Can you beat Spore without evolving from the weakest species in the game? Here's my attempt at the pitiful worm challenge I saw from KinglyValence and Narotiza. Not a speedrun at all - just wanted to have some fun trying it out.
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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Cell Stage
2:24 - Creature Stage
3:42 - Tribal Stage
5:42 - Civilization Stage
8:28 - Space Stage
12:40 - Outro
Ambient music by Epidemic Sound (My free trial referral link here - Thank you for the support) share.epidemicsound.com/3sMm7f
Also featured:
Sims Buy Mode
Sims Neighborhood (also by EA and Maxis)
Spore soundtrack
Felt like revisiting Spore after a long time away from it - Narotiza and KinglyValence inspired this one with the pitiful worm, so please go check out their better versions of the run. Honestly just felt like having some fun with it after the last blind species run. Hope you enjoy!
Truly beautiful
Owi
Narotiza's series on this is one of my favorites. The editing, especially in the final part, is amazing.
Got back into Spore myself recently good to See others are too.
I had never watched that guy before but KZhead randomly suggested the pitiful worm run and it was really interesting. Funny to see it inspiring other KZheadrs.
Spore is something i’d like to see more of in 2022.
Agreed
I'd play it more if it didn't crash every 10 minutes and unlog me when I enter the game...
@@FriendlyArchpriest that's spore for you
@@FriendlyArchpriest something that seems to help is start spore as soon as you can on your computer. after one crash, the game likes to crash quicker
Imagine the space age, but Stellaris. This game idea had so much potential bud sadly the majority of it was just disappointment.
if you're not enjoying the creature stage its because you arent leading a ragtag band of toothy monstrosities to go around eating everything into extinction
I deeply agree
All spore playstyles are enjoyable, but some are more enjoyable than others.
@@Propulus mouth with wings! Mouth with wings!
Indeed
@@bodaciouschad feet with teeth!
People who haven't played Spore: "So, it's some casual kids' game, right?" People who have played spore: "I have stared into the abyss of existence, and it stared back, eyeless and wriggling."
People who have played spore: it’s some causal kids’ game, and I love it
People who haven't played Spore: "So, it's some casual kid's game, right?" People who have played Spore on easy or normal: "It's some casual kid's game, and I love it." People who have played Spore on hard: "I have stared into the abyss of existence, and it stared back, eyeless and wriggling. But I did not blink!"
@✮ℭ𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔶✮ On my part, yes, combined with OP's.
@@bugdracula1662 then why did I have walking genitals for a species God damn you!? Jk I know it wasn't meant to be when the penials were ultimately went extinct.
@@morgantaylor84 People who played military civilization stage on hard: I'm still in the abyss, please send help
If Spore makes a sequel, I’m running to my wallet ASAP. They need to revive this franchise man, this is my kind of game.
Hate to break it to ya, but there won't ever be a Spore 2. Maxis owns the rights to it, and since EA decided to kill Maxis, there won't be another Spore :/
@@rasmuske9100 DARN YOU EA. WE COULD HAVE WORLD PEACE BUT AND FLYING CARS BUT YOU HAVE EXIST.
@@Eggberb69 I CONCUR!
@@rasmuske9100 There are some fan made spore games work in progress, but we can only hope they do not crash
I know right? Its such an amazing game, i'd love to play a sequel of it that uses the graphics and technology we have now :D
I really wish we could get a modern spiritual successor to Spore.
That and SimEarth
Hopefully not made by EA, and not monetized to hell.
You need to try dark spore
Thrive
@@theMcWOPPER dark spore is dead?
The idea of an invertebrate worm with one orifice and zero senses becoming a space faring race is more amusing than it should be Just imagine we finally make 1st contact with aliens excited for them to share their technology and a giant earthworm flops out.
And then the first thing they tell us is *_THE SPICE MUST FLOW_*
That's basically what happens in Half-Life.
@@aduckofsomesort omg yes
This is the Combine from the Half-Life universe.
@@aduckofsomesort damn good taste! beat me to it
I cant imagine the cosmic horror of being annihilated by a race of single celled worms
Cosmic horror or glorious irony?
I kept laughing at the fact that this is the equivalent to humans making all of their buildings and vehicles giant versions of their faces and bodies, but not even in like the mech way, they're just static
Your pfp is awesome
@@dancincoolkidRemember, he was number one!
i remember playing this when i was like 10 and making the most ungodly creatures to walk the planet like some sort of psychotic cruel god
Merph
Just like the Qu from All Tomorrows!
