It actually looks like a pretty cool game - the description reminds me of Elite brought up to today's standards. I can't help but think of this, though:
The combat involved in this battle is sorting a list by name, double clicking a square and then pressing F1. Once that square disappears, double click another square and then press F1.
Oh, I forgot, you might align your camera in a direction of a different square, which represents a local planet, and double click.
Occasionally, and especially if your name starts with an a, the whole screen will start flashing indicating you're the square the enemy is targeting. Then, unless you have spent an extremely unhealthy amount of time playing the game and are in a titan, you will die instantly.
Maybe one could market a tool that turns mundane corporate data entry into an exciting battle for galactic domination, and make your white collar peon employees battle each other mercilessly to increase shareholder value. If you die in the game, you get fired.
EDIT: actually, please don't do that. unless you do this first: http://www.richardkmorgan.com/novels/market-forces/
Small scale combat is more skilful, but it's almost impossible to find balanced fights.
There are actually some games out there that have EVE's sandbox features, but with combat that takes significant skill (usually in the style of a first-person shooter/slasher). Unfortunately, few of them have become very popular due to poor funding and the inclination of the general public to avoid very "hardcore" games.
It's poorly translated but that only adds to the charm. And, as with Eve, goons are among the best players.
Here's a decently up-to-date list of EVE-like MMOs: http://sandboxt.net/sandboxt/page/SandboxMMOGamesList
I was part of the BoB Goonswarm war, back when we were fucking up Lotka Volterra. It must have been what, 5-6 years ago now?
As a titan pilot, there is more to do than just clicking broadcasts / sorting your overview / aligning. That's the kind of stuff that happens when everything is going well or you are shooting an inanimate object. As a titan pilot on the losing side last night, there was a lot of refitting, repositioning, and co-ordination. Fleet and sub-channel commanders are constantly relaying information over Skype or mumble channels. I personally spent a lot of time trying to get out of bubbles once the call was made to try to extract if possible. This was after two hours of staring at a black screen, praying that my ship wasn't dying without a chance of me fighting back.
There is also an incredible amount of micro that one can do in small gang or solo PvP, but that kind of stuff doesn't make for fancy headlines.
Only those still afflicted by eve-addiction can believe that not playing a game for 2 hours is playing a game.
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ
And Eve is nothing like Elite.
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#W...