I do remember playing Even Online on PC many many years ago. I didn’t have time for it and it seemed quite complicated. Eve Echoes for mobile came out of beta last week. I’ve been playing for a few days now and quite impressed.
It’s a huge universe, there are many aspects to the game I haven’t even gotten around to exploring yet. I haven’t moved to a paid “Omega Clone” account, but apart from not all markets being open to me (need to be on one of the major trading hubs to trade with an “Alpha Clone” ) I haven’t felt restricted
I’ve also played many similar empire/universe/base building mobile games. Most recently Star Trek Fleet Command was ok but once you’re over level 20 it’s pretty much Pay to Win, and I dropped out after my base and all resources got plundered while I was away for a weekend.
I play it on my 10in tablet when on the go, and sometimes on BlueStacks for PC so I can partipate in my corporation’s Discord server more easily. I can play for just a little here and there, doesn’t feel like a huge time sink.
Graphics and mechanics are very nice and definitely scratches the sci-fi gaming itch.
Anyone else tried it out?
I shortly tried it today, and I must admit that I got some feels from 10 years ago when I launched Eve Online for the first time. I’ll certainly try it a bit, and it might be a good game to play here and there in short bursts.
Unfortunately, it’s also visually cluttered, even on a fairly large screen (6.4’'). It’s still spreadsheets in space, and not the kind of game you’d play half-focused.
OK i got lost in the Eve Echoes universe for the past week or two just climbed out of the hole to check other socials.
I like that apart from the beta players we’re all about similar tech levels being early in the universe. I play on my 10in Xiaomi MiPad4 plus which is 10in and it’s a good game for that. Sometimes I also use Bluestacks on my PC because i can keep discord open in another window. So many options.
I do like that you have to pay attention in game… so many ‘strategy’ mobile games are build and wait, there always seems like things to do in this game so far.