Having played EVE, and watching people for a year or so play, I think this graph is actually a bit too kind.
Picture yourself being thrust into the future from today, on a space station- hundreds of years in the future. You know nothing of asto-navigation, space cruisers, or even how to buy a sandwich. You arent even sure how to turn on your spaceship let alone navigate.
If for some stupid reason, you decide to leave the space station, you are thrust upon a 365 degree - 3 dimension map of star systems, jump gates (dont even ask how you USE the jump gate) and other things.
If you stray too far - that range is seemingly arbitrary, you can be destroyed by anyone, loosing your stupid little ship.
It’s as though the developers built this massive space simulator and on day 6 of 7 said “OH CRAP THIS IS A MMORPG!” kinda tacking on NPCs and missions, etc.
Trust me, DO NOT play this game unless you have 2 of the following:
1 Astrophysics degree
2 3 months of uninterrupted play time (ask players, they will say it takes this long to get a ship worth anything)
3 Your very own galactic starfleet
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March 13th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Having played EVE, and watching people for a year or so play, I think this graph is actually a bit too kind.
Picture yourself being thrust into the future from today, on a space station- hundreds of years in the future. You know nothing of asto-navigation, space cruisers, or even how to buy a sandwich. You arent even sure how to turn on your spaceship let alone navigate.
If for some stupid reason, you decide to leave the space station, you are thrust upon a 365 degree - 3 dimension map of star systems, jump gates (dont even ask how you USE the jump gate) and other things.
If you stray too far - that range is seemingly arbitrary, you can be destroyed by anyone, loosing your stupid little ship.
It’s as though the developers built this massive space simulator and on day 6 of 7 said “OH CRAP THIS IS A MMORPG!” kinda tacking on NPCs and missions, etc.
Trust me, DO NOT play this game unless you have 2 of the following:
1 Astrophysics degree
2 3 months of uninterrupted play time (ask players, they will say it takes this long to get a ship worth anything)
3 Your very own galactic starfleet
Other than all that it rocks.
March 13th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
You just sold me. If I had any real time to spare playing video games, the first one I would buy would be EVE.
As it stands, the most involved complex game I can tackle at the moment is some music racer/puzzle game I got on Steam for $10 (audiosurf).
March 14th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Anything that has The Second Genesis in its title is naturally going to be confusing just for confusing’s sake.
The graph reminds me of Line Rider.
March 14th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
My character, a mostly harmless pirate- resides in the lonely cemetary on that graph.