Saturday, 6 June 2015

Sojourn at Entropia: A Helping Hand

[Part of my Sojourn at Entropia story.]

Having picked up a -lot- of quests in the city, I decided I should try complete a few of them.

So it was time to drive again!
Handy that you can pack up your car into your pocket.

I decided to help an outpost clear up some dinosaur herds for a can of fuel.
Better than nothing I suppose! Also, it seems skills gain through use.

Someone buzzed me in a VTOL while I was doing so.

Inside the outpost there are also these ad spaces which I found pretty cool.
Obviously it costs to advertise too.

Friday, 5 June 2015

Sojourn at Entropia: Port Atlantis

[Part of my Sojourn at Entropia story.]

Swimming across the river I made it into the city.

I surprised a bystander at the waters edge.

Then visited the nearby mall of player shops.
 I couldn't buy anything of course.

At least the shopkeepers were pretty.
Pretty undressed.

I also visited the bank...

Which had a boom box playing music from a URL. Ingenious.

Walking about outside I spotted someone flying around in a VTOL ship.
Truly looked awesome.

Thursday, 4 June 2015

Running with Rifles

This top down shooter focuses solely on one thing: GLOBAL DOMINATION!

It's cute, has a lot of weapons and vehicles, and has a tendency to kill players a lot. I do quite like that instead of damage each weapon simply has a percentage chance of killing upon impact. Yes, you can mitigate this somewhat with bullet proof vests but you will only unlock that once you have a fair bit of XP (level locked equipment) and RP (requisition points) to "trade" for said equipment. Gaining these two currencies can be a little slow, leaving most newbies no option but to play front line rifleman grunt who will need to learn the essentials of staying low and in cover early.

I can understand the idea behind that, but playing a front line rifleman grunt is boring - especially for the amount of time you have to. Yes you can use any vehicle but someone with a higher rank can always pull you out and take over. The dullness is felt even more in single player against the AI who only attack one location at a time in a linear fashion.

Indeed, it's better to skip that altogether and jump into either a full PvP server or, my preference, a Coop server where everyone tries to defeat the enemy bots. Definitely not as easy as you might think as the insta-kill bullets are the great balancer. You might have the intellect, but the AI probably has ten more guns firing at you. All up, I give it two out of five bullets. It's a fun little diversion but not something I would ever classify as a "main" game.

Here's a small clip (thanks to my brother again) to give you an idea of the game play. I'm the guy with the light blue circle who dies a lot. :P

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Sojourn at Entropia: Taking a Walk

[Part of my Sojourn at Entropia story.]

Growing bored of the dinosaurs at Camp Icarus I decided to go walking, eventually spotting something in the distance to walk towards.

Looks like a building?

Crossing the swamp I found some of these critters.
Don't let the heart fool you. It attacks with lightning! o.o

Medi-ball thingy is handy.
It heals with glowing light!

It's not just a building... it's a city?

And not just any city.
It's Port Atlantis.

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Sojourn at Entropia: The Locals

[Part of my Sojourn at Entropia story.]

Eventually I get shipped off to Camp Icarus (aka newbie landing) and meet a few of the locals.

Apparently there are fairies here.

and ... lower gravity...

And um... those type of ladies.

And dinosaurs.

And dinosaurs!

and dinosaurs!!!

I also find it pretty cool that unlike most MMOs I've played, all your "hot" keys aren't special moves, they are all social functions such add friend, whisper, follow, trade, view friend list, etc!

Monday, 1 June 2015

Sojourn at Entropia: No Better Lure

[Part of my Sojourn at Entropia story.]

After waking up from cryosleep I'm quickly ushered in to the "tutorial" station which other than teaching me basic things like walking, also hands out a lot of free stuff like a laser pistol, laser rifle, rocket launcher, ammo for all of them, mediball (health pack), five cans of fuel AND A CAR! There's no better lure for new players quite like free handouts huh? During the course of the tutorial I also earn my first .01 PED. Lol.

Of course there are weird aliens...

...but I'm just having fun driving around...

in first person!

Sojourn at Entropia

Decided to try out this little MMO called Planet Calypso, now better known as the Entropia Universe, an open world sci-fi experience and one of the few games whose currency ties directly to the US dollar (1 US = 10 PED). Yup, if you earn enough PED you can even cash it out. Wonder how well a F2P player would fare in such a place? So did I.

Chapters:
No Better Lure
The Locals
Taking a Walk
Port Atlantis
A Helping Hand
The Crashed Boat
Broken
Body Parts and Shrapnel
Plans for the Poor
The Swim
Caligula
A Lesson in Space
Exploring the Peaks
Strength Keep
Pushing the Limit
The Feffox Attack
The Moth 
The Flame
An Awesome Rescue
Sara by Sea
A Test of Piloting
No Sweat
Rifleman
The Outback
Accidental Disciple

This story has finished for now! Thank you for reading! :)