well i stumbled across this game only a few hours ago... read the web page on it.... and i nearly crapped my self with happyness... i've played my share of mmorpg game. WoW being the main one. and for a time i have been wanting a space mmo checked out eve today and imediatly hated it. infinity looks like it will be the greatest and most imersive space mmorpg out there. even if you naysayers are sticking to the "its only in development cant compare to eve" defence... i think eve is going to be shut down after this gets released. in all honesty some thing this great is some thing worth waiting for at the store on a midnight release. this will be epic. and to all the guys workin on this game i now make you my heros.

If you dont like EvE you wont like this game. And secondly, you cant just "try" EvE you have to dedicate a legitimate amount of time to it to get a real sense of the game.

Originally posted by etruscan
Well, the one aspect I find most appealing is the massive scale of Infinity, and how planets are rendered real time. I like the idea of being able to dip into a planet's atmosphere. I wish there were actual avatars (toons) - so that you could get out on a planets surface or in cities. Even a limited amount of toon play would certainly give this game an edge over Eve.

As it stands - it looks very ambitious and the demo video is sweet. I can't wait to see more.

The Infinity: Quest For Earth Game Trailer

I think the future of sci fi mmos have been set in motion by Infinity. I woudl love to play a ground game as well as a space game with no loading screens.  This project is amazing and sets a new standard.

OK i played eve now for 3 yrs, it is a really good game with tonnes of diff ships you can own and tonnes of skills you can train and tonnes of equipment you can add to your ship, it is actully a game not for people who never played a space game before as you will be completely confused, but only problem i have with it is you dont actully feel like your in the ship, when mining all you do is target lock ore and right click mouse and clock approach then you wait 5 mins for ship to reach ore so basicly you can just read a book, and once you start to mine depending on laser you use and size of cargo bay you got, you can goto the shop while you mine or do something to occupy your self, but in combat it is basicly same you target the enimy and set orbit distance depending on optional range for weapon to do most damage,then you just activate your quickbelt weapons and what else you have and just sit back hopeing you win, But in infinity you do feel like your in the ship becouse if you deside to do something in rl your ship will just float there waiting for you to take control, and space is realistic in every way like you cant pass throw a planet in warp as you will just crash and burn, plus if your in combat and your looseing you can warp out but the enimy can also share the warp stream and disable your ship so you cant escape, and i think there is a Lisance system to fly new ships, also planet landing where you enter the atmoshpear and the front of the ship will burn and if your falling to a planet surfice like in a mining ship with lots of modules the modules will burn up and soon after the ship will be destroyed, there is also capital ship own gravity where if you fly close to a capital ship you share its gravity and you can let go of the controls and you will be in same place you stopped even if capital ship is moveing around, there is tonnes more info to add but i dont want to spoil it lol.

"8. No skills, experience or levels. "

Bingo!

Lesson number one, how NOT to write a MMO.

If you don't have skills or experience or some way to measure character development you don't have a MMO, all you have a fancy FPS game.

All I can say about this game is, remind everyone to avoid it like the plague!

There are other ways to measure character development without skills, experience or levels. Like wealth ( owning ships, factories, buildings, corporations, workers.. ), licences to operate for various jobs / in various sytems, reputation, etc..

This is a shame that you do not support indy developers who try to do something "different". Do not complain if within 5 years, all MMOs are WoW copies.

Originally posted by Harafnir

Another difference:

EVE is an existing game, with all its promises delivered.

Infinity so far, pretty much looks like vaporware. Lots of big words and pretty pictures but absolutly no meat on the bones. A few models directly from the 3D program... LIke my homepage from the late 90s, not exactly  afullfledged game system.

A bit early to compare, I would say.

join the forums over at infinity, they have a space combat server going...i havent checked it out for quite some time now, but once you get a chance to try PvP teams from the server you'll be eagerly waiting for its release.