Peter Gabriel: Eve
{{Short description|1996 video game by Peter Gabriel}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Peter Gabriel Eve cover.jpg
| developer = Real World Multimedia
| publisher = Real World Multimedia
| platforms = Microsoft Windows, Macintosh
| released = {{vgrelease|EU|1996|NA|May 1997{{cite magazine |last1=Atwood |first1=Brett |title=Music CD-ROMs, Once Promising, Showing Decline |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQ8EAAAAMBAJ |access-date=5 May 2024 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=3 May 1997 |ref=Atwood 1997 |page=59 |language=English |format=Magazine}} [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IQ8EAAAAMBAJ/page/n85/mode/2up?view=theater Alt URL]}}
| genre = Adventure
| modes = Single-player
}}
Peter Gabriel: Eve, also known as simply Eve (stylized as EVE), is a music and art adventure video game directed by Michael Coulson and co-produced by the Starwave Corporation, developed and published by Real World Multimedia for Windows and Macintosh in 1996–1997. It was created in association with and featuring the music of Peter Gabriel.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| CNG = 7/10{{cite web |last=Jensen |first=Chris |date=April 19, 1997 |url=http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-795,00.html |title=Peter Gabriel's Eve [sic] (PC) |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823092639/http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-795,00.html |archivedate=August 23, 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}
| CGSP = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Bauman |first=Steve |year=1997 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/002/137/eve_review.html |title=Eve |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030529164540/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/002/137/eve_review.html |archivedate=May 29, 2003 |url-status=dead |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}
| GI = 4.5/10{{cite magazine |last=Reppen |first=Erik |url=https://archive.org/details/Game_Informer_Issue_052_August_1997/page/n53/mode/2up |title=EVE (PC) |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=52 |date=August 1997 |page=53 |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}
| GSpot = 5.8/10{{cite web |last=Hunsanger |first=Kevin |date=May 28, 1997 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/eve-review/1900-2535858/ |title=Eve Review (PC) |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=February 18, 2021 |postscript=none}} (date mislabeled as May 1, 2000).
| rev1 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev1Score = A+{{cite magazine |last=Burr |first=Ty |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,286790,00.html |title=A Pair to Remember |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. |issue=366 |date=February 14, 1997 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421171700/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,286790,00.html |archivedate=April 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |accessdate=February 18, 2021}}
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The game received positive to average reviews. Entertainment Weekly called it "the first CD-ROM since Myst in which you can blissfully lose yourself for days, the world outside fading as your brain receives a lovely massage." Computer Games Strategy Plus said: "Because the game forces you to return to the same screens over and over again, Eve can get quite tedious at times, but somehow it manages to transcend its pretensions and become a true work of interactive art." However, GameSpot called it "a lavishly constructed audio-visual tour, but ... no more enriching than a day spent watching MTV." Erik Reppen of Game Informer said: "The bizarre and surrealistic scenes shocked my monkey, but it wasn't much of a game. I kind of prefer to solve puzzles through creative logic, not trial-and-error."
The game won the Milia d'Or Grand Prize award at Cannes in 1997.{{cite web | url=https://michaelcoulson.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/eve-wins-mia-dor-for-peter-gabriel-.html | title=EVE WINS MILA D'OR FOR PETER GABRIEL |author=Michael Coulson | date=Oct 10, 2007 | access-date=23 December 2022 }}
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/peter-gabriel-eve}}
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Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games based on real people
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
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