what games is this one like. ive had this game referred to me severeal times.

Freelancer, but bigger and a lot of it is more automated

This post was edited by Khrushchev on Jul 21 2008 08:43pm

It reminds me a little of Privateer back in the day.

In terms of MMO's, I find it hard to compare to anything. It's incredibly open ended, with a very strong economy (variables like location, supply/demand, etc play a *much* larger role in EVE than they do in most MMO's).

It's definitely a game that caters to people who like to plan things in advance, and research different options. The start is a bit slow, and the tutorial is overwhelming (and absolutely necessary, you will be completely lost if you skip it), but if you like a very open ended game, where you can progress/make money in pretty much every way you can imagine, with strong alliances and politics (if you choose to participate in them), along with a space theme, you should find EVE the kind of thing you've been looking for.

I do warn you though, EVE can be both extremely fun and MIND NUMBINGLY boring, and if you want the fun you have to deal with the boring, as there is lots of it

I find not playing EVE as my only MMO alleviates that some.

Skill training can easily hit 30+ days for the longer skills (this won't be a common thing until you're at least several months into the game though), and not getting anything new to play with for that long can be a tad annoying. Making sure you have some other games you enjoy to play while you "wait it out" is what I often end up doing.

As for the normal repetition in the game, I actually don't find that too bad.