I have been playing Evony for the last couple of weeks, and I have to say I am impressed with the overall quality of the game. I am veteran of many MMO's and I have bata tested some of the biggest ones on the market today: WoW, Everquest, Pirates of the Caribbean Online to name a few. I have even tried several of the RTMMO's like Evony in my time, playing Tribal Wars, Empire Craft, and Travian. I can honestly say that Evony keeps me going back for more where these others have let me down.

First there is the general game design. It is laid out similar to RTS's of old. You have 4 resources that you must harvest; Wood, food, rocks, and Iron. These resources are needed to improve your city, build buildings, train soldiers, and even improve your technology level at the academy. You will go through a lot of resources in this game.

Another aspect of the game that I love is the way the city is split between the "Town" and the 'City". The town view is the barracks, cottages, town hall, city walls, ect that make the living and breathing part of your city. The city view is of your resource gathering area. You build farms, sawmills, ect and improve upon them to keep the resources coming.

The alliance section of the game is strong as well. Alliance members can garrison an army in their city for extra defence. You can also go to your alliance's aid when a war is declared. Alliances can declare war on each other, and one can rule the world. It is one of the best aspects of the game.

Another aspect that I like is the REAL time game. You build buildings, upgrade, train, and learn all in real time. I have had some training last for as much as 24 hours now, (I was building archers) and had some building take 8 hours. It makes it so you can join the game every day, play for 5 to 10 minutes per day, and know you are not being overrun. I leave my city minimized as I work so I can check it from time to time.

That brings me to another feature that I like, It is a browser based game. There is no HUGE download (WoW), no monthly fee's, and no waiting to log in like so many other MMO's out today. Instead of monthly fee's Evony lets you buy Coins to buy items with for real money.You buy 300 coins for $30. The coins are used to buy items that can build faster, gather more resources, raise loyalty, ect.

I have found one small problem, (that I learned to exploit) there are a lot of non players who's cities haven't been removed yet. I am playing on server 82 and have found a lot of nonplayers cities across the map. It makes concurring the world much harder, and getting resources easier.

I have my own alliance, I am currently the only member but I have had some inquiries. We are USSR, set out to rebuild the glory days of the Soviet Union and the Russian Motherland. Join us comrade and help us compleat our dreams...

I am Lord Digital Doom on server 82. Our alliance website is http://www.gamestreet.net/guilds/1092. Come join the USSR!