Much better then Firiona!

The setup! Vosx (left) and Zel (red shirt back) Vosx getting buffed!

"Sign, Sign, everywhere a..."

Grabbing and empty chair I sit down next to Jo-el to allow him to give me a run down on the game and wait for Mr. Wallis to show back up (hard for even the presenters to stick in a booth at GenCon, just to much to look at). All of the screenshots that can be found on this game are not doctored, they are the real deal folks and that's exactly how they look in game. The animation was fluid as was the camera motions; hell everything was so fluid you would have thought you were looking at a CGI presentation. The interface is simple but being used to fantasy style interfaces it was a little foreign to me, but that won't be a problem in the long run. Movement, camera, and just about everything else can be handled with the mouse with ease. The transition of games from the keyboard control to the mouse control often hasn't been done very well. Eve will show how it should be done.

What gets me is that this game is still in Alpha testing and it looks like it should be more along the lines of being released next week. I asked when beta would start and was told they hope to have 10,000 players in beta in three weeks. The main goals for beta are to add more functions for corporations and handle any balancing problems that may arise that have not already been fixed. Already the options that can be made by a player are great and will only expand. If political intrigue is your cup of tea, fear not because Eve will be ripe with this sort of game play. An instance that was discussed at the demo was the maneuvering of miners and corporations with pricing of goods.