I played EVE Online for about 9 months. Other than a brief stint with Guild Wars, it is the only MMO I've played and it is certainly the only one that ever interested me. EVE avoids all of the many fundamental problems with most MMOs. EVE is brilliantly conceived; the irony is -- it's not much more fun than any other MMO, though for different reasons. As another poster explained, the effort required to extract any measure of success in EVE is astronomical. The very, very, very few rule the many on every level. In this sense, it is a parallel to real life. I wonder if in attempt to create a better MMO, we discover that such a game is not any more "fun" than real life. I submit that a game like Oblivion offers a much better adventure.
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I played EVE Online for about 9 months. Other than a brief stint with Guild Wars, it is the only MMO I've played and it is certainly the only one that ever interested me. EVE avoids all of the many fundamental problems with most MMOs. EVE is brilliantly conceived; the irony is -- it's not much more fun than any other MMO, though for different reasons. As another poster explained, the effort required to extract any measure of success in EVE is astronomical. The very, very, very few rule the many on every level. In this sense, it is a parallel to real life. I wonder if in attempt to create a better MMO, we discover that such a game is not any more "fun" than real life. I submit that a game like Oblivion offers a much better adventure.