EVE Online

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  1. Linhael
    Oct 22, 2022
    0
    For two weeks my account is banned. I'm honest and paying customer. I use multiple account but this one was my main and I was storing all assets from different characters. Also it's the only account I ever tried EVE Anywhere service (web-browser client). I never cheated, exploited the game, I'm even afraid of taking advantage of a bug if I see one.
    Anyway - CCP didn't give any pre-ban    For two weeks my account is banned. I'm honest and paying customer. I use multiple account but this one was my main and I was storing all assets from different characters. Also it's the only account I ever tried EVE Anywhere service (web-browser client). I never cheated, exploited the game, I'm even afraid of taking advantage of a bug if I see one.
    Anyway - CCP didn't give any pre-ban warning or information that something suspicious or wrong is happening on my account. I just got disconnected in the middle of the game and couldn't log in with just a brief explanation in login screen "account security compromised" (and I use two-factor authenticator on this account). I didn't receive any details why my account was banned (the actual reason behind someones actions), nor any answer to ticket I created. When trying to use a chat I was only told that "proper team is investigating" which basically can mean anything, besides they could tell me anything and I'm not sure if it's true. NEVER EVER PAY FOR THIS GAME! You never know if you won't get banned without a reason, without any explanation and your investement is gone. Play only on free account )and this become eventually boring as f* or becomes second job so can't recommend it anyway).
    Great game killed by garbage support.    … Expand
  2. toasterhunter
    May 6, 2022
    0
    I played for five minutes and the point and click aspect was a real pain. Let me use my hotas.
  3. Papa5murf
    Apr 8, 2022
    0
    Amazing space opera game but now completely ruined due to ridiculous monetisation policies which have turned this once great game into nothing more than a cash grab. Pay To Win at its WORST.
  4. zaratustra
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Company:
    Really sad to say after year of playing this game, that developers have zero of social responsibility.
    Community and support fully controlled by mostly russian toxic players, jokes about death of innocent people are ok for this game (forum and public ingame chats moderated by CCP), bulling, abuse are not restricted and upvoted by other players, never blocked or banned.    Company:
    Really sad to say after year of playing this game, that developers have zero of social responsibility.
    Community and support fully controlled by mostly russian toxic players, jokes about death of innocent people are ok for this game (forum and public ingame chats moderated by CCP), bulling, abuse are not restricted and upvoted by other players, never blocked or banned.

    Gameplay:
    Most of game activities are not profitable at all, in fact you gonna do same stuff every day to farm ISK (ingame money) spend them for ship that will be blown up by some multiboxer with 20 accounts in a second - repeat.

    Oh yes, multiboxers and bots = that's 80% of online of this game and CCP is happy about this, most players use 3+ accounts to somehow play this game, so be ready to pay x3+ for EVE online per month ($50-60).

    Graphics is oldish, but your CPU and GPU gonna burn as CCP more focused now on monetization then optimization. Big fights impossible to play, servers automatically turns on slow mode (120-600+ seconds per action).

    Nowadays moneymaking in this game is primary for CCP and players, RMT players are at every corporation and chat, so EVE online is more about pay2win game today, most of corporation CEO's will force you to buy ISK with real money by pushing you to fly expensive ships.

    EXTREMLY unfriendly to new players, bulling & scamming that's what you gonna have for first 6 month every day in every chat, do not expect much help from support or GMs (they will give you few cheap ships and thats all), most of them are toxic and lols at you too. Noobs slavery* is one of the popular ISK making mechanics for old players, that's why game online falling down each month.

    *Some friendly player gonna talk to you and invite to noob corporation, after he will tell what you should do mandatory in game, most likely its about grind stupid NPC mobs 24/7, corporation CEO will receive 5-20% from your earnings. Same situation if you want to mine asteroids - you will pay 20-25% in minerals to CEO.

    Economics:
    Economics in game is dumb, players with bots choose best ISK making activities and drain them down, multiboxers destroyed any perspective for solo gaming or playing with one account, eve market is mostly controlled by bots. CCP only interested in restricting market bots, but its very easy to create new account and start from scratch as its very profitable. Some expensive stuff that you find will be impossible to sell at normal price due to low real player online (bots don't need clothes for character or cool ships).

