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Originally posted by lium

Well EU is all about that talk talk talk...

If they stop talking no one will download the game client lol remember the egg, maybe is lost by now.

The only goal is to make new papers, game site talk about how this one spend this much money on this and so on.

The game got no content really you only got ppl that lost huge money and now can’t quit because they think well one day I will win back pathetic !

I encourage everyone to download this so they can see how bad it is really btw they can fool kids but not educated ppl there is no economy in the game is just trade between ppl even banks lol why call pawn shop bank beat me up?

Cars what cars?

They got that movie that Dub and Mc made and they are using it to advertise for like 4+ years now that tell you how bad they are can’t even make nice movie intro, they seriously need to go look games like EVE and try to copy them because when you can’t make something you better be copy cat lmao

If they can"fool" only kids how come that you actually don't meet any kids in this game and, more than that, the average players' age  is around 35.

On the other hand the advice of downloading the game to be tried is more than welcomed as EU is an something that every person has to see by herself and not to take as good any educated or uneducated opinion.

Speaking about Second Life and how it is kind of 3D hosting service and websites environment here is an article that shows how Australian Open tenis tournement built their own site in SL where anybody with a SL account, of course, can visit.

Originally posted by godpuppet

I opened this thread expecting to see a debate on the European Union, how disapointed I was to find its this game.

Probably not a good idea to use abbreviations that are used by a country in topic titles. Im sure if you used "USA" people would be asking  "WTF???".

I agree the title might be missleading but again this is a game forum and not a political one. If you're interested in debates about European Union go search for them on the net.

Originally posted by gagaliya
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The only thing is i just cant stand the graphic, it's just terrible like putting salt in my eyes.  Will definitly check it out once they have the new engine.

I don't understand what's not to like in the EU's graphics especially when compared with other games'. I find them at least same if not better. The world's details are excellent and very fine defined, the movement is very smoth and realistic, even swimming, buildings, entering/exiting buildings is very smooth and real like without changing screens, mobs/animals are fine. Recently the characters had to be redesigned as EU improved the graphics and the new characters look much cooler. Armor, clothes are quite exceptional for those who afford them (I am not talking about the entry level ones).

All in all I find the graphics very solid, well executed and enjoyable. I.m curious, gagaliye, which game you find having good graphics.

Cheers.

I agree Lefnart.

The problem resides in the fact that many people expect to win big from the start and they get very dissapointed when they don't and through in more money and in the end they just spent lot more than in a subscribing game. But this has nothing to do with the game being bad or good but with the people being greedy.

So try the game but don't expect to make a living out of it but just paying for some entertainment.

Originally posted by jinxit

 

Indeed, classing EU as a free 2 play free 2 download game is stretching it some what.

 

...i went to a vendor and checked the prices of some gear brfore i even thought about handing my RL cash out to EU , for me to have to buy a weapon and some basic armour it would have cost me a minimum of 20 dollars, the exact amount it would cost me to subscribe to a game monthly. This made no sense to me and i felt i was trying to be conned out of cash...so i quit instantly and never looked back.

Good for you

Like I said EU is not for gamers with a WoW or other likewise games mindset. It is different.

However, regarding the prices of basic guns and armour it is not entirely true what you said. I still have an Opalo rifle of 3.80 PED (38 cents) and an armour of about 50PED ($5.00). The ammo for basic weapons costs in dolars range to buy (1 PED/10 cents for 100 rounds) and with this you can go on hunting and you will be able to recover  some of your initial investment from loot. But DO NOT go into EU with the ideea of making money or anything like that because you'll get dissapointed. Big loot comes only from big mobs which are not for entry level gamers.

Spending bottom line will be slightly the same in EU with any other subscribing game with the difference that it is possible to get to higher figures and sometimes a lot higher, all depends of what you want and what you can afford. 

Originally posted by Kazer42

Out of curiosity, have you ever heard of SecondLife?

 

Not saying EU isn't good or whatever, but SL has literally endless creation possibility. Less "game" though. Just had to point out that EU is in no way "THE most original "game" outhere". Not even in avatar 'emotability', as SL allows you to make your own emotes.

Well, of course I heard about Second Life and "played" it but SL is by no means a game. I would say that is more like a 3D hosting system and it's client software more like a 3D browser for it's 3D wesites. In SL the players, called residents, can browse the world like you would on websites or could buy land and build on it something that would become their 3D website.

SL is more like a 3D development platform, an excellent one and a great ideea with big succes but its caracteristich detaches it from the games category and for this matter you cannot compare SL with other mmorpgs.

On the orher hand it is true that EU has certains similarities with SL as being more like a virtual world than a game but ther are lot of differences as well, in SL you can develop almost anything and you got the tools for that, which is not the purpos for EU.

