It was here when wildfires ripped across Southern Oregon only a short drive from my house. It's been there for me when I've done nothing but spin my wheels. It's tied itself into my life during a sucky run of unemployment. In addition to reviewing EVE Online ( once in '06 then again in '09), it's probably the game I've written the most words about in my run as a gamer. Full, developer-deep details are in this dev blog. It went into opt-in beta on the main server in December. The new camera has been in EVE's public test server since November of last year. EVE: Valkyrie places you in control of a heavily armed fighter and plunges you into the most realistic dogfighting game available on any platform. Take control of a heavily armed fighter for the most realistic experience in the EVE universe.
Pairing it with the also-new-ish manual flight feature is jaw dropping. EVE: Valkyrie is a cutting edge team-based Sci-Fi first person multiplayer shooter utilizing virtual reality. But new camera features affect the orbit camera, the tactical camera, and marquee selection, in addition to the first-person camera. But I'll tell you what: First-person makes me want to reboot this bad boy and fly around a space station or two.įast forward to 3:28 to get into the cockpit view with stepped zoom. Zoomed way out in third-person is still obviously the only way to conduct yourself in a serious conflict. Your holographic display is the same, featuring points A, B and C, but this time they refer to the enemy carrier’s power relay stations. In Carrier Assault, it’s slightly different. This is along with several other changes to camera controls, but first-person view dramatically shifts perspective from the usual panned-out, third-person view that EVE players are used to. In Control matches, you have to capture one, two, or all of the control points in order to deplete the enemy’s resources as quickly as possible. No, it's no EVE: Valkyrie when it comes to front-facing action, but it's a start. EVE Online, beloved and derided sci-fi "spreadsheet simulator," added a first-person camera view.