Like EVE but not.

gropingmantis · 23 Jun 2011 at 00:44

Just sitting here wondering if there are any games out there that have a similar level of depth, variety in ship fitting/construction, number of different ships and combat to EVE but where I don't have to pay a monthly fee and be pestered by other people. But also including some sort of online multiplayer either vs or co-op.
I don't care for mining or trade but I want to be able to replicate having Interceptors to tackle ships then having cruisers and battlecruisers warp in and mess things up or flying round cloaked in a stealth bomber looking to pick people off. All with my friends but no randomers and not having to spend money and time (virtually the same thing) getting to a level where I can fly decent ships and use decent weaponry.

dmcg · 23 Jun 2011 at 00:48

x3 Terran conflict

Torquar · 23 Jun 2011 at 07:54

Black Prophecy maybe?

arknor · 23 Jun 2011 at 08:39

freelancer old game but awesome and probably still played online as its online mode was like a mini mmo

gropingmantis · 23 Jun 2011 at 11:00

Thanks I'll look into them. I used to have Freelancer...I'm sure its round here somewhere....

Edit: Is Black Prophecy FTP?

Karma_UK · 23 Jun 2011 at 13:19

Eve, but not how you know it.

http://www.failheap-challenge.com/viewforum.php?f=25

Xelene · 23 Jun 2011 at 13:25

EA should dig into its back catalogue and make Privateers, that would be awesome.

Edit: Or maybe not, they'd give it to Bioware who would put it in the ME Universe and base the core of the game around a dating simulator.

gropingmantis · 23 Jun 2011 at 13:30

Karma_UK said:
Eve, but not how you know it.

http://www.failheap-challenge.com/viewforum.php?f=25

What is this?

SteveOBHave · 23 Jun 2011 at 13:36

dmcg said:
x3 Terran conflict

Yawn inducing tosh with a horrid game mechanic IMO

Torquar said:
Black Prophecy maybe?

I great steaming heap of crud - massively disappointing.

The unfortunate case is that there just isn't a decent space game out there at the moment that isn't drastically boring. The only thing that seems to hold any real promise IMO is Infinity Quest for Earth.

arknor · 23 Jun 2011 at 13:39

some forum for people who play on the chinese version of eve i think he was trying to be sarcastic as "its like eve but not eve"

LeJosh · 23 Jun 2011 at 13:48

hahahaha

Playing on chinese eve...

[trollface]

Liquidfox · 23 Jun 2011 at 14:07

arknor said:
freelancer old game but awesome and probably still played online as its online mode was like a mini mmo

Was thinking of this myself

jakspyder · 23 Jun 2011 at 14:47

i too am waiting (patiently -.-) for Infinity

http://www.infinity-universe.com

Every now and then a tech video comes out. or some renders etc. makes me go a bit crazy with excitement.

Real scale galaxy. Billions of planets and stars. Ownable planets. procedually generated. ships from the size of a 1 man fighter to a 5km long epin monstrosity, ownable stations and just... insaneness.

oh and seemless loadless planetary entry... just fly on down.

Did i mention real scale... everything....

oh also the engine is multi core, 64bit DX11 physics etc etc. got the lot.

LeJosh · 23 Jun 2011 at 14:55

Sounds great in theory and I do hope they pull it off.

jakspyder · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:18

Yeh im confident they will. Perhaps not quite up to the hype, but a damn site better than anything else being offered. Though to be honest if they just gave me some ships and a planet to land on and take off from over and over id probably be ecstatic.

LeJosh · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:51

Same here man.

The idea of transcending from space into a planet seamlessly... it's beautiful.

Rroff · 23 Jun 2011 at 19:41

I like the idea of it... but procedually generated content is rarely that interesting, better to be a little bit smaller and more focused.

jakspyder · 23 Jun 2011 at 22:07

its not all procedural, just the galaxy...