Here is something interesting about EU from Wikipedia:

<<On 30 May 2007, it was announced that Entropia Universe had been chosen by the Beijing Municipal People's Government supported online entertainment company Cyber Recreation Development Corp. (CRD) to create a cash-based virtual economy for China, creating the largest virtual world ever. The landmark deal was negotiated for almost a year and will bring an outside virtual world into China for the first time. Entropia Universe was chosen over several other proposals, including one by Second Life.

The new project will permit up to 7 million concurrent users logged into the virtual universe, with an overall aim to attract some 150 million users from all over the world, and is expected to generate over $1 billion USD annually in commerce from this partnership. It is also estimated that the project will generate some 10,000 qualified job opportunities in China.

The technology introduced with this project will enable other companies within media, film, music and gaming industries, or other content providers, to acquire their own planet within Entropia Universe. A number of the world's largest corporations within the aforementioned business sectors are currently in negotiations to purchase their own planet within Entropia Universe. On the technical side, the server structure running the Entropia Universe will be one of the fastest on Earth.^[13]>>

I was going over the posts in the forums and I couldnt help to notice the frustration showed by many poeple regarding EU and the reason is very simple.

EU is something ELSE. It is maybe the only "game" that detaches itself from the rest of the pack to the point where it may considered not to be a game actually.

So if you come with WoW, EVE, Final Fantasy, Everquest, Anarchy, Age of Connan, etc, etc, etc...( hundreds of etcs) background you better forget all of that and reset your brain.

What this leaves you to? Two things:

1. you either can do it and then you will come to apreciate what EU has to offer

2. or you can't and then you better go back to your deep habits.

Personally I recommed you to try EU and mostely try to understand it and in the end I think you will be able to apreciate it.

For sure is not for kids, not for hardcore classic gamers and for sure not for opportunists. If you're one of them stay away. EU is THE most original "game" outhere and dispite being free to download and play doesn't mean it's cheap but this doesn't mean that has to be expensive either, the secret stays in moderation and patience.

As the stronghold for this game I would mention (the order is not relevant):

- graphics, better then most I've seen

- avatar mobility and flexibility; this is one point most of the posts misses highlighting but is by far the best in the games. You can do with your avatar almost anything to express "its feelings" from wave, say hello, dance, be angry, lauhg, agree, dissagree, be happy, be sad and the list still continues. I don't think there is other game to offer that. Not to mention about how can you change your esthetics and clothing.

- the world; fantastic! maybe WoW worlds are more spectacular but the thing that is THE BEST in EU, better then EVE even, is that the whole world is one single place for all the players. That means no different servers of maps or anything like that. EVE states (do not get me wrong, I love EVE) that is the only game to have one single univers foe everyone. Is not quite acurate as long as you have to jump from one solar system to another, which practically means seeing white screens. In EU you can go from one city to the one on the other sitde of the continent in 2 ways, teleporting, classic - seeing white screens again, OR, and this is cool, just walking/running. And walking running means just that! You can continuosely roam and explore the whole continent whithout leaving it not for a single fraction of a second, everything is smooth and contunuos. You can go anywhare you want. On the way you can admire an become familiar with the landscape like pleins, hills, mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, animals and monsters of all kinds, ruins, ships wreaks, tribs, all kind of surprises. And on the way back everything is still there like it would be in a real world. It is actually, like I said, a sigle world for everyone to see, explore, meet and enjoy and, most importantly whithout having to teleport, jump, seeing white(or black) screens in the process.

 I better stop, now. There are a lot of things still to mention, like the original and absolutely free skills system which doesn't give you at all contraints of any kind (you can /buy whatever you want), the hunting, the krafting the building and most of all the community, which by no means for kids or superficial people but for thos who enjoy the EU world and are there to at least come back form time to time if not to permanently stay.

 Is is easy? NO. Is it cheap? Not realy. Is it fun? YES. Is it nice? Definetely. Is it challanging? For sure. Is it underated? HUGELY. And all of these come from a player that by no means is adicted, I play once in a while when I need to relax, go partying with other characters or hunt some Athroxes, even though I end up always being killd (these are some mean dynosaur like fearcefull beasts). My level is kinda "seazoned" noob. I loved when at New Years eve I entered the game, waiting for my wife to get ready for the real party, to find a general virtual party in all cities I visited (using teleporting for speed)  where avatars were wearing Santa outfits, given as preasent by EU, like hats or gloves (I got gloves) and popping out champaign quarks and spreading it al over while others were shooting fireworks and everybody was dancihg! Was really cool. In the chat you could see greetings from all over the world in all kind of languages, it was really nice. For me a very pleasent surprise.

In conclusion, don't blame what you don't understand, try EU and for sure you'll come to apreciate it. Sorry if I bored you too much.