EVE Online

If you apply your self and strive for your goals you will leave with experiences and lessons that you can apply to your life outside of the game and benefit greatly. If you are willing to adapt and overcome your fears, you will gain life long friendships as well.

i didnt like it
too many menus to open to do anything

Have you ever wanted to join a country club then form a gang with all the people who show up every Friday and primarily lurk around one of the outer golf lanes? Good. Now does you and your gang of like minded polo wearing turf pirates like to drink and drive? Good. What about raiding the club house for snacks and to scare the care bears? Sounds good to me. But what if you run into another gang who wants to raid the club house at the same time? Then you must ram golf carts until one side wins and then everyone spray paints GG on the ground. It's that simple and this has been going on every single day for the last 20+ years.

So-so.

this is a job to play
i will not recommend a game that is more or less a job you pay for

It's a pyramid scheme.
Plain and simple.
And you'll never be at the top.
No matter how much time and money you spend.

This "game" is a complete waste. I've played it on and off for over a decade.
It is simply a tool to remove money from the users and give it to the creators.
Nothing more, nothing less.
There is nothing fun about EVE.
They'll tell you "that's what makes it fun."
That's the grift. That's how they get you.

Don't fall for it.
This is a scam. Through and through.
Always has been, always will be.

This game has constantly evolved to become better and better. If they get an update wrong they go back and fix it unlike most modern games. Hard to master, plenty to do, huge sandbox. Want to kill other players? Do it. Want to build? Do it. Want to play solo and play against computer created content? Do it. So much to do and they are constantly rolling out events. It is a game that you need to stick with to understand how complex and deep this game really is. It takes a bit to get rolling then the world is what you want it to be. Super fun game, can't recommend it enough.

Fun af. Death is certain

game is a lot of planning, less so execution. only fly what you can afford to lose.

Its honestly amazing how scandinavian freaks manage to make this game worse year by year

another F2p Death spiral..... it was fun while it lasted, played since 2008 took a break now and then, stopped around 2015 and tried recently. id rather sit on broken glass, then get ganked needlessly.

Good game, but definitely not for everyone. You really have to try it out for yourself.

This game goes firmly in the category of games I want to like, but just don't. And there are a lot of things that go into both reasons. The number of options, for example. There are a dozen varieties of every item in the game, most of which I cent tell the difference one to the next. Unless you wanna spend hours searching for and pouring over old forums, which may or may not still be accurate, there's just no way to know. Same with combat, the only way to know the difficulty level of anything in the game is to find a website to look it up.
The skills system is irritating, I'm in a pretty entry level ship, looking at anything to upgrade, cus I can't do much of anything with what I got... and it'll be at least a month to get any sort of upgrade.
*EDIT*
After a bit more reflection, I realized what it really is about this game that I can't stand. Everything listed above are grievances what would probably have me quitting before long anyway... but my true dispute with this game is the fanbase. Allow me to tell a story to demonstrate why. This is not an isolated incident, but an example of the base rules of this world. One of the reasons I like this game, is the myriad of options. So I have been experimenting with a variety of options. I was 23 jobs into a 25 job quest chain, which I was knocking out easy, until I got to this mission which was simply not possible. My friend said my ammo choice was the problem, I needed something to damage shields specifically, so I got on the market, found a blueprint, and went to make my own bullets. I needed rarer ores that weren't available in safe areas. So I ventured out in my miner, and started picking up rocks in more dangerous zones. I had only just begun, when another player jumped in and crushed the newb. I can only come up with 2 possible reasons for this. either he thinks taking weeks of farming from me is worth the loot he could easily get in a half hour elsewhere. Or he thinks taking this time from me is worth defending the renewable resource on a spawn timer in "his zone". Either way. I don't want to play a game with this kind of person.

Not fun, and on top of that, if this game is tied to your Steam account you'll be permanently spammed with notifications about the game's major updates, even after Ignoring the game and the Steam Developer page both.

I'd remove it from my account, but this was too annoying to wrestle with up to this point, they can keep the negative review lmao

Been playing since 2016, now bad :/

Very boring game

do not play eve online

What a game hours and hours of content

30 hours in and not a clue on how anything in this game works. i can see the appeal and maybe for working with other players already in it, but solo and going in alone this isnt the game for you. by now too, this game is so old that being new is toxic and they will let you know you are not welcome.

