When comparing EVE Online vs Star Walk 2, the Slant community recommends Star Walk 2 for most people. In the question“What are the best 4X space games on PC?” Star Walk 2 is ranked 13th while EVE Online is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Star Walk 2 is:
Instead of only displaying what would be visible to the human eye, Star Walk displays gamma ray, x ray, h-alpha, infrared, microwave, and radio.
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Pros
Pro Real freedom
You can do anything. literally anything. You can become a massive entrepreneur and deal with billions of ISK, set up a pirate base in wormhole space, explore anomalies, build massive ships, become CEO of a player-run industrial corporation. There's tons and tons and tons of stuff. This is likely the most sandboxy of MMO sandboxes.
Pro 360' freedom of movement
Up, down, left and right simply stop having a meaning when it comes to space. Making for a true space simulator in that the controls mimic how objects would behave in a real space environment.
Pro Displays different parts of the light spectrum
Instead of only displaying what would be visible to the human eye, Star Walk displays gamma ray, x ray, h-alpha, infrared, microwave, and radio.
Pro Users can choose which objects are displayed
Users can toggle which features are activated, such as constellation description or satellite display.
Pro 3D view of stars up close
Just tap on a star and see what it looks like from a closer perspective.
Pro Identifies satellites
For 99 cents, satellites can be tapped for identification. This app contains information on over 9000 satellites.
Pro Contains information about all the planets
Star Walk 2 attempts to give users a comprehensive view of all the things that are currently happening in space, this includes events at other planets. For instance, it displays the angle of rotation around the sun, sunrise, sunset, and length of day on that particular planet.
Pro Adds illustrations over feed from camera
Instead of just displaying a feed of what the sky should look like when the device is aimed in different directions, Sky Walk paints stars, constellations, and satellites over real time images taken from the device's camera.
Cons
Con Spreadsheets in space
At the very core, that's what it is. You'll be looking at tons of stats, calculating % resistances and DPS. It's a paradise for math savants and economics geeks, but not so much if you just want to blow things up quickly.
The graphics are there, but combat takes place at a few kilometers at least, so you won't be ever seeing your ship and the enemys' at the same time (unless as tiny silhouettes). Which only enhances the feeling that combat is a set of dynamic spreadsheets rather than a real visceral thing.
Con On the decline
The player number is about half of what it used to be and continues to decline. The game has been around for 10 years so it's hardly a surprise.
Con Requires lots of time invested
Because of the open market thing even going out on a quick mission may require you to gear up your ship first, which takes ages as you jump across multiple stations to get the two dozen different modules required to outfit your ship.
EVE feels a lot like a second job sometimes.
Con Unstable for many users
Many people who have this app complain that it crashes within seconds of starting.
Con Outdated data base
2016 and 2017 are not in data base. Can't view anything discovered after 2015. Comets like johnson can't be found.