Earth & Beyond is the first online role-playing galaxy. This galaxy is filled with monsters and strange new worlds, but it is also home to thousands of other players from around the world. Players create unique characters and starships and can affect the galaxy, but the game persists even after individual players log off. Alien encounters, fierce combat, cutthroat commerce, new discoveries, perilous quests, strategic alliances, diplomatic backstabbing, and epic wars await you and the friends you'll adventure with. Earth & Beyond lets you build your character and career in three distinct ways: exploration, trade, and combat. The game is designed around these three activities, and each race, profession, skill, starship, and item affects how well you do these core activities.

Explorers have access to hidden locales, the best sensors, the most accurate maps, the fastest ships, and stealth capabilities. Tradesmen make and sell goods, run trade routes, go on trade missions, have the biggest cargo holds, and do whatever it takes to make a profit. Warriors thrive on combat, destroying enemies, going on dangerous missions, and protecting their friends during perilous missions.

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Genre: Simulation - Space trading and combat

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Earth & Beyond	Windows	$0.90
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User Reviews

You can play this game. Forever.

Haiku (10)

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The Press Says

FiringSquad	Sep 24, 2002	91 out of 100	91
Game Over Online	Jan 13, 2003	89 out of 100	89
PC Action	Aug 01, 2003	82 out of 100	82
GameZone	Oct 15, 2002	8 out of 10	80
Game Chronicles	Aug 03, 2003	7.5 out of 10	75
PC Zone	Mar 04, 2003	7.5 out of 10	75
Netjak	Oct 04, 2002	7 out of 10	70
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Feb, 2003		70
GameSpot	Oct 10, 2002	6.9 out of 10	69
PC Gamer UK	Jan, 2003	68 out of 100	68

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Flight mechanics?	1	SharkD (415) Jul 26, 2009

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Trivia

Shutdown

On 17 March 2004 (St Patrick's day), players of Earth & Beyond arose to a "Sunset" message announcing that the game would be terminated on 22 September (a total live run of two years).

This marks the second failed Massive Multiplayer game for Electronic Arts after Motor City Online.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by vism (427) on Oct 15, 2002.