10/10 very hard and complex.

oops, that a year of my life gone in a blink of an eye.

hollow shell of what once was

The game's subscription is just outside my budget, I would probably fluctuate between alpha and omega...

If it wasn't so heavily skewed with a Pay to Win mindset...

I can get starbases and giant ships, but capping skills? Not slower skill progression (they also do that though) but capping the max amount of skills you have, and what skills to choose?

I might beable to overlook all that shit, if it wasn't for the fact they remove access to anything already earned once expired...

I have no intention comming back to a game that kneecaps pay to win mechanics this hard.

The one and only space simulation

I been playing this game on and off for years. I really enjoy the game. It can be a little overwhelming for newer players but once you get into it, The game can be really expansive.

The game is an abomination, it's main playerbase is built around finding the newest and inovative way to lie, cheat, screw over, and just plainly try and make your fellow players rage quit. If you're not a part of a guild you will not be able to survive. If you are part of a guild you will still not survive. If you're a new player you will definitely not survive, and you will most definitely be preyed upon continuously until you rage quit.
~This game is not about 3d spaceships going pew pew in space, its a Sociopath/Psychopath Simulator. If you're playing it for the video game and not to enhance your evil side, you're playing it wrong.
~This game is also about spreadsheets and looking at spaceships shoot at rocks for hours on end.
~Legend has it Donald Trump was created in this game

Here is the response from an elitist in regard to new players being killed and their quest item looted, sold and bricking the new players quest line;

"Sounds like a skill issue to me.

if you watch dscan, local etc. you can easily avoid other people shooting you.

If you run missions in highsec i doubt it that you get permaganked."

So if that doesn't mean anything to you because you have no idea what the hell that nerd was trying to say and are not interested in watching/reading guides just to do quests that are non-pvp to try your best to avoid having your quest line literally bricked then this game is not for you.

fun

multiboxing and micro transacations, as well as high sec being pirated have ruined this game

the spreadsheets got me hooked

This is a social sandbox MMO. If you are a solo player, this is not the MMO to invest in. Not because there is nothing for you to do but because there is nothing for you to build. You will have nothing to spend your money on until you join a corp.

My playtime ... 600 or so hours ... that's how long it takes to come to the realization that you're better off without this game. I think I'm going to return to Elite Dangerous actually, since you can flag on / off in that game and it is less a spreadsheet simulator and more a space flight simulator.

Eve has gone F2P, but has not bothered to enact the basic PvP flagging system that all other MMO games have. The kind which might attract new players, and retain players who are just sick of the nonsense. You know, adults with real lives who want to casually enjoy a game from time to time. The actual large market you'd think a company would seek out ...

Do you enjoy feeding the trolls? If yes, play this game. Do you enjoy running from trolls? If yes, play this game. Are you a troll yourself? Then play this game, spend real life money to buy the skills and ships necessary to hunt and kill others, and enjoy. Eve online turns one person's real life dollars into another person's frustration. It's a direct 1 to 1 relationship - the more real life dollars you spend, the more frustration you can inflict upon other people, and the more insulated you are yourself from the frustration others might inflict on you. Does that get you off? Then you've found your utopia. Link your credit card, and begin trolling other players. This developer has created a shadenfreude machine. It just costs a little bit of money.

If you want a game to play, where you are able to enjoy playing - by engaging with the PvE elements and NPC's and missions and stories - and opt into PvP sometimes - this is not your game.

This is 100% a PvP game, all the time and everywhere, and by installing, you are simply a target for the people who have been playing for years.

An extremely deep immersive Universe that requires hundreds of hours of guides and youtube videos to learn. On top of that training your character takes Real time not in game time so you can't get good by putting in a lot of hours, unless you spend a lot of money. That being said it's a very rewarding game at times.

Very PVP based because you can be killed everywhere. Learning how to survive more often is a skill in itself. It's hard to trust anyone in this game so if you find people to play with and build with (which i recommend), don't trust them too much.
BEWARE! The fact everyone is behind a screen truly brings out the worst out in people, and the people in this game take their second life in EVE very very seriously. No lie some of the most toxic people i have EVER seen! This is offset by some people that give the absolute BEST help and introduction, but you're lucky to come across someone like that.
One time i listed my 330 million ship as 33 million accidentally (which was a huge sum for a beginner like me) and after i messaged the guy he was extremely friendly and sent me the rest of the money.

