Mushroom Men: Spore Wars for Wii Reviews by Gamers

When I first saw this game I was rather excited, It promised a fun sandbox platformer with a strong combat and weapon creation system. Unfortunately it falls short in almost all areas.
The weapon creation system was something I was most looking forward too, and was probably the worst feature. What was hyped as a method of finding scraps of trash and turning them into fun weapons, was actually a simple fetch quest. There is pre-set weapon 'X' and to make it you need parts 'A', 'B' and 'C'. No actual construction involved, you just have the parts or you don't. Also, instead of collecting the actual parts, the items are all inside little ester egg containers, further destroying the fun of finding the parts.
The Platforming elements were actually a small part of the game, taking a seat behind the horrible combat, which you will be spending most of your time on. What platforming there was, was either stupidly easy or rather short.
The levels varied from straight path linear to open sandbox. Overall the straight path levels will make you just want to turn the game off, but the sand box levels were a treat. If all of the levels were sandbox then this would have warranted a much higher score.
Now don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this game. Little things throughout this game were wonderful. I loved how instead of a health bar they simply remove chunks of your head until your whole brain is revealed. And the spoofed real world items were very entertaining.

Bottom line Cons: The game play just does not deliver on what was promised. The combat was repetitive, (enemies have a habit of just pinning you down until you die.) And what platforming there was to be had was either stupidly easy or very short.

Bottom line Pros:Wile the dialog sucks the world is twisted and fun, like saving the now intelligent kudzu from evil rabbits

Overall, if you can get into the world and enjoy it, then this is worth a rental. But this game was unfinished and could have been a lot better.