EVE

[nerfherder]

If you've always wanted to try EVE, the world largest Online Science Fiction RP Game, they are now offering a 14 day free trial period. I've gone through two trial periods, uninstalling the first when the time ran out, and re loading it. and starting over with a new character.
It's situation is very similar to that of Freelancer, except it is much farther in the future, and really far far away.

http://www.eve-online.com/


game boasts over 5000 fully explorable solar systems, and it is a bit un-nerving to go on line and see over 40,000 players at one time. It averages just about 20,000 players at any given time.
I myself have been in a system that only had just over 300 players at the same time!
they have a great tutorial for beginners, that take you through the steps of getting around in the EVE universe, and some really hard missions, some i haven't been able to complete.

It has two different downloads, classic at over 600meg, and the Trinity at 1.2gig.

I will still come back to Freelancer, in some ways just not the same.
scruffy

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I play on EVE, name is Zak Vanlor, currently i fly everything T1 Gallente and some Minmater ships. Also flying the Hulk, (massive ship built to mine)
I am in Gallente Mining and manufacturing, a small player corporation centered on the industries.
been playing now since December 2007

BUT: i love playing Freelancer, and my current character is the Finitey's End.