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Unlike most MMORPGs Eve doesn't force you to play canned missions and quests. The developers have taken the risk of depending, mostly, on players to form the economy, social structure, etc. Things are raw and unformed at the start, but very interesting. Eve encourages players to form corporations for self-protection and to control sectors of space so they can mine the resources there. Competition between corporations is a perfect excuse for player vs. player (PVP) combat, and Eve provides plenty of room for players to slug it out. In most online games the bulk of the world is safe except for a small zone that is open to PVP combat; in Eve there's a small core patrolled by brutal AI police and vast areas where anything goes. Of course, the most valuable resources can only be found in the dangerous, wild frontier.
The graphics are gorgeous and the game is played in full 3-D. Stellar and spectral space effects, nebulae, and massive space stations dominate most sectors, and when lots of players are together, the game is a maze of drifting metal. Asteroid fields, meteors, and a few surprises are in store as well.
If anything Eve suffers from a steep learning curve, an excess of clicking (many menus could be simplified) and the aforementioned dependence on the players to form the society. Eve is unlike most MMORPGs, but worth a look if you feel the lure of open space lanes and the promise a truly unexplored social frontier. --Andrew S. Bub
Pros:
- Players determine economy, social structure
- Gorgeous graphics
- Seamless server structure makes it easy to find friends online
- Cumbersome interface
- The game's reliance on player-generated missions and political structure might not work
| PLATFORM: | Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows Me |
| CATEGORY: | Software |
| MANUFACTURER: | Simon & Schuster Interactive |
| ESRB RATING: | Teen |
| TYPE: | Computer Games, Action, Computer Role Playing Games (Game, rpgs, rpg, crpg, crpgs), Havas |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 076714527447 |
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Customer Reviews of EVE Online: The Second Genesis
Real Science Fiction for once. The best way to describe EVE online is as a sim game, not a RP game. <
>EVE really does a exceptional job of creating a believable, world, grounded in real science, and free trade market realities. If any of you out there ever thought to yourself, "Gee, I love MMORPGs but I really wish there was one out there where I could use my Finance Degree to my advantage." Well, then this might be the game for you. <
>While there are few like myself who go out of our way to immerse ourselves in the EVE universe, many, if not most, play the game to amass as much wealth and power as they can. <
>While this occurs on almost any MMORPG system, what makes EVE stand apart is that both these styles of play, Hardcore RP and flat out Powergaming, can coexist with very little friction. <
>Character advancement, in comparision to other MMORPGs, is non-linear. It is TRUELY possible to excell in the game without being a combat junkie (I have a friend who is essentially a space trucker)and TRUELY possible to take your character in just about any direction you want. <
>The graphics are outstanding, and while there are noticible bugs, I've yet to have a bug crash do more than crash the game client, after which I was immediately able to log back on without rebooting. <
>The only thing that I wish for in this game is to be able to exit our ships and wander the planets, moons, and spacestations. <
>But, considering that is my worst complaint, I highly recomend this game.
As close to being a Space Captain as you can get
I have been playing the game for 2 weeks and I am throughly happy with it. This is by far the best virtual space simulation that i have seen. You actually feel like living a virtual life in space and that you are a Captain of your own space-faring vessel and have to life your life accordingly. You can mine, fight pirates, do quests for npc or real player corporation and do pvp if you desire. The graphics fx and sounds is a site to behold and the game has been stable for me in all aspects. The game has lots of depth and as a result a Steep Learning Curve which you have to get through to even remotely enjoy the game not to forget its a huge time-sink too. It take easily 10-15 minutes to mine and jump to deeper space and you will be rinsing & repeating this a lot. Its not everyone cup of tea. If you have patience, lots of time and a desire to be a Captain of your own space-ship this game is for you. If you like fps, or are time conscious or prefer shallow mmo's you are better off steering towards wow or coh.
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>I for one absolutely love my alternate life of being a Captain of my own space-ship.
Great game, not perfect
One of the reviewers above talks about " Too many bugs, poor customers support". Well, that is a very very old review. Of course since then they've fixed many of the bugs. The game is playable. But what that person said is still somewhat true, there are still too many bugs. But they usually are not Fatal bugs, they are usually just little annoying bugs. Sometimes though you loose a ship and die because of the bugs. It's just a game.
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>Another person said "Allows 'Narcotic' trading with realistic drug names/details". What that person said in his review is completely true. But they are fake drugs in a game, so who cares? And if you transport them the cops will get you. What he said about the GM's is still very true, but it is true in every game I've played with GM's to one degree or another. You deal with wild and crazy gamers all day long and you might get a bad attitude, too.
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>It's an incredible game, with very good graphics, good game play, and a lot of bugs and arrogant, semi-useless GM's. But they are from Iceland, and I guess with all that ice they don't know what bugs are.
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>But I still play it every chance I get.
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