@@TheoTungsten EXACTLY like the qu
I had weird blue ape people with elbow spikes and acid spitting nipples. Then the computer got wiped and I lost the save, and months later I got jumped by an epic version of it and never saw it again.
we need another spore game. This game had so much potential. Does anybody know if there are some devs making a game similar to this?
There is! Its called Thrive and its VERY new. As of now its just cell stage, but theres already so much more content than just eat food grow big. You have to balance chemical reactions and stuff :)
@@Lichen8404 It's official release is new but the game has been in development for *10 years* with barely anything to show for it. I do not have high hopes for it tbh. Even for a passion project that was free until the recent release development was impressively slow. Also most reviews comment on how little content there is
Elysian Eclipse is a new project that seems to be somewhat promising
@@Astro_Guy_1 reminds me of a money laundering scheme. fucking lmao
Spore was created by Maxis, which was swallowed and crushed by EA long ago. So unfortunately, probably not...
"The whole tribe bounced and thrusted with majesty as our number of homies grew" Gotta be one of the greatest quotes I've ever heard🤣
Spore was a fun game until the space age. It became kind of meandering at that point and was hard to run. I think something that would have really helped the game during that phase is if you could have set up passive trade routes to make money instead of having to travel and sell everything personally. You'd have more time to terraform and explore if you could do that.
This was my thoughts. "I got trade routes!" *Has to manually travel* "But what was the point of that then?"
Galactic Adventures would be the future of this game, it's such an amazing idea.
Space age needed sub-ages. The first where you truly colonize your solar system. Then you somehow get to the next system and explore that and other nearby systems, and then finally unlock the rest of the galaxy. It was clear that a LOT of content was cut throughout the game to get to release, most notably the space age...
Agreed. I probably had 100 playthroughs that went from cell stage to civilization stage, and never finished space stage even once.
Space age sucks yea
I started laughing so hard I began crying when I saw the worm shaped cars and buildings in the civilization stage.
I was crying laughing when he was thrust-dancing towards other tribes with gifts💀💀💀💀
You're really easy to make laugh aren't ya..
I get frustrated every time i see spore, because it could have gotten a remake already but because everyone saw how it failed (still due to no fault of its own but THE FUCKING EA) investors figured that it's a really bad idea for a game build. Small indie devs have no resources to make it happen, big developer studios have no will to make it happen, such is the pitiful existence of this unnderrated concept and it makes me sad.
EDIT: Okay, okay, I get it. I was not previously aware of the length of tribe's development time, if i had been, it would have influenced my opinon. Thrive isn't going to be released. There, are you happy now?
@@The_WhitePencil i've playtested thrive for 20 hours and it's bad.
@@secretname2670 Well i mean yeah, it's not done yet, by a long shot.
@@The_WhitePencil it’s been in development for 10 years and has still not progressed, it also used to be free but they now charge for it. It’s super shady and seems to be going nowhere fast.
@@The_WhitePencil Thrive will never be a actual game, they will never leave the cell stage, give up on Thrive and despair.
"You're killing your enemies only to spite them and you can't even eat their corpses after you're done. Darwin would find our evolutionary methods both baffling and disturbing." This goes in my quote book.
Spore needs more love.. Imagine if there was a remastered spore with online multiplayer with some tweaks it could be amazing
Stellaris is kinda like just the space stage of spore lol
@@TinyTyranitar95350 fax
I would hope that multiplayer would be optional. I personally don't like playing Multiplayer most of the time due to trolls and jerks that will kill you over and over and over... Never mind internet issues...
Yea I would love to see something like an updated civ 6 version of spore
@@TinyTyranitar95350 Space stage on steroids
This game is beautiful, I’m glad you’re covering it! Thanks for the great content!
Thanks for the kindness - happy you've enjoyed :)
Not having had heard or played this game before, I was both invested and bewildered for 13 straight minutes.
Welcome to the world of weirdness that is Spore. I highly recommend checking out Galactic Adventures. It’s the expansion for Spore that lets you play like in creature stage and create levels and missions to share and upload to earn points and captain parts.
I came here to say this! No idea what’s happening 😂
6:53 That, er...aged pretty well. Sadly. Also, I like how the worms went from being jokes to being the terror of the solar system in like 5 minutes.
Literally the story of the Yeerks in Animorphs. Alien slugs given space faring tech, proceed to wage war and destroy countless worlds.
@@unusualusername8847 Man of culture🥂
No, it hasn't. The Soviet Union does not exist anymore it's been over 30 years. Russia is not sovietic.
