Comments on: Entropia Universe

By: eric the cylon

eric the cylon — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:07:48 +0000

ok , so here’s a little go at what I see as the positive and negatives so far. Keep in mind I was a long time member of the virtual world there.com..nearly 5 years. The company that runs it makena technologies inc is a prime example of how external money can corrupt a virtual world. There nothing new is developed for the membership, it’s developed for external financial interests first. I also played Second life off and on for 4 years, never did I get the platform to run smoothly, and rarely did I ever not encouter some sexual perdator or nut job. Entropia Univeerse does have a steep learning curve. And lets be honest with real world banks involved of course they are going to be pushing micro transactions as their life blood. But in all fairness it’s the best of the three platforms. I experienced NO LAG. Visually their current platfor is perfect, and withe the implementation of the crytech2 engine sometime this year, it stands to get even better. I have had a hard time finding a sci fi themed world that was compelleing, but this one has kept my interest. And with the death of star trek on line and nothing really great in the works I’ve come to really like project entropia.

By: Lucian

Lucian — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:51:55 +0000

I am a avid SL gamer… I have to admit that at the start, the onlt thing that kept bringing me back was the social end of the game. Basically Linden Labs took a chatroom and made it 3D. Those of you that are looking for a social game, SL is your best bet. The sex and greifing in SL is a deterent, for us perverted people you might find it fun… but that hype soon wears down. As in any online game you are going to run across some weird people, but once you find a place that appeals to your intrest, things can get very fun. I have played SL for almost a year now, and have taken my fair share of breaks. The main draw for me is Role Play… There are gobs of role play sims that are great for people with a nack for story telling or looking to develope there own story lines for books and the like. Another highlight I find neat about SL is the ability to run a buisness in game… I haven’t really started my own yet but there are many out there that actually make a real world income. For the last several months I have been a DJ, playing music over a private stream at clubs. In three months I have grossed about 100K linden (about 400 USD). That isnt anything worth transfering into RL cash, but for doing something I love, its a neat benifit.

Now, onto Entropia…

I have had Entropia for about a week… I find it to be a massive let down. You are better off with EverQuest or WoW.

The game teases you with constant notices of who killed or looted what and how much the loot was worth… making people think it is easy for them to get in on the action… but I really see now way to get any action without making a serious real world investment… I read one of you mention the “Pyrimid Sceme”. I think that is a very good definition for it. As well as a gamble… If you are a lifeless individual and are sitting on a million dollars you got from you mom and dad burning in a car accident… then this may be the game for you.

Need I mention all the scam artist? The internet is littered with scam reports from Entropia and seeing them yourself in EU is easy enough.

SL is for someone that wants a social game…

EU is fr someone that likes to be lonely and spend money…

EQ and WoW area good ballance of both. A friend and I have both made descent amounts of money playing EQ, but dont lose sight of the overal point and intention of ANY online game… Social interaction and escape from RL (hopefully for only short periods of time).

On a lighter note, any of you that want to try SL… my toon is named Lucian Lynch. You can look me up and send me an IM. I will show you aroud and glady introduce you to the real hype of SL.

By: Sarks

Sarks — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:42:26 +0000

Hmm. Fairly long time player myself. I enjoy it more than most other online games which seems strange cause in many ways there is not that much to do.
However, in online games you generally get sick of doing the same quests over and over again anyway. WHereas there is only one quest in entropia -> Staying solvent.
Have played since 2003 (before sweating and fruit gathering) and in the first two months deposited about $700 in $10 - $20 amounts

Was a bit of a shock when i worked it out. However, since then I have deposited nothing and have reached about 10k$ so am happy.

It is possible to make much more but the methods tend to be tedious beyond belief. To make it via hunting or mining or crafting is very tough but can be done or at least it works for me and consistantly.

But it is much slower than via trading or sweating and selling skills or something similar but they are dulll beyond belief.

Mostly mining funds my hunting or vice versa depending on where I seem to be doing best. Still for the most part I enjoy it though there are definitely periods where I do not play for a while.

Always tends to be more interesting if you are in an active society.

However, you have more chance of winning the national lottery than looting the necessary equipment to become an uber hunter. So if thats your goal you need to be prepared to drop a LOT of money into the game. Some items such as improved and Adjusted Faps sell for $10k or more, same for the more powerful and economical weapons.

But I find it fun most of the time, frustratiing occassionally. But having a lively Soc helps a lot. Gotta be able to boast when you do well and winge when you don’t and whats the point without an audience.

But the challenge is fun and it can be done. SL I find too random

Might check out Afterworld though supposed to be similar but not as expensive as EU. On the other hand not sure that I want to hand my credit card details over to a Russian website.

By: Entropian Hunter

Entropian Hunter — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:20:35 +0000

Entropia Universe is soul destroying, but that said it is possible to make money out of the game if you like boredom, you sweat you sell the skills then do it again, i usually have entropia running on a macro while i play something else, at the last count i had nearly 45k dollars (3 years worth)

By: Entropia universe

Entropia universe — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:50:02 +0000

Good thing about Entropia Universe is that content is created by game maker, so it is very good quality. Bad thing is that you can’t create your own content.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:07:16 +0000

I’ve been playing EU for a while now. It’s a great game, I love just wandering around in the wilderness and all the weird things that are around are very entertaining. The game is very hard to make any money with, ’sweating’ is the way that I chose to make some decent money with, after a while my sweating skills got better and better to the point where it was a somewhat less cumbersome act. But even still, it was a difficult thing to do. Finally I acquired a gun! And now hunting was the big thing, but nonetheless still a hard thing to do. But, EU is definitely a great way to whittle away hours on end at the computer.

By: Maldian

Maldian — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:29:03 +0000

Hey Ryan, if you decide to try it out more… le me know. I have Entropia and my character is a lowbie as well.

By: Cyndre

Cyndre — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:19:19 +0000

Svarga was the only place in SL I found even remotely interesting.

By: Mythilt

Mythilt — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:55:09 +0000

I was on and still occasionally visit There.com.
Came out a little bit earlier than SL, and personally, I prefer its model, yes fewer user created items, but they are generally of high quality, and the copyright violations and sexual stuff is pretty much kept out.

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