I got a ******* of this game a week before it came out. I played it for 6 hours total, got a race of lizard-monkeys to space, and got bored in space within 30 minutes. This game is shit. 3 of those 6 hours I played was in the creature phase, strategy phases suck ass and I canceled my pre-order early enough to get my money back.
So yes, this game sucks. They got a DS version, which looks shittier, so I hope EA shamed themselves on this. I'm not touching anything from EA ever again and Will Wright is a cunt for making this game and deserves to be punched in the vajayjay.