Bolka
Celebrating 20 years in computer gaming. Started playing MMORPs in ''99 with Everquest.
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It does take some maturity to enjoy EVE, this one of the things I like most about it, keeps the kids away.
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This game is definately a most welcome breath of fresh air. I read a couple of comments on the english translation, although there are sometimes random texts that are in somewhat poor english, I found the english to be remarkably good overall - ev…
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Can you buy the game to download only (ie. no hard copy shipped)? What is the link?
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I'm not sure how the economics will pay out in the real game, but I found the crafting system pretty interesting. It is important to use MEMORIZE. With memorize, once you found a good broken item you can memorize it and just make it several times t…
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These are very intersting points here, thanks Resetgun for your insights. A couple of comments: "WoW have constant flow of new players and leveling is fast in that game - so it isn't big problem there. " That can't really go on forever though. I …
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Keeping new players coming in is good for the "youth" of the game, meaning you always have people of all levels playing. Now it doesn't do much for retention ratio or real long term gameplay. Assuming Vanguard really is the new EQ, we are talking a…
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Yes, this is definately a challenge, especially for games that plan on the very long term. Now I think this issue was addressed pretty effectively in EQ with the alternative exp and abilities. At the time I really found this very clever and it work…
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Yup, I am certainly one of them. I have played several massive online games after Evequest, and could never find the same satisfaction, even though some of them were really fun, 3 to 5 months would about get me through all the fun I could get from …
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As far as strategy is concerned, Civilization III is definately my first, by a huge margin, only followed by Civilization II way behind. Then Total War, I haven't played Rome, but I played Shogun and Medieval, and they are the only RTS I played an…
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I started playing EVE from the middle of the Beta, then couldn't find any place to buy it for 2 months, and played it like the world was going to end for 6 months. I stopped playing it about a year ago. It is a very atypical MMORPG for a few rea…
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Interesting thread, I was looking exactly at this kind of information. My 5 top MMORPGs, with a grade on 10: 1) EverQuest (9/10, just an incredible chemistry, it's got it all) 2) Anarchy Online (8.5/10, excellent atmosphere) 3) EVE (8.5/…
