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Eve Online | 
| From: Atari
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $31.68
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 4095
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Genre: online_massively_multiplayer_games
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 27855
Model: 27855
UPC: 742725278554
EAN: 0742725278554
ASIN: B001PBUN3M
Release Date: March 10, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Free expansions ensure an ever-changing, exciting online destination. | | • | Limitless character, ship, and play style options give every player the chance to live out their own epic adventure. | | • | Award-winning player-vs-player, ship-to-ship combat rewards tactics and strategy rather than level and equipment. | | • | Dynamic Player-Driven Economy |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 34
 A game of comaraderie March 12, 2009
Nick (Norman, OK)
140 out of 170 found this review helpful
Eve is not so much an RPG as it is a vast strategy game. You pick a corporation and do battle for territory, sometimes over months or years. This is the most fun aspect of the game.
If you're a newbie to the game, you'll want to join a corporation straight away. One of the best ones is called GoonFleet (you may have read about them in the New York times). They accept newbies, too, so if you want to join just contact Celot or any other person in GoonFleet to join and they'll get you set up with some ships and a new player guide.
Difficult but rewarding, help available March 12, 2009
Q. Chen
58 out of 75 found this review helpful
Okay, so it's entirely possible to "pick-up and play", despite what I said in the review title. However, this isn't like World of Warcraft where you progress through the typical levels, acquire new skills, etc. EVE Online is a brutal game for the true beginner, there's not really any discussion about that.
On the other hand, this is THE sandbox game. Everything is (or can be) player-run. You can mine asteroids and sell the resultant product for money and become rich, or you can fly combat ships and kill NPCs and become rich, or you can fly combat ships and kill other players and become rich. It's even possible to be a trader, a space merchant, if you will, by buying low and selling high in the traditional sense. And that can also make you rich. The importance of money is only to keep you in new ships, should you unfortunately lose one. The only other use for money is to buy skills, but they are very cheap and you only need to buy them once.
But, as I said before, this game is very unforgiving to new players. However, because of the more mature player base (probably related to the steep learning curve which keeps out some of the more immature, younger players) there are many groups who will accept new players, provide training and support, resources for information about the game, and more. EVE isn't about twitch reaction time or how well you can control a joystick. EVE perfectly exemplifies the phrase "knowledge is power". A powerful battleship at operated by an inept pilot is no match for a smart pilot in a lowly cruiser.
That's why I love this game. New players can have a huge impact, especially when they are acting in support of a more experienced group (see: ex-Band of Brothers titan, worth approximately $6000 USD, killed entirely due to being decloaked by a small frigate, worth approximately $0 USD.)
With this said, if you are still interested in EVE Online (and I hope you are, despite what I've said about the steep learning curve) you are in luck, because there are lots of players who are very friendly to new players and, in fact, take an active stance on training new recruits. These players and groups are what allows EVE to receive a 5 star review from me. For example, Goonswarm, one of the most powerful alliances in the game, controlling multiple regions in 0.0 security space (i.e. the "Wild West" where anything goes) actively recruits new pilots. They have many resources geared towards helping new players including free frigates with modules, free skillbooks, an extensive wiki with articles ranging from biographies on current and past alliances and the history of EVE (which it's rich in), to how to properly pilot your ship, to how to become rich through production, and more. They've been fighting (though recently won) a multi-year war against another powerful alliance (now disbanded, called Band of Brothers) so you'll see a lot of bad publicity around them, but as someone with experience in multiple alliances, I can say that they undeniably offer new players the most training and resources to get started in EVE.
There are other groups out there who also offer training for new players, but they do not have nearly as much clout as Goonswarm, nor do they offer as much resources or opportunities in experiencing the game. However, they are viable alternatives and you should not be adverse to checking them out if you come across them.
One more good thing about EVE Online I had neglected to mention is the ability to buy "PLEX" cards with real money and sell them in game for in game money. This is a completely legal way to turn real money to in game money and a good option for players who want to spend more time doing things like PvP or want some capital to start producing ships, etc. Likewise, it's also possible to play the game "for free" by buying these PLEX cards for in-game money and turning them into play time. You essentially play for free. Either way, it's ideal for both the working "weekend warrior" or the unfortunately-unemployed with too much time on his/her hands.
