Did anyone else love the game Spore?

I know Spore gets constantly shit on for not living up to the early gameplay demos that were shown of it, but I personally had a ton of fun with the game all the same. As a kid who loved creative games like Roller Coaster Tycoon and custom scenarios in Age of Empires, I loved making creatures and spaceships. Galactic Adventures is still probably my favorite game expansion of all time because of it’s great level editor.