EVE Echoes Reviews

by Neko37485

The game is great! If they can fix the issues it has! First! You better not receive any phone calls when you are in the game because it will froze on you! Oh and keep in mind that if the game freeze on you.... Your ship still out there getting kill by some one else because you left or game froze on your phone. Second! If you play more an hour the game also just crash! If there are too many people in a constellation like Jita the game will crash!!!! Third!!! The jumps takes way too long! You can literally by waiting about 10 minutes for 30 jumps to do an encounter or to pick up something you buy very far! If this game would be in xbox or computer game like EVE was would make sense but for mobile game you basically have to be glue on you phone! No interruption! Text, calls or anything or you are dead! Make something like if you go to go or have something important let your ship automatically go to a station but with the new patch you can get kill in auto pilot as well so you can’t just can make your ship go alone or you are dead! Oh and if you lose you ship you lose days of hard work! No thanks game app is out of my phone now! No more money from this guy!

by Tappiie

This game is a legit waste of time for new comers. If you didn’t start from the day the game servers opened you will have to wait actual years with no way around it in order to catch up to those who started playing before you. Then after playing catch up for months or years you will simply not be able to enjoy your late game achievements or advancements as other players will wait in extremely large groups at the only exits and entrances to a safe space to kill you, destroy what might have taken you weeks or months to acquire in a matter of seconds with no counter to it. To top it off he Devs consider this “pvp” so it is allowed and even if you see these camps coming there is nothing you can do to get away from them as the players waiting have popped multiple items called “bubbles” that render you unable to escape and you cant stop before entering these bubbles because there is no way for you to stop moving mid warp so literally everyone is currently in a dire need for late game items and the only players who were able to farm for said items are all beginning to quit as they can’t even return to sell these items or put these items into storage without being killed and looted. Long story short unless you have 9 hardcore friends which play this game religiously for years like you and you all do the exact same thing at the exact same time this game is pointless

by ElCrusto

It’s admittedly a beautiful game and I enjoyed discovering the finer details of gameplay. BUT: Even as omega (subscriber for 5 bucks per month) with way more skills to unlock than non paying players you will soon realize that you’re nothing but whale fodder. To make progress at a reasonable rate you have to leave the high security non pvp sectors and mine or do missions in pvp sectors. No way around this. That’s where the whales will eat you. There are ships for literally a billion and more of the ingame currency which you simply stand no chance against after weeks of gameplay. And again, avoiding them by staying in high sec will significantly slow your progress. Clearly developers want to force you into pvp not for fair competition but to entertain their whales with golden credit cards. It’s kind of sad, but once this became obvious I decided to not even pay monthly subscriptions. If my destiny in this game is whale fodder I certainly won’t pay for that honor. Probably I quit it all together. Nevertheless.... as a game it looks and feels awesome. Respect to the game developers, I hope the marketing team will get fired though.

PS: no response by developers to any review here. I’m definitely done with the game. Too toxic.

by Peterson Lusian

I have being playing eve echoes for more than 2 months. I spent a lot of time to build my own faction cruisers which got blowed up in the dead space after Nov 11 dynamic fleet patch. The ship recovery service was used to provide players with security to try out new stuff. However in my case, I just used the service right before the patch. I argued with customer service that the destroyed ships should be recovered because it was destroyed between the designated security period. But I end up not getting those faction ships back and the customer service just keep replying with autoreply information. All my hundreds of hours of efforts were wasted.
Here is the misleading information that provide players with fake sense of security: “Since the game is updated on Nov 11th, all faction frigates and cruisers loss in PVE can use the ship recovery service before Nov 18th.”
The information can either be interpreted as “Players who loss their faction frigates or cruisers in PVE scenario can recover their ships through ship recovery service between Nov 11th and Nov 18th” or “any faction frigates and cruisers can be recovered as long as it is destroyed in PVE scenario between Nov 11th and Nov 18th”.
So if u really want to dive in this game, plz be advised that the official announcement could be very misleading and cause huge loss and that this game is still a half-done game.

by King_douche

If you have ever played the original MMO of eve online, you would find yourself in a massive world filled with long time dedicated players, countless sandbox opportunities, and a massive economy [potentially] more diverse than our real world equivalent. Like many MMO’s, Eve online came with a monthly fee tied to you like a pilot’s license; pay the monthly fee, and you can fly whatever ship you are capable to fly, play however you want, with no limit to the amount of money you can make.

