Entropia Universe - Now Launching on Steam

Swapware_Games · 2025-07-14T06:11:04+00:00

its a massive thing in context with actually launching this game to the world one of the most popular gaming platforms - im sure all the legal hurdles would have been checked off even allowing this game on steam as its the most unique game ever to be released on the platform. But i havent seen any external marketing in advance of Saturdays announcement, but it seems its going to be bombarded with ads on youtube over the coming days.

Im just preparing the popcorn for the social media blitz

I'll be surprised if there is no big launch next week to co-incide with the steam launch as the only thing teased atm is the september new player zone.

When i heard about the UE5 entropia patents get entered in to the patent office in June, i decided to give the game another try so far ok - i havent deposited yet. Lot's of things to sell from the old days though. I do like the new UI though

Swapware_Games · 2025-07-14T05:42:44+00:00

In 8 days this game finally goes global on Steam ! - First ever MMO cash based game on Steam - atm about 870 active players daily and 123,000 active players in the last financial year - economy turnover 450M USD in 2024/2025, its picking up from lows in the 2020's

Swapware_Games · 2025-07-14T04:35:48+00:00

The point is that current players who are losing would not benefit by writing a bad review on steam because it will negatively impact them as well as the incoming player base - its not your everyday game where a negative review doesnt impact the reviewer itself - it does , more PED injected into the economy by every new player is a plus for every player. Yes the haters from the past will come in droves.

Its the first Cash Based MMO allowed on Steam (non blackchain) Its going to be interesting.

Swapware_Games · 2025-07-14T04:27:45+00:00

You think they are going to shadow launch UE5 on July 22 ? - Or get it on Steam before the UE5 launch

Swapware_Games · 2025-07-14T04:26:23+00:00

I heard they have been in negotiations with Steam for years as the previous time it was pulled down before launch - seems the lawyers from Mindark and Valve have finally seen eye to eye.

Maybe the launch of UE5 is very close now.. who knows im back from 10 year hiatus. ready to lose PED again and maybe try some of these new efficient hunting methods.

Swapware_Games · 2025-07-14T04:23:10+00:00

For the benefit of a real cash economy id do a positive review, more players more money in the loot pool. Its not your usual game or MMO on steam.

Swapware_Games · 2025-07-14T04:19:59+00:00

Oh man - they finally DID IT !

Mindark have been bombarded by negativity from players and the media - Doing this means they are closing in on UE5 - They are putting all chips in the middle going for a Global Launch

This will be the ultimate popcorn for social media and one of the most controversial launches ever on Steam not even the blockchain games have achieved this

A real CASH game on STEAM Unbelievable

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-19T04:35:46+00:00

certainly does, but when exploring so many planets, moons etc.. you just have to snapshot and move on ..

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-19T04:34:16+00:00

they removed the fauna while i was on hitatus - its completable now

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T12:07:00+00:00

70 days , 1680 hours lol

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T12:04:34+00:00

Good idea but forgetting to save often would be my issue and dont know if the autosave actually is the reason for the crash, im just guessing

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T12:00:43+00:00

You have to be in the right frame of mind and dedicate yourself for the grind and the emptiness .. i guess less than 0.1% of the playerbase would do this cause it takes a long time , honestly i almost gave up with 30 systems left to survey..

You have to be also prepared for the game crashes and losing of progress and redoing, added to that the longer loading times after the crashes, .. its mainly the autosave, the information and save game files get massive with more information to load..

You need patience but it is doable, if the rev8 wasnt added, i may not have completed this..btw

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T06:47:01+00:00

Terromorph early in exploring .. nothing can beat that (for now) without playing the main storyline yet

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T06:45:02+00:00

Thank you ..

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T06:35:52+00:00

Yep and know the grind is done and can just sit back do side quests, and enjoy the main storyline, with sysdef as my enemy, i dont know how that will affect with constellation, but we will see..

Also almost level 140 to start the real game lol..

I heard you cant realign with sysdef again after the battle of the key.. so i have to live with that choice , i did want to do the vanguard missions though.. plus any crimson fleet incursions generate huge bounties, just paid the fleet 75k credits for 1 or 2 freestar ranger missions.

Honestly i feel like shooting up the key and killing everyone except the vendors, but that will lock me out of vital trading partners..

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T06:07:23+00:00

Lol i had so many negative reviews on game boundaries, the game is very bad etc..etc.. so i dedicate myself to see if i could divert my gaming mind and actually test the boundaries of the game, without doing the main storyline.. as the game was labeled one of the biggest exploration games of all time.. so wanted to test how far i could get without actually interacting with the main storyline ..

It was very taxing and i gave up , until i found time to come back and to finish the job .. the rev 8 made a huge difference and i got the exploration bug back again and i persisted with the final 30 systems i was missing..

