I'm at 556 hours, so now is probably the best of any time to write a review. My thoughts on EVE are positive. I wanted to take the time to read some of the other reviews to see why it was mixed and most what I found was people saying 20$ is to expensive. I'm not sure on the currency conversion, but in the US you can't do anything for entertainment for 20$. So people saying this is to much are living in a land of make belief. It could be they are so absorbed into a digital world, they haven't been outside and are totally devoid of real life.

EVE is well worth 20$ a month. If you can't see that you're totally delusional and you're playing way to much.

EVE is a massive universe, I started with the Amarr and played around in high sec for 6 months. BTW, in high sec I was never ganked once. Not a single time, so the people saying this is common is another lie. I spent 6 months never happened once. I was killed some in low-sec when I was mining. I was brand new, so I really had no idea what was going on anyways.

I eventually joined Goonswarm in the null block and have had nothing but a great experience with them. Now I'm flying in fleets and supporting the battleships with my vigil just highlighting targets.

EVE is a community game, can you play solo? Yes, will it be as fun, I doubt it.

I have some negative opinions on EVE as well, for 1 I think the attribute system is just not good. Either needs a massive rework, or be removed. I don't think it benefits the game, or new players or player retntion. The skill system I'm also a bit indifferent about. I think some skills take way to long to train, but if you removed it then the progress feeling might feel empty. I think it needs review, and maybe rework some of the times.

Lastly, I do think EVE encourages multiboxing and I think that has some drawbacks. Gate camps are almost impossible to see without a scout pilot. You can't login an alpha with an omega, so now you're forced to pay for 2 accounts. CCP I think needs to review this design, and see about allowing at least 1 alpha account.

All in All, EVE is worth it... is it to expensive? I don't think so.... I pay over 100$ to take my family to eat once, and I can play EVE for 3 months on that. I think people are totally delusional about value of entertainment. They might need to go outside and get a reality check.