EVE Online

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  1. DontFeedSquirl
    Nov 25, 2014
    0
    I lost everything because of a bug. My warp drive didn't activate. It said it was warping, but my ship was just sitting there, getting hit, and I lost everything. Never coming back to this buggy mess.
  2. 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.
  3. Mats
    May 29, 2003
    10
    Love it love it love it love it.
  4. MingardS.
    Nov 16, 2005
    10
    EVE is simply incomparable! Great graphics and sounds! The best online game in the world of PC gaming!!
  5. Daugeleven
    Feb 24, 2014
    10
    The only game that I've rated 10/10. Huge learning curve, it takes some time to figure out the basics. This is not a game that you can get a lvl 90 in a few months, patience is required.

    Great game!
  6. SelfAwareLlama
    Apr 18, 2014
    10
    I've gotta say, Eve Online is a very fun game to play. It has a steep learning curve, as many would have already pointed out. Believe me. I've been there. When you get going however, the game really opens up to a universe of choices, battles, missions, factions and generally freedom. You will love it if you love games where you can explore and make choices. It's a great Sci-Fi gameI've gotta say, Eve Online is a very fun game to play. It has a steep learning curve, as many would have already pointed out. Believe me. I've been there. When you get going however, the game really opens up to a universe of choices, battles, missions, factions and generally freedom. You will love it if you love games where you can explore and make choices. It's a great Sci-Fi game that you won't regret playing if you learn it well. The community is also great. I got a lot of help there. There are plenty of staff on board to give you advice and help you. I don't think the learning curve being steep is enough to justify lowering this rating, because the fun you get afterwards is worthwhile.… Expand
  7. Warmeat
    Apr 20, 2014
    10
    Kinda sad so many reviewed the first 1 hour of the game, i was really frustrated and upset when i played EVE and if i just stoped playing after that first hour, i dont think i would have had a good impression of the game, any real gamer can get into EVE, it's just about giving it some time to digest in your brain, it took me alil over a hour that i realized behind the complicated menu andKinda sad so many reviewed the first 1 hour of the game, i was really frustrated and upset when i played EVE and if i just stoped playing after that first hour, i dont think i would have had a good impression of the game, any real gamer can get into EVE, it's just about giving it some time to digest in your brain, it took me alil over a hour that i realized behind the complicated menu and inacurate tutorial(objects in your quest will be yellow icons but after you get to a real the yellow blip goes away leading to you just clueless) (stuff like that happens early and often)

