EVE Online: Special Edition

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 412 Ratings

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  1. Naked_Snakee
    Jul 22, 2023
    7
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  2. A-duck
    Mar 17, 2022
    1
    Endless Isk grind for no tangible reward. PVP sucks, since some clown who have played the game for 5+ years can just gank you, while you just want to explore. Skills are also slow and grindy af. This is a prime example of "This is a very deep and complex game and you make your own fun" Well yeah, the game is not going to do it for you. And there is no depth to the game, just a **** ton ofEndless Isk grind for no tangible reward. PVP sucks, since some clown who have played the game for 5+ years can just gank you, while you just want to explore. Skills are also slow and grindy af. This is a prime example of "This is a very deep and complex game and you make your own fun" Well yeah, the game is not going to do it for you. And there is no depth to the game, just a **** ton of random skills and grind. Oh yeah scamming is also encouraged in the game.… Expand
  3. nickicool
    Oct 31, 2021
    0
    999руб / мес. - это просто грабеж, особенно на фоне постоянного уменьшения доходов населения в России!!! играйте в нее сами1
  4. elefsar
    Apr 22, 2021
    8
    Very good space game. Mediocre story and game play but awesome community. Loved.
  5. stahhack
    Nov 6, 2020
    0
    buggy interface, lousy anti-aliasing. Сontingent: just about 25% is european, paying CCP for everyone else and playing with themselves in 10-15 windows. with whom to play here? i cant moonspeak! mechanics just through the ass, but there are a lot of them, but in 20 years it was possible to do something humanoid. 這個白人怎麼說？
  6. Eve_Sucks
    Aug 26, 2020
    0
    Developed by aholes for aholes. Predatory game where seasoned players cheap shot new players into dying a lot, because of developer encouraged scummy game mechanics. Never spend money on this game and save yourself the time and don't ever start playing it.
  7. joe3113
    Aug 11, 2020
    0
    Hispanophobic Game. -respect. poor comunity acting like pirates trying to scam everyone.
  8. AntoniusBlock
    Jun 28, 2020
    9
    I played this game for the first time 3 months ago. I nearly gave up while trying to complete the tutorial (which is so unhelpful and is the reason this isn't a 10/10) but for some reason decided to look up youtube tutorials and have logged on every day since.
    I should say that I'm not usually a fan of this RPG genre and prefer FPS PCP, or action adventure but something about the    I played this game for the first time 3 months ago. I nearly gave up while trying to complete the tutorial (which is so unhelpful and is the reason this isn't a 10/10) but for some reason decided to look up youtube tutorials and have logged on every day since.
    I should say that I'm not usually a fan of this RPG genre and prefer FPS PCP, or action adventure but something about the complexity of Eve Online has me obsessed.    … Expand
  9. Fluid_Dynamics
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Eve Online Summary by its developers

    Explicit or Implicit: enter a world of intrigue and possibilities where you can work together to shape this universe in whatever way you choose (e.g. Corporations, Fleets, Stocks, R&D, cooperate and build, cooperate and conquer, backstab, multi-day massive space battles for territory, espionage, etc.) Reality: They provide the tools to    Eve Online Summary by its developers

    Explicit or Implicit:

    enter a world of intrigue and possibilities where you can work together to shape this universe in whatever way you choose (e.g. Corporations, Fleets, Stocks, R&D, cooperate and build, cooperate and conquer, backstab, multi-day massive space battles for territory, espionage, etc.)

    Reality:
    They provide the tools to encourage conflict, and pay lip-service to cooperation. Because they're too clueless, defensive, or perhaps cynical to believe that people will also pay for a game where they can bring order to an unruly universe.

    They don't want this. They want you to destroy everything you and anyone might build so that their community will give them time and money to rebuild it.

    If after 17 years you haven't provided in game tools to support legal systems and governments. You're clearly just pretenders.

    You want people to destroy each other in spaceships. If that's your thing, endlessly, by all means have at, they'll pay lip service to the rest, but don't be fooled that this will ever be anything else.

    (Background: fortunately we never got sucked into this. But you can see the destruction all around you. This is basically an engine with tools for sociopaths and griefers, which is apparently what the developers are).    … Expand
  10. MentalElement
    Sep 27, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is not outside of brain .. while it's outside - it is in computer, & it is that is called "game"; ..
    no golden rules is 1st rule, as to follow rules(rules of behavior) .. is not a game & not a Freedom, it's alike Army of Robots, the playing golden rules & not a game(developing its psycho, consciousness);

    9/10 as there are much suspects on playing double game - within as all & without as hacking with goal to help selves to win within over those that impossible to win while within, ..

