Escape Velocity Nova

Is this really a worthy successor to Escape Velocity? I ask this as someone who has played literally hundreds of hours of the original, Override and of course Nova. The thing is, I feel no need to play a game that is only.slightly. better than the original series. Escape Velocity Nova is the third game in the Escape Velocity franchise. You play the captain of a spaceship, who flies from planet to planet and star system to star system, trading goods, completing missions, and fighting other spaceships.

Mac OSEscape Velocity Nova (abbreviated EV Nova) is a Macintosh and Windows computer game by, published. It is the third game in the.The game is set in the future, in space. The player assumes the role of an independent starship Captain making their way through the galaxy.EV Nova's primary setting is a three-way cold war between three human factions: the 'Federation of United Planets', the 'Auroran Empire' and 'the Polaris'. However, the player is not obligated to involve themselves in this war and is free to fly their spaceship where they please, doing missions and assisting or harming factions that are completely unrelated to the main conflict. In this way, EV Nova is an example of an open world game.However, the primary draw of EV Nova's gameplay is the six 'main storylines' wherein the player will assist a primary faction in achieving their goals in the galaxy. Each pilot may only play one of the six main storylines.

This gives EV Nova quite a bit of replay value. Contents Overview GenreEV Nova is a third-person space-adventure / RPG set in the future.

While EV Nova is an RPG, it is not an open-ended RPG unlike the previous games in the Escape Velocity series; EV Nova has a clearly defined ending, but lets you continue playing if you wish.SettingEV Nova takes place in the future, when humanity has colonized the galaxy via ' technology which allows instant travel between star systems. However, terrorists destroyed the hypergate, destroying the metaphorical space-roads which held civilization together. The galaxy thus fell into a dark age, and during this era multiple sub-races of humans evolved on their own, until finally ' technology (faster-than-light spaceships) allowed humanity to rediscover the galaxy they thought they once knew - a galaxy now consisting of almost-alien evolved humans, space pirates, and strife.Game concept Stuff you can doThe player starts as a freelance space pilot in a, out to make a small penny in the vast and unforgiving galaxy. The first thing to realize is that there are many ways to play Escape Velocity; this is one of the big appeals of the game.

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