    Missions and NPC:
    Primitive. Old grind game Ragnorok online had better missions. NPC like easy bots at CS 1.6, always do the same, fly striate to you, act simple - so its easy to hack them.

    LORE:
    There is no lore for this game, you may find some broken parts of it explaining basic things and thats all. So you won't feel any atmosphere, just simple space.

    SUMMARY:
    Don't waste your time and money:
    1. you will be upset all the time due to toxic uncontrolled community and scamming;
    2. you will spend lots of time doing annoying stuff as other activities are not profitable;
    3. most likely you will spend lots of money to somehow progress and try different content.    … Expand
  5. GogoBaccala
    Dec 28, 2021
    0
    Played the game for a month. The fact that every review for the past 10 years brings up:

    1) Bad customer service.
    2) All PVP all the time ruining the game.
    3) Pay to Win.
    4) Boring gameplay.
    5) Toxic community that laughs at you when you say you are having a bad time.

    No one plays this game but aging goons. Don't give them money, it's just a trap for neurodivergent money and effort.
  6. nickicool
    Sep 22, 2021
    0
    Подписка в России 999руб / мес.! CCP, вы там совсем ххх ???
  7. Frd05
    Aug 11, 2021
    0
    Eve é sem duvida um dos jogos mais superestimados que já joguei, o jogo é apresentado com propostas incríveis pela comunidade e desenvolvedora, mas não é um décimo de toda a propaganda. Jogabilidade ridícula, e um sistema de combate enfadonho e a falta de animações e detalhes em coisas simples relacionadas a nave, mal otimizado. Interfaces confusas, mal feitas, e complexas, essaEve é sem duvida um dos jogos mais superestimados que já joguei, o jogo é apresentado com propostas incríveis pela comunidade e desenvolvedora, mas não é um décimo de toda a propaganda. Jogabilidade ridícula, e um sistema de combate enfadonho e a falta de animações e detalhes em coisas simples relacionadas a nave, mal otimizado. Interfaces confusas, mal feitas, e complexas, essa complexidade não se deve a profundidade das mecânicas, mas sim como elas são apresentadas de maneira porca na sua tela, customização de naves ridícula e progressão tediosa e arrastada, é um jogo de 2013 que não evoluiu desde então, mas é sustentado por uma comunidade fiel. E pra fechar com chave de ouro, pay 2 win até o talo!!!… Expand
  8. Newton1997
    Jul 20, 2021
    0
    My friend was addicted to this game and had nothing left in life, commited suicide 2 years ago so don't have too good of an experience with this game.
  9. NimaQu
    May 5, 2021
    0
    ccp is killing this game

    Since the start of 2019, or since the acquisition by Pearl Abyss, ccp has started to update the various gameplay styles we know and love and force us to do things they want us to do. It's all about squeezing more money out of players, such as the expert system and selling skill points directly.
  10. Sc4rg
    Jan 17, 2021
    0
    Amazing contextual menu simulator.
    Unfortunately, they forgot to add some gameplay elements.
  11. 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.
  12. Dasplumis117
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    This game is unequivocally the worst game I have had the displeasure of forking thirty dollars over to. For starters, the community is more toxic than any other game I have played. People like to camp and kill people in what should be "safe zones." On top of that it is not only pay to win but also pay to wait as you need to train skills some of which take up to a year or more to finish.This game is unequivocally the worst game I have had the displeasure of forking thirty dollars over to. For starters, the community is more toxic than any other game I have played. People like to camp and kill people in what should be "safe zones." On top of that it is not only pay to win but also pay to wait as you need to train skills some of which take up to a year or more to finish. This game is almost 15 years old and it should be taken out back and shot like Old Yeller.… Expand
  13. EustaceCS
    May 10, 2020
    4
    Weird game which becomes weirder and weirder with each update.

    First and foremost: unless you can find a bunch of co-players - you're nothing. That's not how it was advertised... Activities which could, in theory, be solo'able are either not worth the effort (i. e. quite low income vs playtime and no fun) or hidden deep within 'back to 2000'ies' user interface. Second, unless you    Weird game which becomes weirder and weirder with each update.

