EVE Online - Apocrypha Review @ MMORPG

Review of EVE's latest expansion 8.7/10.

With wormhole space, CCP has created tiny pockets of lawless 0.0 space for players to dip their toes into, and built a system around them that's open enough for players to interact with in their own way. Everyone can get involved in WH space, from miners to pirates, and it's not tied to any specific region. The weeks since the release of Apocrypha have been full of the stories that make EVE great, tales of heroic success and unfortunate tragedy as expeditions run into Sleepers, or each other.

With the revamped New Player Experience making EVE more accessible, I want to give Apocrypha a higher score, but it's clear that it will take time for the success of some of the bigger features to become apparent. Will Strategic Cruisers become more than just a toy for rich players? As I write this, the handful of parts that are available on the market are stupidly expensive. Is the flurry of activity in wormhole space just a "gold rush" that will end soon? If tech three is a flop then the incentive to go exploring through wormholes will drop substantially. Whatever happens, there is one thing we can be sure of: nothing has changed New Eden like Apocrypha.