I have buy the game . I stand in line at Wal-Mart and have a great conversation with the Wal-Mart employee while I wait for the unveiling of the game . I have wait 2 year . then the game come out of the box . I rush home to wait 45 min to the install . it be 12:45 by the time the install be complete . no biggie . I could not wait anymore . I get on the game . I stay up until 4pm that Sunday morning play the game . I be already in the end of the tribal age before I go to bed . I be take my time like drink good wine . I like to at least enjoy the game a bit . I wake up to continue play the rest of the day that afternoon . I be already in the space age before I go to sleep . since then , the space age be just too tedious for I . there be nothing great to it . it be like a math game for kindergartner . I will not lie - it do make I feel like I be great because I finish the game so quick . con : -lrb- 1 -rrb- after 2 year and constant tease with the game , they could not have make the game play just a little harder . I read many review before I decide to make my own . it be true . someone say , `` there be something miss between each stage . '' read the review before mine for the source . this person be correct . you start off as a cell and before you know it , you be in a space ship . by the time you start do very well and want to take over more tribe or civilization , it be already time to go to the next level . a big disappointment . and there be no random factor in it . there be only so many tribe to take out or befriend each time . -lrb- 2 -rrb- I also do not like the fact that you can not add more leg or head or anything to make a stronger , faster , more mobile unit . -lrb- example : a jaw that give +2 bite will over ride the +1 bite no matter how many +1 bite you have . you will only get +2 bite . -rrb- -lrb- 3 -rrb- the end game really suck . it do seem fun at first with the ability to take over million of planet and spread you colony but it be really tedious and boring . it be miss something like point # 4 . -lrb- 4 -rrb- I know it be a lack on my part but I really believe before I buy the game that there be multiplayer ability . I really want to partner with my bro and level up . then I get the game , then really hope for the best that I need to `` get to a certain part '' in order to `` interact '' with my bro . however , this have fail I . ea only copy you creation and randomly put they in other people 's game so if you come across a new race , you will see someone else 's creation which add the random factor into the game . this would have be fine for random aus unit but this game would have rise to the top if it be a multiplayer game or better yet a mmorpg . maybe you have to play offline to level up you own creation then you could upload it to the ea server once you be ready to go for the MMORPG . all lose hope . -lrb- 5 -rrb- I play the game on a normal level . this game could have be much harder . on other game , `` normal '' setting be usually the point where I break into a game to test its limit . instead of `` normal '' it should have have the setting as `` Preschool '' -lrb- 6 -rrb- I do not like the 3 activation and I want to make the statement with everyone else . Rock on guy ! occasionally , I will format my computer because of a suspect virus or Trojan , and the fact that I have to call after 3 time be go to pizzle I off . I should not be worry since I have beat the game anyways . pro : -lrb- 1 -rrb- be a good believer of my faith in evolution , I like the concept of the game . I like the fact you play `` God '' and you have the ability to manipulate the process of what we call `` evolution . '' I could make a huge neck or add wing . I make my people look like bumblebee with yellow and black . everything be black and yellow in my game with a black stripe . I have fun with the design , the concept , and some of the game play . -lrb- 2 -rrb- although there be a lot of people complain about the `` infected software , '' I never have a problem install . I do not do anything else during the install . I leave my computer run and that be it . I be not sure what many be talk about . -lrb- 3 -rrb- I do want to say that I like the DRM idea -lrb- read on first -rrb- . there be so many people upset that be say they be treat like a crook and actually admit to have install on more than 3 pc . the general idea be you can only install one copy on one pc per software title in they term of service -lrb- to -rrb- on most software . people who be break those rule be do the same as steal from store or take credit for someone 's work . since I have say all that , I like the idea because no matter how secure you make something , there be go to be someone dedicate to crack it . I will doubt there will ever be such a thing as a `` uncrackable game . '' per ZDNET , there be a crack version to bypass that anyway . if the uneasy individual be smart , they would sit back and read the news . however , if you do not want to risk that option , well refer back to my con as a protest against it . -lrb- 4 -rrb- finally , expansion to the game be probably go to happen at 49.95 a pop . then they will combine they and force a price tag of 49.95 for the whole set . then it will be all on one dvd in a few year with the full game . we know the store set the price but ea surely recommend a price . I would not waste my money on any future expansion pack . there be nothing they could do to the game to change the crap unless it change the whole AI engine and add much more need scripting . I be glad I do not buy the collector 's edition since Wal-Mart do not have at the time . my recommendation be to wait till the game be $ 10 buck .