    First and foremost: unless you can find a bunch of co-players - you're nothing.
    That's not how it was advertised...
    Activities which could, in theory, be solo'able are either not worth the effort (i. e. quite low income vs playtime and no fun) or hidden deep within 'back to 2000'ies' user interface.

    Second, unless you buy Omega subscription - you're nothing.
    That's not how it was advertised...
    In theory, your character can learn some skills to be quite decent. In fact, you'll be crushed by pilots whose ships, while being of same model with yours, have twice a durability and twice a firepower (at least!) just because of all OP things Omega allows to use. Even as a tackler you'll be just worse than average Omega-powered tackler. Aside of tackling, you have no use for anything without Omega anyway.

    Third, after all those years of megacorporations' domination, developers decided to cut the in-game cash flow for them...
    ...without increasing solo/small guild playable activities' attractivemess. Awesome.
    That's not how it was advertised...

    Fourth, 15$/month for just staring into display while my character is researching blueprints? Diggin ore? Trying to do one's best at market?
    15$/month is too costy for playing an in-game character 'class' whose sole responsibility is to click few buttons every once a while. Result: a good digger/researcher is hard to find. Thus, outrageous, desperate multiaccounting, botting, etc. Which doesn't add any chance to play and actually enjoy the game for solo and/or non-Omega players.

    Fifth, despite seemingly strict moderation the game is full of 'git gud' jerks.
    Which is NOT novice-friendly. Asking for advice may result in anything except an advice.

    Long story short, if you didn't played it - don't even try unless you have 2-6 friends to mess around with - and spare 15$/friend to purchase Omega for each.
    And, there are way more fun games to mess with 2-6 friends around - for less cash.    … Expand
  14. seregapsa
    Oct 27, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра на любителя. И ТОЛЬКО для тех кому не жалко потратить и ПОТЕРЯТЬ ОГРОМНОЕ КОЛИЧЕСТВО времени на НИЧЕГО! Потому что из-за повсеместного PVP вы можете за 1 СЕКУНДУ ПОТЕРЯТЬ то на что копили НЕСКОЛЬКО МЕСЯЦЕВ или ЛЕТ. Такое себе развлечение. Вот когда они УБЕРУТ это навязанное всем PVP, тогда я возможно и вернусь в этот проект и изменю свое мнение и оценку !!!!… Expand
  15. Smackaface
    Oct 19, 2019
    0
    Fun and complex game, but the developers are crap. 17 years and they can't fix issues like botting. Developers will favor large corporations and take sides, support is crap and mostly missing.
    Lag is a big part of the gaming experience and the community is ruthless to newcomers.
    GM's will give you a suspension without checking the truth. Avoid the game at all cost, you can only enjoy it    Fun and complex game, but the developers are crap. 17 years and they can't fix issues like botting. Developers will favor large corporations and take sides, support is crap and mostly missing.
    Lag is a big part of the gaming experience and the community is ruthless to newcomers.
    GM's will give you a suspension without checking the truth.
    Avoid the game at all cost, you can only enjoy it if you spend a bunch of $ or most of your freee time.    … Expand
  16. Bashar_ua
    Sep 10, 2019
    0
    Came back to the game only to find that the devs clsed lvl 4 missions for Alpha accounts behind a pay wall. Fighting bots, the devs say. True story, bro. (link omitted)
    How closing lvl 4s would help fighting them? But all legitimate players like me, who never used bots, but instead spent their time (paid with real money btw) learning skills to pilot a battleship and do those lvl 4s are    Came back to the game only to find that the devs clsed lvl 4 missions for Alpha accounts behind a pay wall. Fighting bots, the devs say. True story, bro. (link omitted)
    How closing lvl 4s would help fighting them? But all legitimate players like me, who never used bots, but instead spent their time (paid with real money btw) learning skills to pilot a battleship and do those lvl 4s are punished for the devs inability to solve a problem. And the answer is even simpler – even in those castrated battleships lvl4s were profitable.
    Oh, and one more thing - if I DO pay you for the Omega time, I can legitimately use bots in lvl4 missions? But that's only logical, guys.