@@potentpotassium5776 Yes, but that's still anachronous: it's the same thing as comparing the italians during the second WW to the soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire. They may be ethnically related, but the historical context is completely different (for example, today's Russia is led by a far-right government, while the USSR was communist)
@@Ceu.Noturno Are you unaware of the horseshoe concept? Super far right countries and super far left countries both tend to end up autocratic nightmarescapes. The Nazis and The USSR were on opposed ends of the spectrum but used similar tactics of control and governance. Also the "president" of russia is a former member of the communist secret police, so things are running pretty similarly under the hood.
Stuck floating in space for the rest of its life, at least the pitiful worm was safe inside its own mind. But eventually, the pitiful worm stopped thinking.
Wait... This *is* a JoJo reference!
Doo doo , doo doo doo. Doo doo doo doo doo do de doooooooo
JOJOO
I love how broken the animations for worms are in the tribal stage!
So this is how the Hutts became so powerfull despite being literal worms.
The line “And who can forget Baby Chlowl” to this day lives in my mind like a rat in the wall and I still laugh at it hysterically every single goddamn time Thanks, AA, you carry my recovery on your back almost single-handedly with the content you’ve produced in the last 3,5 years. Just wanted to throw it out for you
Narotiza's worm series is probably one of my favorites, and I love revisiting the absolutely immaculate editing and cult worship. Always happy to see more worm.
i for one love the creature stage because due to getting random parts it forces you to be a bit more creative with how your creature looks, i spend more time making my species aesthetic than actually playing
Creature stage is the best because you control one creature, other stages are boring imo
Damn, I worked on that game. Was a blast to see you play through it like that!
What did you do?
I worked on it too! Really! It's true!! I did works on it. You know, the usual game-making works...
@@presidentofallfoodnice8113 Final look at the game for fun and playability. Was working in Redwood City office in another department and they wanted fresh eyes on it. Spent about 3 weeks playing and reporting to Senior Leadership about small tweaks we could do to make it a better customer experience.
@@midiknightccgs6758 wow, so cool!
@@midiknightccgs6758 amazing
14 years later and this game is still being explored and spoken to. Truly a testament to it's design and playability.
Love all the wormly shaped things they constructed
I never thought that these "Tic Tac" Ufo shapes made actual sense. Now I know why and it frightens me
Oh god
This Challenge made me realise how little your creature matters after the creature stage
I dont think anyone could enjoy creature stage as a blind blue hotdog
The philosophy, the powerful words this man has moves this writer's heart greatly. May the worm guide you.
Spore has got to be one of my most favourite childhood games of all time. Everything from how creative you can be, to the unique game modes requiring different strategies to succeed, and interacting with others and their own creative minds. If the hours I played were logged like steam does now, I am certain my family and I would have spent over 10k hours. Somehow never got old.
“The Goddamn Soviet Union decides to come in and run It’s tanks on us” 👀
Yeah, and this is a month early.. This guy's a seer
I just hate it when that happens
The narration and tone make this a cinematic masterpiece
I love this game to bits. Every time I play, I discover something new, another entirely unnecessary and easily-overlooked level of depth and thought that has gone into this incredible work of art, even 14 years after its release.
Wait, you can be attacked by giant bugs in the civilization stage? I wonder how much of this game i missed when i played it.
There's so many obscure features and easter eggs in Spore, I remember finding lots of weird things in the creature and space stages.
That was an epic, and in the civilization stage you can't even fight them as a religious nation, you can only charm them, so that was a worst case scenario
@@thomasdevlin5825 as a trader nation you can't charm nor harm them.
@@pustota7254 your turrets can still shoot them.
@@theandroid5282 yeah. But if a giant is in the range of your turrets than there's is a serious problem.
I didn't know it was possible to fail in the tribal phase. Thank you for showing me hidden depths to this game.
I died when the worms bust out the instruments to play for the other tribes.
Ah yes, Wormian Minimalism. Possibly my favourite period in architectural history.
I was thinking here, and I'm curious how much of the game can you play as a strict cannibal. Cell stage could be possible since if one of your own species gets game ended you can feast on their innards(I dont know if this works in the creature stage, and im sure the tribal stage is definitely impossible, but im super curious)
Actually, if you save, quit, and boot up again, it's possible to have your own creature species as a wild creature, though it's rare
I like the idea that a creature that had no business surviving the cell and creature stage could grow up to be one of the strongest Empires in the entire galaxy.
