On the other hand a big majority of MMO player have an aversion to PvP so may feel let down by the lack of endgame content for the PvE only crowd. But I also see this as a double flaw since the PvP may not be deep enough for those coming from EVE-Online. Since Black Prophecy features instant respawn and no item loss even during PvP missions, it becomes a good alternative for people who want to like EVE-Online but can’t because of the death penalty.

I’ve yet to mention the graphics, which are superb, dare I say better than EVE-Online’s current offering. Lots of really good backdrops so not every sector you visit is a black star-field. I was also really happy to see they had properly rendered cockpit views, as an alternative to the default third person ship view. It brought back memories of games like Wing Commander while playing with the cockpit on and the immersion was great. But I did find myself going back to third person view since you get much better situational awareness that way, making the game a lot easier.

Overall I can highly recommend this game to people longing for MMOs with pick up and play space combat. Only people I can really see being turned off are those who can’t or don’t do twitch based games and those of a pious PvE nature. I just want to add that while playing Black Prophecy Gold it was easy to forget it is only a Free-to-play MMO. This was due to just the level of quality in the graphics alone, plus you’re not constantly pushed into visiting the premium item store either, which is refreshing. To finish there are really only a few bad points to Black Prophecy, and those bad points really are due to not being able to cater to certain tastes within the MMO market, So I’m happy to give this MMO a high score.