    They desperately need new blood, but the only thing they are doinf is milking the exisring players for money.    … Expand
  17. psycros
    Aug 3, 2019
    2
    EVE Online in brief:

    * Kind of pretty, in a space fantasy Star Wars way. In fact a lot of the ship designs are stolen directly from Star Wars..no idea how CCP hasn't been sued yet. * Completely pay-to-win on a scale that would start a a mass user revolt in other MMOs. You have to check out CCP's store to believe it. The best example is the skill system. To my knowledge EVE is the    EVE Online in brief:

    * Kind of pretty, in a space fantasy Star Wars way. In fact a lot of the ship designs are stolen directly from Star Wars..no idea how CCP hasn't been sued yet.
    * Completely pay-to-win on a scale that would start a a mass user revolt in other MMOs. You have to check out CCP's store to believe it. The best example is the skill system. To my knowledge EVE is the only game where your skills train passively in real-time, unaffected by what you actually *do* in the game. But you can just go to the in-game market OR the cash shop and buy skill points which are applied instantly (although there are daily limits, I believe). Recently a player spent almost 30,000 USD to become a max skill player virtually overnight. This completely invalidates the ridiculous passive learning system that never made any sense to begin with. The vets who spent YEARS achieving their levels of skill can now be bested by a rich player who joined the game a month ago because he can buy all the skills and (with a few exceptions) the best ships and gear the game has to offer. Part of me considers this poetic justice. Until just a couple years ago the old-timers were basically invincible because the sheer size and time requirements of EVE's skill system insured that you would never catch up with someone who had more than a couple month's head start. Now all you need are deep pockets. However, the reality is that two wrongs don't make a right and the entire skill system needs a complete overhaul just like nearly everything else in the game.
    * EVE is boring as s**t 90% of the time. Content is dull and uninspired and 95% of the time you're either waiting around for something to happen or for gankers to leave you alone long enough to go find something to do. Tutorials and missions are often confusing and require you to return to an NPC's station in order to complete them even when the only rewards are ISK. Meanwhile you can buy (and eventually learn to sell) from anywhere in a region without docking.
    * In space you interact with the universe primarily through the overview, a cluttered, unspeakably bad UI that shows you whats in your immediate vicinity. When you're docked you deal with a few different interface elements that are nearly as bad. In fact they've made some significant changes to the UI over the past few years that made it even WORSE, which most of us didn't think was possible. Your first challenge in every situation is fighting through the overly complex, vague and non-intuitive interface.
    * The only really rewarding times in the game are when you're in a fight that you're not sure you can win but somehow still do. Those experiences are few and far between because EVE is not a balanced game in any way. Players can have infinite reinforcements and NPCs just cheat like mad. Usually you're either OP or hopeless.
    * CCP is a terrible company. Lots of pixels have been spent journaling the sordid tales of mismanagement, deception and abuse perpetrated by this pack of wannabe space vikings.
    * The only type of gameplay the developers actively empower is that of the space pirate. Criminals can do literally anything the game allows for including travel to even the most secure locations without fear of reprisal. As long as they don't linger within range of local law enforcement's weapons a criminal is never in danger except from other players, most of whom won't start any trouble with a pirate because that will flag them as killable by the pirate's friends. And the pirates always outnumber the good guys because the game is skewed towards supporting criminals. Also, any corp can declare war on another player corp at almost any time, which means they can freely attack you anywhere. This makes getting any sort of foothold in the game virtually impossible.
    * The metagame is EVE is legendary, but mostly for reasons other games would consider shameful. Scamming and out-of-game espionage are competently permissible. Botting is common and CCP barely pays lip service to reigning it in.