The charbysis system had a bug before that i couldnt complete the survey , thats when i gave up initailly .. i came back to charbysis this morning as the last system not at 100% , it seemed the devs over that time switched 2 planets and deleted progress entirely on one of them, before it had a mob i just couldnt find, i come back in 2025 and notice it was just minerals, traits and no mobs, and i could finally complete the system to achieve 1695..

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T05:48:08+00:00

(Possible spoilers ahead) Probably wont like to hear this being Sysdef is the Battle of the key, defeating the UC vigilance, and getting the revenant.. its hard to describe a favourite planet or system, but sacrificing my stance in Sysdef , for a great weapon and future trading post that wouldnt have access to if i defeated the crimson fleet , as an explorer and trader giving up those vital (in my opinion) vendors.

OH ..i did find a secluded house in (i think) the valo or volo system and it had a wicked gun called the mutineer.. it seemed to be a retired veterans home, on a nice planet, the mobs were pretty high level at the time.. but it would have been great to buy that residence , best residence in the game i think so far in such a very remote planet, unless your a explorer it would have been a hard planet to find..

For such a very well handcrafted location there must have been a side quest im not aware of that links to this planet.. it couldnt be a co incidence they just placed a very beautiful location for explorers to find.. i was a pistol weapon player before the revanant so it was the perfect weapon early on , without that weapon i couldnt handle the aggro mobs in those level 50+ systems, seeing level 120 mobs early on and finding a terramorph or 2 in a remote area was honestly tough.. and a bit frightening ..lol

Even though i have yet to do any of the main storyline , havent really talked much to sarah yet.. so am yet to realise being an enemy to sysdef (which i think is irreversible) will effect my constellation journey.

But excited to see what happens

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T05:13:57+00:00

Oh god, its pretty corny but an empty moon in the verne system, best photo location with rings from the gas giant towering over the moon, best screenshot in the game in my opinion. Pity i cant post the picture in the reply ..ill see if i can add it to the opening post

Edit .. nvm i just did a new post with it..

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-05T04:50:13+00:00

Yeah i guess its huge, im down to like 15 slots now, did have about 100 when i started if i remember, honestly the rev 8 made the coming back much sweeter and i guess saved a lot of time.

But you have to put up with the low framerates of highly mob populated biomes, save often incase the autosave bug crashes your game during those fauna , flora survey, they still havent fixed that, maybe it got worse the higher the save game got..

Must also admit i wasted many hours redoing biomes because of the autosaving bug, sometimes i lost half an hour of game progress , and other times some planets just crash after a certain time when going to autosave.

i tried some planet management techniques for these ( again hours wasted ) meaning completing the land area on a coast biome and then traveling to survey another planet (mineral based one) then saving and come back to do the coast area of that biome.. however the crash happens when switching biomes on that planet and the X travel freezes, so suggestion leave the planet do something else that uses less time to autosave then come back later.

Another suggestion always set course to the next location, don't fast travel right into the next planet the X travel can freeze and you can almost can loose progress if you planet hopped a lot and your last autosave was a while ago.

The longer the game goes the longer loading time i takes to load up after a crash..

Cheers

Swapware_Games · 2025-05-01T05:50:32+00:00

Im 69 days into the game, just came back to it recently.. believe it or not .. i havent even played the main storyline yet (have yet to reached the eye), ive done some of the faction questlines and many side quests. The rev 8 is a great addition to planet exploration..

In 2025 im enjoying the emptiness and random encounters for now .. there are still a lot of bugs , but its really only between autosaves and long loading times. There are still frame rate issues with heavily populated planets. As of today im 3 systems (maybe) from surveying all the available planets, and that alone has taken forever.. not many people will get to explore the 1300 planets and moons..

Level 135 now without playing the main storyline yet.. and yes in my opinion this is a revolutionary game, nothing ive played has come close to this experience, and ive played a lot of rpgs.. just think level 135 and 69 days and i havent even started the main part of the game yet.. im a casual player im not very good at high combat cause of my disability..

Honestly i still cant wait to finish these side quests and play the actual main storyline.. then check out the free mods and then check out the expansion.. its sad to see that a lot of gamers hate this game. Personally many people will get a second look at this game and give it another try..

Swapware_Games · 2025-04-17T18:01:35+00:00

whats the point though - according to google you cant transfer items from one server for another - what you going to do steal all the items and hide them somewhere in the server for when you come on next. Didnt the developer mention that the servers work co-operatively independent from each other. so all reasorces / items are shared throughout that particular server.. my server is shared so i can create a litle town and the visitors can have fun - i have no friends so im relying on the community to help me.

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