This is EVE - Uncensored
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters share it as a vivid, convincing glimpse of EVE's large-scale player battles and emotional intensity, to explain the pull of a game they don't play or once loved.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2014 to 2026.
What it is
A 2014 promotional trailer for EVE Online built from in-game footage layered with real player voice comms: battle cries, panicked escapes and victory cheers. This is the uncensored cut with strong language; a clean version is linked.
What people said
Recommends Tangokat · 2014-11 · Hacker News · on “Ten Years of World of Warcraft”
If you want to see what battles are like you should watch this: [this video] It is a new trailer CCP (makers of Eve) made with real player communication.
Recommends mrdmnd · 2017-09 · Hacker News · on “How Eve Players Pulled Off the Biggest Betrayal in Its History”
I don't play EVE because there are already enough demands on my time, but damned if this commercial (entirely done with voice comms) hasn't come close to pushing me over the edge: [this video]
Cites nntwozz · 2026-08 · Hacker News · on “EVE Online moves to Python 3”
I started in 2004 and played on and off until 2015 with a quick stint in 2020. It was amazing in the early days, it felt like nothing else. I had a background in Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot. I liked PVP and I wanted full loot drop on kill. EVE online has many times been referred to as the spiritual successor of UO, what made it really special however was the one server architecture (until China shard). My name was Dieter Rams—I ganked, scammed and griefed. I probably made a lot of people quit the game; this was the appeal. I wanted to play a game where I could be the villain (successfully). This was the original trailer for the game, in my opinion the true vision: [LINK] Over the y