    * CCP's non-stop catering to pirates and "gankers" (criminals who only attack those who can't fight back) has turned the game into a stagnant cold war between huge alliances who live in lawless "nullsec" space. In a desperate effort to stir things up the devs recently introduced powerful, aggressive NPCs that will target almost anything and will even destroy actual clones that control starships (i.e. players in their pods). This amounts to an annoying inconvenience for the mega-alliances and an existential threat for the small fry and newbies. Also, you can no longer see who is in a system with you by looking at the chat window..players are no longer shown until they actually post a message, which is a ganker's dream come true. About a year ago CCP was bought out by another company who will hopefully give the old management team the boot and start making EVE Online the game it always had the potential to be.    … Expand
  18. Unexplainable
    Jul 20, 2019
    1
    You've been training the pilot for months.
    You learn to fly on certain ships.
    You buy ship, improve the ship, undock and you lose ship (hisec). Because it is rare. It is expensive.
    Repeat until you get bored, or you lose too much money.
    A game that causes stress.
    The game is a waste of time and nerves.
  19. jenOSyd
    Dec 20, 2018
    2
    Ce simulateur de fond d'écran a atteint ses limites... ne vous fiez pas à leur mise a jour pour les alpha (gratuit) c'est juste une demo caché. Une fois les skills (très limité) débloqué pour pouvoir en voir plus faut OBLIGATOIREMENT payé. Pour les anciens joueurs, rien de nouveau toujours la même chose. Avec en petit bonus, un nombre de russes qui cheat croissant.... Ne jouez pas à ce jeuCe simulateur de fond d'écran a atteint ses limites... ne vous fiez pas à leur mise a jour pour les alpha (gratuit) c'est juste une demo caché. Une fois les skills (très limité) débloqué pour pouvoir en voir plus faut OBLIGATOIREMENT payé. Pour les anciens joueurs, rien de nouveau toujours la même chose. Avec en petit bonus, un nombre de russes qui cheat croissant.... Ne jouez pas à ce jeu sur le long terme, ça ne sert à rien.… Expand
  20. Generous
    Mar 21, 2018
    2
    Glorified fake garbage, universe deepness embodied to shi*house deepness, social interactions embodied in savaging and blasting, no any aspect of this game is provided with grounded goals, mechanics, science, logic. It is just shi*house swarmed with worms that got no clue about anything except own stinky "universe", magnifying own environment and justifying own aboding in fecs. I am happyGlorified fake garbage, universe deepness embodied to shi*house deepness, social interactions embodied in savaging and blasting, no any aspect of this game is provided with grounded goals, mechanics, science, logic. It is just shi*house swarmed with worms that got no clue about anything except own stinky "universe", magnifying own environment and justifying own aboding in fecs. I am happy I am educated enough and my morals integrity is strong to distuinguish truth behind this shi*house veiled as palace… Expand
  21. Broyax
    Jan 16, 2017
    1
    Oh un Excel de l'espace ! et même qu'on peut travailler en ligne et dans des groupes et monter en grade et gérer sa carrière et tout ça : seriousse biznèsse mec ! Bon, évidemment, tu seras pas embauché tout de suite dans les meilleures ligues, ni dans les meilleures corpos : pour ça, il faut montrer patte blanche, te faire pistonner euh parrainer pardon et avoir un CV béton. L'expérienceOh un Excel de l'espace ! et même qu'on peut travailler en ligne et dans des groupes et monter en grade et gérer sa carrière et tout ça : seriousse biznèsse mec ! Bon, évidemment, tu seras pas embauché tout de suite dans les meilleures ligues, ni dans les meilleures corpos : pour ça, il faut montrer patte blanche, te faire pistonner euh parrainer pardon et avoir un CV béton. L'expérience compte énormément et en dessous de 2500 heures, t'es encore un crevard : va falloir farmer plus que ça, mon petit gars !

    J'avoue : je me suis souvent endormi devant cet économiseur d'écran, me rappelant la fameuse phrase du Capitaine Kirk : "aller hardiment là où personne n'est jamais allé". Allez, je m'y remets ! je gère mes stocks comme il faut, je prépare les commandes, je lis les ordres de mission et je farme, je farme. Heureusement, ma super souris de compaytission est donnée pour 20 000 000 de clics, donc j'ai de la marge.