    *payed first 3 months, after got known about PLEX, .. so, with~in EvE for about 4 years, .. haha! ..
    :)    … Expand
  11. TwoPenguins
    May 9, 2019
    10
    This game has so much going for it.
    16 years online!
    Great community of player. Vastly different from certain other MMO's (Higher quality player for the most part). Open world that you can be anything from a miner to trader to faction PvP to space exploration and a million more. Nearly Unlimited potential for even non-paying "Alpha" players. vastly more potential for paying customers    This game has so much going for it.
    16 years online!
    Great community of player.
    Vastly different from certain other MMO's (Higher quality player for the most part).
    Open world that you can be anything from a miner to trader to faction PvP to space exploration and a million more.
    Nearly Unlimited potential for even non-paying "Alpha" players.
    vastly more potential for paying customers as well "Omega." (This is NOT a pay to win by any means).
    The Guild concept is replaced by Corporations that in itself begins a more extensive journey.

    Regarding Young Kids: I would rather have a child play this game than World of Warcraft or GTA are any of the other Jump Scare type games. There is no scantly clad females in armor, there is no rape etc. Yes there is violence but to an extent of no different that watching an episode of Start Trek (any version) on TV. This is NOT hello Kitty by any means but a vastly better choice than many of the current MMO games. HOWEVER as with any MMO. Be vigilant as to whom your child is communicating with, this pertains to any online game.

    The community is not all kids in trade chat with tasteless jokes and trolling. A good change from Trade and City chat in other games.

    Go for it, it is free!    … Expand
  12. psycros
    May 4, 2019
    1
    I would say this game is the biggest joke in the MMO realm, except a joke has to be funny, and EVE isn't funny. Or exciting. Or rewarding. Or engrossing. Its a con job by perhaps the worst developer in the industry. If you wonder why EVE sucks as incredibly hard as it does just do a little research on CCP of Iceland. You'll figure out very quickly why this game has the highest userI would say this game is the biggest joke in the MMO realm, except a joke has to be funny, and EVE isn't funny. Or exciting. Or rewarding. Or engrossing. Its a con job by perhaps the worst developer in the industry. If you wonder why EVE sucks as incredibly hard as it does just do a little research on CCP of Iceland. You'll figure out very quickly why this game has the highest user churn in the industry. They have been caught doing everything from fixing the game for their buddies (because the devs actively PLAY THE GAME) to hiring people to post positive reviews. This game would give cancer TO cancer because the people who make the game are toxic wannabe techno-vikings. Don't fall for the F2P nonsense, either - like everything else in the marketing hype its complete lie. The real shame is that the basic gameplay of EVE would be appealing to a lot of gamers if competent, honest developers were in charge of it.… Expand
  13. Boresko
    Nov 25, 2018
    10
    Лучшая онлайн игра. Есть всё, пвп, пве, майнинг и производство, самая реальная экономическая модель!
  14. CourageousNut
    Feb 12, 2018
    0
    Dis gam suc cause frund Elvis leik it but i dont so is bad when play i say "dis nu fun' and scream at parents IGN and polygon are better dan metercritci
  15. itsskyler
    Nov 1, 2016
    10
    This game has a massive learning curve, but in all honesty, if you have the maturity and willingness to learn this game you can go far and have a lot of fun.
  16. XXPiotrm
    Aug 19, 2016
    5
    This game is an amazing creation spoiled by a quite toxic communauty of people spending their time checking the number of kills they make, including newcomers. Given that veterans just don't give a cent to the game, people subscribing just end paying for the worst players leisures, which is truly bad.

    You can have some fun in New Eden, but once you'll be 3-6 monthes old, you'll have no    This game is an amazing creation spoiled by a quite toxic communauty of people spending their time checking the number of kills they make, including newcomers. Given that veterans just don't give a cent to the game, people subscribing just end paying for the worst players leisures, which is truly bad.

    You can have some fun in New Eden, but once you'll be 3-6 monthes old, you'll have no other choice.than either to become a seal clubber like everyone there, or just play another game.    … Expand
  17. Robo1234
    Jun 25, 2016
    1
    I have discovered where all the psychopaths go to play. While there are a lot of good people playing Eve, there are also quite a few people (if you can call them people) that need Eve to make them feel powerful. I doubt any of them could get a F-16 off the ground and by their own standards, that makes them morons. You know the kind.

