Perhaps if this game wasn’t so far disconnected from the Spore craze that struck last year it wouldn’t be quite such old news and seem, well, rather superfluous. It meets all the expectations of a version of Spore Origins, sure, but that’s neither a particularly remarkable achievement or an especially relevant one now.

If, by some chance, you’ve yet to venture into the Spore universe, there’s no reason you shouldn’t choose the N-Gage version if that’s your platform of choice. But for anyone who’s already trodden the murky pools of genetic life, this game is something of a step down the evolutionary ladder.

A little late to the party, the N-Gage version received a score of 6 out of 10.

review here