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A Solid Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: August 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun, especially the group activities which are very important to the game's design. A huge storyline also adds exitement to the solid gameplay. Many things are available at your disposal inclusing super beams, missile launchers, shields, engines and so on. There are many notable sights to see such as Saturn, Jupiter, Earth, the Moon, Mars, and many others. This game is tryly worth the price!

An Engrossing, Unique Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: August 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I first heard about Earth & Beyond, I wondered: how can a flight sim be turned into a true MMORPG? (Massively-MultiplayerOnline Roleplaying Game) Figuring that it would never succeed, I marked this game off my list of things to buy, and sought more well-thought out games. Several weeks later I got the chance to participate in the beta for the game, and my opinion was changed.

To begin with, Earth & Beyond is not a true flight sim. Certainly you pilot your ship throughout the galaxy, exploring, trading, and engaging in combat. However, you do not control the game with a joystick. Instead, all commands are given through a keyboard and mouse. Also, you do not pilot from the cockpit, which adds more to the seperation between roleplaying game and flight sim. When you first create your character, you not only craft your ship, but you create an avatar to represent your character when you're not onboard your craft. Of the three available races and six classes (The developers are promising nine at launch), a great variety of play experiences can be achieved. The warrior, for example, is excellent at combat, while the trader fulfills more of a support role. Unfortunately, the lack of a multitude of classes does subtract from the appeal of the game. In short, Earth & Beyond looks to be an addictive game, which shouldn't lose its luster too quickly, assuming the devs continue to improve upon it.

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: August 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

You gotta give it a try! Three thumbs up!

Dracer's Take

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: August 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Fortunate enough to have been invited into the first wave of beta testers, I have watched Earth & Beyond's development unfold from the rough early beginnings to the awesome product already in active open beta.

The development of this game has been wonderful to witness. The back story promises to be magnificent in scope, depth, and complexity. Exploring and discovery alone should engross the player beyond what has been seen in gaming before as the three races of Humanity struggle with an enigmatic power from Beyond. Yet exploration is only a third of the games' design.

The graphics are supurb, the music tastefully artful, and the complexity and depth of the game's design shows the consequence of the years it has been in development.

If you are a serious gamer who enjoys a good sci-fi theme this one is for you: see you among the stars!

Four Stars (and still in Beta)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: August 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Been playing for a week now on the open beta test and it has been great. Even with the problems in a beta release, the game has been very stable and, more importantly, fun. I am not into twitch and shoot games so I was interested in trying this. There are enough options for places to go, things to see and things to do, singly and in groups, to keep me occupied for many many hours. Assuming that Westwood continues to add features and experiences, this may be the first online game that has really interested me.

Awesome game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: August 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

After being part of the beta test for this game for more than three weeks, the improvments inside the games is amazing. This is turning out to be one of the best MMORPG's ever.

Good back story, interesting races, BORING GAME.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 16 / 24
Date: August 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was one of the recent beta testers (Phase 4) and witnessed the game right before a major revision. I only played as one of the the races (a Progen explorer) but that's all I needed. The games starts out fine with a great story and missions that tie in with the story being the best missions. You can go on scavenging missions for experience or combat or trade missions to level up. When you get promoted you get a slighly better ship and have access to better engines, armor and weapons. The game's combat and asteroid (mineral) mining is very boring. All you do is target an enemy and hope you are stronger than it to win. If you win you get combat experience. Enemies tend to look alike after a while. They either look like blobs, shrimp, or bacteria cells. New enemies are just different colored and have a different name, but all share the same model as a lesser version.

Mining asteroids is an exceedingly boring way to gain explore and trade experience. Target an asteroid and wait as the minerals are mined. No fun!

Traveling can be OH-SO tedious. I had an important mission where I had to mine a certain mineral and thanks to the tips of other online players found where I could mine it. The trip to get to this sector clocked in at 30 minutes. That's 30 minutes of bringing up a star map selecting the star gate and staring at the screen while you get there. Once you get there you "jump" to the next sector and repeat the process again. Jumping from sector to sector. Some gates are closed to certain races so the trip could take longer and you could even be ambushed by pirates on your way there Weeee always "fun" because you are always the weak one... Staring at the screen on my way there.... Once you mine the mineral, the return trip still takes 30 minutes. That's one hour where I whipped out the latest novel and had more fun reading it than playing this sleep-inducing game. This game is not fun. Period. Get a real RPG like Neverwinter Nights or even Baldur's Gate (1 or 2).

Addicted!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: August 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing this game for 5 weeks now and I'm completely hooked. My house is a mess, I have no clean clothes and I'm on a first name basis with the pizza delivery guy. Wow. The leveling is just fantastic. I can spend hours just exploring the galaxy and then when I get tired of that I can get into some good combat or some wicked trade negotiations. You get 'credit' for leveling for doing all of these things. Good fun to be had by all and super easy to get into. Buy this game!

Everquest Online but Improved

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: August 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for a true action game this game is not for you. If you are looking for a game where cooperation, exploration, upgrading skills and equipment while facing new challenges, this game has been shaping up to be promising. Make no mistake, you do not control your ship in action sequences other than what weapons to use and shields etc. So the game is more strategy. This has no elements of a game like unreal tournament click and shoot.

Still whether you are a warrior, explorer or tradesmen, the are many things to do and there are battles which require excellent weapons setups and defensive devices. If your looking for a more intelligent online game, this may be for you. Yes it shares some elements with Everquest but it is a much improved engine and a more fluid gaming system. If you think its worth the monthly fee I suggest you give this a try and maybe desert any old MMORPG game you are playing. Hope this helps you!

Average in every way

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: August 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Graphics= Average
Gameplay= Average
Sound= Average

I just can't see anything in this game that sets it apart from any other game. It's almost a carbon copy of Everquest only set in space. If you think you'll like it then go ahead but there are better games coming out in the same space MMOG category.

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