    Now... If you have money...
  18. correllian
    Sep 20, 2015
    0
    Don't fall into the trap of taking a long term subscription. Most people will tire of the game and the community very quickly. Eve Online does not refund your unused sub if you want to leave the game.
  19. Drahe
    Jun 30, 2015
    10
    The so-called defaults of this game are it's best features and game concepts. It's hard to learn in Eve? Because there is so much to learn. You can't learn everything on your own? Because you're not supposed to: it's a social game, you can't learn everything there is to know by yourself, contact people, speak to them, learn from them, analyse the spaceship that killed you in the killThe so-called defaults of this game are it's best features and game concepts. It's hard to learn in Eve? Because there is so much to learn. You can't learn everything on your own? Because you're not supposed to: it's a social game, you can't learn everything there is to know by yourself, contact people, speak to them, learn from them, analyse the spaceship that killed you in the kill report to improve your own ship, find a mentor... If you have difficulties to do so, Eve is the oldest MMO online, so there really is a lot of content outside, to help players, dozens of very good websites to provide you information.

    It takes few weeks to find your own path in Eve, to choose a career. This will be your newbie time. But don't trust the people explaining you need month to be efficient. You want to be a pirate? There is PvP corporations recruiting whoever can fit a warp disruptor on their ship: they will train you even if you are a two-days newbie struggling with the tutorials. They know new pilots are a ressource, and they better have to treat you well and to train you properly if they want you to fight with them.

    Eve is hard, Eve seems unfriendly for the people who want everything immediatly. But Eve has the best community you could find: players ready to help the new ones, school-corporations, hundreds of new-pilots friendly corps. It worth a try.    … Expand
  20. Andrivullar
    May 11, 2015
    3
    First off, allow me to introduce myself, i'm Andr. I've played eve online since 2007. I've done every possible thing there is to do inside of eve aside from supers. I started with just andr, but eventually my account numbers kinda grew as i explored more of eve. Anyways, eve WAS a really great game, but ever since they lost their economist [iirc he left for a better job] the game went downFirst off, allow me to introduce myself, i'm Andr. I've played eve online since 2007. I've done every possible thing there is to do inside of eve aside from supers. I started with just andr, but eventually my account numbers kinda grew as i explored more of eve. Anyways, eve WAS a really great game, but ever since they lost their economist [iirc he left for a better job] the game went down hill, but only because of their current leadership. Allow me to also say that some of their rulings involving multiboxing [multiple accounts] have gotten actual hand-eye-users banned. And now you see from my perspective of why I want my mains persona [older than my eve toon, i've had it for 10+yr] removed from their "monument"… Expand
  21. Kinokarte
    Apr 8, 2015
    5
    unless your an otaku with 20 hrs per day on your hands, you prob wont enjoy this game too much. high sec only serves as introduction area. playing vs npc is fun for a short amount of time but it doesnt cover "leveling up" 50 mio xp. low sec is you vs 50 noobs destroying you no problem. 0 sec is where the real action is. unfortunately whatever ur doing, lots of waiting is a big part of it.unless your an otaku with 20 hrs per day on your hands, you prob wont enjoy this game too much. high sec only serves as introduction area. playing vs npc is fun for a short amount of time but it doesnt cover "leveling up" 50 mio xp. low sec is you vs 50 noobs destroying you no problem. 0 sec is where the real action is. unfortunately whatever ur doing, lots of waiting is a big part of it. iam sorry guys, but waiting 80% of my gametime is not how i want my games. are you a spy ? omg, really it is just a game.… Expand
  22. albucc
    Dec 10, 2014
    5
    Well, Eve online is very complex. And have many interesting features. But the feeling I have in the end is that the game is Pay-to-Wait... Not Pay-to-Play.
    This happens because every single skill in the game is limited by real world time spent in the skill... You can't simply hack more, or mine more , or spend a vacation doing stuff to increase statistics... If you want to fully    Well, Eve online is very complex. And have many interesting features. But the feeling I have in the end is that the game is Pay-to-Wait... Not Pay-to-Play.
    This happens because every single skill in the game is limited by real world time spent in the skill... You can't simply hack more, or mine more , or spend a vacation doing stuff to increase statistics... If you want to fully experience all this game have to offer, you must pay and wait... for years, even, depending on what you are trying to achieve... This makes the game become old kind of quickly... And you feel kind of shut-off from many game features, for a long time (unless you resort to buying a character from other player)...
    This also means, that you don't have a rewarding experience exploring alternative character development... If you do a wrong decision, your character will be marked by that decision, and you will have to spend months trying to correct that... Or wait for another couple years to develop a better character... Another time, pay-to-wait.
    Yes, I agree, some people will find this a kind of a feature, and not an issue. That is why this game have good reviews as well... But I simply can't keep paying a game, and keep waiting, for years just to be able to experiment a game feature that was just there all the time...    … Expand
  23. MaxRep
    Aug 17, 2014
    4
    A game that is neither won or lost. Only experienced. This game has a large learning curve if you want PVP ( player vs player) or not if you want to just blow up computer ships. Playing PVE ( you vs the computer) requires running missions. You can only run so many before you fall asleep in your chair! Learning to fly the ship takes time....real time. Learning to PVP take lots of money andA game that is neither won or lost. Only experienced. This game has a large learning curve if you want PVP ( player vs player) or not if you want to just blow up computer ships. Playing PVE ( you vs the computer) requires running missions. You can only run so many before you fall asleep in your chair! Learning to fly the ship takes time....real time. Learning to PVP take lots of money and some one to teach you or LOTS of patience and LOTS of time. Even with all that time and training for PVP getting "blob'd" will be the norm and all the training and biggest or fastest ship you will loose. I have been playing for 5 years and its a love hate relationship...I love to hate it! If you want to play for enjoyment....join a corp! This is not a game for the "Loan Ranger". Its 5 years of my life I will never get back.… Expand
  24. molchan
    Jul 25, 2014
    0
    The main problem with this game is that you need multiple accounts or at least multiple characters on one account in order to play without ridiculous risk. Except it takes 6 months minimum for a character to fly the ships you need.

