Should I stay away from Spore (the game)?

[Natasha]

The Gaming Addiction thread got me thinking, and here is my question:

Background: I am not a big game player, but I will occasionally play a good game like Final Fantasy or play through a DDR. I only do this maybe once a year, but when I do, I spend a couple hours a day playing, for a month or less. Because I tend to obsess over my hobbies (which is not too bad, since it is what I do for a living), I made a conscious decision to not go anywhere near any MMORPGs. I am the type of person it could easily suck up! lol

Anyway, there is a very very very awesome game coming out probably this year, called Spore. It is not a MMORPG, but it shares some of those qualities that could make it neverending.

I am wondering if I should not buy this game when it comes out, because I do not want to spend an extremely large amount of hours on a video game. (I think I logged about 70 hours on FFXII before I got bored with it due to poor character development.) On the other hand, I think this will be the best game out for a very long time, and am really excited about it.


Anyone else planning on buying Spore? Anyone else staying away from it?