    Il est quand même trop bien cet Excel en ligne : y a tellement de fenêtres que Windows s'est suicidé. Et j'aime bien habiller mon avatar et lui acheter de nouveaux habits même si une pauvre casquette coûte 20 000 000 000 de cubiks.

    Bon, je sais, je comprends pas tout mais on m'a dit qu'il faut au moins 3 ans avant de pouvoir apprécier à sa juste valeur la profondeur de cette merveille à péage. J'y retourne.    … Expand
  22. Rasman76
    Nov 18, 2016
    1
    I tried to like this game but the clunky interface made it impossible to figure out what the heck I was doing most of the time. The new tutorial helped somewhat but I found I was losing ISK, lost and flying back and forth to a space port several times to just complete one standard mission. The graphics are pretty but honestly the devs really need to take a class on making intuitiveI tried to like this game but the clunky interface made it impossible to figure out what the heck I was doing most of the time. The new tutorial helped somewhat but I found I was losing ISK, lost and flying back and forth to a space port several times to just complete one standard mission. The graphics are pretty but honestly the devs really need to take a class on making intuitive interfaces - it was just way too complex to make it any fun. If they ever revamp that I may try it again. As it stands I'll just go play elite dangerous instead.… Expand
  23. Deathumb
    Aug 31, 2016
    0
    Welcome to I have no life and need to make other people's lives a living hell to fell good about myself simulator.

    My friend gave me a trial for this game and I have to say in my 20 years of gaming it's the most boring, unrewarding experience I ever had. I really did try to like the game but they expect you to be bored out of your mind for months on end just for brief moments of    Welcome to I have no life and need to make other people's lives a living hell to fell good about myself simulator.

    My friend gave me a trial for this game and I have to say in my 20 years of gaming it's the most boring, unrewarding experience I ever had.

    I really did try to like the game but they expect you to be bored out of your mind for months on end just for brief moments of satisfaction.

    If you're someone with no life who will invest all of their free time for months on end grinding to impress random people online then this is the game for you. If you'd actually like to enjoy your time spend "gaming" go look elsewhere.

    I'd also like to add the community is the most toxic group of trolls you will ever come across.    … Expand
  24. Crownasaurus
    Mar 21, 2016
    3
    Check if your review contains spoilers....LOL. I couldn't spoil even 0.1% of this game, because I didn't see any of it. Why? I didn't have six months to 'get into it'. It's a brilliant escape from reality for those with social difficulties and a serious fondness for graphs.

    Odds are if you are reading this then you are probably less 'Call of Duty' and more....well EVE Online than your    Check if your review contains spoilers....LOL. I couldn't spoil even 0.1% of this game, because I didn't see any of it. Why? I didn't have six months to 'get into it'. It's a brilliant escape from reality for those with social difficulties and a serious fondness for graphs.

    Odds are if you are reading this then you are probably less 'Call of Duty' and more....well EVE Online than your average gamer, because the way the fans sell this game doesn't exactly make it sound thrilling, or even that interesting. What you are promised is some sort of 'real life, in space' - where you can be a space trader....and sell minerals....and blow other people up whether they want to or not.

    I never saw the last bit, but I engaged in 25 solid hours of the mining and floating around bit. 25 hours over 14 days and let me tell you I didn't enjoy a single second of it. I was constantly waiting for this amazing fun to start that had people literally giving up on their real lives to live their space life, and it never came. A few reasons why I think -

    1. It is spreadsheets in space. It's a cliche, but it really is. It's impossible to be 'good' at this game, what you can do is have spent a lot of time paying a monthly subscription, and thus have accumulated more numbers on your spreadsheet, this allows you to get loads of other numbers on other spreadsheets that others don't have.

    Visually, it's not rewarding. The reward comes from having bigger numbers on your spreadsheet, and using this to...grief other players?

    2. It takes TOO **** LONG. If someone told me I'd have to 1) pay a monthly subscription and 2) could only level up by waiting real life, human hours in game or out, I would assume you were joking. They're not joking in reference to EVE, you are expected to wait MONTHS in order to be able to participate in anything like the game experience you will have heard fanboys talk about. You wont be brokering trade alliances, or griefing anyone. You'll be paying £15 a month to click on asteroids, waiting for your skills to level up until you have some sense and quit.