I'm pretty sure it's only played by adults because of the time and money required to get to the mid-game.
Regarding CCP games the developer, don't expect them to care, they have been trying to move away from EVE for the past 15 years, they're absolutely sick and tired of working on it, but all their other projects fail miserably.
Don't fly what you can't afford to lose, and if you can buy some starting funds or get them from a helping person. Not having to worry about losing some ships early on while you learn can make ALL the difference in your experience in this game. I would advise to not immediately try and get into Industry or Marketplace because it's one of the hardest things to get into because of the competition you have from well established manufacturers and traders.
Multiboxing is allowed and very much encouraged. EVE is pay to win all the way to the top :)

Bottom line: If you are unemployed, have disposable income, and are a sociopath (i'm joking, please stay away, we already have enough of them), this is the game for you!

the best online open game for space opera fan

Far too expensive for what it is and it isn't what it was. So sad.

I will need to play for a bit longer as I am still learning how the game works, Although from what little I have played I am still yet to find something fun to do.

Game costs too much to play at this point. Twenty-five bucks a month to be competitive since an enormous amount of skills and training are now paywalled by the PLEX system. If you don't mind being horribly nerfed you can play for free but it's exponentially more difficult, for less rewards. The activities that can possibly net you profit as a free player (ninja huffing, wormhole relics and data) are still hugely frustrating since there is a massive part of the playerbase that only exists to tackle and kill anyone they find inside W-Space even if you're flying garbage like a Probe. Fair enough, it's part of the game, but it's really difficult to motivate yourself to care when the toxic griefing is so endemic to the system.

I used to moonlight as a space pirate gatecamping in Great Wildlands. I destroyed thousands of dollars of virtual spaceship property. EVE Online, the most boring space simulation game of all time. It will consume all that you give it and ask for more. Only fly what you can afford to lose. The best and worst experiences in EVE all depend upon which players you spend your time with.

Played it years ago before it was even on Steam. It was fun for a bit; very complex in design and you pretty much have to be extremely resourceful or spend real money if you haven been there since the beginning just to keep up. I think its cool but also a really annoying feature to use long real time cooldowns for crafting that exceed 24-48 hours. There is a bunch of things you can craft, from implants, clones and ships that take several days to months and a year if not longer. Thats a real time amount of time, not a Bethesda Hour which like like 3.5 minutes in real life. Kept up on some newer content via youtube and media posts, havent played anything new. Its still a very popular game just not something of my flavor anymore.

Id give this a neutral thumb if I could.

This is *the* quintessential sandbox MMO. For over a decade, Eve has stood the test of time.

I believe the Eve experience as a whole should be considered more of a 'hobby' than a video game. It's slower in pace, and is more skewed towards the strategic thinker. While there is no shortage of PvP opportunities, this is a slower burn then most traditional games.

Typically, you hear Eve as being described as having a steep learning curve; sometimes even described as a learning 'cliff'. I would have to disagree with that notion.

When broken down, the game consists of several *simple* interconnected game play loops. When looking at these various systems as a whole, yes - it is quite complex. However, when broken down - most mechanics are rudimentary at best.

Exploration is essentially a mini-game, Combat is typically a rock-paper-scissors affair, Mining is point and click and PvE is standard MMO grinding. While *mechanically* this doesn't seem too interesting, its how these simple systems all culminate together to form the economy, politics and universe that make Eve stand out.

The social aspect of Eve is probably one of its strongest offerings, and if you are interested in playing I would highly recommend doing the tutorial in entirety and then finding yourself a newbie friendly corporation to join such as Eve University. Be vocal, listen to people and make friends. That's what this game is all about.

The veteran of ol'school sandbox. Evergreen.

good space game

Love it. lol.

Best MMO

Dont recommend new to eve, did tutorial got a venture went mining and got blow up in 20 seconds by another player, lost everyhting unstillalled wasted a few hours of my life. Controlls are terrible to you have to use pre determined points and cant move ship the way you want to go.

i started to play again ! i love it , i joined a good corporation with discord . thats awesome how huge this is .

Best game.

5/10

I enjoyed mining resources and manufacturing my own products