Comments on: Entropia Universe

By: CaptainArmageddon

CaptainArmageddon — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:46:56 +0000

I have played EU for almost 1 year, and I must say, I do recall very strongly my computer actually QUIT because Entropia’s graphics are computer chip raping. I didnt even have my graphics up high, and I have a good computer. I have also played WoW before, all I have to say about that is the entire game is basically sailing off in a boat with somebody holding your hand the entire game. EU is the bad game i really have to pick a bone with, I mean I have played for so long, deposited several times. Even met a person that was suppsoed to have deposited OVER $ 100,000 USD!?!? What the hell??? Why would somebody pay that much for a flimsy game? You could have bought a car or something useful in life for some crazy price like that.
EU is terrible because the insane amount of time you spend and dont get rewarded for half of the crap you do in the damn game..
I never had a global even though my starting professions were stuff that always gets globals. I have to agree with Mark, the game is a huge cocktease, don’t get me wrong, I do find some relaxation sometimes by just walking around in EU and find some of the features cool, but after awhile I realise, “Cool, I’ve been walking on a planet in a game doing nothing basically for 2 hours” And then do I realise I’m not really playing the game. To top up Entropia, I think the USD to PED (PED is the in game currency. 1 USD = 10 PED) concept is highly corruptive, why cant they leave money out of some stuff. For a time period, some played the game cause they thought they could make real life money by making their PED into real cash. Ha. I feel bad for the poor bastards that fell for it. I really do. EU has to be one of the most biggest addictive scam lotto machine of the century. You cannot imagine the time wasted for the players that sit there and are too poor to deposit or are too smart to play into the trap.

For SL: Never played it, not sure about it. I dont know I have a feeling the crazy game might be a better retreat than just going to different planets for a different outlook in EU.

I think EU is also trying to copy the themes of (God forbid I get in trouble for bringing up a unrelated game) a highly popular game called Eve Online. Which EVE is a bitch too, but lets not get into that. But EU is copying the concept of ships and having space and space stations and all that crap. Whatever, just remember this if you forget the rest I say. “EU Is a blackhole in your wallet killing your time to live and bitchslapping you metaphorically every day you play or even think of it.”

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:08:15 +0000

I have been a player of EU for years now. I just got the new update and it looks great, but my computer can’t candle it. I can’t imagine how many people who invested loads of money into the game had to quit. It’s kinda stupid if you ask me.

By: Mark Train

Mark Train — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:25:07 +0000

EU wins the Best Cocktease Award in online games category. The biggest hard-on for me was the skill tree. Dozens upon dozens of skills, ranging from Laser Weapon Technology to First Aid to Scan Animal to Manufacture Components to Prospect to Biology… and so on. Later you realize some of the skills are not implemented. The moment you start shooting things your skills start to grow and the message window is spammed with “Your skills in [category] have increased”. This gives the impression “Man, my skills are going up FAST”. Not true. You need thousands upon thousands of points in order to become… green. Newbie, Inept, Green… that’s pretty much what it says in my character sheet after maybe 200 hours of goofing around in EU.

Seriously tedious and unrewarding experience. For zombies only. And anyone who has at least a serious resistance to mind-numbing repetitive tasks.

By: FormerSLer

FormerSLer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:30:45 +0000

I played both SL and Entropia for awhile, I played SL for the longest and seriously had a buisness in there which made me like $700. per month, but i had to drop it, seriously in sl you start to just have to ignore the amount of certifiable perversion that passes for normal in there.

There are plenty of normal people but they are very silent. Im not religious by any stretch but the place was beginning to give me nightmares, especially the more i learned about ancient history, esoteric symbols and religions. So i shut down my buisness and faded away, the addiction is still there but the horror trumps it-

To entropia, they have a disturbing amount of esoteric jokes that pretty much mock the profane but its not like sl, Mind Ark, [hint hint] is to be honest the tightest pyramid scheme ive seen in a long time- how you can have banks in a world where people have little or no money is impressive.

These are the facts, if you want to enjoy PE deposit $200.00 US, buy yourself a nice outfit, some weapons, and equipment for mining, tailoring and such, then just run around on that till it runs out [week tops] if you enjoy the game and dont mind spending money on it then put in about $2000.00 buy yourself a mall space in a good area and sell everything you collect under market, in about 2 months you might have your money back if you play a little every day.

SL is the same way only you have to actually learn how to build things so its best not to spend a dime in there until you are sure you like to make things, with sl just get the subscription so you get the stipend, then float around and explore.

There are places where you can go in SL where everyone is fully clothed and there isnt dom/sub slavery or furry stuff or some half naked chick being dragged by a string- try the themed victorian areas and feudal japanese- outside of that- good luck.

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.