    3. This is clearly a jerk-off for people who have already put in a few thousand hours. The people who enjoy this have already spent a few thousand hours making their spreadsheet the most comprehensive. They are the people who enjoy this. They have been playing this for 13 years. Unless they quit, and you start playing for 13 years you will never be as 'good' as them, because they paid their subscription longer.

    Positives? The graphics are 'OK', the ships look good and sometimes the space scenery looks 'impressive' but the visuals are repetitive to say the least.

    The crux of it is I don't want to meet the sort of person who can actually get into EVE, because I am terrified that someone so fond of spreadsheets might exist in the world.    … Expand
  25. Jpwr39
    Nov 9, 2015
    4
    The game is not any more deep or complex than any other MMO, it's just that the game provides you little to no instruction on how to do anything and the menus and UI are terrible. Generally speaking, this game is a griefer's paradise. It's full of sociopaths who love to prey on the weak and defenseless. To say that it brings out the worst in people, well it's close, they're just being whoThe game is not any more deep or complex than any other MMO, it's just that the game provides you little to no instruction on how to do anything and the menus and UI are terrible. Generally speaking, this game is a griefer's paradise. It's full of sociopaths who love to prey on the weak and defenseless. To say that it brings out the worst in people, well it's close, they're just being who they really are. So it's more like the perfect venue for them to act out in a way they can't in RL.
    I've really tried to like the game and have gone through the trial and subbed twice but I've regretted it both times. The Corporations (Guilds) in the game are the least friendly, least social people I have ever come across in any MMO in the last five years. I could go on....but I'll just leave it at this: Don't waste your time on this game.    … Expand
  26. wulfenger
    Oct 2, 2015
    0
    Rogue moderation. Will ban you for no reason or if you differ in opinion with staff. This company is founded in another country so they follow a different set of rules. Also unethical gameplay within game with no cap on how far someone can go.
  27. Landy77
    Oct 2, 2015
    0
    Eve Online is the most boring game I have ever played. If you can imagine spreadsheets in space you have Eve Online. CCP also promotes extortion of the players through game mechanics and promoting player behavior. CCP has admitted to manipulating game mechanics to inflate player base numbers.
  28. whisper2000
    Aug 21, 2015
    0
    This would be totally awesome game if they would implement a non PVP flag. As is anyone can fly up engage you kill you no matter where you are I was killed 3 times in ships not PVP capable. Then they brag about killing you saying fly combat ships quit mining and exploration this is a PVP game. So if PVP is all you want to do this is your game if your into building mining or explorationThis would be totally awesome game if they would implement a non PVP flag. As is anyone can fly up engage you kill you no matter where you are I was killed 3 times in ships not PVP capable. Then they brag about killing you saying fly combat ships quit mining and exploration this is a PVP game. So if PVP is all you want to do this is your game if your into building mining or exploration find another game.… Expand
  29. Khabi
    Aug 4, 2015
    2
    Firstly, I've been a player of eve-online for over 10 years, I know this game inside and out. From industry to pvp, to exploration and politics - I've done it all, and it was a great game in the past. But the eve of today is an empty shell of what it was, it's a dying game, kept alive by people who have invested too much in eve over the years to quit, people who have 4+ accounts andFirstly, I've been a player of eve-online for over 10 years, I know this game inside and out. From industry to pvp, to exploration and politics - I've done it all, and it was a great game in the past. But the eve of today is an empty shell of what it was, it's a dying game, kept alive by people who have invested too much in eve over the years to quit, people who have 4+ accounts and sometimes upwards of 8 or 10 accounts.

    The people who play this game are some of the most belligerent people you'll ever meet, it attracts a certain kind of personality, and the learning curve is so steep it filters out the vast majority of people who quit usually within a month or two. In short - the community is horrible, extremely elitist and snobby. They have a saying in eve, if a player quits eve and joins WoW, the IQ of both games goes up. The attitude amongst eve players is 'we're the best', and as someone who joins now, 12+ years after it went live, that doesn't include you, which leads me to my next point.

