Recent reviews by gfawkes

What is there to say about a game like EVE Online?... I first heard about it many years ago but held out for quite some time. I just didn't really want to get sucked in to any MMORPGs and be stuck paying a subscription. But I finally caved during a $5 steam sale in 2013. Cut to about five and a half years later and it's my main game--the one I play nearly every day, the one that in the end SAVES me money since there's so few other games I have time to fit into my gaming schedule.

It's certainly not for everyone. It's very unlike the fantasy MMOs I've tried (which number only 2: WOW and Rift). Many will say you have to join a corporation to find people to do things with, but that's not entirely true. There's plenty of things to do on your own, things you will end up doing in concert with others no matter what (like anything on the player-driven market), and also plenty of things you can do casually with people in groups that exist to do various PVP and PVE activities in game that you don't need a corp or alliance for (NPSI or "Not Purple, Shoot It" groups for the most part).

I enjoy at least a little of everything, variety appeals to me. And while it also helps that I don't mind the grind of much of the PVE combat in the game (many do, though), there's enough varying acitivities in the game that even if you burn out on one and need a break for awhile, there's so many others out there. Game's been going for 15 years now, I missed out on the first 10 but am glad to have lived the last 5. Since it's free to play (in a limited fashion) now, there's no reason not to try it out at least if you're curious like I was many years ago. Give it a shot, see if it sticks.