    If you need a battleship and a covert ops frigate to run anomalies inside wormholes than you will have to wait a year. Otherwise you can sit in high security    The main problem with this game is that you need multiple accounts or at least multiple characters on one account in order to play without ridiculous risk. Except it takes 6 months minimum for a character to fly the ships you need.

    If you need a battleship and a covert ops frigate to run anomalies inside wormholes than you will have to wait a year. Otherwise you can sit in high security space and mine mindlessly.

    Expect for your ship to be blown up by 10+ players sitting outside of the gates that you have to travel by. If you like to wait several years in order to sit outside an object with nine other people waiting for a ship to come through so you can blow it up then sign up now.

    Eve encourages grieving with its mechanics and too many players have been playing for too long for anyone new to get a foothold.

    If you are going to play don't fall for the discounts on multimonth subscriptions. i have over 150 days that I wont be bothering to log in for.    … Expand
  25. ka3map
    Jul 11, 2014
    10
    The one and only MMORPG game what i can play more than 1 hour.
    I played much MMORPG's, from World of warcraft to blade and soul, everything is peace of **** without soul, i can't play the game with PRESS YOUR SKILL ROTATIONS instead of gameplay.
  26. Major_Blackout
    Jun 17, 2014
    1
    First of all, If you like a game that is hard to learn, has a real time waiting period on learning skills, and having other player scam you, war declare you for no apparent reason or just destroy your character for their amusement, has not real in game support,a non existent call in support desk,strip you of in game monies and profit gain then this game is for you. With in its unreasonableFirst of all, If you like a game that is hard to learn, has a real time waiting period on learning skills, and having other player scam you, war declare you for no apparent reason or just destroy your character for their amusement, has not real in game support,a non existent call in support desk,strip you of in game monies and profit gain then this game is for you. With in its unreasonable space battles, no real control over your ship, and no way to counter measure real game pirates at early levels. EVE is for the unsophisticated PVP player or hacker that scams you for your in game money, allows you to be robbed by bogus contracts or for GM's to accuse players and strip them of there money. in addition allows real game pirates and war declarations to be held openly in neutral territories to prey on ships and warp out when there pathetic version of police arrive. Worst of all is the learning curve for this game. It takes about 6months to a year to actually learn this game and have enough skill to make this game enjoyable.
    Go ahead try the 14 day trial and see for your self, it will be 14day terribly spent.    … Expand
  27. Garfoodle
    May 24, 2014
    9
    Hard to learn-easy to master

