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- Mogon DESTROYER Manta
I have been playing EU since 2005, and I have always, even now, loved Entorpia Universe. Features come, features go, but one thing PE/EU had was the truley alien feeling of Calypso. However, to me it seems that Calypso has begun to lose its alien feeling, though im not sure if I'm simply getting used to its native beauty, or if its the changes in engine.
*Flashback Starts*
Back when I was a noob, I remember the sense of wonder I had when I first entered Port Atlantis. I found a friendly midlevel to help me out, and he ran me to my first ever TP (besides PA & NO), Camp Phoenix. The real thing that gave me the feeling of an alien world was the strange surralistic foliage and fauna, even the color of the ground was odd. I loved this feeling, and I remember my elation when I got my first weapon and hunted the native wildlife. Exploring such an alien world would keep me going for days, even weeks.
*Flashback Ends*
Todays Calypso, though, seems to feel to me a little more terrestrial. When I hunt nowadays, bigger and badder mobs, I get taken to many places on Calypso, many of the same TP's as in PE, but those same places seem much more earth like, a little too familiar. I know there is still alot of the foliage from PE, and all the same mobs, hell, even more. Theres just something that happened after they redid the planet, it seems to have less eyeball trees and and strange blue plants. Although there are places like these all over Calypso, the entire planet doesnt seem to be as alien. Another factor that PE had that made me feel Calypso was alien was the sky, at night, it truley feels like im on an alien world, but during the day, the sky looks much more familiar. PE had the odd colored sky and clouds, in the CE2, the clouds are beautiful, even dynamic, but the sky looks like a sunny day on earth to me now. The last but for me not least factor that for me detracts from the alien feeling is the missing music tracks from PE. After VU10, we still have the wonderful score of music from PreVU10 EU, but alot of the old PE songs have gone missing, the ones that made me feel alone when Im exploring on an alien world.
I dont know if they truley terraformed Calypso, or I have just become accustomed to its alien beauty, but it seems that Calypso simply isnt as alien as it once was. I have attached a poll to see what everyone else thinks, I do love EU now as always, Im just wondering if anyone else has noticed this.
*Flashback Starts*
Back when I was a noob, I remember the sense of wonder I had when I first entered Port Atlantis. I found a friendly midlevel to help me out, and he ran me to my first ever TP (besides PA & NO), Camp Phoenix. The real thing that gave me the feeling of an alien world was the strange surralistic foliage and fauna, even the color of the ground was odd. I loved this feeling, and I remember my elation when I got my first weapon and hunted the native wildlife. Exploring such an alien world would keep me going for days, even weeks.
*Flashback Ends*
Todays Calypso, though, seems to feel to me a little more terrestrial. When I hunt nowadays, bigger and badder mobs, I get taken to many places on Calypso, many of the same TP's as in PE, but those same places seem much more earth like, a little too familiar. I know there is still alot of the foliage from PE, and all the same mobs, hell, even more. Theres just something that happened after they redid the planet, it seems to have less eyeball trees and and strange blue plants. Although there are places like these all over Calypso, the entire planet doesnt seem to be as alien. Another factor that PE had that made me feel Calypso was alien was the sky, at night, it truley feels like im on an alien world, but during the day, the sky looks much more familiar. PE had the odd colored sky and clouds, in the CE2, the clouds are beautiful, even dynamic, but the sky looks like a sunny day on earth to me now. The last but for me not least factor that for me detracts from the alien feeling is the missing music tracks from PE. After VU10, we still have the wonderful score of music from PreVU10 EU, but alot of the old PE songs have gone missing, the ones that made me feel alone when Im exploring on an alien world.
I dont know if they truley terraformed Calypso, or I have just become accustomed to its alien beauty, but it seems that Calypso simply isnt as alien as it once was. I have attached a poll to see what everyone else thinks, I do love EU now as always, Im just wondering if anyone else has noticed this.