    Eve's skill system is real time, so you'll have to catch up with people who have a decade head start on you or you'll have to buy a skilled-up account, at huge cost. You'll be told you're useful as a new player and that you can do anything you want, but you really can't. You won't be able to compete industrially without months of skilling, and massive amounts of reading of guides and how-to articles, you won't be able to compete in pvp without about six months experience, the meta in pvp is tech3 or faction cruisers which will cost you an arm or a leg and when they're gone they're gone - which also means pvp rarely happens unless one side already knows who'll win.

    Another reason you won't be able to compete is the price of things. The devs, CCP have artificially raised prices over the last few years in the hopes of selling PLEX, eve's version of 'gold currency'. A few years ago a battleship would cost you about 60 million, now it's over 200 million. most things are 3x to 5x the price these days - so if you want half a chance, be prepared not only to pay the subscription fee, but also fork out a nice bit of real-life cash so you can compete in pvp, or get that nice missioning battleship.

    Speaking of the devs, did I mention they've been found cheating at their own game? Rigging in-game events for their pals, spawning money-printing blueprints for other pals, constantly lying about pay-2-win which they've tried to sneak in a few times now, hiring their in-game pals who have little clue about the game itself and proceed to make terrible changes. CCP have had multiple flops, eve is their ONLY successful game and they've bled it dry to make (or half make) other games which never come close to release and are shut down after a few years of development. In fact, CCP's employee numbers have halved since 2011, with entire departments being fired on short notice, and the player numbers for eve are down to the levels they were at in 2006 - sound like a healthy MMO?

    It's also worth pointing out that apart from the head guy himself, none of the devs are the 'original' devs from when the game was first released in 2003 - all the old devs that gave eve its great vision of a dark futuristic harsh place where around every corner is death - they're all gone, off to greener pastures or retired. The people who run eve now are mostly former players that have been hired by CCP, players that in some cases didn't play the game for more than a year (the learning curve is 6 months alone). Players that have old pals in-game, and biases they took with them.

    And this all leads to the point I'm trying to make, if you want to play eve it's too late. You should have picked it up back in 2006 to 2009, these days it's in decline and it's really more like a second job you pay for. Pvp has declined rapidly to blob vs blob, the standard of pvp has become 1 billion (15 euro) isk ships, the old-boys of the game like me have it all sewn up, we can spend in a day without a second thought what it will take you a month to earn (unless of course you fork out real-life cash for PLEX, which is what the aim was when all prices were artificially inflated). All the 'lawless' space of zero-zero is all sewn up, you can come here, but you'll have to pay a nice tax to do so and you'll have to obey the 'owner' of that space - in short you'll be a tax income to some guy or bunch of guys who've played the game 10+ years.

    If you really want to play it, wait until it's free2play, which it will likely be within two years.    … Expand
  30. IhateEve
    Jul 13, 2015
    1
    Imagine what it would be like to travel to another planet. The years of sitting and waiting is pretty much what feels like. It is overly complicated for simple tasks. There is nothing detailed in the game that teaches you how to play. The tutorials are as follows. Go to the haystack, now find the needle. After 3 days of trying to play, I don't know how any one would want to playImagine what it would be like to travel to another planet. The years of sitting and waiting is pretty much what feels like. It is overly complicated for simple tasks. There is nothing detailed in the game that teaches you how to play. The tutorials are as follows. Go to the haystack, now find the needle. After 3 days of trying to play, I don't know how any one would want to play this. I quit and went to Microsoft solitaire, because it was more fun.… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

10
#10 Most Discussed PC Game of 2003
3
#3 Most Shared PC Game of 2003

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Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. Edge Magazine
    80
    As expectations are put aside and the game is explored for its own merits, it begins to provide a vast sense of potential that few games can muster. [June 2003, p.97]
  2. Next Level Gaming
    88
    A game of epic proportions.
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  3. Armchair Empire
    80
    An enjoyable game. It emphasizes teamwork and really gives a lot of character tweaking to sink one’s teeth into, but you really need to be patient individual to deal with the mining aspect of the game.
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