    after 6 hours or so of the game , i realize how simple it really is , there is alot more micro managment than there needs to be, but i love the difficulty, it means you will have something to do since achieving the top is so far away and endless, in wow you level 2 months later you stop playing, if you can earn your sub in wow like EVE, i think it would have given players something to do while we wait for expansions and updates, instead of just nothing to do because everyone is to casual.    … Expand
  8. AaronF.
    Jul 14, 2006
    10
    More of an open-ended world than a guided game. There are no set goals, thus no set limits. It's not for everyone, but for a certain style of gameplay, it's unmatched.
  9. ErraticCommunist
    Jan 5, 2008
    10
    An epic, beatiful and truly living world beyond the gray routine of grindfests like World of Warcraft. Best MMORPG of all time.
  10. AngelR.
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    What else can I say about this game, this is one of the GREAT game upto date! AWESOME! THe graphics, sound, community and value are pretty good! You will have to use your brain and have some patience during the tutorial part of the game. NICE!
  11. ChristiaanL.
    Aug 21, 2003
    8
    Extremely deep, very beautiful game. Excellent for people who would like to play a MMOG but don't have to time to sit in front of the computer all day. I love that I can train abilities while I'm at work or do basic tasks to make money while watching TV with my girlfriend. Of course, there's plenty of reward for those that can sit there all day too :) I really hope the Extremely deep, very beautiful game. Excellent for people who would like to play a MMOG but don't have to time to sit in front of the computer all day. I love that I can train abilities while I'm at work or do basic tasks to make money while watching TV with my girlfriend. Of course, there's plenty of reward for those that can sit there all day too :) I really hope the community continues to grow, as I'm interested to see where the developers will take it. They've been doing a great job of stomping out bugs (yes, it was released too early!) and it looks like some interesting story is starting to be introduced. Definitely worth the investment, especiall now that you can get it for only $20 (with the first month of play free).… Expand
  12. MhaeC.
    Nov 11, 2005
    10
    This game is hella TIGHT!!! Tutorial is really one of a big part of it especially for those that's new in this kind of game! I appreciate it and thankfull for including that! It has a great community, very friendly & approachable, They're willing to help especially for the new comers!
  13. PrettieC.
    Nov 17, 2005
    10
    Complex and incredibly addictive game.! Simply the BEST!
  14. dohdoh-Doh
    Jul 18, 2003
    10
    This has to be the most action packed mmorpg i have ever played.
  15. AndreB.
    Dec 6, 2004
    10
    This is the best game ever made, sure it´s hard for new players but you can make friends fast and they teach you as you go. the universe is huge with many factions and ideals to work for. Greatest game ever.
  16. CourtneyM.
    Nov 16, 2005
    10
    Simply the most amazing game ever!
  17. WencyC.
    Nov 18, 2005
    10
    Really the greatest game ever made! I salute EVE online!
  18. LeezZ.
    Nov 6, 2005
    10
    It's hard at first but it's really worth it! This is for people that enjoy a bit more of a challenge! This is the COOLEST game ever!!!
  19. JohnE.
    Nov 7, 2005
    9
    I think the game is a step higher when it comes to being unique.at first, theres the tutorial which i love and enjoyed throughout coz its importance can never be undermined.So are the graphics. I consider Eve to be one of those few games that's ahead of the pack.One prob would be the lags....but it shoudnt be a worry coz the game will certainly overcome the flaw.
  20. Groundfisher
    May 24, 2005
    10
    Simon and Schuster no longer have anything to do with this game whatsoever. A well-conceived MMORPG with rich gameplay. It has some drawbacks, but compared to other MMORPGs it deserves a 10/10.
  21. EuniceF.
    Nov 18, 2005
    10
    Can
  22. texman
    May 23, 2014
    10
    The most complex game ever, only smart players can appreciate it.
    You can play it at a slow, medium or hard pace. It has the complexity that kids are scared.

    The fights are often mature, no hard feeling, no insults. Only respect.
    You are prepared to play this game, only if you can tell a player "respect" after he killed you.
  23. 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
  24. JoeT.
    May 26, 2003
    6
    Very good, but still quite buggy.
  25. MitchC9
    Jul 17, 2014
    10
    An unparalleled sandbox experience, EVE Online is truly the most player drive open world experience in the history of gaming.

    One must enter EVE Online expecting their enjoyment to come from player interaction and roleplay primarily. In EVE Online you captain a spaceship through an open world of over 5,000 connected star systems. You can pilot all sorts of spacecraft - from the dinkiest    An unparalleled sandbox experience, EVE Online is truly the most player drive open world experience in the history of gaming.

    One must enter EVE Online expecting their enjoyment to come from player interaction and roleplay primarily. In EVE Online you captain a spaceship through an open world of over 5,000 connected star systems. You can pilot all sorts of spacecraft - from the dinkiest of mining vessels to motherships - for various purposes. The game offers a wide variety of gameplay options. Mining, trading, combat, exploration, piracy, theft, scamming and crafting are the main gameplay elements in this regard. There are many players who do none of this, but choose to focus entirely on the social aspects of the game: Leadership, espionage, strategy building and management.

    In EVE there is no purpose but that in which you create. Want to be a thorn in the side of the locals in a certain star system? Dedicate your team to blowing up their profit-making spaceships. Want to be Donald Trump in space? Play the market and become a monetary force to be reckoned with. Want to own your own solar system? Gather up friends, form an alliance and fight against others for control of space.

