Saturday, June 6, 2009

Amazon aStore!

Hey guys!

Just wanted to let you guys know, we have an aStore! Buy the things we review, and get it for less! Guaranteed! Wait, what? That's Wal-Mart's slogan?

Anyways, here's the link. A portion of all purchases goes towards a needy charity (aka the writers of the blog)

We're also using LinkBucks. That also goes towards the same needy charity. :D (Hey, it's hard to complete projects with no cash) So just be patient, and wait like 15 seconds on the links. Thanks!

Sunday, May 31, 2009

EVE Online Review


Hello, this is Roosterton with our first post in a while. (I know this is getting repetitive, but what am I supposed to say, "Sorry, I've been addicted to EVE and Cybernations so I haven't made any new posts?" Oh, wait...)

Anyways, recently, once an EVE addiction sweep took over Cybernations, I decided to join in the fun and set myself up with an EVE account. It was definitely a good choice. Now that I've had EVE for 14 days, I think I'll get on with the review.

Story: There are 4 empires in this far, far away universe. Basically, you pick a race, fly around in an uber-cool looking ship, and do missions for people within your empire, while having to deal with other players. This may not sound interesting at first, but it's actually pretty cool. You can team up with other players to do missions, join your Empire's militia and fight other empires, join a player controlled corporation, and help out other players like yourself, or even hang around in isolated areas and shoot people. No matter how you choose to play the game, it's pretty sweet no matter what.

Story: 9/10

Gameplay: Gameplay that's UBER-EPIC for an MMORPG. Control your ship with simple commands, fit it with modules and guns, lock on to and blast other people... Once you've started in the EVE universe, tons of fun will follow, for sure. Some things that I really like about the gameplay:

  • Pretty much hundreds of different solar systems to fly to and do missions in
  • The PvP system is actually good, and there's lots of it.
  • Each solar system has a different security level, which means, the higher the security level, the more NPC justice-bringers there are to attack you if you cause havoc. Basically, it gives newbs a chance to be in safe areas, while at the same time, in low security space letting Pirates and advanced players kill each other.
  • The Missions are usually interesting enough
One thing I dislike, though, are some of the glitches that pop up here and there, like being stuck in some weird spacey vacuum area where you must log out then back in to save yourself.

Gameplay: 9/10

Graphics and Music: It is likely inferred from the screenshot at the top of this post that the graphics are awesome, going into extreme detail and great colour. The Music, though, can be quite drab and repetitive at times.

Graphics and Music: 8/10

Overall score: 9/10

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