Honsou Gaming

When I started this site, I had planned to be playing around 6 games at the same time. I was going to hammer out ideas, small reviews and thoughts as I shifted through them. As it turns out, they were not the games I thought they would be. At the end of March I was left gameless and bored, with only my Eve Online account to keep me going. Alot has happened in Eve for me since then, and after getting me hooked again it has finally pushed me to write something about it.

Eve Online is a game for everyone. All it requires is patience and some luck. What makes Eve unique is that you have to drive yourself to greatness in the game. Its kinda comparable to real life in some ways that if you do nothing, you get nothing. If you play it safe, your not going to get much in return. Take some risks and go in head first, and you might hurt yourself,  or you may find that you have achieved something great, wielding influence over many, many people or became extremely wealthy.

In other mmo’s,you are given direction, a path to set off on. Your power is based on what you wield, what armor or weapon you use, and the level you are thats dictated by the amount of time you play the game. Almost every mmo is like that. Eve is very different however. Your knowledge and skill are whats most important. A week old rifter (one of the small Minmatar’s ships) could potentially help bring the demise of someone flying a ship literally 100x more in value. If your in the right place at the right time, Eve can be the mmo you always wanted.

On the flip side, It is very easy to fall through the net. A new player who generally does not get the concept of Eve will eventually close his account thinking its the worse mmo created. This very same player, with a slight change of luck, might of spoken and impressed a CEO of a corporation, who has invited him to join them. He meets the corp members, gets to know them, learns from them, has an amazing experience on Eve doing everything Eve has to offer. This is not something easy to fix. If you make it to easy, then Eve simply wouldn’t be Eve. In a mmo that lets you succeed where many might not because of your hard work, ability to build contacts, know the ins and outs of the ships you fly and what your fighting, is why Eve is so appealing. Losing almost everything makes it worth fighting (and staying alive) for.

I could expand on this, and go into so many aspects of Eve, this post would be insanely long. Since I will be playing eve for awhile now considering no new games are catching my attention, I will probably write something again at some point.

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