Who cares how good Spore is, DRM ruins it.

So EA has been promoting their new game, “Spore”, for years now.  I’m sure they put more then a few bucks into its development but were they building the game or a virus?  It appears Spore comes with a nasty little DRM program attached that basically ruins the experience.  It would be like drinking a glass of Cristal out of a wax paper cup, it doesn’t matter how good the champagne is if it comes in a crappy package.

User are voicing their opinion all over the net.  Amazon has the game with a 1 start customer rating overall and 1,454 of the 1,556 total ratings are 1 start.  I doubt it will ever recover unless amazon does something like “erase” the bad ratings.

That just may happen too.  Gamespot is already siding with the corporate giant in giving a big “F U” to the users.  It has started to threaten to ban users who post negative comments.  I am glad to see they believe in free speech.

What does EA think?  They’ll throw us a bone.  They are going to lighten up with Red Alert 3 by giving us 5 installs instead of 3 with Spore.  Wow, thanks EA!  Don’t hurt your back bending over to pat the little people on their heads!

Amazon.com: Spore: Windows: Video Games

Digg – Gamespot threatens to ban user for negative Spore DRM review

Gamers fight back against lackluster Spore gameplay, bad DRM

EA gives customers middle finger with “lenient” Red Alert 3 DRM