This game instead, limits the amount you can earn with in game currency (ISK) with an amount of real world money you are willing to spend. On paper, that doesn’t sound bad, but immediately upon completing the tutorial, you are rewarded with items that can be sold in the game’s market which could make you absurdly rich - if you are willing to spend hundreds or thousands of (US) dollars to obtain. Unfortunately, many people have done exactly that. Now, the in game market has seen worse inflation than Venezuela.

Compared to the original, this game is more watered down than a margarita from chili’s, and the only way to play it to it’s full potential is to spend enough expendable income to feed a family of 3 for a year straight out of the gate. The original developers (CCP) should be ashamed of themselves for selling off this IP just for a quick cash grab.

by Hobinm

Basically, the game has excellent graphics and gameplay and a great recreation of eve on line’s universe on mobile. But that is the only good things about the game. One of the biggest issue the game has is bots from China. You log in and 90 % or more of the other players are bots. Net ease and ccp will ban 50k but twice that will show up the next day with new accounts. The second biggest problem the game has is its support of greifing squads in the name pvp. They camp gates and just destroy everything coming thru and don’t even give you a chance too defend your self. It very off putting to players and makes them quit especially considering the long grind the game has. The game is basically for those that like too sit by a gate in a large group mindlessly killing everyone. Or for those that like to use bots in games to play for them. Finallly the game has way too many paywalls in it blocking character progression for the game. This kind of overuse of of paywalls and bots allowed in a game is what happens when any respectable developer like ccp teams up with any Chinese game developer. They need too drop netease and take the game back themselves and ban all Chinese up adresses from the game too stop the relentless bots.

by Kfkdks Waocifjs

I feel like the devs don’t know what most mobile users want in a game. What’s the point of an Eve online clone that’s exactly like it? Many people liked the initial version where you weren’t required to stare at your phone for 20 minutes while just traveling to different site doing nothing. Even if you are doing that, you can get gate camped and die instantly before the game even loads. How is this fun? Oh I should’ve created a second account to scout for me? This is a mobile game and it’s one of the mechanism in Eve Online that caused severe burnout. If people wanted that kind of hard core mechanism, go play Eve online. Where is an alternative that we were promised with a mobile version?

The alpha accounts are also so severely gimped when it comes to trade that it’s unplayable and many corps don’t even accept them.

The game can still be fun and I enjoy it but I will definitely burn out soon. If the game keeps favoring the vocal minority of hardcore players, it will tank. There is a perfectly good alternative of Eve online for those players so I don’t know why the devs always cave to them.

by Jbram63

Response to developer: please see the 5th sentence. I’m in a warp when I start up and then it freezes after 5 seconds.

The game seemed pretty great. Joined a corp and even paid $5 for the month. But I’ve been stuck in a warp for a week and haven’t been able to get in touch with anyone from the game to fix. Tried their email and discord many times with no response. I’d submit a bug in game but the game freezes after about 5 seconds while I’m in the warp. At this point I’m counting the $5 as a loss and just abandoning the game. They recently had quite a long maintenance issue and they compensated us generously in skill points. Unfortunately, the bug fix they performed nor the rewards they gave do anything for me while I sit in a pod unable to play. Oh, did I mention my ship was somehow destroyed in the warp? So, I’m actually just in a pod warping to who knows where. I’ve always wanted to play Eve, but never had time to sit at a computer. So I really wanted to play this game but I’m afraid this experience has just ruined it for me completely.

Would be 1 star but the game is free so 2. I just chose to drain $5. Would probably be 5 if the game worked for me.

by Vitcgi

Now, all in all, it is a pretty good game. Now, I would like to say the cons that I noticed that are not good whatsoever. First, it stinks that you need to buy the omega pack to sell items! I wanted to sell some of my stuff but I couldn’t which stunk. What I want here is to make omega pack not control even selling stuff. Second, the player controlled market is cool but I can’t get the weapons I want. I am level four but there are absolutely no level four weapons as far as I’ve seen. In medium there is nothing but civilian weapons and level five weapons. What I am suggesting is that you guys (the developers) should make an npc (non player character) market with all the weapons and ships available for the recommended price but found in a certain station or stations. Last con, (sorry for all the cons) I lost track of some of my costly (in my opinion) ships. If you (the developers) could make it so you could hire players or npc’s to bring them to a specific station it would be nice. If you could fix these by Christmas that would be awesome!! Overall, the game is good with a few needed fixes. It doesn’t have to be Christmas but I hope you do it soon. Please respond someday soon.