Great way to learn the basics of economics May 22, 2009
lunchtable (Ohio)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
A lot of people have covered the action based aspects of this game, so I'm going to cover a portion of EVE that not many people cover: the market and economy.
I actually really enjoy some of the business aspects of this game. I like to go on raids as well, but I've found that this game in incredibly useful as an economic simulator. If you want to understand capitalism or general human behavior when it comes to economics, buy this game. CCP (the company that makes the game) has turned the entire economy over to players, so everything from mining to manufacturing to research to buying to selling is done by players. If someone doesn't make it and put it up for sale at a station, then it isn't available.
What's fun is finding a niche where a good isn't produced that ought to be (usually you want something and it isn't available for many lightyears), so you start producing and selling it. You get to practice finding the equilibrium price point where the price isn't too low or too high, and you can even play the market by using EVE's buying and selling system, which is based on a broker based model. In fact, buying and selling in EVE works just like my online brokerage account does for buying stocks on the market in real life. And because the entire economy is driven by the hundreds of thousands of players, it really does a great job of simulating running a business in the real world. You can even cooperate, form corporations, write contracts, and buy stock in corporations.
There is probably no better game for you if you think you would enjoy playing with an economic simulator. And if you don't like that, then just ignore the economic part of the game and go shoot stuff, or explore the ever expanding universe, fly through undiscovered wormholes to undiscovered systems, etc. You can really do anything you want, which is the true beauty of the game.
It's an MMO people June 13, 2009
J. Haroldsen
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
EVE is a lot of fun both for individual players and people in larger corporations. You can make a lot more cash in larger corporations but it's certainly not required. It does take a while to learn however, even if you've got friends answering questions for you. EVE also has a channel called "Rookie Help" that exists to answer new player's questions and whenever I've been on it I've almost always seen at least one moderator on. They're usually pretty quick to answer questions and put their foot down on anyone spamming, begging, or typing in all caps.
Now, it seems like some people have been giving reviews saying that this game has a lot of crude language and accusing it of often having links to porn sites and blah blah. Well, it's an MMO. Every MMO and online game in the world has nice people and it and jerks on it, EVE is no exception. I'm sure this fine website has people post crap on it sometimes.
Now I've played WoW for 3 years and EVE for about a month so I've got more experience in WoW. Anyone who has spent an hour in the trade channel in WoW has heard enough cursing, crude comments, and general stupidity to last them a lifetime. Even in the general channel there's people that get their jollies by posting crude comments in it. In EVE I'm sure the same things happen. The difference is that in EVE I keep my chat window minimized unless I'm talking to corporation members and have never seen any of that. Some corporations are probably loaded with people with 7th grade senses of humor but it's not hard to find one that has people that are actually mature. Would I want a 12 year old playing it? I wouldn't want a 12 year old playing any MMO or online game. If I had to have them playing one though I'd certainly pick EVE over WoW and I'd pick Wizard 101 over EVE (when it comes to clean playing).
So, use your head people. It's an MMO and has the same problems that come with having 50,000 different people playing as almost every MMO does. But I find it to be a enjoyable game. My corporation and the five other active players in it does quite well (we have our own station and all that good stuff). I find it doesn't demand my attention like WoW did (which is a major plus, I haven't had to eat dinner at the keyboard because I was healing other players since I started playing) but is still quite entertaining.
Excellent for the SCI-FI Fan in me March 10, 2009
Robert R. Volk (Becker, MN USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Have playing for over 3 years now and still enjoy it immensely. I like the sandbox mentality. I would compare it to graduating high school, you can do whatever interests you, and your achievements are only confined by your own self-imposed limitations.
Learning curve may be great it you try to understand everything in the game the first day, but on the flip side, you do not need to know everything the first day, which keeps the whole thing interesting. TBH, this is not an instant solo-gratification game, and expecting so will lead to disappointment. However, if you're a science fiction fan looking for a deep, immersive, challenging, online experience exploring the heavens with others, you can't beat Eve.
This is a great ride for those who think they were born 10,000 years too early!
I have been contemplating on buying this just for a souvenir; I see a bright future for this company, even after 6 years.
This Comes with a 60- GTC so really the purchase is less than $10 bucks!
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