playing as a species who evolves throughout the ages is a damn good time, though it might take a specific kind of person for this game to hit since the gameplay is pretty simplistic. this was one of the first games i played, so there might be some nostalgia coloring my opinion, but i do think it's aged well. will have to revisit it sometime to make sure, but i honestly think if a spore 2 refined the concepts introduced here and added more depth to the gameplay loop, it could be among my favorite games.