by Stormtroopers78

Omega and alpha clones are way too differing in ability. I know you can pay to get there, and you can also go the grinding route, but the payoff is nowhere near fully compensating. To get past the first level research? Omega clone. To sell high level ore? Omega clone. To get high tier battleships that far out perform the regular ones? OMEGA CLONE… I think I’ve made my point. Either make omega clone easier to obtain, or decrease the amount things you need it for, because currently, you need it for everything past a basic research level, which seriously stunts growth that is perfectly obtainable, except that for some reason you need to be an omega clone… even though what you want to research only costs a few million to unlock (millions are not a big number in this game). If nothing else, at least take off omega clone restrictions for research PLEASE, it’s pointless to keep someone from something they could obtain if not for a paywall. This also is discouraging to some people because it means they either have to grind their soul away, or pay a lot of money, both of which are just a pain in the a55.

by Jftech01

I took a star off because I do see some bugs and a bit too much money involved with resources, however, this game is not p2p and you can still have a blast playing this game without money.

...that being said, this app is a real fun game to play: very realistic and there really is no gameplay involved: it’s a giant, open-world “oasis” in space where you can trade, battle, explore, or even just cruise through space in your ship. I definitely like the simple tutorials they provide you in the game, but don’t expect the, tutorial to give you a lot of info! This (again) is an oasis-type game where you have to figure things out yourself.

I also really like how you can choose who to fight or not to fight in space. It’s not like other space war games where you’re forced to shoot down other ships: in Eve, I can simply depict who to target and destroy and who to ignore and pass by (with the exception of AI pirates), and the ships are controlled through AI piloting so you only depict when to switch your guns on, dock, etc. for a beginner first learning this game. I highly recommend you only attack ships that attack you first.

I definitely see many updates coming to this game, and it’s on the right path, but please decrease the real money involvement a bit. Other than that, games phenomenal, and other gamers, I hope this helps you visualize what to expect in this amazing game.

by Dylanjawa

This game is so cool and the ships are amazing. the great cosmos of this game is big with all its existing planets to visit I rate this game a 10 star review only thing is for players out there who just started his my answer. I want to give you this game has ships you will have to buy rather you want to do it quickly to get it like spending real money or just taking your time at doing missions that will give you money for things you want to buy like better weapons or better ships and many other things. A thing you can also do is abstracting recourses on planets and selling them at trading posts across the galaxy that you play in now I now this sounds complicated but it will really help you out and you can also get stuff by destroying enemy ships and taking their stuff then there is the other things that you must know is that some things that you get must be at a tech level you are at to get things that you want now you probably don’t know what a tech level is so I will say it it’s pretty much a skill level you are at. Your tech level is what allows you to get things at the market or blue prints for ships and that is my answer to you new players enjoy eve echos or as I say eve online good luck 😉👍

by Onus O7

This game has many many many flaws, pretty much for every positive you’ll find 2 mistakes. With that said, and knowing this game is pretty much Eve Online 2008 and has nothing but a bright future ahead, I can confidently say without a shadow of a doubt this is the best mobile game today, and will hold that title for years to come. There’s a cluster ton of negative feedback, mostly from a community raised with a hand supporting their every move. This game isn’t easy, it takes time and patience just to understand the basics. But for every ounce you give it, it returns it back 10 fold. The satisfaction of flying around New Eden and knowing exactly what the heck you are doing whether it be running encounters, mining, pirating, or even buying and selling living the merchants life over at Jita... you’re filled with an unexplainable confidence and excitement that only other fellow vet. pilots can understand. So download the game, fly safe, and hopefully none of you will be on the other side of my guns over at null sec. o7.

