EVE Search - You Probably Won't Like This Game

Lord Ryan wrote:

Ana Vyr wrote:

I've shown EvE to quite a few of my gamer buddies who play MMO's. I've picked up friends from many fairly hardcore PvP MMO's too, like Ultima and WWII Online...and no takers yet.

The avatar issue was not a failing any of them pointed out.

Two guys thought the ship control system was crap and expected a more wing commander type of thing...these guys are flight sim guys so they found EvE's indirect control scheme untasteful.

One guy considered it for a few weeks, but ultimately turned it down because he found that the game lacked roleplaying options.

A couple of guys didn't care for the way PvP lacked twitch and felt that hand eye coordination played no role.

The fantasy crowd guys hated the game...too many little windows all full of numbers, very slow pace of travelling, activities like mining were too boring etc etc.

Shrug...I think it's a fantastic game, personally.

I love Eve, but have the same issues with getting friends to play. Biggest one I hear is it's boring. One guy said I'd rather play WOW it's all action, he also complained about the controls. Most people I know seem to be into those Medal of Honor type games. The hand/eye thing was a bit of an issue for me when I started too. I'm used to being faster of hand and mind than....well everyone else. Eve was the first game I ever played that I wasn't instant win. Which is probably the reason I kept playing. Eventually I quit caring about winning and just enjoyed the game(flying spaceships). To be honest spaceships are the main draw for me, what other spaceship game is out there? I believe unless you have a fetish for spaceships you will probably just move on to something more exciting.