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Review: EveOnlineShips.com

Published on 29. Jun, 2008 ... written by Sam Guss, Tags: Reviews

Eve Online Ships, is a straight forward ship visual identification site. It has screenshots of just about every ship in Eve, both player and NPC. Very little is written other than short blurbs on the races and factions. This site is all about the screenshots of the various ships in Eve. From the lowly shuttle all the way up to the Rorqual and other Capital Ships. It even includes Drones and Fighters. At the time of this writing I have not been able to find any screen shots of Unique ships however.

Each ships has four screen shots that show off them from various angles. Now, for the experienced Eve pilot, who has seen them all, then this site probably won’t offer them much. For newbies though, like myself, this site offers a grand view of all the ships in Eve that we won’t or don’t get to see, especially in high security systems. The screenshots are amazing though and offer a lot of eye-candy.

Navigation: 5 out of 5
Navigation on a website is very important to me, as like many web surfers, if I can’t get to the information quickly and easily, then chances are I won’t stay around to see what information is there.

At Eve Online Ships, navigation is simple and redundant so you can’t miss anything. A menu to the left, and graphic menu in the center allows you to choose a race, faction or NPC, ORE, etc. and further in breaks it down in more graphic buttons for ship type and then lastly the gallery for that ship type.

Information: 4 out of 5
Granted, you’re not getting much information past visual screen shots of the ships and I haven’t found any Unique ships here (which would of bumped this rating to a five), but what they do have is as far as I can see complete and thus the high rating for a gallery site.

Style: 2 out of 5
There’s truth in the old adage of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) and this site does manage that very effectively. However, with Eve being such a graphically intense game, there should be more pizzazz in fan and support sites dedicated to Eve. With a little overhauling, it could still keep it’s KISS formula but with a little extra eye-candy. This site yells for it, considering the great screen shots included in it.

Overall: 4 out of 5
Overall this site is great at what it is intended for: showcasing the ships of Eve and is a site I often refer to, so that I get used to what ships of different races look like and for the “cool” factor of what I may like to pilot one day.

Address: http://www.eveonlineships.com