Despite the fact that Eve Online has just released some fairly fantastic updates, this elderly review of Eve Online warms my heart. Eve is a game for PVP fantatics. It’s not meant for wussy, whiney carebear PVE players. Since I prefer more cooperative to competative play, I fit more in to the carebear mold than the pirate PVPer mold.
Still, Eve was a wonderfully beautiful game even when I played, and I can only imagine that all the recent improvements have made it more so. The fact that they’ve reached battles for 450+ capital ships is just astounding (considering that when I played, battles exceeding 40 ships would cause the entire game to grind to a halt.)
Still, with the heartlessness of deep space, I find myself less enthralled by Eve than when I first started.
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Unfortunately, I’m even more PvE (and far far more casual), which made Eve a poor fit. I liked it despite its poor fit– it was a fun concept well executed. It sounds like they’ve done a good job of harnessing players as event drivers and competition for each other, but you’re right– it’s not for me or my play style.