A very nice game, must for all sci-fi gamers
Ratings:
Game play: 9.8
they game play is very nice, everything feels realistic down to bumping into objects (except that it causes no damage).
Warping could be a little better, a little more graphical, but it suffices.
Gate jumping could be A LOT better, all it is is a cloak, map load uncloak, instead of what i think it should have been, like showing your accelerating down the gate and into hyperspace for example (like the acceleration gates in Ded space missions).
The weapons system is hard to get the hang of at first as not all weapons are created equal and some crappy ones are high priced (price =/= good sometimes in eve).
The skill system is a double egded sword to eve. Not only is it innovative and sleak, its also a pain in the arse to deal with.
Only one skill per account and per character can be trained at any one time. This means if you have alt chars in the same account, you wont be able to train skills on both the chars at the same time.
The skill system is also an effective money grabber for CCP as most of the skills you want to max take literal months to finish, some even take nearly 3 months depending on the skill rank. (hint: learn ALL the learning skills first this cuts training time in about half).
Contrary to what the GS review stated, Mining is NOT the only way to make Isk in Eve,
There is mission running, ratting, mercing, and bounty hunting.
Mission Running:
The task of carrying out missions from Agents. Ranging from Courier to actual pirate encounters.
Encounter missions are much better usually then courier because not only do you get the mission rewards but also bounty kills for the rats as well as isk from any items they might drop.
Mercing:
This takes a slightly experianced pilot with a few months under their belts and at least a cruiser class ship. Not to mention a nice coproration to back you up.
This is the process of taking orders if you will, from other players. IE kill this person(s) or find me this ship or blue print.
I have seen all out wars fought by Mercs taking contracts from less powerful corps to settle scores with enemy corps.
Ratting:
As the name suggestes this is the process of flying from asteroid belt to asteroid belt and hunting down npc pirates.
you get a certain amount of isk for killing them and they may also drop items that you can salvage and sell or keep.
Bounty Hunting:
One of Eve's downfalls is their aggressive pvp system. Anyone cant at anywhere and time kill you if they so choose to. The means of how they do it, or how far they kill you are the only limitations in Hi-Sec systems.
Bounty Hunting is the finding and killing of bounty headed players for isk. This ranges from a few million isk to hundreds of billions.
And lastly there is Mining:
Mining takes a specialized character to do, or lots of training. Best to make a mining char in addition to your normal one.
With the right skills and the right ship you can easily make over 100 million isk an hour (this would be after months of skill training on a normal mining char)
Music: 10
the music is absolutly stunning, ranging from the fast pacedrock beats of battles to slow and mellow travel music.
Graphics: 10 (if i could i would say 50!)
As of the update to trinity, Eve has taken graphics to a whole new level. They ships are now more realistic then ever! and the systems are just gorgeous.
Plot: 3
there iusnt much of a plot line in this game, you make the story based on how you play it. If you want to p*** people off and become a pirater, then you can do so, if youw ant to be a bounty hunter you can, if you just want to quietly do missions you whole eve-life you can also do that. the only set story line is with the storyline missions that give great rewards and the news/backstory/current events on the website.
The Good:
Awesome music and grpahics, the ai is superb, plenty of pirates to kill, a universe so vast it would take you a month just to cross it
the Bad:
Very slow paced, skill training is a pain sometimes, The constant threat of going kaboom when around other players with low security statuses, hard paced money making tactics.
Overall this game is a must play for all who are tired of conventional rpgs.