EVE Online,

I've sank so many hours into this game that one would deem me a "professional" but even then I still learn alot from day to day, this game is so incredibly complex that you'll never run out of stuff to learn or find out about new things you can do.

I've been playing this game on and off for almost a decade now and I can tell you that this is the worst game in existance with the best community.

Why worst game?
It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dull, you target someone, you hit your modules and you shoot him and hope for the better, or is it?

There's alot of mechanics that come into play when you fight, which you will learn over the course of many fights if you do get into this game, mechanics I can't just explain, they come with experience.

Same goes for alot of activity like Planetary Interaction, Mining and the likes, the action you're undertaking is very, VERY boring (especially in high sec), but it's the suspense of someone being able to come out of nowhere and take your shiny ship to the abyss that keeps you going, a small bit of adrenaline, but then you finally settle down and go, yeah things are okay now, BOOM, hotdrop, 100s of players in system and your shiny 300m mining ship goes up in flames.


Enough of the anecdotes.

I can't stress enough how complicated this game is, not as in HARD, but it has alot of things you can do inside the game, and each activity has a whole encyclopedia on how you can do it better, what items you can get, etc. etc. etc. There's alot of depth to it.

My experience comes solely from pvp and a small bit of industry, things like this:
https://clips.twitch.tv/veetus/GloriousWormUleetBackup
(My name is FSync)

Just like that stream above, the guy got killed by me, I did not know him before but he made my day by just giving me the finger on his own stream after I killed him (he told me he was streaming after the kill).

People are really people in this game, not like your average cod player that joins your lobby to whom you will never see again, any player has a history, a circle of friends and networks, everything you do leads to another, there really is a butterfly effect in this game.

Whenever you are in a system and you see a person in local, if you look at his history, all the clans (corporations) and alliances he's been part of, all those people still know him, still remember him, still fly or talk with him occasionally.
The whole community is intwined with each other throughout the game because the community management tools inside the game are perfect, people can dictate whom they like or not and literally implement politics, this game has propaganda going on the web and thousands of stories from alot of players alike.

Even though for it's nice stories and events, the game has an argueable amount of active players (45k as writing this review) a day, make note that all these players are all playing on the same server, there's only a sheer amount of people who become interested in this game and their interest is literally limitless, the active gaming community of EVE is one of the most hardcore, but if not the most friendly community out there in any mmo, new players can expect ships and lots of ingame money to come their way and win their hearts over to join the evevets group.

To draw a conclusion about my review;

Pros:

- Game has alot of depth (playing for 10 years, still feel like a new player)
- Near limitless activities to do.
- Very active and friendly community though alot of trolling aka salt mining is abundant throughout the game.
- Sandbox (you decide what you want to do)
- Beautiful space scenery and ships
- Has a pretty good F2P option, people saying you can't do much with a F2P account should shut their prejudice mouth, I wish I had this option 10 years ago, I would've played at least 6 years with all the F2P ships that they can fly.
- The game has alot of IT playing in it, if you have computer problems and you mention it in corp/alliance chat there's at least everyone replying a solution to your computer problem, don't do it too often, you'll lose their interest in solving your problems.

Cons:

- Game pace is slow, for some this can be quite a turnoff.
- Game is very harsh, if you die you lose your ♥♥♥♥, no refunds unless you have an alliance backing you with a ship replacement program, some might view this as a pro.
- Game is dull, as I mentioned before, the actions you take may seem boring, mining is just sitting at an asteroid and shooting lasers at it for hours, it's where talking with your friends or doing your real life administration while watching local/intel is coming into place here.
- May take a long time to get "in" to, the game is complex and requires alot of patience and common sense, something that 70% of the of the human population on the planet Earth lacks.
- Sandbox (some people like linear goals, referring to the con above this one) people might not know what to do and get bored and just leave.

EVE Online, I've sank so many hours into this game that one would deem me a "professional" but even then I still learn alot from day to day, this game is so incredibly complex that you'll never run out of stuff to learn or find out about new things you can do. I've been playing this game on and off for almost a decade now and I can tell you that this is the worst game in existance with the best community. Why worst game? It's fucking dull, you target someone, you hit your modules and you shoot him and hope for the better, or is it? There's alot of mechanics that come into play when you fight, which you will learn over the course of many fights if you do get into this game, mechanics I can't just explain, they come with experience. Same goes for alot of activity like Planetary Interaction, Mining and the likes, the action you're undertaking is very, VERY boring (especially in high sec), but it's the suspense of someone being able to come out of nowhere and take your shiny ship to the abyss that keeps you going, a small bit of adrenaline, but then you finally settle down and go, yeah things are okay now, BOOM, hotdrop, 100s of players in system and your shiny 300m mining ship goes up in flames. Enough of the anecdotes. I can't stress enough how complicated this game is, not as in HARD, but it has alot of things you can do inside the game, and each activity has a whole encyclopedia on how you can do it better, what items you can get, etc. etc. etc. There's alot of depth to it. My experience comes solely from pvp and a small bit of industry, things like this: https://clips.twitch.tv/veetus/GloriousWormUleetBackup (My name is FSync) Just like that stream above, the guy got killed by me, I did not know him before but he made my day by just giving me the finger on his own stream after I killed him (he told me he was streaming after the kill). People are really people in this game, not like your average cod player that joins your lobby to whom you will never see again, any player has a history, a circle of friends and networks, everything you do leads to another, there really is a butterfly effect in this game. Whenever you are in a system and you see a person in local, if you look at his history, all the clans (corporations) and alliances he's been part of, all those people still know him, still remember him, still fly or talk with him occasionally. The whole community is intwined with each other throughout the game because the community management tools inside the game are perfect, people can dictate whom they like or not and literally implement politics, this game has propaganda going on the web and thousands of stories from alot of players alike. Even though for it's nice stories and events, the game has an argueable amount of active players (45k as writing this review) a day, make note that all these players are all playing on the same server, there's only a sheer amount of people who become interested in this game and their interest is literally limitless, the active gaming community of EVE is one of the most hardcore, but if not the most friendly community out there in any mmo, new players can expect ships and lots of ingame money to come their way and win their hearts over to join the evevets group. To draw a conclusion about my review; Pros: - Game has alot of depth (playing for 10 years, still feel like a new player) - Near limitless activities to do. - Very active and friendly community though alot of trolling aka salt mining is abundant throughout the game. - Sandbox (you decide what you want to do) - Beautiful space scenery and ships - Has a pretty good F2P option, people saying you can't do much with a F2P account should shut their prejudice mouth, I wish I had this option 10 years ago, I would've played at least 6 years with all the F2P ships that they can fly. - The game has alot of IT playing in it, if you have computer problems and you mention it in corp/alliance chat there's at least everyone replying a solution to your computer problem, don't do it too often, you'll lose their interest in solving your problems. Cons: - Game pace is slow, for some this can be quite a turnoff. - Game is very harsh, if you die you lose your shit, no refunds unless you have an alliance backing you with a ship replacement program, some might view this as a pro. - Game is dull, as I mentioned before, the actions you take may seem boring, mining is just sitting at an asteroid and shooting lasers at it for hours, it's where talking with your friends or doing your real life administration while watching local/intel is coming into place here. - May take a long time to get "in" to, the game is complex and requires alot of patience and common sense, something that 70% of the of the human population on the planet Earth lacks. - Sandbox (some people like linear goals, referring to the con above this one) people might not know what to do and get bored and just leave.