Spore vs Flow - Blu-ray Forum

quexos · 09-08-2008, 06:58 PM

You must have heard of the release of the PC game "Spore" where you manage the life of a cell from the beginning to further stages of evolution. Having spent hours on this game I can say that the stage I enjoyed the most was the first one with my cell hunting for food and evolving.

Many months ago there was this game for the PS3 called "Flow" wich seems to be very similar to the first stage of Spore so I wanted to ask anyone who has played Flow, how is the game, do you evolve as you feed your cell, how does it compare to the first stage of Spore ?

Ukujiku · 09-08-2008, 07:01 PM

With Flow you don't become a full creature. it stops at multicelled organism. Just made it past the first stage in Spore, trying to make friends with the carnivores but it doesn't seem to be working.

quexos · 09-08-2008, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ukujiku

With Flow you don't become a full creature. it stops at multicelled organism. Just made it past the first stage in Spore, trying to make friends with the carnivores but it doesn't seem to be working.

I hear you. I tried to make friends at first too but then I just hunted them down but it was not so easy cause my life gauge went down real fast so I had to wound one then go back to my nest to heal then go back and finish him off, sometimes it would not work and I would end up dead anyways.

I really want to try Flow.

blu-dave · 09-08-2008, 07:15 PM

Flow is awsome!

Such a simple concept that has so much atmosphere and mood to it, plus the backgrounds are quite impressive to look at too!

fsavoie · 09-08-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by blu-dave

Flow is awsome!

Such a simple concept that has so much atmosphere and mood to it, plus the backgrounds are quite impressive to look at too!

but is there a goal to that game or its just 'flowing' around?

silversnake · 09-08-2008, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fsavoie

but is there a goal to that game or its just 'flowing' around?

the goal is to become bigger and bigger and go deeper and deeper into the ocean. Once you've become at your biggest your start from scratch with a different creature. Flow is amazing , simple as that

richieb1971 · 09-09-2008, 07:37 AM

How many creatures are there? I found 4 of them I think, then gave up. It went into credits so I'm assuming without upgrading the new dlc I have done everything in the game.

Icemage · 09-09-2008, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by richieb1971

How many creatures are there? I found 4 of them I think, then gave up. It went into credits so I'm assuming without upgrading the new dlc I have done everything in the game.

4 creatures in the base game, +1 more in the expansion.

flOw isn't so much a game as an "experience". There's no score, there's no goals, other than anything you set for yourself. You can literally jump all the way to the end of each creature's form without having consumed anything if you're careful, though the visual splendor of seeing your creature grow as you dive deeper does have a certain appeal.

This is very different from Spore's motivation, which is to accumulate mutation points to develop your creature in very specific and deliberate ways.

quexos · 09-09-2008, 02:35 PM

The music in Flow is very "new age" relaxing. It's too bad I must wait till probably 2009 before I can actually play this game. Hope that It will still be around the PSN by then

ngkf7 · 09-09-2008, 02:42 PM

Never played flOw, but Spore is ok. Not as cool as it sounded when it was originally conceived. Definitely repetitive and often boring. That being said, check out the Amazon reviews. There are 1,335 as of me writing this giving it one star because of the DRM. One user calls it Draconian - its fantastic. I will not purchase this game on the basis of the DRM, sorry EA.

I feel bad for my friend who did though, he was excited and almost started calling for midnight releases. DRM just hurts legal customers - a quick torrent search found me over 8000 seeders and over 27000 leechers from one tracking site. It's a shame really, but I'm glad Amazon is keeping these reviews up and allowing people to express their concern.

WeApOn · 09-09-2008, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by quexos

The music in Flow is very "new age" relaxing. It's too bad I must wait till probably 2009 before I can actually play this game. Hope that It will still be around the PSN by then

Fl0w was originally a flash-based game. I think you can find a version of it online. It's almost identical.

quexos · 09-09-2008, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by WeApOn

Fl0w was originally a flash-based game. I think you can find a version of it online. It's almost identical.

Yeah I found it and tried it but the PS3 version looks and sounds much better. In the web version you eat creatures and nothing happens, no evolution

ADRiiAN` · 09-09-2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by quexos

Yeah I found it and tried it but the PS3 version looks and sounds much better. In the web version you eat creatures and nothing happens, no evolution

And it was still addicting online. I liked it.

09-08-2008, 06:58 PM	#1
quexos Banned Member since:May 2007 Location:Brussels, Belgium	Spore vs Flow You must have heard of the release of the PC game "Spore" where you manage the life of a cell from the beginning to further stages of evolution. Having spent hours on this game I can say that the stage I enjoyed the most was the first one with my cell hunting for food and evolving. Many months ago there was this game for the PS3 called "Flow" wich seems to be very similar to the first stage of Spore so I wanted to ask anyone who has played Flow, how is the game, do you evolve as you feed your cell, how does it compare to the first stage of Spore ?

09-09-2008, 02:42 PM	#10
ngkf7 Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Baltimore, MD 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:161 MA collection:104 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 54	Spore Never played flOw, but Spore is ok. Not as cool as it sounded when it was originally conceived. Definitely repetitive and often boring. That being said, check out the Amazon reviews. There are 1,335 as of me writing this giving it one star because of the DRM. One user calls it Draconian - its fantastic. I will not purchase this game on the basis of the DRM, sorry EA. I feel bad for my friend who did though, he was excited and almost started calling for midnight releases. DRM just hurts legal customers - a quick torrent search found me over 8000 seeders and over 27000 leechers from one tracking site. It's a shame really, but I'm glad Amazon is keeping these reviews up and allowing people to express their concern.

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09-08-2008, 07:01 PM	#2
Ukujiku Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Safety Harbor, FL Blu-ray collection:88	With Flow you don't become a full creature. it stops at multicelled organism. Just made it past the first stage in Spore, trying to make friends with the carnivores but it doesn't seem to be working.

09-08-2008, 07:15 PM	#4
blu-dave Senior Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:England	Flow is awsome! Such a simple concept that has so much atmosphere and mood to it, plus the backgrounds are quite impressive to look at too!

09-09-2008, 07:37 AM	#7
richieb1971 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:706 Trading Score:16	How many creatures are there? I found 4 of them I think, then gave up. It went into credits so I'm assuming without upgrading the new dlc I have done everything in the game.

09-09-2008, 02:35 PM	#9
quexos Banned Member since:May 2007 Location:Brussels, Belgium	The music in Flow is very "new age" relaxing. It's too bad I must wait till probably 2009 before I can actually play this game. Hope that It will still be around the PSN by then

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