In the coming months, CCP will significantly improve the storytelling of its space MMO EvE Online.
Over the years, the model of sandbox MMOs, where players reign supreme, no longer inspires so much compared to MMOs with a strong narrative sequence.
It is in the face of this observation that CCP seeks to further diversify the experience offered by EvE Online. This is reflected in a complete and evolving overhaul of the tools dedicated to new players, but also and above all in a desire to improve the way astronauts experience in-game events.
The return of extensions
After several years of more or less important updates, EvE Online will therefore once again offer major extensions. As part of the FanFest which took place last weekend in Iceland, the studio revealed its objectives for the years to come.
Among which, the extensions. This content will be massive, free, and will allow players to take part in a concrete scenario, the staging of which will be “premium”. The studio thus promises “more visible” NPCs, who will be able to fight each other before the eyes of the players.
"We want to make characters iconic", and thus show players elements they will never see, such as cities, thereby participating in the "living universe" of EvE Online.
Beyond the features already present in the game, CCP will produce new ways to integrate into the scenario, via for example false advertisements, cutscenes, or more generally world events where the choices of the players will have a significant impact on their unrolled.
Such an initiative, hailed by the players on site, is reminiscent of the "Invasions" that took place in the game a few years ago, forcing formerly enemy coalitions to team up against invaders from elsewhere, and particularly fearsome. Note that beyond the scenario, EvE Online will take advantage of these revised extensions to evolve technically and in gameplay, without us knowing enough at this stage.
