EVE Online Trial Available On Steam [Eve Online]

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » January 23rd, 2008, 12:00

EVE Online Trial Available On Steam [Eve Online]

CCP's MMO EVE Online has had it's FSP. Fair share of problems. Sorry. From breaking PCs to breaking player's hearts, 2007 was one long line of bad press for the space-based multiplayer romp. So they need new players! A clean slate! Which is why they're offering a free 21-day trial for the game on Valve's Steam platform, as well as offering a discounted subscription rate to anyone who signs up for the game through this deal. This makes it a bargain for anyone looking for three free weeks of online sci-fi gaming, while also making it the first ever MMO to be made available over Steam.

Author: Luke Plunkett
Category: Ccp Eve Online Mmo MMONG Steam Valve
Publish Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:00:00 MST
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Source: Kotaku

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 23rd, 2008, 16:19

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » January 23rd, 2008, 16:37

Go on Berk, you know you want to fall (even more) to the dark side....join us.....

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 23rd, 2008, 16:38

nah, there's more fun to be had in coh.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » January 23rd, 2008, 16:41

I discovered that one of the shoulder pads you can have in COH actually consists of a little tiger or panda sitting on your shoulder. I think this alone warrants a new character. And before you start bitching, it'll still only be my 4th!

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 23rd, 2008, 16:46

Not many games offer a 21 day trial. Also, what ships are those? I don't recognise them.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » January 23rd, 2008, 16:55

Dog Pants wrote:Not many games offer a 21 day trial. Also, what ships are those? I don't recognise them.

Gallente stealth bummer, the nemesis. T2 version of the tristan.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » January 23rd, 2008, 16:59

Dog Pants wrote:Not many games offer a 21 day trial. Also, what ships are those? I don't recognise them.

Arse side view of Tristans, the Gallente lvl3 frigate I think.

Or at least one of the models based on it (Steath Bombers or NPC)

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » January 23rd, 2008, 16:59

Curse not being able to edit, then I'd not look the fool as Lee beat me to it.

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 23rd, 2008, 17:32

Looks lovely in the new engine.

Killavodka · Post by **Killavodka** » January 23rd, 2008, 17:38

SP shooty space game which looks as good as EVE plzthxbi

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » January 23rd, 2008, 18:13

Killavodka wrote:SP shooty space game which looks as good as EVE plzthxbi

FreeSpace 2 Open Source Project.

Install FS2, Install the High Res pack (was supplied with FS2, if not, it's on the internets).

Instal FS2 OSP extra bits.

Install/Remove as many 3rd party texture/model/particle/gfx enhancements packs* as you please.

*These may have be be disabled on certain levels, like the one in the nebulas, as they dropped my game from a nice 80ish fps in space, to 20fps in the nebula on my old X800GTO.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » January 23rd, 2008, 18:20

Dog Pants wrote:Looks lovely in the new engine.

That screenshot is from the old engine

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 23rd, 2008, 18:45

Lee wrote:That screenshot is from the old engine

Is it? I never saw tham that close. I only ever saw Minmatar ships, which are ugly in any engine.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 23rd, 2008, 18:55

Dog Pants wrote:Is it? I never saw tham that close. I only ever saw Minmatar ships, which are ugly in any engine.

I think you've perhaps not seen the new shuttle...And Vargur is whin

Fear · Post by **Fear** » January 23rd, 2008, 19:13

Just as I was reading this my Caldari Battleship V finished on Fear Not. Spooky or what.

I don't intend on going back just yet.

As an aside which is sure to get an EVE argument going:

I've played COH now and all that seems to be left is risk-free missioning to level. There seems to be little else other than a good costume designer to make me want to log in again. About the same place I got in Guild Wars. Eve at least kept me entertained for over a year.

Playing with (more) 5punkers is always a laugh, i'll grant you.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » January 23rd, 2008, 19:17

Fear wrote:I've played COH now and all that seems to be left is risk-free missioning to level. There seems to be little else other than a good costume designer to make me want to log in again. About the same place I got in Guild Wars. Eve at least kept me entertained for over a year.

Playing with (more) 5punkers is always a laugh, i'll grant you.

I feel the same way about CoH, I'm not going to be spending any money on it. I need something more in an MMO than just repeatedly hitting things.

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 23rd, 2008, 19:47

That's CoH's downfall - the missions are pretty much all the same. They are in Eve too, but Eve has PvP as its strong point. I play CoH because it's a bit of a playground and all the other kids are stupid - the missions are just a vessel for our silliness. I don't play Eve because it takes too much of a time investment for it to satisfy me. Horses for courses really. Plus, I'm not really into PvP - I get that kick playing COD.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » January 23rd, 2008, 22:11

Post by **HereComesPete** » January 23rd, 2008, 23:01

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:nah, there's more fun to be had in coh. star trek style multi-level space chess.

Fix'd.