When he panned back even farther to reveal just how enormous the whole galaxy was, there was another audible gasp from the crowd. 'There're also some pretty epic quests out here.' Wright scrolled out more, and even more, demonstrating just how small this part of space was compared to the rest of the stars in his particular neighborhood. 'There are millions of unique worlds,' Wright said, warping from one system to the next, skirting the limits of the enemy empire. Wright panned out to reveal more of the neighboring star systems, and many of them now had a red sphere of control around them, showing the systems that would shoot at us on sight. Needless to say, now we were at war with the aliens, who - as it turns out - were in command of a pretty extensive stellar empire. Wright soared back out to look at the star system and before our eyes the planet (and the moon that we'd destroyed with it) began to tumble apart, gradually forming a new ring system around the star. A moment later, the picture cleared up to reveal the planet disintegrating into a molten fireball of shattered debris. Then the screen went to white for a few tense seconds. The planet-busting missile made short work of the colony, despite a last-minute plea for mercy. Then, for the hell of it, he decided to blow them to smithereens. As for our new friends, however, Wright opted to set up a trade route with their colony. According to Wright it's possible to have a whole fleet of alien ships trailing behind yours. Spore gives players plenty of options when dealing with aliens, and if they really like you, they may join your ship. Every alien players will meet in the game will have been created by other players, and will share the attributes of that civilization. He soon found a colonized planet, home to a race of silvery ape-like aliens who wore big white top-hats. Now it was time to encounter some aliens, so Wright engaged the 'Seti Beam' and began listening to other star systems until he found a signal.

Spore demo