by Centrioj

As all of have installed or uninstalled the game, we can believe the graphics are amazing right? To the people who have complained about “Oh this game doesn’t explain how to play very much”, well not everything is handed to you, Try searching your how to play on the web or watch videos, and...the game has tutorials yet people are still confused and have to ask people in the help chat because they can’t help themselves. “Oh the controls aren’t good and there isn’t free movement to actually control your ship”. There’s a double tap to go which direction you want to go/warping etc, but what do you expect from a mobile game. “The warps take to long just to do missions and to get somewhere”, yea we’ll deal with it, if you aren’t patient enough, then that’s a you problem, this game is a grinding game, not like a lot of those other genres you see in the Apple tire/google play store. In my opinion ik it’s not as great as Eve Online, but it’s a great starting point and the devs worked really hard on this game and you can totally see that by far. I have to admit one problem that can speak for all are the cons to omega whereas as the omegas have an advantage far over alphas to buy omega, I mean sure you guys gave a way to buy it without spending money, but that’s gonna lower the chance of people staying in this game, unless that temptation to spend money because as an omega i have seen how it affects the mobile community of this game.

by DashingDylan

This game is astounding for a mobile game. Simply put, the negative reviews are from people who are used to having their hand held by tutorials until the learn everything. It’s more complex that that. Yes it has tutorials but it gives you the freedom to decide how you complete them. The game is vast, probably one of the largest I’ve ever seen. There is plenty to do whether you are the type of player that likes combat, resource gathering, etc. The economy is self sufficient and one of the best aspects of the game. The problem is that there is minimal explanation for how to navigate the galaxy and the many interfaces at the start, so it’s going to take a lot of asking questions in help chat rooms and watching various videos to get your bearings, especially if you’ve never played EVE before. Hence the negative reviews. People are quick to judge when they don’t understand something. This game is beautiful, complex, expansive, and a hallmark achievement for mobile gaming. Thank you devs for giving us this wonderful sci-fi experience

by LP Fmi

Have been playing since release date and have no pvp skills. All my skills are invested into industrial ships/manufacturing/reverse engineering/mining. For newer pilots I would recommend starting with pvp ships like frigates cause they’re the cheapest to replace. You’ll be losing a lot of ships at first and that’s the mindset you need in eve to survive the mental breakdown(s) of losing a 12 billion isk fitted battleship (equivalent to $273 hard cash w/ est value at 1.6 mil isk/ plex) This game isn’t p2w friendly at those costs lolol. It’s a game that’s subscription based omega clone and an option to earn it in-game for free as an alpha clone (your life would be easier if you send $5 to start off then earn next month subscription by grinding for isk->plex). Also ppl complain about it being unfair when in reality it’s a MMO and ppl ganging up is part of the game. It’s not solo friendly unless you stay at high security zones or low security stations/gates. Null sec is the wild west and almost nothing survives a bubble camp(game mechanic that help catch ppl that are warping) while solo.

by Holidaywhoopazz

This game is some of the best on mobile and is being unfairly reviewed by people who are frustrated that they’re 5 year old phones have trouble running it. This game is NOT P2W there is nothing locked behind a cash shop! They’re is a item called basic omega clone that cost $5 this item can also be earned completely F2P within a few days if you dedicate a few hours a day that’s it. Graphics are incredible maybe the best in mobile gaming also runs good on pc emulators if you don’t want to tie up phone all the time. Game can be complicated to learn but it’s part of what makes it fun, this just released on mobile and game is packed with new people and plenty of people from the old pc game eager too answer any questions, The community is mostly older and everyone for the most part is very respectful. You have nothing to lose by trying it but like I said before earlier there is a ton to learn in this game it’s is a huge mmorpg full of options but if you put in a little time you will figure it all out fairly quick and pick up lots of little things over time

by Abdielec

The aim of the game is to come from nothing and become whatever you want to be. The depth of the game is supposed to make you feel small and insignificant - YOU have to grind your way up into bigger ships, better places, etc. Things are easier when you meet players and find friends and alliances across the universe, to achieve common goals, to become wealthier and more powerful. There are many ways you can play to become wealthier in this game, you don’t have to just fight or mine. The game is all about risk indeed, this is what makes those pay to play players fall to their knees. They can lose everything they have just like you. Don’t like someone? Gang up with your friends and take them down. Don’t like a group? Get another group, and go have all out space war. If the game was quick, everyone would be everywhere and have huge ships and be in everyone’s territory and it wouldn’t feel like vast space, instead a small grid with too many stop and go’s. The ENTIRE game is alive with a PLAYER DRIVEN ECONOMY. It’s really a space pilot simulator. Sure it could use some more improvements, but it’s a beautiful game already

