Same here, kind of like Civ IV in my opinion. It was crazy good fun at first, but then in a week or two it was the most boring game I had ever played. Spore may turn out to be the same thing.

A guy from EA calling the games industry "boring" goes back to that old glass houses addage.  EA is responsible for buying up developers and pumping out homogeneous sequelsto several franchises for years now.  Series like Medal of Honor and Need for Speed have lost their uniqueness.

That said, he does have a point.  Remember games like Theme Hospital, the old SCUMM point-and-click adventure games, Sim City/Tower/Earth whatever?  It seems like it's all about more futuristic FPS games one after another these days.

We need more games like Spore.

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