    Like I said. The first few hours of this game where a living hell. Tutorials didn't help. Controls made no sense. A dick community didn't help, either. But then I got used to it. I found a few people that helped me through the starting hours. I adjusted myself to the controls. Then it was great. Granted, this isn't much more than a standard MMO, but this    Hard to learn-easy to master

    Like I said. The first few hours of this game where a living hell. Tutorials didn't help. Controls made no sense. A dick community didn't help, either. But then I got used to it. I found a few people that helped me through the starting hours. I adjusted myself to the controls. Then it was great. Granted, this isn't much more than a standard MMO, but this time, it has space-ships. The game takes place entirely in the cockpit of a ship. You grind to get better parts, and a better ship. Simple as that. Granted, this is a very specific MMO, aimed at a specific audience. Its for people that will spent hours on end figuring it out. Once you get it, its fun. Your ship becomes a god, your raking in money, and who knows, you can even do some of that corporate sabotage.    … Expand
  28. Harrison_Kion
    May 12, 2014
    10
    This game has had me hooked for a year so far. There is so much to do. The player to player interaction keeps you on your toes constantly even in the safest parts of the game. I'm absolubtly hooked to this game.
  29. fabittar
    May 4, 2014
    1
    Welcome to GriEVE Online. If you're a RL turd, this is the game for you. It's massively boring. CCP (the devs) are after your money, and to make ends meet, they'll encourage cheating / grieving. You can't trust anybody in this game. Have I mentioned how boring it is? It takes 2 years to be actually any good at flying ONE ship for PvP. Also, unless you multibox (which again is ENCOURAGED byWelcome to GriEVE Online. If you're a RL turd, this is the game for you. It's massively boring. CCP (the devs) are after your money, and to make ends meet, they'll encourage cheating / grieving. You can't trust anybody in this game. Have I mentioned how boring it is? It takes 2 years to be actually any good at flying ONE ship for PvP. Also, unless you multibox (which again is ENCOURAGED by CCP) you don't stand a chance in this game. Almost everybody is running at least 2 accounts.

    This game is boring, the PvP sucks, and it takes forever to do anything. In other words, this game is not fun.

    When you come home to play a game, do you want to have fun? Then EVE is not for you.    … Expand
  30. Bladesaint
    Mar 30, 2014
    0
    The game itself is fabulous and if it were a single player game, EVE would be the perfect space based empire type game ever! The graphics are superb, the feeling of the vastness of space is well captured, ships, combat, equipment and technology is realistic, and your character development is quite diverse and well done. It's the other players you are forced to deal with that utterly ruinThe game itself is fabulous and if it were a single player game, EVE would be the perfect space based empire type game ever! The graphics are superb, the feeling of the vastness of space is well captured, ships, combat, equipment and technology is realistic, and your character development is quite diverse and well done. It's the other players you are forced to deal with that utterly ruin this game and make it unplayable.That is of course, unless you're a sadistic psychopath that actually likes harming people, if that's the case, this is the game for you.

    Take everything you know about ganking, griefing, trolling, scamming, sociopathy, fraud, and the darkness of the human heart and forget it, any time spent in EVE will teach you a horrific new level of sickness that you had never thought possible in your wildest nightmares. You WILL encounter class 1 **** EVERYWHERE in the game wether, they're cheating you out of your goods and money in the markets or waiting to shoot you in the back as your defenseless shuttle arrives at the next warp gate, be prepared to deal with people empowered by the anonymity of the internet and a company that actually encourages bad behavior in their players.

    The real life equivalent of this game would be stuck in a rush hour traffic jam surrounded by teenagers, all driving ridiculously loud, tricked out rice burners and blasting God awful music at physically harmful volume levels. All. The. Time.

    Again, a great game ruined by the human garbage that play it. And that's a shame.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#8 Best PC Game of 2009
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#20 Most Discussed PC Game of 2009
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#78 Most Shared PC Game of 2009

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
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  1. Gamers.at
    86
    EVE Online retains its old shortcomings (Not being able to leave your ship ord control it directly.), but certainly offers a lot of content for a small amount of your money.
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  2. YouGamers
    92
    Despite some partially unfinished features and a few annoying balance issues, EVE Online is greater than the sum of its parts and the best "sandbox" MMO in a market cluttered by canned content. Still a bit harsh to newbies, but with the release of Apocrypha more accessible than ever before. If you can get over the initial hurdles, potentially more addictive than World of Warcraft - you have been warned.
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  3. GameZone
    88
    EVE Online: Apocrypha brings more territory to discover and explore and a softer learning curve.
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