A "love-it-or-hate-it" type of game.
Eve-Online grew on me over time. At first, I was bored of it. I was sure I was quit. But soon enough, the fun aspects of the game came to me and I began planning out my character's life in the long run.
If you haven't read the GS review yet, don't. They claim that mining is the only way to make money, but I never mined on my character. I, instead, fought weak NPC pirates for their bounties at first. It was slow money, but eventually I was able to buy the strongest type of frigate for the Caldari, the Merlin, letting me fight much stronger pirates, collecting several hundred-thousands of ISK (the in-game money) an hour, with each hour filled with heartpounding in-space dogfights. Unfortunately, my trial time ran out, but I promptly renewed it. I've been playing for about a month now, and I see little reason to stop.
You either love this game, or hate it. Try out the trial, see how far your horizons are, and find out which kind of person you are.