    None of this is very exciting from a gameplay standpoint. While PVP combat is quite exhilarating, most other forms of gameplay are rather dull. What makes EVE so special is how your actions relate to others. Sure, mining might be boring, but using those profits to build a spaceship to defend your own star system is not. Even defending the system itself might be somewhat boring. It's the experience that is worth it. You look back on your time in EVE and you realize something important: it mattered. 1 year later, what you did matters. No other game can say the same.    … Expand
  26. ShodanSpectre
    Sep 7, 2016
    9
    I have been an EVE player since 2010 (with some gaps, esp. after 2013 when I finished grad school and got a full-time job). It was interesting to read the well-acclaimed 2/10 review by Khabi from Aug 4, 2015, who also claims to be a veteran player who's "seen it all". Although I don't fully agree with Khabi's review and the 2/10 score, I recognize that he has made a few good points there,I have been an EVE player since 2010 (with some gaps, esp. after 2013 when I finished grad school and got a full-time job). It was interesting to read the well-acclaimed 2/10 review by Khabi from Aug 4, 2015, who also claims to be a veteran player who's "seen it all". Although I don't fully agree with Khabi's review and the 2/10 score, I recognize that he has made a few good points there, and I highly recommend reading his review.

    One of the biggest points he makes is that it's "too late to start EVE". That "you'll be competing against players who have a decade head start on you - and there's no way you can catch up due to the game's skill system.". I have multiple examples that this is not true:
    1) In 2011, when I had about a year experience, I met a newbie player (5 days into EVE). We chatted a bit, he was interested in PVP, so I taught him some PVP basics. And 2 days later - he went to 0.0 space, camped a game and took out an interceptor piloted by a 2-year old character. It's equivalent of a lvl 5 character beating a lvl 50 character in some lvl-based MMO. That was the guy's first win in this game, and boy was he happy about it.
    2) In 2013, when I was a Vice-CEO of a wormhole corp - I met another newbie, who was just trying to scrape by and learn the game a bit. I invited him to join our corp and do wormhole gas mining for me: with a 75% tax. Now that's some steep tax, but that way he still made x10 of what he could do on his own - and I was happy to give him 25% of the gas clouds I've cleared for mining (using battleships he couldn't possibly use yet) - for doing the boring job for me. In a month or so he learned to do more high-end gameplay stuff, like wormhole scouting, deep-space logistics (many players think wh-space and 0.0 space as non-navigable unless you're part of the owning ally. We had our tactics to smuggle anything anywhere). Basically he got a VERY GOOD head start at high-end gameplay within like 3 months after starting the game.
    3) In early 2011, just 3 months into the game - I managed to join the White Noise Alliance's "bomber wing", a group of players piloting stealth bombers. A very high-risk high-reward type of PVP, that allows ~15 player to decide the outcome of the battle involving hundreds of players. And so we did. Normally players with over a year of experience joined this kind of group - and that was no guarantee!

    So no, it's not "all sewn up" by players with a 12-year head start. Only the "beaten paths" are. EVE has many ways for a new player to succeed in the game within a couple months - but ONLY - if one is willing to be creative and daring. A bit of luck and help from experienced players is good too. How to get an experienced player to help you get up to speed? Well - show that you're a capable learner.

    That's why - to quote Khabi again: "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"
    - true, UNLESS you prove otherwise!
    And on the other hand - the fact of having 10+ years of experience, or billion+ worth ships - by itself doesn't prove your worth. I'd say after about 2-3 years your success in EVE further depends exclusively on your own skills and capabilities, adding 7 more years won't help if you just keep doing the same thing.

    It was like that in 2006, and it is still like that now in 2016. This game is not designed to be easily enjoyable for an average player. It does not hold your hand or guide you to become an hero of the universe along with millions of other heroes, like so many MMOs do. You start as a pawn - and from there it's really up to you whether you're gonna be a rook in 3 months and a king in 1.5 years, or just gonna stay as pawn for 3 years and then maaaybe become a knight and "cap out" - and stay a knight for 7+ years. The former is more fun.

