Spore, hmm? Is it better than E.V.O.?

I haven't been able to play games for quite some time now, because I love them and they eat up my time, so for the time being it's best to stay away unless they're in another language. I see that there's a new game out called Spore, and it looks a lot like a game from 1992 called E.V.O. where you play a constantly evolving creature - first a small fish, then you can add on sharp teeth, or spikes, or fins that make you faster, and then later on you progress to land, becoming a frog-like thing or whatever you want within a range of possibilities.

So just a simple question for those that know both: is Spore a lot like E.V.O.?