Developed by the now-defunct Maxis and published by Electronic Arts in 2008,Sporewas an ambitious life sim that promised players infinite possibilities as they crafted a custom alien species and cultivated it into a galaxy-spanning civilization. Though it stumbled somewhat in its execution, it maintains a cult fan base nearly fifteen years after release. The creature creation tools remain a major draw, and players have used them toreplicate everything fromMinecraftmobs to Pokemon. One imaginative Reddit user even managed to remake the final boss of FromSoftware’s 2022 RPGElden Ringin the game.
In a post submitted to theElden Ringsubreddit, user royalmaker686 revealed a fantastic recreation of the Elden Beast generated inSpore’s creature creator. Authentically slug-like and stunningly iridescent, it certainly seems like a life form worthy of holding dominion in a FromSoftware game. Interestingly enough, royalmaker686 also made a version of Dragonlord Placidusax, one ofElden Ring’s most well-hidden bosses.
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Complete with a description and set of tags meant to make fun of theoft-criticizedElden Ringfinal boss, thisSporevariant reflects the frustrations of ill-equipped tarnished who entered the final encounter without an optimized build. Players who prioritized holy damage or made liberal use of certain sorceries, for instance, may have struggled with the Elden Beast, as it’s nigh-on immune to some spells, and holy damage actually heals it.
Weirdly enough,SporeandElden Ringalso share an unlikely connection in their cosmic underpinnings. Both games are, in a sense, about amassing enough power to rule the cosmos, and, while that transpires in a much more literal sense inSpore, some ofElden Ring’s endings—the one brought about byfinishing Ranni the Witch’s questline, in particular—offer glimpses at the potentially-galactic implications of the game’s events. Disinterested players can more-or-less ignore the story should they desire, of course, and, a bit likeSpore, players are mostly free to do as they please and forge their own paths forward.
Another kinship the otherwise wildly different games have can be seen in their character creation systems. While nowhere near as in-depth as what’s offered inSpore,Elden Ringallows players to create some pretty weird and wonderful characters. Designing everything fromFriends’ Ross Geller to Image Comics’ Spawn,Elden Ringplayers have pushed the game’s character creation optionsto their limits—something that fans have been doing inSporesince the game debuted more than a decade ago.
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