. I pre-ordered it the day before it came out and spent the majority of my day playing it as soon as I finished downloading it. Already finished the first episode and looking forward to playing more tomorrow and onward. I didn't know what exactly to expect, but it is everything that a lego game should be and brought back memories of when I used to play the old lego starwars. :)

I think it's a great game that I can give lots of little bits of time to.