The creature stage where he kidnaps babies back to his nest to kill them is so horrifying. Imagine if something like that were real. Huge worms that sneak into your babies room and drag it off into the night to a nest to kill it
Narotiza's playthrough was such a journey, I remember watching it years ago. I realize it's sadly not as viable when it comes to earnings, but I genuinely miss the longer form playthroughs you used to do, any chance we could see something as great as "The Torsolo Experience" in the future?
Yeah, i miss them too 😔
just because he isn't making the long content dosen't mean he stopped making it complety just give it a few
@@AnAverageNerd it's been over half a year since he started a series, like I said it's understandable if he won't do em anymore since they are legitimately less popular and profitable. less people will watch a ten episode series all the way through than will watch ten individual videos, also I believe KZhead pushes individual videos way more than episodic things
Might be open to it someday. In that vein, there's a lot of series I do and have done in the past in a similar regard that never actually took off, so I'd definitely check down in the channel history. Rimworld, Kenshi, and PZ have a lot of examples like that. Loved doing Torsolo, though Torsquad was one that was a natural sequel and lasted for about 10 videos of epic poetry, and it didn't really get much traction in the end, so that's largely why I've moved over to one-shot segments. While I'd love to do more stuff like that, you definitely hit the nail on the head in that it can hurt to keep making a series that not many people want to watch for a full month of committed videos. Still love doing that type of storytelling, though! You might see a few cameos or similar things in the future, but they'll most likely be presented as separate segments if that makes sense. On the other hand, too, it's a nice way to do stuff because it's let me expand the catalog of games I do :) Hope you enjoy!
@@ambiguousamphibian I appreciate the response, thank you
Spore is such a classic game. It's not perfect, it's not even good by some metrics but it is damn fun
As a young kid when spore came out, I LOVED it so much, i still do! I really hope they make another spore game... I know maxis is working on something new, but I think it's just space related, so sadly not a new edition of spore (probably)
I seriously love your narration and plot development. You're weird as hell but I love the style. Thanks
i could feel the fustration in this. i'v done this myself (your worms brain was in its ass because you didnt increase their mouth bone by 1 smudge) and i can completely feel the pain of being both pacifist and limbless. on a more worm related note, plague inc's Neurax worm has a hardmode challenge if your interested in that
Im happy people still play and make spore vids. This game was a massive part of my childhood.
I once did something like this challenge for myself back then. I played with a mod that amplified the terrain(giant mountains, deep/nonexistant oceans) as a two-vertebrae worm with nothing but a spike. The smallest possible size. It was an adventure They didn't make it past the tribal stage before going extinct
I’ve been going through a re-ignited Spore phase since new years and it makes me so happy that people are still making content around this game. Great video!
i suck eggs
The sims buy mode music while you pick parts for your species is so satisfying 👌🏽✨
Also known as "Can you beat Spore as a herbivorous hagfish?"
I was expecting a regular run-of-the-mil of these "Can I beat X as X?" videos but this was in a league of its own when it comes to these types of videos. Excellent video and thanks for the incredible 13 minute journey!
egg
Honestly this seems like an origin story of the Combine Advisors from Half Life 2. Weak, completely inept creatures who somehow survived and gained enough brainpower to build technologies that allowed them to enslave other, seemingly superior species, in countless realms and universes.
Also made me think of the Goa'uld of Stargate or the Yeerks in Animorphs!
I had fun playing that game back then, but deep down I believe a game like this could do better. I hope that one day someone will take up the challenge to make a SPORE-like game but more advanced and with more options.
there is a small developer trying, but i just dont know if it will ever come to fruition. look up thrive
I'm so fascinated by AA's interest in spore. it feels like a completely left-field and also weirdly logical choice for him based on what you can infer about his interests from his channel
4:09 made me laugh way too much!
Man this game was such a good idea. Remember being little and downloading and obsessively replaying the trial version because we couldn’t afford it at the time. Would be awesome to see a fixed, modernized version.
"Our species consists of a torso and a mouth" Where have I heard this before?
aw man, i love this game so much, i always dreamed of an spore 2 :(
I had completely forgotten about Spore! I remember being in my mid teens going over to my friends house and playing hours and hours of it on his PC. So much fun
Okay well Spore was my childhood and all but I'm simply impressed by how existentially and psychologically amazing this video is, given its based around a blind phallic vegetarian species of worms that have no moral compass and bring nothing but mayhem everywhere they go disguised as presents gently carried in their non-existent arms. I will absolutely be subscribing...
I wish for egg
You bring such a philosophical stoic air to even this game. Thank you, sir.