    And as for the "no-lifer", having 4+ accounts - I have two accounts, never felt like I need more. And both myself and most people I tend to become friend with in the game have rather interesting hobbies outside of EVE and gaming in general. I'm not sure if that's a coincidence or there is something that brings together like-minded individuals, but if anything it's the people who say it takes forever to achieve anything in EVE that have a problem with that. I know plenty of players that have 5+ years of experience and keep doing the same chore over and over.

    EVE is a love it or hate it game. A lot of haters giving it 0/10 reviews are calling out the same reasons I love this game.

    I'll give it a 8/10, mostly because it has a few design flaws that are waay to technical to mention. Stability and performance-wise the engine and servers have greatly improved since 2010.

    P.S.
    About CCP's employee cuts in 2011 - 2014: They cancelled a large title "World of Darkness". I won't delve into why it was cancelled, but EVE got the character creator from it - a nice bonus, if only to walk around stations.    … Expand
  27. SovietUnion38
    Aug 5, 2015
    10
    This is most brutal and hard game I ever played.

    Spend a week earning money to bought a sheep and doing a first task on a new sheep in hi-sec? Meets some pirates who killed all concords near the stargates and be destroyed. 100% brutal. You can lost all you earned in a month. I never see a game like this.

    10/10 for its brutality
  28. 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
  29. 7ShadesOfEffort
    Apr 19, 2017
    10
    Mine Veldspar. Spin your ship. Suicide-kill miners. Mine Veldspar with drones. Explore the universe with FTL pod-express travel. Wake up on alarm every 3 hours to press F1 in epic space battle of thousands of ships. Mine concentrated Veldspar. Get your fleet commander's boot shoved up your arse. Steal your corp assets. Mine dense Veldspar. Become a space Hitler. Lead miners' genocide.Mine Veldspar. Spin your ship. Suicide-kill miners. Mine Veldspar with drones. Explore the universe with FTL pod-express travel. Wake up on alarm every 3 hours to press F1 in epic space battle of thousands of ships. Mine concentrated Veldspar. Get your fleet commander's boot shoved up your arse. Steal your corp assets. Mine dense Veldspar. Become a space Hitler. Lead miners' genocide. Refine Veldspar.
    This is the Game of countless opportunities. Living and breathing world of perpetual motion. Game-Parable. Game-Revelation.

    7 out of 7: not for average mind.    … Expand
  30. Nakoren
    Jun 29, 2019
    10
    When i launched EVE first time i didnt know what to wait. I heared a lot of different oppinions about this game but in result decided to try.
    So now i will tell you what is EVE online.
    Firstly i have to say one thing. EVE is game not for everyone. Its game with very hard economical system, rules and interface. As i know most of peaple who dont like EVE just cant play with such interface.    When i launched EVE first time i didnt know what to wait. I heared a lot of different oppinions about this game but in result decided to try.
    So now i will tell you what is EVE online.
    Firstly i have to say one thing. EVE is game not for everyone. Its game with very hard economical system, rules and interface. As i know most of peaple who dont like EVE just cant play with such interface. and its normal, first week i suffered because of it. But anyway it can be learned very fast.
    Another 1 reason why peaple dont play EVE - is time. most of people think that if you want to be profi you need to play 1 or more year. Thats right but only partially.
    So, lets continue.
    What to do in EVE?
    EVERYTHING.
    EVE has very many different activities from mining and trading to PVE and PVP operation (if someone wants to know i am scanner). Thats why most of people play EVE - diversity.
    But lets dont forget that EVE is F2P game, so lets speak about 1 common question - What about donat (microtransactions).
    Everything is cool. Great economycal system of New eden afford you to earn money to premium subscription by yourself and its really cool (5 evenings of scanning and you can earn 500 plex (subscription)(of course if you are lucky)).
    But what about comunity.
    Soooo here everything is much harder so i want tell.
    So in result i want to say this.
    EVE is really good F2P MMORPG which a lot of interested in space games players can like but if you are casual you shouldnt even try to launch it.    … Expand
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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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