by Pizzzzzzed

I read all of these negative reviews and it makes me mad! Everyone who’s complaining are those who are simply not smart enough to play this game.
It seems like a bunch of people who blindly played the game without looking into mechanics of there ships or skills, got into a battle cruiser worth 50million went into low sec got killed by a frigate who’s skills and mods are made to prey on morons like this then got mad snd started to write bad reviews in how unfair this game is. Same thing happend with eve online, this is a game with consequences of actions, if you aren’t smart enough to play then don’t play or simply shut up!!!
This game is by far one of the best if not the best mmorpg game on mobile to date!! I have played eve online for 3 years couldn’t play anymore because of time now I’ve been playing eve echoes for a year come September and I love every minute of it. Shout out to those of you who help new ones learn “captain benzie!! And b8kd!!” You guys are great and I love the videos!!! To everyone who’s thinking of playing watch there videos and learn something before you judge this game by blindly playing.

by Firedragon 1234

I really like it but there some things I don’t like. Like for number 1. Is when u do a mission it says 11 jumps to 32 jumps like I wish y’all would make it less jumps. 2. Of u do make us jump more in the game to go on a mission I would like to see a higher pay raise instead of seeing 3.000 Sik for 13 jumps and 13 jumps back. And another think I’ve notice is the market I have so much trash that I don’t use I sell it off but u have to wait for someone to buy it what I’m trying to get at I play game that u sell something u don’t have to wait u will get the full amount it like for example diablo 2 and 3 in battle net u sell something they give u the full amount back for that iteam but with this game like I’m sorry to repeat my self I believe u sell something u should get the money for it instead of waiting for the other buyer to buy it from u. And my 3rd thing I want to say is about mineing what the point of that u don’t make no money from it sometimes u lose money from it but in all terms is a really good game I can’t what to see what y’all do in the future for it but pls before u guys make a big update make sure it don’t make the game trash Bc that how y’all lose money and people well that all I have to say

by Drubix03

This game is one of the most complex games I have pretty much ever played and it’s still holding my interest. However with all things as you use it more you find more things wrong (but also better). For instance the community is pretty great and the graphics are pretty nice, however I notice that every system has the same planet skins (i.e I keep seeing Jupiter and Saturn) also the Omega Clone is a subscription that without, it feels like more then half the game is blocked. Travel in the game I feel could be faster, in game I’ve timed how long it takes for 15 jumps and at about 30ish seconds for one jump I was getting close to 7-8 minuets on autopilot. Another thing I’ve noticed is how often the server undergoes maintenance and it really impedes in how often you can play. If maintenance could be shorter or less often and if travel could be quicker with more star gates I feel like this game could be a lot better, if the Omega Clone subscription could be reduced some and offer more to the free Alpha Clones it would also help grow. I hope the developer reads this and know that it’s a great game but with some major/minor flaws. Keep up the good work though, till next time

by Mojavegreen1

This mmo is nice. It is a lite version of the pc epic. I suspect this will eventually merge with the pc version in more ways than just Jita. That system caught me off guard on this platform as it is a nightmare on the pc platform. With long waits to get in system. I been playing eve online since 2003, and can fly all ships up to carriers. I was disappointed that I could not use my actual account on this platform vice having to start from scratch. Some times a fresh start is nice though.

I do like the interface on this platform, i like the lay out and the fact I dont have to dock if i want to do missions (encounters here) I like the method of training new players, every easy. Market needs some things added like the implants that affect capsuleer attributes. I can not find them anywhere, yet they are shown in the market as an ad of sorts. I find this game as enjoyable as the pc version. A word to new players, this mmo and the pc version has a huge learning curve. Do not get discouraged. After your first 6 mo of play you will find it much easier. I been playing since 2003. I am a former member of Goonswarm Federation, an excellent alliance. Join a corporation or freelance, you are only limited by your imagination in this game. I am constantly learning things in this game. Give it a try and enjoy. Fly Safe, Good Hunting!