When evolution won't transform your body, so you go on a journey of personal transformation instead. Truly inspiring stuff. Or, well, it would be, if it were not for the fact that these creatures have no eyes to see this inspiring journey with, so they will remain forever oblivious of their peers' triumphs.
Ah, it is so good to see people still playing this little gem of a videogame! :-D
I don't know why the precondition is that the herbivore mouth is worse, especially since the carnivore one means you have to kill in order to eat. As a worm, being carnivorous would be 5x harder.
I guess because the carnivour mouth can in the cell be used as a offensive and defensive tool whilst the herbivore mouth is just a mouth
@@milannijsen2820 this
You cant defend yourself with just a herbivore mouth. There you go.
@@pudpete3566 I understand what you're saying, but that only applies to cell stage, the shortest and easiest stage. All the cell-stage mouths have the same abilities in the creature stage. Sing lv 1 and Bite lv 1. The only differences are how it looks and what you can eat, and being a carnivore is easily the hardest diet. Especially when you're a helpless worm.
Have you heard of snakes?
"...and used the ship explosion ghost save exploit..." Ah yes. Just as the Buddha intended.
I like when spore said "it's sporing time" truly poetic
"you are wrong is a bad stage" Also him: *start the stage as 100% Herbivore or 100% Carnivore*
I spent most of my childhood and even teenage years playing Spore. Dear lordylord I LOVE the game
Oh man. This game brings me memories. Kidnapping, exterminating random tribal factions. Picking sides in tribal factions having an all out war. And oh, I can't forget the times I gave tribal factions false hope, thinking I took their side in their puny war, before I blew up their entire planet. Aaaaaand I'm definitely a psycho.
I just watched through all thirteen minutes of this video and I still have no idea what the heck I just watched but I loved it haha
I’ve done this challenge before……. It’s SO MUCH more painful than you see on screen. Seriously, this guy compresses I’m talking real life DAYS worth of just swimming around in the damn tide pool trying to barely collect any dna points, as thousands of creature constantly try to kill you, so you end up dying I kid you not every 30-45 seconds. I swear to god, it rips away at your sanity, it’s unbearable.
I find it just amazing that this is actually really good gameplay on basically all games but because of the genius commentating it feels like he is just joking arround. Love this content. keep it up
I love KinglyValence's spore videos, glad that you gave him a shoutout. He deserves it!
I feel so bad because as a Sims obsessed kid, my parents bought my sister and I Spore, and we both gave up on it and thought it sucked - honestly it was just too hard for our foolish wee child brains. But I remember how excited we were for a new Will Wright game and then how much we bashed it when we couldn't figure out how to play it 😭 seeing it now I'm astounded at how cool it is
Loved spore as a kid. Space was my favourite because I loved building a spice trading economy and making millions from selling the rare spices I also loved how you shared the universe among all saves so you could have your different space fairing species become friends.
You should get the DLC where you can go into missions as a Captain on the ground so Worm Man can walk the Earth once more
It's an expansion pack, thank you very much.
@@Bacony_Cakes expansion packs are DLC
The ship you built is almost fitting to the description of the pill-UFOs that the Navy saw.
Fantastic video lol, love it! Spore is interesting and this makes me want to play it again.
Honestly, I think this would be way harder as a carnivore, because to get food, you have to kill things. And there would be less creatures for socializing with, cause I tend to see more aggressive creatures as a carni. With your single level 1 bite.
It would be amazing if this game just got remastered keep the graphics the same just add more to the campaign and customization and that would be epic
You've no idea how much I appreciate the use of classic Sims music for this run. Thank you, good sir!
The moment I heard it I perked up.
This was really good and fun, thanks for it.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Love the script!
Can I just say that you're scripts are wonderfully put together
*Your. You're = You are.
You should've known from every Spore speedrun: you need level 3 interstellar engine to reach the centre of the galaxy, level 2 won't do.
The commentary is absolutely LEGENDARY. keep it up😂😂
I've been waiting so long for a spore remake.
Fun fact: in the scientific community, species like these are called "Darwinian dolts". The opposite is a "Darwinian devil".
All hail the green reptile, for he blessed us again with a video one will take upon his soul with joy and gratitude.
Man I love the creature stage. It is so fun to fly around on wings of death and destroy entire species for the fun of it.
This is 13min work of art Wish I had this guy narrating my not so interesting life Any little achievement would feel glourious and epic
The evolution of the go'auld. No wonder they were so angry
I love that Spore is getting his popularity back :)
This video... Was truly spectacular. Much dopamine, very serotonin. Many thanks. 🙏
Excellent narration and gameplay. Thank you for not screaming.
When did you first realize torso content was so good?